Sick Poster!

Sam from Coke Candy/Read sent over this last-minute poster design for Saturday's show and holy mackerel is it rad-looking:

Orca Team and More this Saturday at Cairo!

We may only have one show on the books for this weekend, but it's a good one. Reliably uplifting retro-pop revivalists Orca Team will be in town, having trekked up from their native Portland with their vintage gear in tow. Have a listen to the trio performing some of their winning material below. If you're not a fan now, you will be after Saturday night!



Joining Orca Team will be local noisemakers So Pitted and Coke Candy, a new side project spinning out of the young rawk band Read. Think: adolescent lo-fi racket. It's good stuff.




Saturday's show starts at 8 pm, admission is the usual $5, and it is, of course, all-ages. RSVP to this show on Facebook today.

All the happenings at Cairo this weekend!

Cairo's got a jam-packed weekend on tap for you all, starting with a show tonight featuring fizzy Seattle/Olympia rippers Naomi Punk, and esteemed Oly players American Vacuum and Gun Outfit. I'm just a little excited about this show, as you can see from these two articles (1,2). 8 PM tonight, all-ages, $5 at the door.

Tomorrow night, the good times continue with a concert whose awesome roster includes Charles Leo Gebhardt IV, Lindseys, and So Pitted (a new-ish group featuring members of SPURM and the Fabulous Downey Brothers). The fun starts at 8 PM, with the usual $5 entry and all-ages open-door policy.




Finally, on Sunday, Cairo is hosting a one-of-a-kind event: "The Mixtape Reading Series." While there won't be any actual cassette tapes played, shared, or sold, nine authors will be reading from their work, with the afternoon's guests divided into a "Side A" and "Side B." The event starts at 2 PM Sunday and will include:

Brandon Scott Gorrell
Tom DeBeauchamp
Jamey Braden (late of Wet Paint DMM)
Frances Dinger
Tara Atkinson
Ben Blum
Summer Robinson
Willie Fitzgerald
Matt Nelson

We hope to see you at one or all of these events!