BY JOSH WOLF Wandering between shivering vibratos and dreamy swoons, Olympia band Oh, Rose will shake your bones. The vocals can lift you away in hypnosis, as easily as they can command your attention, and although there is some solid instrumentation in the release, the vocals carry the songs. In […]
Local Punk Band Gag Detests Police, Embraces Sex & Violence
Student Submission BY DAVID JAQUES “Put your gun to your head. Pull your trigger–now you’re dead.” “I’m a punk. I’m a freak. I hate you and you hate me.” “Ha ha ha, blah blah blah; either way you die.” These are the lyrical maxims of GAG, amongst others, expressing nihilistic […]
Transfix: Death is so relaxing when I’m high
by Josh Wolf Walking around Olympia’s Eastside, I spoke with Chris McDonnell of self-described “death rock” band Transfix about Kurt Cobain, sexual nihilism, and Olympia. Chris graduated from Evergreen in 2009, and is releasing his debut album on Dutch Tilt Records, a new local label started by Evergreen student Chapin […]
Revolution Girl Style Still
By Blaine Ewig Evergreen alumni Kathi Wilcox graciously agreed to do an interview with the Cooper Point Journal. While she was a student, Wilcox played in the band Bikini Kill. The group made waves in the world of punk music with their feminist messages and confrontational presence. Last month, Wilcox’s […]
New Music: You Are Plural
by Issac Scott Though Olympia pop-rockers You Are Plural have established themselves on the West Coast over the past several years, their new album Rabbit Rabbit is a first in many ways. It’s their first full-length album after two shorter EP’s, both released in 2011. For the first time on […]
An Interview with MGK Ultra
Interview by Josh Wolf / Photos by Jamie Nadel In their first interview, MGK Ultra talks about Olympia, ritual theater, recording on 4-tracks with Ariel Pink, and “the journey of the soul through the dark night. Josh Wolf: How long have you been a band? MGK Ultra: MGK Ultra has […]
Album Review: The Celestials – Peach Noise
Local psych rockers The Celestials show their knack for mellow indie pop on their debut full-length album Peach Noise. The quintet presents accessible, hipster-friendly fare while demonstrating the kind of inventive musicality that should put them on every music-lover’s radar. All lower-case song titles? Check. Far out existentialist lyrical content? […]
Full Local Audio
Bob Schwenkler is an important force behind Olympia’s music scene. From founding Bicycle Records while a student at Evergreen, to recording some of the Northwest’s best bands, Schwenkler now helms K Record’s legendary Dub Narcotic studio. Schwenkler has made a lasting impact on the music Olympia listens to and the […]
Album Review: LAKE – Circular Doorway
The first of two new LP’s from K Records staple LAKE displays the band at their most laid-back and groovy. Circular Doorway continues the band’s nearly decade-long journey into the land of ‘what if Fleetwood Mac were hip locals living on Olympia’s west side?’ Funky keyboards and percussion drift through […]
Album Review: Sawtooth – Sawtooth II
The duo of Steven Smith and River Nason honed their array of talents in numerous musical projects around Olympia. When they’re not jamming in bands like Camp Wisdom, Land Mammals and Generifus, or organizing shows at The Guest House, they’re crafting the immediately likeable folk pop tunes displayed on Sawtooth […]
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