$15.00 - $17.00
DOORS: 7:30 PM“A golden despondency” is how Kevin Barnes translates the meaning behind Aureate Gloom, the title he gave of Montreal’s thirteenth full-length album. The oxymoron is one Barnes says best describes the overall state of his life and mental outlook while working on the record: first on a writing retreat in New York City, then while demoing tracks in Athens, before finally recording at Sonic Ranch, just across the border from Juarez, Mexico in the Texan desert.
If you’re wondering what exactly would lead Barnes to use this epithet to describe his reality at the time, look no further than the songs themselves.
While many bands rely on vague platitudes as an attempt to make their songs universally applicable, Barnes chooses to take the opposite tact — penning lyrics so personal they sound like entries ripped from a journal that should be permanently kept under lock and key.
“I was going through a very stormy period in my life and felt like I was just completely trashed,” reveals Barnes. “I might be guilty of sharing or exposing too much of my private life, but to me the best albums are those that help people connect with an artist on a deep, human level and that do so without too much artifice or evasiveness.”
For inspiration — and to put a bit of distance between himself and the events and people he writes so unequivocally about — Barnes spent two weeks in New York City this past spring. While there, he wandered around Chelsea, Greenwich Village, SoHo, and Chinatown, imagining what it was like 40 years ago, picturing himself as Tom Verlaine
or Patti Smith, or James Chance.
Lead single “Bassem Sabry” (named for the Egyptian journalist who died tragically in the spring of 2014), is perhaps of Montreal’s most political song to date, with Barnes proclaiming “Every leader is a cellophane punk,” while handclaps and danceable drums incite the listener to follow his command: “If you hear me, say ‘Yeah!’ ‘Yeah!’ ‘Yeah!’”
The energy remains high for “Last Rites At The Jane Hotel,” which channels Barnes innermost T. Rex while staying true to of Montreal’s signature kaleidoscopic song structure.
“Empyrean Abattoir” begins dark and brooding before unfurling into a revved up Television-inspired outro, as all the
while Barnes lays bare his most gut-wrenching lyrics.
Closing track “Like Ashoka’s Inferno Of Memory” ends the record on an appropriately epic note, reveling in its seemingly effortless shifting of tempos and tones — a microcosm, really, of the overall album’s auditory audaciousness.
Like 2013’s Lousy with Sylvianbriar, Aureate Gloom was recorded directly to tape with musicians Kevin Barnes (guitar, vocals), Clayton Rychlik (drums), Bob Parins (bass), Bennett Lewis (guitar), and JoJo Glidewell (keys), plus the help of engineer Drew Vandenberg.
Having already spent many of the previous months touring together, the strength of the members’ musical rapport was instantly apparent. The group completed nearly a song a day during their stay in the desert and even wrote a brand new track on the spot, “Apollyon Of Blue Room,” whose title references a supposedly haunted bedroom in a hacienda on the studio grounds.
Working at such a breakneck pace, there was no time to nitpick, to dissect, to overanalyze. Only later, upon arriving back home, was Barnes able to take a step back and fully appreciate what he and his band had accomplished.
With Aureate Gloom, of Montreal have created one of the most unflinching, confessional and starkly emotional albums in their oeuvre."
Revel in the sunny psych-pop of San Diego's The Donkeys.
Holocene and XRAY.fm Present The Donkeys, And And And, Bubble Cats!
California places a distinct sonic stamp upon the music born with in its boundaries. Owens had his Bakersfield, Parsons his Joshua Tree, and Malkmus his Stockton, and in their tunes you can hear dust, desert highways, and skateboards gliding over suburbia. The Donkeys have San Diego, and from that environment have woven a fundamental ease in their music - a rock, a roll, a sway, a slide - you could even call it a breeze. On Ride the Black Wave, The Donkeys continue their easy rolling, classic vibrations, but add a mystery and tension that make this record their most lyrically and instrumentally compelling.
Ride the Black Wave embodies what Jack Kerouac described of California's coast as having an "end of the land sadness." The Donkeys stare out at the ocean in a "fantastic drowse" - a kind of pensiveness towards their environs that summons the elements of sound and style that belong only to them. In "Blues In The Afternoon", a collective mantra, the band runs out of land and asks of the ocean to offer suggestions about their fate. It is songs like these that prove the Donkeys are a band in the true sense of the word, sharing each other's worry and wonder. With RTBW, The Donkeys have further caged their craft and have accomplished the delicate and artful challenge of taming the captured, while also letting it be wild.
$10.00 advance $10.00 day of show
21+
Join XRAY.fm at Mississippi Studios on March 21st for XRAY's 1st Birthday Bash! Minden, Holiday Friends, Secret Drum Band, and XRAY DJs will join together to celebrate year one with cake, balloons, and one hell of a line-up.
XRAY Members and their guest get 1/2 price tickets, and general admission is $10. (Members will receive email instructions).
Brought to you by PDX Pop Now!, Mississippi Studios, and XRAY.FM.
Facebook invite here!
Join the Portland Area CSA Coalition and Ecotrust on March 21, the spring equinox, to celebrate CSA and spring. Meet 30+ CSA farmers, taste spring greens, and join in chef demos, farmer matchmaking, a cookbook swap, kid’s games, and more. And it’s FREE! More details to come, but mark your calendars today!
more info:http://www.portlandcsa.org/2015/02/csa-share-fair-spring-starts-here/
photo credit: Diggin’ Roots Farm
All the fun & groundbreaking music of Portland, without the rain! Portland's best bands come to Austin for one day of absolutely free fun in the sun. RSVP now to hold your place!
Wild Ones / Natasha Kmeto / Summer Cannibals / Joseph / The Lonesome Billies / Grandparents / Swahili - band / Us Lights / Melville
Brought to you by Marmoset, Travel Portland, Mississippi Studios, Doug Fir Lounge, Tender Loving Empire, CD Baby & XRAY.FM
END THE
RE-INVASION OF IRAQ–
12 Years Later
Visibility Action
DATE: Thursday, March 19,
2015
TIME: 4:00-6:00 PM
LOCATION: NE Couch & Martin
Luther King Jr Blvd
(East End of Burnside Bridge)
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: TriMet bus lines 6, 12, 19 or 20 or Central Loop streetcar
"March 19 will mark 12 years since the devastating US invasion of Iraq. Join this action to call for the US to get out once and for all, as troops continue to flow back into the country under the pretext of "fighting ISIS." The event will also focus on the US bombing of Syria, and the similarities between the alleged withdrawal from Iraq in 2011 and the "end of combat operations" in Afghanistan in December. While there were about 250 troops in Iraq prior to the Islamic State's seizing territory in June, that number is growing to about 3000, maybe more. Airstrikes in Syria and Iraq have killed dozens of civilians".Event coordinated by Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group. Cosponsored by Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, Veterans for Peace Chapter 72, Freedom Socialist Party, Jewish Voice for Peace-Portland, Occupy Portland Elder Caucus, Women's International League for Peace and FreedomPortland and others. Endorsed by Recruiter Watch PDX, Little Light of Mine Friends Worship Group, Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights and others. For more info: Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group (503) 236-3065 iraq@pjw.info www.pjw.info/Iraq.html
Make Money. Make Oregon.
Learn from the experts opening the door for Oregon’s new community “crowdfunding” law. Become a pioneer in the new wave of Oregon business.
On January 15, 2015, Oregon passed new securities crowdfunding law. The Jan. 22 event at Hatch Lab in northeast Portland kicked off a statewide Community Capital Initiative, an effort to educate small businesses and investors about the Community Public Offering rules. Now, join Hatch Innovation, the non-profit who initiated the law-making conversation, in creating the statewide ecosystem for success in this new realm of securities crowdfunding. Oregon legislators, thought-leaders, decision-makers, entrepreneurs, investors, students - anyone interested in investing both time and money into building stronger communities – is invited to participate.
ComCap Oregon tickets include Thursday night keynote, panel and reception, Friday's full day educational conference, lunch and evening reception, and Saturday's regional breakout session.
LOCATIONS:
Thursday, March 19th at Hatch Lab 2420 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR
Friday, March 20th at Ambridge Event Center 1333 NE MLK Jr. Blvd. Portland, OR
Saturday, March 21st at Hatch Lab 2420 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR
Read more at hatchoregon.com
21+
13 NW Sixth Avenue
Portland, OR
About A Place to Bury Strangers:
"A New York–based noise rock band composed of Oliver Ackermann(guitar/vocals), Dion Lunadon (bass guitar) and Robi Gonzalez (drums). The band plays a heavy, atmospheric wall of sound-influenced blend of psychedelic rock, shoegaze and space rock. The band is commonly known by the initials APTBS."
"A Place to Bury Strangers was formed in 2002 by David Goffan and Tim Gregorio. Current frontman and guitarist Oliver Ackermann had moved to New York City, following the disbanding of his previous group, Skywave, to join the group and become the primary songwriter after the departure of Goffan. They played their first show at Luxx in Brooklyn in 2003. Jay Space and Jono Mofo, both from the New York City-based band MOFO, joined the band when Tim Gregorio left. In 2006, APTBS handmade three different untitled EPs with different color schemes; these later become known as the Red, Blue and Green EPs.
In 2006, the band gained some acclaim following its Webster Hall performance with The Brian Jonestown Massacre. The band returned to Webster Hall in 2007 to play with one of their major influences, The Jesus and Mary Chain.
Throughout these formative years, the band's live shows became increasingly chaotic which earned them the title of New York City's "loudest band" from various indie reviewers and bloggers,[1][2] as well as "the most ear-shatteringly loud garage/shoegaze band you'll ever hear" by The Washington Post.[3] The New York Times applauded their revival of "the ominous, feedback-drenched drones of the 1980s".
"Daydream Machine began in vocalist/guitarist Jason Adams’ basement, a well-used room that seems like it’s held together by band posters, flyers and stickers—a record of the history of the bands that share the space, the people they’ve toured with and their influences. This record stretches more than a decade as do the musical careers of most of the members. Daydream Machine is made up of the front people of other notable bands. Founding members include singer/guitarist Jason Adams (The Upsidedown); singer/guitarist Matthew Strange (Hawkeye); guitarist/noise Jonathan Allen (Music for Headphones) Bassist Josh Kalberg and singer/flautist Charlotte Engler together form the folk-gaze duo The Whole Wide World. Drummer Jason (Plucky) Anchondo (The Warlocks).
The dream machine for which the band is named is made from a cylinder with cut sides that throw out photons as the machine oscillates. The experience of looking, eyes closed, into the light can be quite intense but all you need to do to escape it is to open your eyes. Such is the music of Daydream Machine, which takes you, our gentle listener, to a place where magic, sedation and elation exist in waveform. The music combines light with dark through its tri-vocal harmonies. Jason Adams’ sardonic vocals play off of Matthew Strange’s hopeful tenor with Charlotte Engler lacing her soprano throughout the songs. The vocals don’t fuse, they work around each other sometimes coming together and sometimes floating apart. None of the vocalists is specifically “lead.” Each voice plays an integral part to the music—at times witty and at other times heartbreaking.
Daydream Machine combines the lush sounds of shoegaze and neo-psychedelia with the jutting angles and dance beats of post-punk. Layers of guitars, vocals, flute and keyboards shimmer above the driving drumbeat. The results, like magic in fairy tales and Fantasia are unpredictable. Daydream Machine owes a lot to a lot of people. “Dawn” is a cover of a Frankie Valli song dragged through the Jesus and Marychain, the Ronettes and the Beach Boys. The guitars don’t follow the usual rhythm lead strategy. Strange’s winding leads overlay the rhythm and textured sounds created by Jason Adams and Jonathan Allen with his plethora of guitar pedals. In this, notes of Spacemen 3 scratch against the fuzzy backdrop of Galaxie 500.
In May 2013, Daydream Machine signed to Picture in My Ear Records, and is releasing their debut
album, Twin Idols, in early 2014 (TBR 3/11/14). Twin Idols includes contributions from Peter Holmstrom (the Dandy Warhols) and Collin Hegna (Brian Jonestown Massacre, Federale) and was partially recorded at Hegna’s Revolver Studios. Some of their early demo basement tracks can be found on samplers “The Psychic Underground – Vol. 5”, and “The Active Listener – Record Store Day 2013” and they have received airplay on podcasts such as Anton Newcombe’s Dead TV, “Sideways Through Sound” out of Sydney, Australia, KZME in Portland, and “When the Sun Hits” on Strangeways Radio. Daydream Machine started with momentum and does not plan on letting up any time soon."
Covering Your Assets: Negotiations
Learn how to effectively negotiate with anyone: clients, collaborators, bosses, and adversaries. You’ll learn how to ask for what you want, how to figure out what the other side wants, how to take control in a negotiation, and how to say “no.” Designed especially for people who are intimidated by negotiation and conflict, this class is useful no matter what your current negotiation comfort level is. You'll walk away with easy to use tools and the confidence to negotiate your rate, handle a demanding client, and get what you need in any creative situation.
Cost: $25
More info: http://www.racc.org/resources/31715-racc-workshop-covering-your-assets-negotiations
Grant Writing For Success
Are you planning on tapping into the world of grants? It starts with a plan - grant writing for success may be a great first step. This hands-on session will expose artists to the strategy, planning and goal setting steps of preparing to write a successful grant proposal.
Presenter: Kimberly Howard
Cost: $30
More Info: http://racc.org/resources/31515-racc-workshop-it-starts-plan-grant-writing-success
With an extensive and amazing track record of unique and imaginative performances featuring his curious instrument and copious amounts of originality, Mike Silverman, a/k/a That1Guy, has set himself apart as a true one-of-a-kind talent that rivals any other artist currently in the entertainment industry. Averaging 150-200 shows a year all over North America and Canada, he has been a consistent favorite at such festivals as: Wakarusa, Electric Forest, Big Day Out, All Good Music Festival, Bella, High Sierra Music Festival, Summer Meltdown, Montreal Jazz Festival, and many more. Mike is also renowned for his legendary collaborations with Buckethead, performing as The Frankenstein Brothers, which has helped to cement his standing as a creative visionary.
Along with his pioneering main instrument, The Magic Pipe, a monstrosity of metal, strings, and electronics, That1Guy facilitates the dynamic live creation of music and magic in ways only he can conjure. Expect also to see magic seamlessly integrated into the already innovative performance. With the addition of magic in his live shows, he has legitimately achieved an all-inclusive audio/visual performance unlike anything experienced before. “So much of my music has miraculous qualities to it because it’s hard to tell what’s going on. There are lots of sleights of hand and sonic misdirection. It feels like I was meant to do magic”.
Such is the force of magic within his world, That1Guy will again be offering limited access to unlimitless wonderment by reuniting the Magic Mustache Club. A select number of fans in each city will be offered the opportunity to purchase tickets for a hour long magic show that will commences privately before doors open at most venues. Inclusive of the membership is a limited edition tour poster, VIP laminate, meet and greet, photo and autograph opportunities, and the chance to watch a masterful display of magical sleight of hand genius.
For ticketing information and all other information on That1Guy please visit his website: www.that1guy.com.
presented by Fellowship for Performing Arts
From the producers of the stage hit, THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS comes the highly anticipated theatrical adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ THE GREAT DIVORCE. In this dantesque celestial journey, lost souls take a bus ride to Heaven. Will they choose to stay? Or will they return to a life divorced from it?
Performance includes after-show talkback about the play with Max McLean.
“World class theatre!” -- World Magazine
“A rare and welcomed treat!” -- Broadway World
“If wit and wisdom, style and scholarship are requisites to passage through the pearly gates, Mr. Lewis will be among the angels." --The New Yorker
Run Time: 90 minutes, no intermission.
price: $37.25 - $104.35
more info and tickets: http://greatdivorceonstage.com/portland
"Set in Damon Runyon's mythical New York City, this oddball romantic comedy - considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy - soars with the spirit of Broadway as it introduces us to a cast of vivid characters who have become legends in the canon: Sarah Brown, the upright but uptight "mission doll," out to reform the evildoers of Times Square; Sky Masterson, the slick, high-rolling gambler who woos her on a bet and ends up falling in love; Adelaide, the chronically ill nightclub performer whose condition is brought on by the fact that she's been engaged to the same man for 14 years; and Nathan Detroit, her devoted fiance, desperate as always to find a spot for his infamous floating craps game."- Portland Broadway
Tickets: $36 and up
More info: http://portland.broadway.com/shows/guys-and-dolls-baa/
Covering Your Assets: A Contract Workshop
Want to sell a painting, publish a book, land a commission, or collaborate on a project? You’re going to need a contract. This class will teach you the basics of how to create a contract, what different clauses in creative contracts mean, and what to look out for in contracts you’re asked to sign. Don’t get caught feeling like you have to sign the contract you’re given. Know what you’re agreeing to and when to ask for help.
Cost: $25
More info: http://www.racc.org/resources/31015-racc-workshop-covering-your-assets-contracts
It's a night of great hip hop, XRAY and Mike Thrasher Presents bring PRhyme, the new project from Royce da 5'9" and DJ Premier.
Tickets online at cascadetickets.com
THREESOME
In the Ellyn Bye Studio
Previews are Jan. 24-29 | Opening night Jan. 30
By Yussef El Guindi
Directed by Chris Coleman
A World Premiere! Leila and Rashid, Egyptian Americans with ties to Cairo, attempt to solve their relationship issues by inviting a relative stranger into their bedroom to engage in a threesome. What begins as a hilariously awkward evening soon becomes an experience fraught with secrets, raising issues of sexism, possession and independence. Threesome is a proud co-production with A Contemporary Theater (ACT) in Seattle, Washington.
General Performance Times:
Evenings: Tuesday - Sunday evenings at 7:30 p.m.
Matinees: Saturday and Sundays at 2 p.m.
Thursdays at noon
View the season calendar.
Run Time:
Approximately 2 hours, including one intermission. A more accurate run time will be posted by opening night.
Note:
Threesome is recommended for ages 17+; contains male and female nudity, strong language and mature content. Children under 6 are not permitted at any PCS production. There is no late seating or re-entry in the Ellyn Bye Studio.
Ruthless! The Musical
A Comedy About Young Girl Who Would Kill to Land Leading Role
February 19 – March 8, 2015
Thursday – Saturday 7:30 p.m., Sundays 2 p.m. | $20-$35
Portland’5 Brunish Theater at Antoinette Hatfield Hall
1111 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97205 (between SW Broadway & SW Main St)
Tickets: stumptownstages.org
Group tickets at 503-381-8686
Single tickets on sale NOW through the Portland'5 Centers for the Arts.
Music by Marvin Laird
Book and Lyrics by Joel Paley
"Hilarious! Witty! Cynical and evil! "What would you do to get what you want?" Eight-year-old Tina Denmark knows she was born to play Pippi Longstocking and she will do anything to win the part in her school musical, including murdering the leading lady! This aggressively outrageous musical hit garnered rave reviews during its long Off-Broadway run, which opened with Britney Spears in the leading role."
Sat MARCH 7, 2015
Back Fence PDX: MAINSTAGE | Something I Cannot Unsee Or Undo
DOORS 6:30PM | SHOW 8:00PM | 21+
ALBERTA ROSE THEATRE
3000 NE Alberta St
Telling stories on the theme Something I Cannot Unsee or Undo: returning crowd favorite the Emmy Nominated Director of Six Days to Air: the Making of South Park, ARTHUR BRADFORD (PDX), Primetime Emmy Winner for Outstanding Writing — for Key & Peele, COLTON DUNN (LA), Tarot Card Reader and Spiritual Astrologer, MISS RENEE (PDX), Husband/Wife telling a story in tandem: Writer/Performer of 8 solo shows that traveled fromom the HBO/US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen to the 2014 Summer Nights Festival in Perth. BRIAN FINKELSTEIN+ Writer/Performer for Modern Family/30 Rock/The Office , JEAN VILLEPIQUE and and Oregonian Reporter + Documentary Filmmaker, CASEY PARKS (PDX).
$15—$22.50 ADVANCE | $18 DAY OF SHOW
For $22.50 there a limited number of VIP tickets available, reserved until 7:50pm, in the front rows of the main floor.
*Storytellers subject to change without notice. Stories may contain explicit language and/or subject matter.
Portland, OR: Montavilla Food Co-op Screening
March 7 @ 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
"Join us for a neighborhood screening of Food For Change, a new feature length documentary (85 min.) that examines the history of the cooperative movement and profiles several food co-ops that are enabling their communities to build food systems that are local, seasonal, and transparent. This is truly a food revolution! Be a part of the movement by attending the documentary, and joining the co-op while there. Or you can join today by visiting our website: www.montavilla.coop and clicking on “Join Our Co-op!”. It’s that easy.
Bring your friends to this free screening on Saturday, March 7, 2015 from 4pm-6:30pm at the Academy Theater, 7818 SE Stark Street, Portland, OR. This is a great opportunity to learn, get inspired, and meet other neighbors who are passionate about reclaiming control over our food system through eating better, transitioning away from processed foods, and growing more food locally.
Join the co-op community and/or become a sponsor of our co-op and this event. Sponsorships can include monetary, food, or another pre arrangement.
Montavilla Food Co-op is a member-owned cooperative business dedicated to opening a democratically run grocery store in the Montavilla neighborhood. We’re working hard towards connecting the East Portland community to healthy food, supporting local farmers and producers, building community wealth and advancing sustainability initiatives all within a centrally located, cooperative grocery. We are in the organizational, fundraising and member-equity development phase of building our co-op. We hope to open our door in the next 12-24 months."
Expo! 1,000 booths of vintage coming up March 7 & 8! This will be the 99th Show at Expo and their 35th year of doing this.