The Plasmatics, Fuck that Booty. From the Joan Rivers Show, 1986.

Bumbershoot is over and Musicfest NW is in full swing. The sun’s come back to Seattle and The Surf Coasters are in town.  Which guarantees that the sweet, sweet smell of Yamaha guitars will blow through a stack of fenders tonight in Ballard. Got a date with your couch? Break it. Got a date with a stranger? Cancel it, you know it’s gonna be awful anyway. And honestly, you need to get out after the week you had. I know I do.

Friday, September 5th:

The Surf Coasters kicking it live. A little preview of tonight, in black and white.

The Surf Coasters
Kings of Hawaii
Tractor Tavern
The Surf Coasters will also turn Slim’s Last Chance on it’s hillbilly ear on Saturday.

The Paper Dolls play punk rock beach blanket bingo.

Paper Dolls
The Funhouse
Hi Ben!

Hope by David Choe.

Concert for Change with Flipper and Tiny Vipers.
El Corazon

Autolite Strike
Full Tilt Ice Cream
Free! All Ages.
In addition to awesome rock and roll, Full Tilt features 8 pinball machines, vintage arcades, as well as twelve different flavors of ice cream and Popsicles. Who said Summer is over?

Black Sabbath.

Sabbra Cadabra (Black Sabbath Tribute)
Stone Pony (Asbury Park, New Jersey)

Grayskul, Scarecrow.

Grayskul
Nectar

Saturday, September 6th:

TV on the Radio
Showbox SoDo
TV’s new record, Dear Science, comes out on September 23rd.

The Pharcyde, Passin’ Me By.

Rock the Bells with, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Sage Francis, Blue Scholors, The Pharcyde
Gorge
Oh My God indeed.

Jared Clifton
The Sunset Tavern
Thanks, Elisabeth!

Afrika Bambaataa, Planet Rock.

Afrika Bambaataa
Nectar Lounge

Looking Ahead:

The Staxx Brothers, 12th Street Blues. Download it for FREE here.

If you missed the The Staxx Brothers at Bumbershoot this year because you were at Neko Case, shame on you. Catch TSB at The Jet in Mill Creek on Saturday, September 13th. Contact me at get cherrybombed at g mail dot com if you are serious about going. Which you should be.

Now I got to Get The Fuck Out…how about you?

Metal Safari, Light Kou from Return to My Blood. Directed by visual effects expert, Katsuya Miyoshi.

Welcome to my new favorite band, Metal Safari. Metal Safari hails from Tokyo. Vocalist Inamoto seems to have a thing for Phil Anslemo. Both of which are fine with me. Except for the part about Tokyo being so far away from Seattle. Anyway, check out the stylish video for Light Kou (above) and turn your speakers up. We’re going on a Metal Safari…