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Tighten Up Them Jeans!

Congratulations to the Empyrean Coffee House, who will be celebrating two years of business with a weekend of great shows.

Friday night features Love You Long Time, the Salt Lake City/LA electro rap dance spandex keytar American Apparelites. The kids have gotta love this.

Love You Long Time: the Power

Love You Long Time plays Friday January 16 with Goodnight Sunrise, Teen Hearts, Jiggywatts, James Pants, Peter Parker and Pegasus Dream.

So Much Inspiration

Apologies for my lack of posts. All I've wanted to do since the snow fell was stay inside, watch Law and Order reruns and dance to David Bowie songs in my pjs.

Souls of Mischief are bringing some much needed sunny golden hip hop to Spokane on Thursday. You may know them as members of the mighty Bay Area Heiroglyphics crew, or maybe you just know them from the still classic "93 til Infinity."

Hip Hop connoisseurs, rejoice.

Souls of Mischief play at the BLVD on Thursday, January 15. Bukue One, the Serendipity Project and Jiggywatts open. Aegs 18 and up welcome.

Stoners & Punks tomorrow at the Cretin Hop

I meant to make a post about this show earlier, but Andrew took forever with that invite...

Tomorrow night (12/17), Reno's Farley Overdose plays the Cretin Hop. Assuming that anyone will know any of the bands I talk about - they sound like High On Fire's Surrounded by Thieves being played by Septic Death. Just fast and sludgy hardcore punk with stoner metal crossover elements. The last time Farley came through, they played a 10'x10' garage in the middle of the Gonzaga area; and then promptly out-partied everyone within the vicinity.

Download their demos (that's 11 songs) here and here

Godbear, Lord Kelvin, J-Splo, and Bluebird (from Bellingham) are playing support. 1317 N. Howard (behind Value Village), 6:00 PM, $5.

Ahhhh, Metal!

There's something about the Sword that makes me really happy. Maybe its the ridiculousness of metal, maybe the long hair, maybe its just the wicked riffs.

I really can't keep a straight face listening to this stuff, it makes me smile as I strum some air guitar and wish I played in a metal band.

Anyway, the Sword plays tomorrow night with Lamb of God (yikes) at the Knitting Factory.

These guys rule.

The Sword: Barael's Blade

Connect For

Common Market's pretty damn dope. With hot hot rhymes from RA Scion and super duper fire beats from Sabzi (of Blue Scholars), you can't really go wrong.

Their new album Tobacco Road is chocked full of classic throwback production and RA Scion's whole hearted take on religion, the south, hip hop and good ole fashioned farmers rebelling.

Here's an oldie but goodie, that solidified my love for the group.

Common Market: Every Last One [cornerstone remix - radio edit]

Common Market plays Friday December 12 at the BLVD with Blue Scholars and Jiggywatts.

Oh Baby

Not sure if many people know that the mighty funky Velella Velella is coming to town this weekend. What a show they put on, don't miss it.

Friday night at Whitworth with Point Juncture, WA.

Saturday night with James Pants at the Casbah.

Here's the first track I heard from the boys, back when they were a humble Spokane two piece, that really caught my ear.

Velella Velella: Nothin But A Bunch Of Empty Sunglasses Cases