A Tribute to the Kinks! benefit for MusiCares Fri. 7/30

The Small Change, Glad Girls, and The Riffbrokers will be among bands playing one to two Kinks songs for a tribute night at the Sunset Tavern Fri. July 30th.
Proceeds will benefit MuisiCares.
MusiCares provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. MusiCares' services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies, and each case is treated with integrity and confidentiality. MusiCares also focuses the resources and attention of the music industry on human service issues that directly impact the health and welfare of the music community.

Riffbrokers in Tacoma tonight

Tacoma's Weekly Volcano sez:

The Riffbrokers would sound perfect on vinyl. They remind me of a band whose LP I'd pick up on a stop in a record shop - intrigued by their name and a couple song titles, never having heard them before. I'd bring The Riffbrokers home and listen alone on a rainy day - utterly blown away. Then I'd become slightly obsessed with the band for a couple months, telling all my friends about The Riffbrokers, and the band's sound combination of Creedence Clearwater Revival and REM, but with a singer who sounds like a more subdued Elvis Costello. When my friends would rebuff my offers to play them the record, I'd decide that this music wasn't meant for them anyway. I'd be happy to keep it my secret.

[The New Frontier Lounge, with The Lund Bros, Jones Family Fortune, 9 p.m., $5, 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma, 253.572.4020]

Upcoming Shows- something in a Friday night..

Fri.5/28/10 FREE South Sound Bureau Chiefs and Glad Girls play Skylark, W. Seattle,

on Fri. 6/25/10 The Riffbrokers will be playing with Red Jacket Mine at Tacoma's New Frontier Lounge

Fri. 7/23/10 Reunion Show! Young Sportsmen, Eccentric Souls, Eightball Break

Absolute Powerpop sez:

Seattle's The Small Change is back with Every Line in My Head, their third disc and followup to their quality 2005 self-titled debut. They're on Unsmashable Records, and they're kindred spirits with labelmates The Doll Test and The Riffbrokers. In other words, hard-driving power pop with garage and British Invasion overtones. "From the East Coast" gets you right into things with a propulsive guitar riff that underlines their passionate rock sound, while "Droppin' Petals on the Way Down" has an Elvis Costello feel to it. "Downtown in a Restaurant" finds them taking no power pop prisoners, and the title track is 2:10 of first-rate garage rock. Also like The Doll Test, they're not afraid to tackle political themes as "Nothin' 2 Say" and "Yer Torturin' Me" attest, although the songs work as power pop and rock as well.