From the heart of that city's on-going rock & roll renaissance, San Francisco's Fresh & Onlys come to town behind their new record House of Spirits. More info.
Come join XRAY for some music in the sun!
Featuring:
Wampire, Litanic Mask, Billions and Billions, We Miss The Earth (PRIDS), Lost Cities (MATTRESS), Panther Power (No Tomorrow Boys, Soda Pop Kids), Honey Bucket (Gnar Tapes/Burger Records)
$5
All Day
More info: http://www.eastendportland.com/
Celebrate 4th of July at Dig a Pony with Wooden Indian Burial Ground, Summer Cannibals, and Eyelids, with DJ Sets by XRAY's own Freaky Outty & Maxx Bass
Every Friday XRAY's own Theo Craig invites you to kick off your weekend with him from 6 to 9pm at Valentine's. Each week has a broad theme and you're invited to bring a few records (think tote bag rather than crate of vinyl) to share on the turntables.
This week's theme: "white"
Party with Dig a Pony on July 3rd and 4th, featuring DJ sets by XRAY's own Strange Babes and musical performances by Aan, Thanks, and New Move.
And on July 4th, the party continues with Wooden Indian Burial Ground, SUmmer Cannibals, and Eyelids, with DJ Sets by XRAY's own Freaky Outty & Maxx Bass
The Waterfront Blues Festival is Oregon Food Bank’s largest annual fundraiser.
100 percent of donations and revenue from special passes benefit Oregon Food Bank’s mission: to eliminate hunger and its root causes … because no one should be hungry.
Andy Cabic (of Vetiver)
Corrina Repp
Edward P. Davee
XRAY.FM
8:30pm | $7.00 day of show
A Few of My Favorite Things is a recurring event at Holocene, in which a prominent member of the local arts community curates an evening showcasing their favorite artists from near and far, to benefit a nonprofit organization of their choosing. This evening we're pleased to welcome Eric D. Johnson, formerly of the Fruit Bats, who has curated an event with us to benefit Portland's community radio station, XRAY.FM!
The Notwist's Close to the Glass is yet another courageous leap into
the sky of songs. It is a catchy and unpredictable marriage of playing
your heart out on an instrument and the magnetic pulse of precise
programming. While the band always creates music ripe with authenticity
and mood, we find them now defining their edges with no shortage of
bravery or beat. As romantic as it is robotic, Close to the Glass is a
bottomless collage: part pop song, part science, part band, part
storytelling and all Notwist. The sturdy glue between the layers of
Close to the Glass is their newfound synergy as a band, no longer
co-writing parts, brothers Markus and Micha Archer alongside Martin
Gretchmann have finally found their human form and in some ways, at
last, have 'become' The Notwist. With support from Max Punktezahl and
Andi Haberl, they write, re-write, and record songs as one, tapping into
the energy they possess on stage, and naturally arriving at the band
all their exploratory recorded music had cut out for them. More info.
Ohio-based post-emo act Cloud Nothings return to Portland in support of their latest, Here and Nowhere Else. All-ages!
On their third LP Angel it is clear that Pure X have, and always have had, an uncompromising musical vision. Over the course of each full-length the band has tirelessly reinvented themselves, opting to stay true to their own sensibilities rather than placate expectations or regurgitate a "successful" sound. After wooing both critics and audiences alike with their seductive, submerged-in-reverberation debut Pleasure the band pulled an about-face on their sophomore album Crawling Up the Stairs, crafting a follow up that emphasized textural clarity and raw emotionality over its predecessor's intoxicating soundscapes. Now on their third LP, and first as a quartet, the internal upheaval of C.U.T.S. has fully dissipated and given way to a new found serenity, a calm which finds the band in its most potent, refined, and elemental form yet.
Angel was recorded to tape in a concentrated burst over five days at Wied Hall- a massive, rustic, 100 year-old dance hall in rural central Texas. The band isolated themselves to living in the cavernous space during the Fall of 2013 after a year full of touring and writing on the road, seeking a secluded setting to construct what would become their most focused work to date. The results show the group of Jesse Jenkins, Nate Grace, Austin Youngblood, and newly acquired full-time member Matty Tommy Davidson leaving themselves totally unguarded. During their residency the band had time to absorb the pastoral romanticism of the countryside as well as Wied's rich history of having hosted many of country music's finest in the last century. Subsequently, a deliberate patience exudes from the album both in the band's freshly honed songwriting and spacious compositional structure. Lush, layered vocal treatments, dialogues of gently plucked electric and strummed 12-string guitar, reserved percussion, and precariously sensual bass are all allowed ample room to breathe and delicately bathe in the great hall's natural reverb. More than ever Pure X's influences are allowed to show through in full, unveiling affinities which were present in their past recordings but never totally expressed until now. Harmonies such as those on the achingly gorgeous opener Starlight, lead by Jesse Jenkins' silky falsetto, interweave with a complexity and precision that is reminiscent of 70's soul, steadily propelled forward by a stoic groove of bass, guitar, and tightly tracked drum kit. On the 2-step ballad Heaven the spirit of classic country's golden-era is seamlessly assimilated into the band's sound while Nate Grace's lyrics conversely explore the reality of an inner, readily accessible utopia. Elsewhere on Every Tomorrow a sober raga of 12-string acoustic hangs serenely over measured doses of hand percussion and minimal string arrangements punctuated by ascending ladders of buzzing synth. Singers Jenkins and Grace, sharing vocal duties evenly across the recording, boldly explore a full range of motion to share a collection of strikingly honest songs about love, aspiration, and the deep yearning for the authentic unity with oneself.
Pure X's third long-player, written collectively between all four members and recorded mostly live with minimal overdubs, sees the band further refining themselves after a year of being strenuously tempered on the road. These pieces, comprised of ideas stolen away during moments in the tour van and hammered out on various stages across the United States, were brought back home with a distinct purpose, with one concerted intention: to make the album they had always wanted to make. And thus, Pure X have crafted a beautifully genuine pop record whose influences span across genres and generations without reserve while simultaneously coming into their own in the process.
Talkative was born in a noise dream. First existing in Eugene they were originally a performance-art noise duo. Focusing their time on loops, effects, and delay bent vocals, the shows were mentally and aurally intensive. As time shifted forward new forms of performance were explored and they have found a comfortable setup with effects soaked guitars, drums, and keyboards. The sound of Talkative starts in a flurry of digital noise that eventually finds itself ripping through guitar riffs before shapeshifting into rolling drums and sequencers. They've released two full length albums "Strange Luxuries" and "Light Years" which both illustrate a dynamic quality unique to Talkative. "Light Years" shows Talkative's ability to bath in reverb and rebirth itself in melody with the help of guitar, bass, and drums. Their current live set up includes live visuals, booming drums and bass, wild vocals and ripping guitars.
This is a barn burner of an all ages show featuring three of Portland's finest. The Thermals, featuring XRAY's own Kathy Foster (Strange Babes, Mondays 4-6p), headline with best new band runner up Summer Cannibals and The Ghost Ease.
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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