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| Mono Men |
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| Gas Huffer |
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| Girl Trouble |
With Sir Coyler's Sonic Garage on the verge of disbandment, the R/Z staff has engaged in a project to still bring you rocking nonsense from time to time. It's all in the form of a mixtape. Everybody likes a mixtape, right? Remember when you'd put together the most romantic-yet-daring 80 minutes of music together for that special lady friend you were trying to win over? You'd package it up in a special cassette case, scribble out all the titles but not reveal who the artists were...ya know, an incentive for her to not judge the song before she's heard it? I do. But this isn't that shit. Not in the least bit. We start the Radio Zarape Mixtape Series off with a bit of nostalgia for those who chose keep things punky, grimy and weird during "that" era. You know, the era that makes Seattle natives roll their eyes? I digress. Here are three names you should familiarize yourself with. They all have extensive catalogs; all keep things relatively simple (you won't hear a cello through a wah-wah pedal under eleven tracks of 12-string guitars); and they all seem to still be doin' shit 20+ years later. This week's episode features Mono Men (Bellingham), Gas Huffer (Seattle) and Girl Trouble (Tacoma).
