(Chop Suey) Chop Suey’s Dragon Lounge is being taken over by a bunch of local greats for a new theme night called #1 Badasses, starring So Pitted, Dogjaw, and Party Girls. So Pitted’s sludgy storm of swirling feedback will take you back to Seattle circa 1987, when grunge was big but still too weird to be marketable in the pages of Seventeen magazine. Tonight will also feature the first performance from Party Girls. The band features members of Pony Time and Lisa Prank so they’ll probably be fun and danceable. (Speaking of, have you heard Lisa Prank’s lo-fi ’80s pop cassette Crush on the World? Go to lisaprank.bandcamp.com to do that right now!) Olympia’s Dogjaw will be there, too, and DJ Stacy Peck will be spinning between sets. The most badass part: The cover is only $5! You might not be able to afford rent on Capitol Hill, but at least you can still afford to get into a hell of a party. MEGAN SELING
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(Barboza) Florida’s Black Kids appeared on the national radar in 2007 with “I’m Not Going to Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You,” a witty, winsome jangle-pop number that even included a quaint bit of gender-bending. So far, so twee, so good. Riding a modest hype wave following that first EP, the band released their debut album, Partie Traumatic, a rather tepid collection of songs that all come off as lesser, vaguely emo versions of their adored first single. What happened in the interim between these two releases? Studio meddling? Lack of inspiration? Tough to tell, but given the length of time between that album and now (nearly seven years!) my bet is on the latter. Nonetheless, Kids’ leader Reggie Youngblood says they’re back in the studio and at it again, so perhaps the spark is back. Fingers crossed. KYLE FLECK
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