DON’T TALK TO THE COPS!, EVERYBODY WEEKEND, PUNISHMENT
If there ever were a night to get down, this would be it. Seattle party slingers Don’t Talk to the Cops! serve up positive vibes and wired beats with a punk attitude. Their frenzied electronic hiphop will be joined by the makeshift “slip-hop” beats of Everybody Weekend, alias of Seattle-based Heddie Leonne. Her music is whimsical and cheeky, stumbling but self-aware, and for undeniable plus points, she even covers power-pop princess Josie Cotton’s “He Could Be the One.” Also on this boogie-packed bill, Punishment‘s highly caffeinated, ’80s-keyboard freak-outs are coupled with an awesomely self-deprecating stage act, which makes for crash-free fun for the whole sugared-up family. With a post-show dance party from DJ Mitchell Bell, curator of Hanged Man Recordings and also a possessor of fine musical taste. Heartland, 7 pm.
DANIEL BACHMAN
If you couldn’t make his show at the Rendezvous last month (or weren’t legally able to attend), don’t miss this in-store with acoustic guitarist Daniel Bachman, who winds the instrument into dense layers with the projected ease of high technical proficiency. His sensational fingerpicking is even deserving of overextended nods to American Primitivist (country blues–inspired avant-garde) forepickers like Jack Rose and John Fahey. The Philadelphia-by-way-of-Virginia native’s releases for Seattle label Debacle Records, Grey-Black-Green and Oh Be Joyful, are naturally flowing ruminations shifting from low drones to brisk fingerpicking. The result is both heavy and serene, with an extrasensory pulse sometimes drifting into the wonderfully eerie territories of psychedelic folk. Wall of Sound, 7 pm, free.
NUDES, WALTER & PERRY, BLACK MAGIC NOIZE, DIL WITHERS
Part of Hollow Earth Radio‘s monthlong Magma Festival, Rad Rains is a collaborative night of local punk rock and hiphop. Walter & Perry‘s finger-tapping ’90s emotional hardcore—what the band refers to as #sadpunk—should inspire some moshing in place. Also upping the punx will be Nudes (members of White Wards and Grimace), a hardcore band out of the U-District. On tracks like the appropriately titled “Fukwila, WA,” they keep it abrasive, fast, and highly decibeled. Keep an eye peeled for their upcoming Skin EP! The night also sees Dil Withers‘s chill instrumental beats, and psychoactive hiphop from Black Magic Noize, who on his Mushroom Militia EP wants to “spray some psilocybin on you,” so watch out. With PSupremo, Carrion Spring, Korvus Blackbird, DJ Bob Catt, and DJ Sonic Titan. Hollow Earth Radio, 7 pm.