No room has had the effect on music that the garage has. Think about it. Have you ever heard of kitchen rock? Absolutely not. But garage rock is a term that instantly makes sense - and things only branch out from there. Like Tacoma's Wheelies. While Blanco Bronco - one of the better live bands in T-town - may serve up a more traditional, fuzzy, messed up brand of straight up garage rock, Wheelies delves into the realm of "garage pop" - which as the Volcano's Rev. Adam McKinney revealed a few months ago in these pages, involves recording on Windows '95. I guess that makes sense, too since you probably wouldn't want to put a nice computer in the garage. Anyway, garage rock, garage pop - it's all coming from the same place, and it's all usually better than anything emanating from the more proper rooms of the house.
[Hell's Kitchen, with Wheelies, Pioneers West, Tallest Tree, 9 p.m., $5, 928 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.759.6003]
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