Without a doubt, 2009 is going to be a year of punk-rock
revival. With a new president, a clean slate, and a city full of
thriving community spaces and young, radical minds, Seattle’s all-ages
scene is going be a force to be reckoned with in the New Year!
Launching things off right is a January 9 show at Georgetown venue
the Mix with inspirational Floridian unit This Bike Is A Pipe
Bomb. Touring the world’s basements and all-ages venues for over 10
years, the band share a message of civil rights and peace through
sing-alongs so infectious one can’t help but get caught up in them.
Hailing from swampy Pensacola, TBIAPB infuse their wild punk with a
touch of down-home, bayou folk that separates them from fellow
Floridians Against Me. However, they achieve much the same effect as
that band live—smiling kids will crowd-surf and yell till their
voices go out as the band pound through their short, poppy songs about
the toils (like getting arrested at a protest) and triumphs of living
life DIY in America. It’s certain to be a sweaty, good time this
Saturday and hopefully just a glimpse of an amazing, life-changing year
to come! 
Thurs Jan 8: Brightblack Morning Light, Daniel
Higgs at the Vera Project, $11 ($10 w/ club card), 7:30 pm.
Fri Jan 9: Ithea, Amber Sky Lane, On Ashes Reborn,
Echoes of Decay at KTUB, 7:30 pm, $6.
Fri Jan 9: Bo Tree, Seven Car Pile-Up, Hush Waves,
Duplicity at the Old Fire House, 8 pm, $6.
Fri Jan 9: This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb, Success at the
Mix, 8 pm, donation.
Sat Jan 10: Hoquiam; Karl Blau; Husbands, Love Your
Wives; Whitney Ballen at the Greenhouse, 8 pm, donation.
Sat Jan 10: Grass Widow, Filth Mattress, Rvivr,
Pipsqueak at Monstersorri House, 7:30 pm, $4.