The Stranger sez Go To The Show!

The Stranger Recommends: “This here in-store gig is a celebration of the release of Tom Dyer’s New Pagan Gods’ long-awaited album, History of Northwest Rock Vol. 1 1959-1968, which is released on Dyer’s Green Monkey label and produced by Stranger Genius nominee Steve Fisk. On the album, the band (featuring members of the Green Pajamas and King County Queens) comes across strong—not too tough, but not sticky sweet, either, as it blazes through some of the best known, and a couple of unknown, Northwest garage “classics.” The repertoire runs from the Fleetwoods’ chart-topping pop vocal “Come Softly to Me” to favorites like the Sonics’ “You Got Your Head on Backwards” and the Wailers’ “Out of Our Tree ” to a real deep cut like Tiny Tony and the Statics’ “I Wanna Hold Your Hand.” Oh, also, as this is Volume One from Dyer’s NPG, so we should probably be expecting a second volume in the near future. MIKE NIPPER”