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KEXP/Sonic Reducer & Clock-Out Lounge Present: The Briefs The DrownsThe Coolers Saturday March 7th8:30 doors 21+$22adv/$25doshttps://thebriefs.bandcamp.com/musicHitting their 25 year anniversary and forever moving forward, THE BRIEFS have been busy in 2024/2025 playing packed shows to both sides of the pond, releasing new singles on TKO Records, rereleasing back catalogue and keeping their feet firmly planted on the sticky punk rock floor from where they started. THE BRIEFS live shows continue to ignite crowds, reaffirming their status as punk rock stalwarts. Theirrelentless touring and dynamic performances have garnered the band a fierce following that spans decades-- and fads.This quarter-century of mayhem traces back to the bands unlikely start: Like a scud missile from outer space, their debut album Hit After Hit set out to destroy thenew Millenniums flaccid alt-rock scene in 2000and, in turninspired two decades of raucous radioactive fallout. Sewing together a tattered tapestry of 70s-style punkwith a nod toward Dangerhouse Records, DEVO, Thrasher Magazine, and ABBAtheyve urged countless kids to grab a junk guitar, a pair of second-hand sunglasses, and a bottle of peroxide. What started with four idiot savants in a downtown Seattle basement has led to a remarkable ride, spawning some of the catchiest anti-hits this side of Y2K. Off the Charts,Sex Objects and Steal Yer Heart are more than essential punk classicsthey may have aided in reversing punks once terminal diagnosis. Whats next? THE BRIEFS legacy has proven to be as sticky as industrial hold hairspray. A mid-2000s hiatussaw members forming side projects like Sharp Objects, The Cute Lepers, and Suspect Parts, but all roads led back to THE BRIEFS. Following their Singles Only box set and Odd Numbers, demos and rarities release, 2018 album Platinum Rats proved the band to be as vital as ever (a US tour with the legendary Dead Boys followed). For this unstoppable force, the radiation is still in the water andgood news for our speciesthe punk rock mutations are alive and kicking. After 25 years, THE BRIEFS are still weird, still wired.https://thedrowns.bandcamp.com/https://thecoolers253.bandcamp.com/

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