Tag Archives: 2008 in Olympia

Combining the traveling hooks from the Wipers, slashing riffs of Hüsker Dü, and melodic-on-the-edge-of-control vocals of early Dinosaur Jr., Dairy Music reinvent early- to middle-’80s SST-style hardcore punk and ’90s lo-fi Pacific Northwest affects for a fresh generation. Shaped in Olympia, Washington, the music group is made up of vocalist/guitarist …

Possessed of the languid, ethereal murkiness, Olympia, Washington’s Damaged Water evoke a number of the heaviest hitters the ’90s experienced to provide while merging their familiar noises to create a thing that is almost all their personal. Composed of drummer Kanako Pooknyw and guitarist Jon Hanna, who fulfilled within the …