Music of Olympia, Washington

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The city of Olympia, Washington (USA) has been a center of post-punk, anti-folk, and other youth-oriented musical genres since at least the late 1970s. Along with Washington D.C., Olympia was a center for the riot grrrl movement in the early 1990s (Olympia's Bikini Kill and Bratmobile being arguably the most prominent proponents of the movement). Olympia is also the home of a number of record labels, including K Records (Beat Happening, Mirah, The Microphones), which was co-founded in 1983 by Calvin Johnson, and Kill Rock Stars (founded in 1991 by Slim Moon) (Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, Unwound). Notable early-period musicians and recording artists included John Foster (John Foster's Pop Philosophers), Lois Maffeo and Steve Fisk (Pell Mell). Beck and Ian Svenonius (of the Make-Up) frequented Olympia in the early 1990s and Kurt Cobain and Chris Novoselic of Nirvana moved to Olympia from Aberdeen/Hoquiam in the late 80s/early 90s before moving on to Seattle and worldwide fame. Olympia's The Fleetwoods enjoyed several Billboard chart successes between 1959-1963.

Notable Past Olympia Bands

This list includes bands who have broken up or moved away.

Present Olympia bands

  • Back Alley Kicks
  • Blood Bones
  • Blues Attitude
  • BoozeGrass
  • Broken Water
  • Brotherhood of the Black Squirrel
  • Brownstar
  • Cacuey
  • Chin Up, Merriweather!
  • Christian Mistress
  • Christmas
  • Cool School
  • Desolation Wilderness
  • The Dirty Birds
  • The Dudes
  • Failing
  • Flaming Mango
  • Fungus Riot
  • Glass Elevator
  • Go Get The Scissors
  • Gumar And His Magical Midi Band
  • Gun Outfit
  • The Hail Seizures
  • Herr Jazz
  • Hi-Five
  • The Humans
  • Ben Hawkes
  • H.P.P.
  • I was a Wizard
  • Jetman
  • June Madrona [2]
  • Karczol
  • Kevlar Klein
  • Kickball
  • Kimya Dawson
  • KOZO
  • LAKE
  • Little Swamp
  • Margy Pepper
  • Paul Mauer [3]
  • Moon Runners
  • Moonlight Flower
  • Mirror Mirror
  • The Nextdoor Neighbors [4]
  • Nudity
  • Number Bear
  • Offshore Radio
  • Oggatron
  • Outdoor Voices
  • Outlook
  • Pandora's Prism
  • The Pasties
  • Phantom City [5]
  • Popcorn Advisor
  • PYRO KYRO [6]
  • Razz M'Tazz
  • Repeaters [7]
  • Reverse The Sunrise
  • Rvivr
  • Sex Vid
  • Sisters
  • Sonskull
  • The Small Minds
  • The Strings and Things
  • Socks and Sandals
  • Space Travel Is Boring
  • Sundance Kids
  • The Hard Way
  • Thought Bandit [8]
  • Trainyard [9]
  • Traces
  • Weight Loss
  • Western Hymn
  • White Boss
  • Wisdom Teeth
  • Wolves in the Throne Room

Venues

  • The Bally Hoo
  • Charlie's
  • The Evergreen State College
  • Sylvester Park
  • Capitol Theater
  • Le Voyeur
  • Eagles Hall
  • Washington Center for the Performing Arts
  • 4th Avenue Tavern
  • The Finger Complex
  • The Brotherhood Lounge
  • Midnight Sun
  • ABC House
  • Java Flow
  • Puss n' Boots Shake Down
  • The Artisan's Cafe
  • The Eastside Club Tavern
  • Back Stage @ the Capitol Theater
  • Tugboat Annies
  • Blackfront Gallery (no longer operating)
  • The China Clipper
  • McCoy's Tavern
  • Manium (no longer operating)
  • Punk-All
  • The Abé Kapp Museum
  • Northern

Booking Agencies and Websites

  • OlyMusic.org is devoted to maintaining a calendar for Olympia music events. Local promotional and booking agency Pioneer Music also has a listing up coming shows they produce. The Olympia Film Society also hosts Backstage shows occasionally and those shows and performances can be found on their web calendar.

Radio

These are radio stations that play local music.

Record Shops

  • Rainy Day Records
  • Phantom City Records
  • FunkFuzz Records

Record Labels

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