Our next monthly Four on the Floor show is tomorrow, Wednesday, September 21, at the High Dive in Fremont. Bands perform on the floor, out among the good people of Seattle, without a separation between artist and fan. 

The series, which focuses on new and emerging bands trying to make their name in Seattle and the surrounding area, is in its second year. Counted among the alumni are Beat Connection, See Me River, and Viper Creek Club.

This month Seattle flexes its hip-hop muscle with NFTN Loop, Urban Seeds, J-Pros and Hi-Fi Reset. 

International Pop Overthrow
August 24-30, 2011
The Mix (Georgetown)

David Bash is the best kind of music fan: the kind who’s turned his sick obsession with independently-created popular music into service for the greater good.

It’s service to the countless great bands who toil in obscurity while the music industry cranks out copy cutter pop stars, and it's service to discerning music fans who need help wading through the indie onslaught to find the hidden gems. 

Following a path that's eerily similar to our own story arc here at NadaMucho.com, David started out writing reviews for pop music fanzines in Los Angeles in the 1990s. Immersing himself in the local scene he got to know many local bands who were interested in getting more shows, so he decided to create a festival and give them a platform to share their music.

The first International Pop Overthrow (IPO) happened in 1998. More than 100 bands from around the world came to California to shake their stuff for the Angelinos and, four years later, recurring acts at IPO L.A. convinced David to take his pop show on the road.

Hey Kids. 

On Wednesday, August 17 our monthly "Four on the Floor" series continues at the High Dive. 

These shows put four emerging local bands on the floor of the intimate High Dive venue in Fremont. The performers stand out among the good people of Seattle, without a separation between artist and fan. Imagine it's like a house party, only with air conditioning and better drinks.  

When we launched the series a year ago, local rock scribe Jonathan Zwickel wrote about it for the Seattle Times.

Since then, we've had a ton of great sets from amazing local bands like See Me River, Eastern Grip, Summer Babes, Jupe Jupe, and Watch it Sparkle. 

This week's show features The Gargle Blasters, Colour Project, Scarlet Season and Whitney Monge.

Metalween 2010 Recap
All Photos by Erinn J. Hale

Heavy Metal is more fun than Indie rock. There, we said it.

Illustrating this assertion was NadaMucho.com's Metalween 2010, which ruled faces at the Mars Bar on October 28. Six acts slayed through covers by dozens of leatherclad heroes, including Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Danzig and a bunch more. Attendess took advantage of the excuse to don leather pants, face paint and painters caps. We had at least two Nigel Tufnels and one Bryan Jones, and we're pretty sure that main guy from Anthrax was there. Not as someone's costume -- the actual guy from Anthrax.