A double dose from the influ­en­tial and inspir­ing K Records out of Olympia, Wash­ing­ton. On Wed­nes­day you get a chance to ‘bone up’ on this legendary label thanks to a screen­ing of the 1999 doco: THE SHIELD AROUND THE K: THE STORY OF K RECORDS and on Thursday Mirah (one of K record’s bright­est stars) is per­form­ing.

The (free) film kicks off on Wed­nes­day at 8pm sharp and pro­files the birth and growth of the DIY label whose lo-fi cred­ib­il­ity has nev­er been com­prom­ised. I’ll let The Jef­fery Lewis Band provide a music­al syn­op­sis.

Mirah is at once an innov­at­or and a heart-on-sleeve artist whose spec­trum runs from folk to disco, with a dec­ade long dis­co­graphy as var­ied as the col­ours of a Double Rain­bow. Play­ing Wel­ling­ton on Thursday with multi-instru­ment­al­ist Dave Dep­per (Nor­folk & West­ern, Jolie Hol­land) and Rachel Blum­berg, who has drummed for The Decem­ber­ists, Bright Eyes and M. Ward. We have a double pass to give away – to the first per­son to name the 2 co – founders of K Records in the com­ments below.