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Underground punk rock to fill Sou’Wester DJ Calvin Johnson, The Young Pioneers to perform Jan. 9 SEAVIEW, WASH. — Old- school punk rock will roll into the Sou’Wester Lodge on Saturday, Jan. 9. Guitarist and DJ Calvin Johnson, The Young Pioneers and Selector Dub Narcotic will perform at 8 p.m. The lodge is located at 3728 J Place. For more infor- mation, call 360-642-2542. $ SURPLQHQW ¿JXUH LQ WKH Olympia, Washington, mu- sic scene, Johnson is known for his deep, droning singing voice. A songwriter and mu- sic producer, he was a found- ing member of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, The Go Team, Dub Narcotic Sound System, and The Halo Benders. He is also the found- er and owner of the indie la- bel K Records and helped organize the seminal Interna- tional Pop Underground Con- vention. The Young Pioneers are a punk rock pop band from Olympia, formed in 1982 by Chris Pugh, Scott Van- derpool, Chris Gloekler and Bradley Sweek. Gloekler was replaced with Brian Learned in 1983. Selector Dub Narcotic is the pseudonym of choice for Calvin Johnson when he is re-mixing records for the Dub Narcotic Disco Plate se- ries, or engaged in spinning records at a party or other literary functions. Drawing largely from a stack of 45 rpm phonograph records, Selector Dub Narcotic is known to mix the genres dancehall, soul, punk, garage, R&B, rock steady, bubblegum and rocka- billy with assorted curiosities of the current underground music scene. The Easy Leaves play both sides of the river Hear acoustic Americana music at Fort George, Pickled Fish ASTORIA and LONG BEACH, Wash. — Modern acoustic roots band The Easy Leaves will perform several times in the coming week. First, the duo will play at 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10 at the Fort George Brewery in Astoria. All ages are welcome, there is no cover, and the brewery is located at 1483 Duane St. Then, the band will bring its Americana music to the Pickled Fish restaurant atop the Adrift Hotel in Long Beach at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Jan.12, 13 and 14. All ages are welcome, there is no cover, and the hotel is locat- ed at 409 Sid Snyder Drive. San Francisco songwrit- ers Kevin Carducci and Sage Fifield formed The Easy Leaves in 2008 immersed in a diverse set of flailing rockers, gospel skeptics and country outlaws. 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These Sonoma County farm boys write, record and perform meticulously craft- ed songs. Under the guid- ance of Merle Haggard’s Submitted photo The Easy Leaves will perform Jan. 10 at Fort George Brewery in Astoria and Jan. 12, 13 and 14 at Pickled Fish in Long Beach, Washington. music, and countless other important poets, The Easy Leaves have written their own great collection of po- Crossword Answer T H A T R A M A O N E K C H O S E APR I I C O T N T R A B A D A T A M I S H N O S A Y I P A D D B E E C A OCT R JAN S G E R L I E E N U P E N D S I A T A T A N E D I D T S W E P E JUL S T E B A P E L S E T R E E M S R P E T A R E D C I A I N E L I FEB L O A M R A D D A I K O C L E R U S E R S N S O T O MAY P A S H V A L L E E L C O M E R U C T U S L AUG H T O N H A N F A T N E F S R A W N G E L I C A S A NOV A L A M E A T W O R O I N K D O S E D O C H R O S S I B A A L R A D O N I M I N I MAR P E S T E T E S T B I T G A T C A O L I B I D T C A R L JUN Y O N R I C E N R A T Y S R A SEP T I E A S H O R D S H O W E S S P A R E N I C I A L E S C O R E C T A P E DEC K A S T O K E N D A E D G I E S T E S T E S T R S L O G E S C E R T S S S R S etry for the common man. “The 78 Project”, a doc- umentary by Spike Lee’s music supervisor currently on the festival circuit, rec- reating Alan Lomax’s jour- ney to capture important American folk music on its home porches, found and re- corded The Easy Leaves for its film (alongside Rosanne Cash, Mary Chapin Carpen- ter, Loudon Wainwright III, Justin Townes Earl, Richard Thompson, John Doe of X, and other great talents. The Easy Leaves have been hired as sole sup- port on shows and runs by Dwight Yoakam, Ry Cood- er & Ricky Skaggs, Junior Brown, Robert Earl Keen, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Asleep At The Wheel, Kasey Chambers, Blind Boys of Alabama, Jim Lauderdale, Los Lobos, Langhorne Slim and Lake Street Dive. The duo has headlined and filled The Easy Leaves 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10 Fort George Brewery 1483 Duane St., Astoria 7 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs- day, Jan. 12, 13 and 14 Pickled Fish 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash. All ages No cover big rooms in San Francisco, including Great American Music Hall, The Indepen- dent and Mystic Theatre, and played a main stage set at last year’s Outside Lands Festival.
