On The Indies

OVER THE LAST 17 months since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, American indies in many states have found ways to operate … and even expand. By and large, that has not been the case for promoters on the West Coast—and particularly the Pacific Northwest, where Without A Cause makes its home.

Aside from a handful of empty venue tapings in late-2020 and early-2021 (dubbed “Without A Crowd”), the popular promotion has sat idly by as independents across the country have returned to something approaching normal. In other parts of the U.S., shows