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Skablins, Elton Jah, Longstride, Island Bound – Seattle’s Nectar Lounge Teems With Northwest Talent for a Fun-Filled Saturday Night, By Holly Homan

It’s Saturday night and Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood is hopping with night life. In particular, the Nectar Lounge where Northwest ska band The Skablins headlined. The evening started out slow. The first band up was the slow and steady Island Bound. They were a six-piece who played more of a straight up reggae, but with a …

Hardcore Punk & Psychobillly Manifest in a Band from Indonesia Called Prison of Blues – A Review of Their CD Trick or Threat, By Holly Homan

Listen up, punk fans, there’s punk band out of Indonesia to look out for. Prison of Blues are a four-piece churning out throat grinding vocals, some manic guitar shredding along with manic drumming and a stand-up bass that plays so fast I wonder how the strings don’t melt from the friction. Their new CD Trick …

The Legendary Misfits Crash Land With Thunder and Lightning and Things Macabre, By Holly Homan

Wednesday night November 14th, a packed Studio Seven eagerly awaited New Jersey’s legendary Misfits to come on stage. Slowly, stage hands pulled off black cloths from the instruments and various stage props revealing towers with lit up skulls, a skeleton minus its head wrapped around one mic stand and skulls and crossbones wrapped around another. …

7 Years Like A Broken Record by Seattle’s Foremost Oi Band, Sledgeback, Brings Punk To The Forefront Where It Belongs, By Holly Homan

Recently I was given the new release by Seattle Oi band, Sledgeback called 7 Years Like A Broken Record. In my humble opinion, Sledgeback should be given the title of Seattle’s foremost oi band. They bring oi to its most pure levels. Singer Gabi Hun is originally from Hungary and this gives Sledgeback its unique …

Legendary Singer Joe Jackson Brings a Six-Piece Ensemble for Magical Night at Seattle’s Moore Theater, By Holly Homan

Tuesday night, October second, the legendary Joe Jackson played Seattle’s Moore Theater. I doubt anyone in this near sold out crowd was under the age of forty. This was a crowd who was well educated, had probably followed Jackson’s career from the get-go, and was very enthusiastic. The show began with just Jackson on electric …

LA’s Generators Will Bring their Politically Charged Oi To Seattle’s Fun Club 10/14 and Portland’s Plan B 10/15, By Holly Homan

The Generators have officially been a band since 1997, but have been part of the LA punk scene for at least three decades. Vocalist Doug “Dagger” Kane was vocalist and founding member of the early eighties punks Doug and the Slugz. The Generators’ song “You Against You” is politically charged, with an accompanying video depicting …

The Vibrators, the Boats, the Piniellas, Local Dudes and others at Seattle’s El Corazon 9/15/12, By Holly Homan

AAH… punk rock. Is there nothing so sweet? – Holly Homan Saturday night September 15, 2012, El Corazon hosted two separate shows. One show, the Flobots, was held in their main room. The other, with the cool punk band, The Vibrators, was held in the tiny “lounge.” The Vibrators are pure, unadulterated British Oi! Originally …

Introducing Jim Basnight – Seattle Stalwart Returns to Scene With Triumphant New CD, By Holly Homan

Former Moberly, Rockingham, NW Rival, and all-around Seattle legend, Jim Basnight, has returned to the scene with a brand new solo CD called, Introducing Jim Basnight. Part country twang, part pleasantly pop, this album starts out melodic and slow, but suddenly becomes perky and quirky on the fourth track entitled “Cameltoe,” with lyrics about hot …