Portland has a new venue for all ages music called S1 and they're hosting this bill of Portland music favs for only $5. The venue is at 4148 NE Sandy Blvd.
The Woolen Men are three -- two Oregon natives and a Washingtonian. They play punk influenced DIY music in the Pac-NW tradition of Dead Moon and the Wipers. More than a sound or style, that means a kind of work ethic -- do-it-yourself and do it a lot. The band is happiest touring up and down the I-5 or bunkered in their practice space with the cassette 4-track rolling. And it shows. Live, the band is thunderous and energetic and the magnetic chemistry of the three of them playing together shines through in the recordings.
This self-titled album released by Woodsist Records is their debut LP, following a handful of largely self-released EPs. Instead of changing their technique of recording fast and loose to capture the live energy of their sound, they recorded and recorded and recorded until they had enough songs to make up an album only of material with that elusive spark of a great recording. The ten tracks here represent five different sessions, and as many songs made the cut as were left behind. The LP was made to endure, with little attention payed to current trends or "in" sounds -- what matters to the band is that the songs are well written and executed with integrity. The whole thing was recorded to analog tape.
The Woolen Men are Alex Geddes, Lawton Browning and Raf Spielman. They live and work in Portland, OR. Raf previously released an album of solo material under his Polyps moniker for the Woodsist sister label Hello Sunshine.
Imagine Roky Erickson backed by the Sun Ra Arkestra or Wilson Pickett and The Velvet Underground, or picture the love child of Anubis and Kali. King Khan & The Shrines is more than a psychedelic soul band with a spectacle of a stage show. They are a cult musical phenomenon with more than 10 years of international touring, multiple studio records and a fan base of fervent punk, soul, free jazz and garage rock heads.
King Khan, the spiritual guru and front man, cobbled together a fierce line-up of musicians while in Berlin in between reading Tarot cards and raising a family. What he ended up with in 1999 is one of the most entertaining groups the world has seen and heard since the days of Ike & Tina. The line-up includes Chicago-born, Ron Streeter (veteran percussionist for Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder), a horn section consisting of trumpeter Simon Wojan (member of Kranky Records recording artists Cloudland Canyon), tenor sax man Torben Wesche (Germany’s John Coltrane), and famous French rockabilly baritone saxophonist Frederic Brissaud. The rhythm section of the Sensational Shrines has been called a German/French version of the Freak Brothers – Till Timm on guitar, organist Frederic Bourdil, Jens Redemann on bass and drummer Mirko Wenzl.
Their first album Three Hairs & You’re Mine was produced by Liam Watson, recorded in the legendary Toe Rag Studios in London and released in 2002. A second full-length, Mr. Supernatural, followed in 2004. King Khan & The Shrines soon became an all-star international movement. Numerous gigs followed all across Europe with The Black Lips, Enon, Demolition Doll Rods, Mr. Quintron and Ms. Pussycat, an after-party for 50 Cent in Norway. They headlined Toronto’s NXNE festival 2006 playing three nights in a row and even had a member of the Sun Ra Arkestra join their brass section.
In 2007, King Khan made the soundtrack and film score for Schwarze Schafe, a major motion picture in Germany. The soundtrack included music from The Black Lips, The Spits, Gris Gris, Quintron and other greats. They also had a song placed in the movie Chiko, produced by Academy Award Winner Fatih Akin.
King Khan then released What Is?!, receiving critical acclaim from all over the world. It landed at #33 on Pitchfork’s Top Albums of 2007, while their track “Welfare Bread” landed at #66 on Pitchfork’s Top 100 Songs of 2007.
Their greatest hits, aptly titled The Supreme Genius of King Khan & The Shrines, came out in 2008 and for the first time their music was widely available in the U.S. The entire psychedelic-soul big band then graced stages for the first time in North America, leaving behind them a colorful spell of amazement and wonder.
In the years since, King Khan & The Shrines have added several notable festivals to their resume, including Coachella, Sasquatch, Pitchfork, South By Southwest and Sudoste. Their music has also been heard in popular TV programs (NBC’s Chuck, HBO’s Entourage, HBO’s Eastbound & Down), TV commercials (V8 juice, Mother Energy Drink), and video games (Saints Row).
They kicked off 2012 on a high note as they headlined the Bruise Cruise Festival and have just released “Bite My Tongue,” a sweat-drenched, ass shaking, groovy psyched out number, complete with rip roaring horn lines, southern fried guitar riffs and lysergic melodies.
The Galaxie 500/Luna frontman hits town in support of his recent solo release with local mainstays The Parson Red Heads opening. More info.
A film exploring the systematic corporate takeover and potential loss of humanity’s most precious and ancient inheritance: seeds. How do GMOs affect our children, the health of our planet and our freedom of choice? Is it even possible to reject the food system currently in place, or have we lost something we can’t get back?
Post-film panel/Q & A with Scott Bates, head of Oregon Right to Know (the current ballot initiative to require labeling of GMO foods sold in Oregon) and farmers who helped win bans on growing GMO crops in Jackson and Josephine counties.
Film trailer: http://vimeo.com/71035892
The Portland EcoFilm Festival features 6 monthly screenings of new films covering topics of nature conservation, environmental activism, agriculture and community wellness. All screenings include a filmmaker Q&A or a panel discussion with local experts. Festival info at: http://hollywoodtheatre.org/ecofilm
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR 97212
Admission: $8 General, $6 Seniors/Students
More info/buy advance tickets: http://hollywoodtheatre.org/gmo-omg/
June, 25th, 2014 Doors: 8:00 pm / Show: 9:00 pm $8.00 - $10.00
ORQUESTRA PACIFICO TROPICAL- Deep in the vein filled jungles of each of our hearts beats a music with roots as wide as continents and influence as deep as time itself. Cumbia, music of the Southern American Hemisphere. Orquestra Pacifico Tropical have taken this frenetic, addictive rhythm and accomplished what musicians across time and space have always done, bringing crowds into a blistering dance frenzy. From clubs to the forests of the Pacific Northwest, to hear the ecstatic thump, rumble, and sheer brilliance of the racing rhythms of coastal Columbia side by side with the psychedelic guitar explorations of the Peruvian rain forest is to travel across continents and through time with Orquestra Pacifico Tropical as the guide. WIth respect to those who came and innovated before us, and armed with an arsenal of percussion, woodwinds, horns, accordion and guitars, these 11 friends have come together in the spirit of capturing and breathing new life into this most essential of musics. Cumbia, music of the people.
Featuring members of Sun Angle, Deer or the Doe, O Bruxo, Ioa, Lewi Longmire Band,Tu Fawning, Point Juncture WA, Modernstate, Jippedo and Team Evil, Orquestra Pacifico Tropical's wall of sound is dedicated to expanding the music of Central and South America to the people and dance floors of the Pacific Northwest.
MORE INFO: http://www.dougfirlounge.com/event/576691-orquestra-pacifico-tropical-portland/
East Bay surf darlings Shannon and the Clams are back and they're sharing an all ages bill at Slabtown with Portland favs Marriage + Cancer.
Get down to Cook Park EARLY (5:45 am - 6:15 am) each morning to experience the spectacular hot air balloons as they launch (weather permitting) and dot the morning sky. Spend the afternoon shopping at the craft and business vendor booths. Visit the kid's Fun Zone on Friday and Saturday afternoons for kids of all ages. The Rogue Ales Beer Garden, live music on the main stage Presented By Grocery Outlet; Funtastic carnival fun center, clowns, cotton candy, and a whole lot more! It’s MORE than just balloons!
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Get down to Cook Park EARLY (5:45 am - 6:15 am) each morning to experience the spectacular hot air balloons as they launch (weather permitting) and dot the morning sky. Spend the afternoon shopping at the craft and business vendor booths. Visit the kid's Fun Zone on Friday and Saturday afternoons for kids of all ages. The Rogue Ales Beer Garden, live music on the main stage Presented By Grocery Outlet; Funtastic carnival fun center, clowns, cotton candy, and a whole lot more! It’s MORE than just balloons!
New Avenues for Youth (A.M.P) is hosting an event to raise awareness about the positive influences and lifelong benefits hip-hop culture has had on our homeless youth and the community.
Dance battles, solo-battle sign-up, Live performances from various artists, live graffiti wall, food vendors, prizes, giveaways, raffles, freestyle battles/DJ Battles.
Live performances by:
- Theory Hazit
- Jesse Sponberg
- Kinectic MC's
- Ra Scion
- Ancient sol
- New Avenues Youth
Everyone is invited to this free event from A.M.P. which provides youth the opportunity to learn, play, explore, heal, and find new meaning and success through music and arts. The A.M.P team is made up of dedicated volunteer mentors who encourage youth to learn instruments, art techniques, songwriting skills, and to express themselves creatively.
Get down to Cook Park EARLY (5:45 am - 6:15 am) each morning to experience the spectacular hot air balloons as they launch (weather permitting) and dot the morning sky. Spend the afternoon shopping at the craft and business vendor booths. Visit the kid's Fun Zone on Friday and Saturday afternoons for kids of all ages. The Rogue Ales Beer Garden, live music on the main stage Presented By Grocery Outlet; Funtastic carnival fun center, clowns, cotton candy, and a whole lot more! It’s MORE than just balloons!
The Funk has returned in the form of The DooDoo! Hailing from the planet DookieOn, the All-Stars were sent here to fling the pooh across the GLOBE! The Congress of DookieOn chose the hottest musicians from their planet and sent them to earth to continue to spread the FUNK. Alongside the DooDoo Funk King (Tony Ozier) they traveled the light years to this planet and have now made Portland their home base.
What awaits you when the needle drops on Dereconstructed, the new album by Lee Bains lll & the Glory Fires? Nothing less than pure fucking heaven, that’s what.
Consider the record’s opener, “The Company Man.” It revs up with a riff sleazy enough to clog Rod Stewart’s stomach pump as an incantation that only a Yellowhammer can truly understand is bellowed and then screamed. Before you know it, the joint is hotter than a Birmingham soaking pit while you, the listener, are reminded, lest you forget, don’t ever trust the company man.
No shit.
Dereconstructed is a careening, road raging, all night party of a record. Informed by a distinctly southern hoodoo, it is a master class in authentic Gulf Coast choogle. Having cut his teeth in the Dexateens, Lee Bains lll has been properly schooled in how to throw down, so much so that even his hyper literate musings are no match for the blown out distortion that gives this record its blistering urgency.
Songs like “The Kudzu and the Concrete,” “Dirt Track” and the roaring, blissfully shambolic title track could be anthems looking for a stadium, but they’re also reminders as to why Lee Bains lll & the Glory Fires are such a formidable party machine. If your hometown is graced with a scuzzy dive and a few warm bodies to populate it, you’d best believe that the Glory Fires have been there, or are on their way back.
Dereconstructed is Lee Bains lll & the Glory Fires’ debut for Sub Pop Records. It is preceded by the band’s actual debut, There Is a Bomb in Gilead, on Alive Natural-Sound Records (2012).
Dereconstructed was produced by Tim Kerr, and engineered by Jeremy Ferguson at Battle Tapes, Nashville, TN.
Lee Bains lll & the Glory Fires will be featured performers at the 14th annual NONCOMMvention, hosted by WXPN in Philadelphia, PA, May 14 - 16, 2014. This performance will be followed by extensive touring, radio sessions, and in-stores throughout North America. A late-summer European tour will be announced shortly.
Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires are:
Lee Bains lll: Guitar and Vox
Eric Wallace: Guitar
Adam Williamson: Bass
The band resides in Atlanta, GA and Birmingham, AL.
- by Jonathan Poneman
The 23-year old from Kent, Ohio first performed with her family band One Way Rider at the age of 8. At age 15, she recorded her first album White Lies in her brother’s bedroom, printing only 100 copies. One of those copies fell into the hands of Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys). After an introduction, Mayfield and Auerbach hit the studio, laying the foundation for her debut album With Blasphemy So Heartfelt. Says Auerbach of the recording experience, “I think she’s dark and moody in a mysterious way.” He adds, “I’m just always really excited to make music with her.”
Mayfield’s second and most recent album, Tell Me, is a stunningly forthright 11-song set that addresses late night longing, serial heartbreak, and intoxicatingly dangerous liaisons conducted in dimly lit barrooms or roadside motels. By the end, the only heart intact is Mayfield’s own. It’s as if she’d stripped the sentimentality and ruefulness from a bunch of classic country songs, leaving only stark emotion. Auerbach also produced and engineered Tell Me at his Easy Eye Sound System studio in Akron, Ohio, matching Mayfield’s candor with eerily minimal, brilliantly constructed tracks that keep her mesmerizing, unadorned voice front and center.
The New York Times hailed the album a Critics’ Pick, while the Associated Press calls Tell Me “the portrait of a precocious girl growing into self-assured womanhood and a producer reaching the peak of his powers. It is a dark and moody album, full of delights throughout, and if it doesn’t make Mayfield a star, that too will be heartbreaking.”
7pm | $8.00 advance
6:45pm - Doors for Premium tickets/ 7pm Doors for GA tickets/ 8pm Stories begin
$16 Premium tickets and $8 general admission tickets will be available a week before the event at www.themoth.org
*Reminder that seating is first come, first serve, and it is recommended to arrive early.
Media Sponsors: OPB, Literary Arts and Back Fence PDX
One night, three rising talents in the Portland music scene, zero dollars. Hear what's next right now.
XRAY's own DJ AM GOLD will be spinning old timey country, honky tonk, and western swing all night long.
And hear AM GOLD on XRAY.fm's Hoot n' Howl Wednesday's at 3pm.
http://xray.fm/programs/hoot-n-howl-with-dj-am-gold
Portland Pride Festival is another fun way to spend a weekend while supporting the LGBTQ community! Tour the different booths that range from food and souvenirs to face painting and roller coasters. They have live music and fun for all ages! Free admissions!
The third annual Portland Beer & Cheese Festival takes place at Burnside Brewing for 2014 and features a stunning cheese selection by champion cheesemonger Steve Jones of Cheese Bar fame and beers from the best regional brewers and light snacks from Chop Butchery and Charcuterie. Tickets are $35 and include a tasting glass and punch card that gets you 11 different specifically chosen craft beer and cheese pairings.
The Portland Jewish Film Festival explores themes of spirituality and Jewish identity throughout all parts of the world, especially how American Jews perceive themselves in a larger social context. The films, in their abundance, touch on tragedy, embrace humor, and recount the emotional and tangible gains and losses of a people.