FREE EVENT
Sunbathe is the devastatingly catchy, fuzzed-out pop band brought to you by songwriter Maggie Morris. Suffused with lyrical honesty and a raw performance style, Morris can command the stage coasting along on an abundance of hooks and lighthearted guitar. Sunbathe has quickly gained notoriety for their captivating live performances, touring with the likes of Typhoon and Built to Spill, all the while living and breathing a DIY ethos. Referring to themselves as the most punk pop band in Portland, Oregon– Sunbathe cites ABBA and The Ramones as two of their biggest influences yet they will remind you of neither. Their songs will leave you feeling nostalgic for something that you probably only experienced in a dream.
EVENT PAGE: https://www.souwesterlodge.com/event/sunbathe-presented-by-souwester-arts/?instance_id=27750
Workshop Cost: $70
In this workshop students will use transparent objects to create moving image cyanotypes without the use of traditional filmmaking equipment. This hands-on workshop will demonstrate how to clear coat 16mm film with cyanotype solution, compose creative film sequences with pre-coated stock, properly expose in the sun, and develop and tone images using household chemicals. At the end of the workshop, we will splice and project our sequences. Participants are encouraged to bring translucent fabrics, objects, 16mm negatives, transparencies and other materials to enhance their creative journey.
Stephanie Hough is an experimental filmmaker, production coordinator and director of photography whose work explores repetition, gender, relationships and emotional landscapes. Her films HOW TO FEEL (DV, 2010), HEART (16mm, 2013), SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE (Super 8, 2016) have screened in the NW Filmmaker’s Festival, Portland International Film Festival, Experimental Film Festival PDX, BendFilm, The Boathouse Microcinema, TriBeca Film Center and more. As an educator with the Northwest Film Center, Pacific University and the PNCA, Hough has a passion for sharing analog film techniques and making learning accessible for all.
FREE EVENT
David “Papi” Fimbres creates sound out of thin air that feels familiar at first, but at a second thought, is nothing you’ve ever heard before. As a percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Fimbres wields an arc of pure infectious energy, and a rare and cosmic control over the rhythmic and melodic spectrum.Born & raised in the Pacific West Coast, his Latino culture is immersed in not only his music, but his way of life as he sees it. Everything is here for a reason, and within that, everything has a sound that can be curated and understood.
EVENT PAGE: https://www.souwesterlodge.com/event/hanna-haas-presented-by-souwester-arts-2/?instance_id=27738
Rosewood is excited to announce the return of Rosewood Saturday Celebrations, their summer market series with dates coming up on August 13th and September 10th, 1:00PM-4:00PM at their new location on SE 141st & Stark.
The events feature East Portland artisans selling their handmade goods, and resource fair of nonprofit organizations, providing an opportunity to gather, learn, celebrate, and support new small business owners. More information www.rosewoodinitiative.org or at the organization’s Instagram or Facebook.
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's (PICA) twentieth annual Time-Based Art Festival
TBA:22 illuminates what is new and extraordinary. It wrestles with the unanswered and unanswerable. It pushes against this edge of what it means to make—and who can participate in—contemporary art. In addition to performances, exhibitions, dance parties, our new NIGHT SCHOOL program, and our Fall 2022 Creative Exchange Lab, we invite you to come hang out, sip, ponder, and reconnect between and after programs at our on-site Festival bar. TBA:22 will feature international, national, and regional artists, World and West Coast Premieres, local partners, and accessible sites and spaces across the city.
This September, we invite you to come together—in the twenty-year spirit of TBA—to experience a festival like no other.
For a deeper dive into each program, please visit pica.org/tba.
Price
- Patron Pass (All Access + VIP) - $500
- Buy One, Give One - $300
- Full Pass - $150
- One-Weekend Pass - $75
- Individual tickets are also available for each individual program on a sliding scale.
Artists
- Adrienne Truscott
- Anthony Hudson/Carla Rossi
- Arab.AMP (Sir Richard Bishop, Lime Rickey International, and Descending Pharaohs)
- Black Feast (Akela Jaffi, Intisar Abioto, and Salimatu Amabebe)*
- Chloe Alexandra Thompson & DB Amorin
- Emily Jones**
- First Nations Performing Arts (Dakota Camacho, Kunu Bearchum, Allison Akootchook Warden, Autumn Chacon and Jess Abeita, Kevin Holden, morher feat. Chloe Alexandra Thompson, and Ed Bourgeois)
- garima thakur
- jaamil olawale kosoko
- Joseph Keckler with guest artist Holland Andrews
- Hannah Krafcik**
- Harun Morrison**
- Kite
- Lapaushi
- Nana Adusei-Poku
- Pallavi Sen**
- Pepper Pepper
- Princess Bouton**
- Radio III / ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎩ ᏦᎢ (Elisa Harkins, Zoë Poluch, and Hanako Hoshimi-Caines)
- San Cha
- Satpreet Kahlon**
- Sasha Wortzel*
- Shannon Funchess/LIGHT ASYLUM
- Sylvan Oswald
- Takahiro Yamamoto
- UwU & Friends (ADAB (T4T LUV NRG), Ryan Bunao, Bianca AE Mack, Haevyn, Cay Horiuchi, Adam Lucero, Jack Malstrom, Jen Tam, Samantha Pollock, Ava Douglas, Baby Timm, Coco Madrid, Laura Anne Whitley, Nikki Nicole, Nzinga Valentine, and more!)
- Zach Blas*
*These artists are presented with our partners Black Feast; Cooley Gallery, Reed College; Hollywood Theatre, and Pacific Northwest College of Art at Willamette University.
** These artists are part of our Fall 2022 Creative Exchange Lab.
FREE EVENT
Hanna Haas is a folk singer-songwriter based in Portland whose warm guitar and soft vocals carry songs that speak to the constant rising and falling of life and the eternal beauty of it all.
EVENT PAGE: https://www.souwesterlodge.com/event/hanna-haas-presented-by-souwester-arts/?instance_id=27736
21+ | Doors 4:30pm | TICKETS $25-$120 | COVID-19 Policies | Spotify playlist
Lose Yr Mind Fest is pleased to announce the full line up for the 8th annual independent music festival celebrating some of the best artists in rock, psychedelic, post-punk and garage.
This year’s primarily local lineup of 23 bands and two music showcases will take place September 2-3, 2022 across four venues in Portland’s Central Eastside neighborhood, with a free and open to the public wrap party on September 4.
Along with a majority of female fronted bands, this year’s festival will emphasize BIPOC and LGBTQ+ representation, making it the most diverse Lose Yr Mind Fest to-date.
Fueled by the nostalgia of the 90’s, this year’s lineup dives into the past to create a new blend of fresh and eclectic post-punk sounds. Highlights at Lose Yr Mind Fest include various Portland-based hometown stars such as ‘sad rock’ Soft Kill, psychedelic-pop band The Dandy Warhols, and indie-folk MAITA, whose sophomore record I Just Want to Be Wild for You dropped in February. While the mix of artists at Lose Yr Mind Fest includes local favorites, Psychic Bloom’s soulful garage rock from Tehran and Orquestra Pacifico Tropical’s Colombian cumbia rhythms show that the festival sounds go beyond borders and genres.
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Friday, September 2
Bunk Bar: Monsterwatch, The Macks, Shadowgraphs, Psychic Bloom
Vitalidad: The Dandy Warhols, Elephant Stone, Roselit Bone, Art d'Ecco, Orquestra Pacifico
Tropical, Abronia
Lollipop Shoppe (FKA Dig a Pony): The Thesis or Mama Bird Recording Co.
The Get Down: Soft Kill, TBD
Saturday, September 3
Bunk Bar: MAITA, Black Ends, Shaylee, TBD
Vitalidad: Jerry Paper, Holy Wave, Vinyl Williams, Tonstartssbandht, TBD, !mindparade
Lollipop Shoppe (FKA Dig a Pony): The Thesis or Mama Bird Recording Co.
The Get Down: Bush Tetras, Slang, Yuvees, Launderette
FEATURING:
TICKETS | $20 Advance, $25 Day Of
Doors: 8:00PM | Show: 9:00PM
Frequently pushing that sensual sweet-spot between genres, Cut Snake’s rough and ready party vibes come out of the studio with slick sonic edges, holding their own just as well at banging peak-time as at a lazy afternoon poolside sesh. The only guidelines you need for these tunas come straight from the slinker’s mouth: “best enjoyed with a beer in hand" Having spent the first decade of his career as a pro surfer, Cut Snake’s Leigh ‘Sedz’ Sedley got into dance music while touring the world for surf contests, inspired by the underground scenes in each country he visited. The career transition from beach to beats was remarkably smooth. Whilst waiting for waves he fine-tuned his production skills from beachfront bungalows, giving his music its unique taste: fresh as, and just a little salty. “I like spending time in my little studio,” Sedz reflects, “but my favourite thing to do is take my Winnebago down the beach and write tunes on the roof with a mad view.” As it always has been, the key is to give maximum vibes and minimum fucks. As for what’s next, the future is fluid. “I’m just going with the flow at the moment; we’ll see how shit pans out!” Spoken like a true man of the waves. As Sedz would say: sit back, crack a tinnie, and get stuck into it.
TICKETS | $15 Advance, $18 Day Of
21+ Only
Hailing from the Emerald City, The High Seagrass are a swashbuckling band of bluegrass marauders pickin’ and singin’ at sea level. Rising from the Seattle bluegrass jam scene, this group of accomplished musicians channels the city’s deep musical roots with a well curated selection of bluegrass traditionals, rollicking originals, and re-imagined covers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSd9RUbb6-U
Rosewood is excited to announce the return of Rosewood Saturday Celebrations, their summer market series with dates coming up on August 13th and September 10th, 1:00PM-4:00PM at their new location on SE 141st & Stark.
The events feature East Portland artisans selling their handmade goods, and resource fair of nonprofit organizations, providing an opportunity to gather, learn, celebrate, and support new small business owners. More information www.rosewoodinitiative.org or at the organization’s Instagram or Facebook.
TICKETS | $10 at the door
Doors 8 PM, Show 8:30 PM
Enjoy a triple bill with a few of Portland's finest at one of the city's best dive bars.
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TICKETS | Single Day-$170+, Weekend-$390
This August 4-7, Pickathon returns to Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon. If you know Pickathon, you know that this is the best place to find your new favorite artist. Celebrate the return of live music to the Pacific Northwest.
TICKETS | $28 advance, $32 day of show $35 advance 21+ Balcony, $40 day of show 21+ Balcony
Doors 6:30 PM, All Ages
As world travelers for nearly two decades, Rising Appalachia have merged multiple global music influences with their own southern roots to create the inviting new folk album, Leylines. Remarkably the band has built its legion of listeners independently -- a self-made success story that has led to major festival appearances and sold-out shows at venues across the country.
Founded by sisters Leah and Chloe Smith, the band established an international fan base due to relentless touring, tireless activism, and no small degree of stubborn independence.
with Jeffrey Martin
FREE EVENT
Peter Donovan is an astute musical storyteller. His perceptive songs span genres and feature narratives based on both real-life and fictitious characters, written with a contemplative heart. After finding success and a dedicated fanbase with Seattle’s All The Real Girls and his side project The Rose Petals (alongside Elijah Ocean), Donovan returns in 2022 with his first proper solo album, This Better Be Good.
FREE | All Ages until 7pm, 21+ 7pm on
It’s an endless sunny day. Eclectic music is pulsing through the air. Delicious eats and libations are being enjoyed by all. After all that time in quarantine and after that long, record-breaking winter, the whole community is coming together to celebrate. Music is vibing, records are being swapped, there are workshops and activities the whole fam can enjoy, and everyone you love is there having fun at your side…
This is the Portland July of your rainy winter dreams. Complete with XRAY favorites from the Saturday schedule--it'll be a day with XRAY you won't want to miss.
Come thirsty. Bring your friends and neighbors. And get ready to dance.
Find a full press release for the event here.
Live DJ Lineup:
- 12-1 PM: Beaches w/ Beaches Crew
- 1-2 PM: The Impact Sound! w/ The Grand Yoni
- 2-4 PM: Sessions from the Box with James Dineen
- 4-5 PM: Friends of Noise Presents w/ DJ Harry
- 4-6 PM: Friends of Noise Presents w/ DJ Ayler
- 6-7 PM: Intuitive Navigation w/ DJ Serious Moonlight & DJ Palm Dat
- 7-8 PM: Kevin Berry's Old School Show w/ Kevin Berry
- 8-10 PM: Welcome to the Neighborhood w/ DJ Klyph
Vinyl Fair:
As part of this event, we'll be hosting a Vinyl Fair complete with hidden treasures and longtime favorites from local collectors--including several longtime XRAY DJs. Vendors span all genres and, while prioritizing vinyl, will also have CDs and Tapes available. Expect to see music as wide-ranging as XRAY including Classic Rock, Jazz, Hip Hop, Soul, Funk, Psych, Punk, Industrial, Experimental, Folk, Goth, Acoustic, Pop, World, Soundtracks, Dance, and more.
Vendor Lineup:
Vendor Business Name // Vendor Name // Genre Specialties
*Links provided to shows on XRAY for those vendors who are station DJs.
- Too Many Records // Matt Kessler // Classic essentials from rock/jazz/soul/funk, modern rarities from hip-hop, video game soundtracks, indie, Brazilian, and blue note jazz
- DJ Morning Remorse // Carlos Block-Almanzan // All Genres
- Prospector Records // Patrick Gordy // Funk, soul, psych, jazz, rock, outsider
- Fragile Records // Randy Foss // Classic Rock
- Produce Records // Dan Bryant // All Genres
- Pleuracanthas Records // Thom Jones // Post-punk, experimental, goth, industrial
- DJ Bob Ham // Bob Ham // Indie Rock
- 3 Hand Stephen // Stephen Cohen // Freak folk, psych folk, poetic acoustic, creative acoustic, experimental
- David Wagstaff // David Wagstaff // Rock, Pop, World, Jazz, & Dance
- Fluff & Gravy Records // John Shepski // Indie Folk, Rock
- Discourage Records // Paul Montone // Indie
- Vinyl Crush // Mark Wald // Jazz & Rock/Pop
Volunteer at the Event
Want to help out with the event? Let us know by sending us an email at info@xray.fm. We could use folks to help with set up and clean up, recording shoutouts, merch sales, raffle/giveaway tickets, social media, photography, and all the things that go into a great summer party!
COVID-19 Precautions & More Information
TICKETS | $18 Early Bird, $21 Advance, $25 Day of
Doors 8 PM, Show 9 PM
Memphis-based, GRAMMY®-nominated Southern Avenue inked their first record deal with legendary Stax Records in 2016. The first Memphis band signed to Stax in over 40 years, their self-titled debut was an immediate phenomenon, reaching #1 on iTunes’ “Top Blues Albums” chart before being honored with the 2018 Blues Music Award for “Best Emerging Artist Album.” 2019’s KEEP ON proved an even greater success, debuting among the top 5 on Billboard’s “Top Blues Albums” chart amidst worldwide critical acclaim, ultimately earning Southern Avenue their first GRAMMY® Award nomination, for “Best Contemporary Blues Album”.
In addition to the early success that the band has had with their recordings, they have also found a home on the road. The band has performed in 15 countries on three continents and averages over 150 shows in a typical year, making the group one of the most sought-after live performance experiences. Their high-energy shows have captivated audiences around the globe, making this eclectic group a must-see at venues and festivals alike.
Southern Avenue’s new album Be The Love You Want, is out now on Renew Records/BMG. Produced by Multi-GRAMMY® winner Steve Berlin (Los Lobos, Susan Tedeschi, Deer Tick), American Songwriter calls it “A potent soul force!” and No Depression proclaims it’s “one of the most listenable, and danceable, records of the year.”
TICKETS (on sale June 3, 10 AM) | $26 advance, $30 day of show, $32 advance 21+ balcony, $37 day of show 21+ balcony
All Ages | Proof of COVID vaccination or Negative Test within 72 hours required for entry
Portland rockers Red Fang have announced their long-awaited North America Summer 2022 tour dates, in support of their acclaimed 2021 full-length Arrows. This latest release was produced by longtime collaborator Chris Funk and has been acclaimed as “a satisfying piece of scuzzed-out riffage” according to Stereogum and “another heaping pile of fuzzy stoner rock from one of the most reliable institutions in their genre” from Revolver.
Featuring Big Business and Tacos!