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School Sanctioned Punk at the Western Washington Punkapalooza

By Tate DeCarlo “Yo Tate! We’re throwing a really cool show called Punkapalooza this Thursday, you should totally come check it out!” Chloe Unflat’s voice on the other end of the phone presented an enticing offer. I’ve known her since the second grade, but now she’s in school about two hours north of UPS at…

Concert Review – King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

By Leo Segal – 12/5/2022 Photo by Leo Segal King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Live at the Paramount Theater,Seattle, WA, October 6th 2022. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are a psychedelic rock/metal/jam bandbased from Melbourne, Australia. I’ve been a small-time fan of theirs for a couple ofyears, and have always respected the obvious…

Meet the Fall ’22 Loud Rock DJs!

By Tate DeCarlo As KUPS rises from the ashes of the Covid-19 pandemic, the organization and the DJs who support it grow stronger with each semester. Though life may be headed back toward normalcy, KUPS DJs are anything but. This extraordinary group of students, musicians, and general music enjoyers are the station’s lifeblood, the far…

The Osees Concert

Review by Tio Lloyd September 10th, 2022 John Dwyer and The Osees lit up an eager crowd at Neumos in Seattle. If you’re not familiar with The Osees, never fear, I hadn’t heard their music before this show and didn’t know what to expect either. The band itself evades definition and genre. Their 26 studio…