Reader, I have here a handy litmus test for you: Apache Chief - a quartet from Tacoma School of the Arts who refer to their style of music as "alternative buttrock" - is readying the release of their debut LP. It is called Trail of Beers. Its lead track is called "Witch Hammer" and its closing number is "Bongtrek."

In or out?

Read the full story on the band here, then decide.

Apache Chief

with Night Beats, The Drug Purse, Red Hex,
Saturday, Jan. 29, 7 p.m., $3
Peabody Waldorf Gallery, 745 S. Broadway, Tacoma