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August 9, 2011

So, Most of You Are Not Going to Doe Bay Fest …

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Gold Leaves ::: photo by Josh Lovseth

… and you’ve still got an awesome weekend of music waiting for you.

Here’s what I’d be seeing if I was gonna be in town this weekend. Including two shows it physically pains me to miss Friday: Gold Leaves at the Mural Amphitheater in the shadow of the Space Needle for FREE, and our show of the week See Me River, Blood Red Dancers and Le Sang Song at the Rendezvous, which promises to be a lecherous night of sweaty rock’n'roll and a line-up with nothing but excellent bands. Please get trashed there for me, but not so drunk that you can’t report back and tell me how awesome it was.

Thursday August 11th:

Moya, Blyss, Tavana – Skylark Frank Fairfield, Water Tower Bucket Boys, Red Dog – Columbia City Theater Seattle Tattoo Expo After Party feat. The Fucking Eagles, Steel Tigers of Death – Neumo’s

Moya by nimbus510

Friday August 12th:

Seapony, Gold Leaves, Math & Physics Club – KEXP’s Concerts at the Mural (FREE, 6pm) See Me River, Blood Red Dancers, Le Sang Song – The Rendezvous The American Girls, Andrew Vait, John Craig & the Weekend – Comet Tavern Jon Pontrello – Conor Byrne Blvd Park, Ashia Grzesik, Eliza Rickman, Bat Country – Columbia City Theater Seattle Tattoo Expo After Party feat. The Sword, Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, Curse Of The North – Neumos

Saturday August 13th:

The Pharmacy, Heavy Hawaii, Plateaus – The Comet Seattle Tattoo Expo After Party feat. High On Fire, Lesbian, Deadkill – Neumos

Monday August 15th:

Land of Pines, Pollens – Chop Suey

June 1, 2011

The Return of Slack Fest with The Moondoggies, My Goodness and More

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A short drive north of Everett, among unmowed fields and farmland, nestled by the Stillaguamish River, lies Slime Dog Raceway. The river has a current, but in the hot summer sun is a true escape. The dirt track circle feels small for cars to be racing around at any speed as you walk inside of it. You wonder whether the weathered house right up along side one edge of the track has ever sustained any direct hits. With a the flatbed of a semi-truck serving as a stage situated on turn four, this is the setting for Don Slack’s local rock & roll campout, Slack Fest.

In years past Slack Fest was Don’s chance to gather a few of his favorite bands and lots of friends for a no-rules, no-strings-attached, invite-only shindig. Though Doe Bay Fest temporarily took the place of Slack Fest the last few years, this year the team who brought you Doe Bay has taken on reviving Slack Fest as a showcase for local rock, Don’s way.

For his day of fun, happening this year on July 9th, Don has already collected a bevy of the Northwest’s finest guitar slingers. In My Goodness he taps Seattle’s latest head-banging head-turner, and in American Girls (formerly Petty Party) he recruits the party band of 2011. With more bands to be announced and every band on this bill already Sound on the Sound approved, as far as we’re concerned this is a weekend to black out on the calendar already.

Slack Fest 2011 July 9th, 2011 at the Slime Dog Raceway Stanwood, WA

Featuring… The Moondoggies The Maldives Whalebones American Girls The Golden Blondes My Goodness Joseph Giant Jack Wilson

Tickets and camping are on Sale Tuesday May 10th online via Brown Paper Tickets starting at 9am. (Tickets $25 / Camping $10)

As something special this year the morning after the fest, we’ll be able nurse our hangovers the Stanwood way by sitting on the sidelines of Slime Dog for a special set of races.

The Maldives at Slack Fest 2008