Category Archives: olympia

The Need : Jacky O Lantern (1997)

The Need Jacky O Lantern (1997) A1. Jacky O Lantern B1. Lamp B2. Pony 4 Honey Hat tip to Abe, who sent me a treasure trove of  queercore 7″s over a year ago to be digitized! [Download] [http://www.theneedisdead.com/]

Broken Water playing San Francisco Friday, continue West Coast tour [Events]

Psych-garage outfit and riot grrrl/queercore Olympia scene vets Broken Water are playing San Francisco on Friday (tomorrow!) at Fivepoints Arthouse (72 Tehama St.). While I will be unable to make it to the show (boooooooooo!), YOU should go! If you aren’t in the Bay Area, you can still catch them on their West Coast tour [...]

Shotgun Won – Demo (2000)

Shotgun Won Demo (2000) Five tracks No tracklist Another major hat-tip to Mike Newton is in order for digitizing this demo and sending it over! Mike, we love you! [Download]

Heartless Martin : Tonigh (1993)

Heartless Martin Tonigh (1993) 1. You can’t break a broken heart 2. The times (kerry) 3. 20/20 vision 4. Johnny 5. Movie theme song [Download] at Jenny Woolworth’s Women in Punk blog–an irreplaceable historical resource for international coverage of women in punk. [Fan page]

The CeBe Barnes Band : s/t 7″ (1995)

Miranda July, Rachel Carns, and Radio Sloan were The CeBe Barnes Band. This 7″ pre-dates the Need and July’s solo performance art thing that she’s so famous for, and is their only recording. I have to say: BEYOND thanks to Abe Miner for sending me a shitload of amazing, incredibly rare queercore and riot grrrl [...]

The Go Team : Donna Parker Pop (1988)

The Go Team Donna Parker Pop (1988) A1 Rex Johnny Hex A2 Wonder Birds Are Go! A3 At Cherrydale B1 The Loneliness March B2 Tales Of Brave Aphrodite B3 Lake Arrowhead Hat tip Larry-bob & the E6 Townhall Forum! [Download]

The Go Team : 1989 Monthly Series of Releases (1989)

The Go Team was an influential late ’80′s band from Olympia, WA featuring Calvin Johnson, Tobi Vail, and a rotating cast of guest musicians (which included Kurt Cobain, Donna Dresch, and Bikini Kill’s Billy Karren). Their sound can be likened to that of Beat Happening or heaps of other K Recs/”love rock” bands, but it’s [...]