8:30pm | $8.00 advance $8.00 day of show
Tickets: Stranger Tickets
As the producing-team behind Grails, Alex Hall and Emil Amos have hybridized and warped various culture's versions of psych music over the past decade. With their project Lilacs and Champagne, they've created another umbrella under which to tweak hip-hop, tape-collage and the darkest creases of 70's film-soundtracks with their lysergic and perverse style of head-music. The project's name and imagery evoke a strange thrift-store mystery LP you might come across, unsure if you've discovered an exotic dub record, a flowery Bacharach AM radio classic or something by an obscure duo of Swedish avant-techno producers.
The record began under the influence of Madlib's production style....which had suggested that writing songs using an Akai MPC sampler would force the two to stretch their legs and explode any expectations created by records they've made in the past. But rather than sampling the funk and soul canon of traditional hip hop, they pulled from disparate sources such as Polish private press hippie records, indistinguishable radio noise or the chopped and reversed sounds of Jayne Mansfield's head being decapitated. Layers of instruments and found sound were then painted over the original samples until entirely new directions were created and taken to their logical conclusion... creating something simultaneously alien and familiar... something like the sound of Nurse with Wound collaborating with J-Dilla.
As the producing-team behind Grails, Alex Hall and Emil Amos have hybridized and warped various culture’s versions of psych music over the past decade. With their new project they’ve created another umbrella under which to tweak hip-hop, tape-collage and the darkest creases of 70′s film-soundtracks with their lysergic and perverse style of head-music. The project’s name and imagery evoke a strange thrift-store mystery LP you might come across, unsure if you’ve discovered an exotic dub record, a flowery Bacharach AM radio classic or something by an obscure duo of Swedish avant-techno producers.
The record began under the influence of Madlib’s production style….which had suggested that writing songs using an Akai MPC sampler would force the two to stretch their legs and explode any expectations created by records they’ve made in the past. But rather than sampling the funk and soul canon of traditional hip hop, they pulled from disparate sources such as Polish private press hippie records, indistinguishable radio noise or the chopped and reversed sounds of Jayne Mansfield’s head being decapitated. Layers of instruments and found sound were then painted over the original samples until entirely new directions were created and taken to their logical conclusion… creating something simultaneously alien and familiar… something like the sound of Nurse with Wound collaborating with J-Dilla.
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (often abbreviated CYHSY) is an American indie rock group based in Brooklyn, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band, whose members met years earlier at Connecticut College, formed in the beginning of 2004 and played shows in Manhattan and Brooklyn. They are notable for achieving their initial fame and commercial success via the internet rather than through a record label.
Their debut album, "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah," was self-released in 2005. Shortly after the release of the album, they received favorable reviews and attention from numerous blogs. The ensuing demand for the album was so great that the band was forced to repress the record, as the initial production run was too small. They garnered even more press after David Bowie and David Byrne were spotted at some of the band's shows in 2005.
In October 2005, they signed to Wichita Recordings in the U.K. The band released their second album, "Some Loud Thunder" in January 2007. The album was produced by Dave Fridmann, known for his work with Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips and debuted at #47 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart.
Guitarist and frontman Alec Ounsworth released his solo debut, "Mo Beauty," in late 2009 while concurrently releasing "Skin and Bones," the debut album with his other band Flashy Python. Keyboardist Robbie Guertin and bassist Tyler Sargent have been playing in another project called Uninhabitable Mansions, along with Annie Hart from Au Revoir Simone. Recently drummer Sean Greenhalgh has been producing records for a number of bands including Takka Takka, Conversion Party, Sam Izdat, Radial Dads and Tom McBride.
Released in September 2011, their long awaited third album "Hysterical" was produced by John Congleton. The band released "Same Mistake" and "Maniac" as the album's singles.
Now their new album "ONLY RUN" will be released worldwide on June 3. The album will be independently released by the band in North America with distribution and marketing help from The Orchard. Big Nothing will release the album in Japan and XtraMile Recordings will be releasing everywhere else.
XRAY.FM presents masterful guitarist of what SPIN magazine hailed as "the most exciting live band in rock n roll" touring his punk- and jazz-influenced roc.
General admission: $10
Friday <> AUG 1st <> at Crush Bar
Queer music showcase
headlined by GAYTHIEST!
w/ Night Cadet (SEA)
7hirdwav3
Noddy
John Coons
& more TBA...
6pm / $8
As Tycho, Scott Hansen blends swirling melodies into vaguely triumphant arcs that crisscross between stuttering beats and vocal samples, creating rolling sonic landscapes that extend into the horizon. Known in the design world as ISO50, the San Francisco-based artist is famed for his warm, textured design style, which serves as a backdrop and mirror for his musical output.
Hansen began releasing music over 10 years ago with The Science of Patterns EP. His first full-length, Sunrise Projector, came out in 2004, and as the critical acclaim continued in 2006 with the release of Past Is Prologue. He eventually met Ghostly and, like everybody else, they simply had to work with him.
It was around 2008 that URBmagazine noted Tycho as one of the Next 100 artists to watch, and Hansen continued to release singles and experiment with more live instrumentation. In 2011, his meticulous process saw the release of Dive, his debut full-length for Ghostly International. Tranquil, nostalgic and melodic, the record established him beyond the realm of IDM and ambient.
Now with Awake, Tychos second Ghostly LP, the project returns as a true three-piece band comprised of Zac Brown (guitar, bass) and Rory O'Connor (live drums). Lengthy touring for Dive brought Tycho to its full potential, and in efforts to capture the energy on the road Hansen invited Brown and O'Connor in to the creative process. Both the sound and artwork of Awake capture Hansens stylistic shift, conjuring a more kintetic and percussive sensory experience.
Jack Daniels Presents Mississippin with local four-piece, Eidolons, that creates sprawling, melodic experimental pop music releasing their brand new album. This all-local bill is a winner.
PURE BATHING CULTURE
WISHYUNU
Come down for happy hour with Theo this Friday and bring some of your favorite records (think tote bag not crate of records) ... because sharing music is fun and the drinks are cheap.
This week's theme is westside.
Eleven Magazine, Pickathon and Mississippi Studios Present San Diego, CA band that crafts melodic rock songs inspired by the laid back pace of Southern California playing with Seattle-based indie rockers signed with Hardly Art.
An evening of short films profiling people who turn progressive environmental ideas into actions, no matter how large the challenge they face. Films include THE LOST FISH, BACKYARD, BROOKLYN FARMER, GREGG TREINISH – A MOVE SHAKE STORY. Panel discussion and the presentation of the 2014 Portland EcoFilm Festival’s EcoHero Award to Nez Perce elder Elmer Crow, Jr. will follow the films.
Admission: $8 General, $6 Seniors/StudentsHollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR 97212
More ticket info: http://hollywoodtheatre.org/eco-shorts/
More festival info: http://hollywoodtheatre.org/ecofilm
The Columbia Gorge Festival, in scenic Stevenson, WA, is a unique blend of the best in bluegrass. "Join us for the 2014 event, July 24-27."
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“My brothers and I were surrounded by music growing up,” explains Kamtin Mohager, the shape-shifting singer/multi-instrumentalist behind the Chain Gang of 1974. “Not Beatles albums or anything like that; more like the Persian records our parents played all the time. And when we got older, it was up to us to discover everything.” Born in San Jose and raised in Hawaii, Mohager spent his first 13 years obsessing over inline hockey and the idea of being drafted by the NHL one day. A series of life-changing events were set in motion once Mohager’s family moved to Colorado, however. The first of which involved the final scene from Real Genius—quite possibly Val Kilmer’s finest hour—and its penultimate ‘popcorn song’, a.k.a. “Everybody Rules the World.” “I love ‘80s music, but not typical new-wave stuff,” says Mohager. “Like I’m way into Tears For Fears and Talk Talk, the other side of the spectrum, really.” That’s abundantly clear on White Guts, a record that’s nearly as restless as Chain Gang’s previous collection of early recordings, Fantastic Nostalgic. The way Mohager sees it, his first proper release was “all over the place, from a piano ballad to songs that sound like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Primal Scream or Justice.” White Guts, on the other hand, funnels three years of instrument-swapping, sample-splicing experience into a lean, focused listen. So while “Stop!” and the rather epic “Hold On” hint at everything from LCD Soundsystem to Talking Heads, they make perfect sense in the context of deep cuts like the synth-flecked “Don’t Walk Away” and bass-guided “Matter of Time,” shimmering power ballads that could have been on the soundtrack of Sixteen Candles or Pretty in Pink.
Twenty-two-piece choral rock band from Dallas, TX making psychedelic tunes that involve a variety of instruments including trumpet, french horn and viola
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Youngest son of famed Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti has steadily been making a name for himself while leading his father's old band. They play in support of their recent third release A Long Way to the Beginning. More info.
Join XRAY, Montel Spinoza and PDX Pop Now! for the official http://pdxpopnow.com/ after party at Bunk Bar from Midnight to 2am.
Playing all the jams all night long while you top the festival off with a few nightcaps.
And find out everything you need to know about PDX Pop Now! Here
$10 advance, $12 day of show // Get tickets
9:30 doors // 10:30 show
More info here: http://www.startheaterportland.com/calendar/
Videos, Stand Up, Music, Raucous Readings, Weird Stuff.
Hosted by Dan Kennedy (Host/Performer with the Moth in NY)
Beth Lisick
Kevin Samsell
Amy Miller
Laura Gibson
Vin Shambry
Arthur Bradford
Mindy Netifee
Andrew Dickson
B. Frayn Masters
and then Deb Leopards
TIckets and more information can be found here: http://portland.strangertickets.com/events/15309816/entertainment-for-people-mainstage-show-with-dan-kennedy