DJ Kyle Reese & special guest Billy Knight
Monday April 22nd
9pm-1am
Meine Damen und Herren; Magnolia Bouvier and DDDJJJ666 have a LOT of German, Swiss and Austrian new wave, cold wave, synth pop, post punk, kraut and whatever records TO PLAY FOR YOU at The Red Fox. Please join us for Gute Nacht on 4/20 (Vier Zwanzig, dudes). Come get krauted out of your Kopf!
Monqui & Soul'd Out Present: Shy Girls with Akua
Saturday April 20th ~ All Ages
$17-$20
Doors 8PM
Tickets
Acclaimed pop singer/producer Dan Vidmar, a.k.a. Shy Girls, will
release a new album, Bird on the Wing, in Spring of 2019 .
The album contains a palpable sense of Vidmar’s evolution towards
the carefree, a newfound buoyancy and optimism which pervades the
whole effort. The album is an enticing and uplifting mixture of lo-fi soul,
nerdy jam outs, minimalist grooves and a whole lot of chimes. It pulls from
a far-reaching and unexpected array of influences, with elements of Jaco
and Weather Report, dusty Dilla-esque drums, and noodling Garcia guitar
solos.
Vortex Music Magazine and Artists Repertory Theatre's Musical Interlude series—where artists perform stripped-down versions of their songs and tell the stories behind them, all on a theatrical set—continues on the fifth anniversary of the mag! With our genre-themed lineup coming soon, do not miss our fifth birthday party at Musical Interlude: Hip-Hop!
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XRAY.FM joins forces with Tender Loving Empire for a in-store DJ on select Saturdays each month from 12-4PM!
Come hang out and listen to music:
5/4 - Christopher Nakayama
5/11 - DJ Theo Craig
6/1 - DJFGQBNYJ
7/6 - DJFGQBNYJ
7/13 - Christopher Nakayama
Shirley Nanette performing the Never Coming Back LP live! With support from DJs Jon Kirby (Numero Group) and Bobby D (Albina Music Trust).
A World Arts Foundation Production
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Shirley Nanette:
Shirley Nanette has long been recognized by the regional music community for her dynamic vocal sensibility—performing jazz and classical works at festivals, on television, and with the Oregon Symphony as well as earning her a place in the Oregon Music Hall Of Fame. Less is known, however, about the degree to which her vocal work pulls from the roots of soul music. In 1973, Nanette released an LP entitled Never Coming Back. Featuring a cast of Albina area musicians, the record has been lauded by some as a critical piece of Portland soul music history. Tonight’s program will feature Shirley Nanette performing her seminal LP Never Coming Back in its entirety.
Albina Soul Revue Band:
The Albina Soul Revue Band is an intergenerational group of Portland musicians under the direction of Tony Ozier. Since 2009, Ozier's "Dookie Jam" has served as an open forum for rappers, producers, and jazz musicians alike. With the Albina Soul Revue Band, Ozier has enlisted a veritable dream team of local heavies to perform original Albina soul music from the 1960s-80s. The group features Kenney Polson (Gil Scott-Heron, Jimmy Heath, Wynton Marsalis), Danny Osborne (Billy Graham, Shirley Nanette), Marquay Seamster (Prince), Kyle Molitor (Bootsy Collins), Noah Simpson (Noah Simpson Group), Dennis Dove (World Beat Collective), Ben "Snacks" Turner (KMHD, Dirty Revival), and Colin Jenkins (Ages and Ages).
Jon Kirby:
Jonathan Kirby is a record collector, author, and producer with the esteemed reissue label, the Numero Group. From 2007 to 2010, he served as the Associate Editor for the Brooklyn-based music journal, Wax Poetics, before joining the Numero Group in 2011. He has been nominated for two Grammys in relation to his archival work—in 2014 for his expansive liner notes for Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound and again in 2017 for producing Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque in Upper Volta. He has recently returned to his home in Winston-Salem to intensify research and preservation of the underrated, unknown, and marginalized musicians of North Carolina.
www.numerogroup.com
Bobby D:
An elementary school teacher by day, Bobby Smith is a writer, disc jockey, and local media archivist by night. His Night School program on XRAY FM has served the Albina musician community since 2014. In partnership with Portland arts and education non-profit, World Arts Foundation, he founded the Albina Music Trust––an initiative to elevate 20th century Albina musicians through storytelling, performance, and releasing unissued local soul records. He has been a contributing writer for Wax Poetics, Hot Stuff Magazine, and Portland Mercury.
www.nightschool.us
www.instagram.com/albinamusictrust
Shirley Nanette performing the Never Coming Back LP live! With support from DJs Jon Kirby (Numero Group) and Bobby D (Albina Music Trust).
A World Arts Foundation Production
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Shirley Nanette:
Shirley Nanette has long been recognized by the regional music community for her dynamic vocal sensibility—performing jazz and classical works at festivals, on television, and with the Oregon Symphony as well as earning her a place in the Oregon Music Hall Of Fame. Less is known, however, about the degree to which her vocal work pulls from the roots of soul music. In 1973, Nanette released an LP entitled Never Coming Back. Featuring a cast of Albina area musicians, the record has been lauded by some as a critical piece of Portland soul music history. Tonight’s program will feature Shirley Nanette performing her seminal LP Never Coming Back in its entirety.
Albina Soul Revue Band:
The Albina Soul Revue Band is an intergenerational group of Portland musicians under the direction of Tony Ozier. Since 2009, Ozier's "Dookie Jam" has served as an open forum for rappers, producers, and jazz musicians alike. With the Albina Soul Revue Band, Ozier has enlisted a veritable dream team of local heavies to perform original Albina soul music from the 1960s-80s. The group features Kenney Polson (Gil Scott-Heron, Jimmy Heath, Wynton Marsalis), Danny Osborne (Billy Graham, Shirley Nanette), Marquay Seamster (Prince), Kyle Molitor (Bootsy Collins), Noah Simpson (Noah Simpson Group), Dennis Dove (World Beat Collective), Ben "Snacks" Turner (KMHD, Dirty Revival), and Colin Jenkins (Ages and Ages).
Jon Kirby:
Jonathan Kirby is a record collector, author, and producer with the esteemed reissue label, the Numero Group. From 2007 to 2010, he served as the Associate Editor for the Brooklyn-based music journal, Wax Poetics, before joining the Numero Group in 2011. He has been nominated for two Grammys in relation to his archival work—in 2014 for his expansive liner notes for Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound and again in 2017 for producing Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque in Upper Volta. He has recently returned to his home in Winston-Salem to intensify research and preservation of the underrated, unknown, and marginalized musicians of North Carolina.
www.numerogroup.com
Bobby D:
An elementary school teacher by day, Bobby Smith is a writer, disc jockey, and local media archivist by night. His Night School program on XRAY FM has served the Albina musician community since 2014. In partnership with Portland arts and education non-profit, World Arts Foundation, he founded the Albina Music Trust––an initiative to elevate 20th century Albina musicians through storytelling, performance, and releasing unissued local soul records. He has been a contributing writer for Wax Poetics, Hot Stuff Magazine, and Portland Mercury.
www.nightschool.us
www.instagram.com/albinamusictrust
XRAY.FM joins forces with Tender Loving Empire for a in-store DJ on select Saturdays each month from 12-4PM!
Come hang out and listen to music:
5/4 - Christopher Nakayama
5/11 - DJ Theo Craig
6/1 - DJFGQBNYJ
7/6 - DJFGQBNYJ
7/13 - Christopher Nakayama
Mic Check and A Beat Happening present: Beats & Rhymes - A Fundraiser for XRAY.FM The ALL AGES show features rappers and producers from Portland to Oklahoma City. Also featuring artists representing Friends of Noise. The event kicks off at 5pm Saturday April 6th at McMenamins Mission Theater
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An intensely intimate post-punk/darkwave experience, the Out From The Shadows festival brings in artists from around the country and the world for three nights at the Tonic Lounge. This year, we go from the largely Portland-based opening night - 4 local bands (The Secret Light and Darkswoon among them) along with Copenhagen's The Foreign Resort and the return of The Wheal from Paris - to two distinctly different but equally amazing lineups the next two nights. Friday finds Light Asylum headlining in their only Portland appearance of the year supported by LA's Milliken Chamber, Social Station from DC, Chicago artist Panic Priest and others, including Portland wunderkinds Xibling. Saturday night turns decidedly darker and not a little more goth. Aside from the long overdue reappearance of local band LUNCH, we have Oakland's Ink Bats, Cruz de Navajas from Mexico City, Seattle's Nox Novacula, SF legends Altar De Fey, rising phenoms Twin Tribes from Texas, the return of the intense and popular Lust Era from San Juan PR, all topped by one of the current, hotbed Portland scene's most important originators, The Estranged.
Tickets and the complete lineup available at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/254829712076067/
Every first Tuesday from 9PM-1AM join XRAY.FM DJs spinning records live at one of the coziest bars in Portland, Beech Street Parlor! For a full schedule of events visit Beech Street Parlor here.
Join PDX Pop Now! in celebrating the 2019 PDX Pop Now! compilation, with tracks from nearly 40 Portland artists!
Kingsley Music
Martha Stax
Babytooth
Doors at 6 p.m. with music starting at 6:30 p.m.
$8 Admission includes a copy of the 2019 compilation!
- - ALL AGES - -
This event is sponsored by the fine folks at XRAY.FM!
Each year, the PDX Pop Now! listening committee —comprised of volunteers from across our community—listen to over 500 songs submitted for the annual compilation. After making it through the listening panel, final tracks are then selected with attention to diversity, representation and popularity. All proceeds of the compilation go towards funding 16th Annual PDX Pop Now! Festival!
A special thank you to our sponsors! Lagunitas Community Room - Portland, Cravedog, Inc., CD Baby, Sky Onion Mastering, and Baby Doll Pizza!
Code for PDX is a Code for America "brigade" or local chapter focused on improving the lives of residents of Portland. Code for PDX is made up of individuals who are interested in changing Portland for the better. We will work with local government to fix local services, utilize open data to improve citizen knowledge, and work to the betterment of all. We are just getting started so there are plenty of opportunities to use your skills. Even if you are not a tech type we can still have opportunities for you to contribute. So come by and become part of a movement to improve our community.
Find us at codeforpdx.org (https://www.codeforpdx.org) or come by the Hack Night every-other Wednesday (check the Meetup page to confirm) from 6.00pm - 9pm at Uncorked Studios( 811 SE Stark St #300).
For more info:
Follow us on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/codeForPDX )
We are also on Slack ( https://codeforpdx.slack.com )
Find us on Meetup( https://www.meetup.com/Code-for-PDX)
THIS IS HOW WE DO IT: LIVE PERFORMERS AND DANCE PARTY!
FRANKIE SIMONE, BLOSSOM, RIPLEY SNELL, DJ BOBBY D, LIQUID BEAT DJS
XRAY.FM and Holocene team up to bring you a special Friday night dance party, pairing some of our favorite local R&B / pop / hip-hop artists with DJ sets of hip-hop, R&B and soulful House til closing time from Bobby D and Liquid Beat.
More details and tickets at Holocene.org
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Code for PDX is a Code for America "brigade" or local chapter focused on improving the lives of residents of Portland. Code for PDX is made up of individuals who are interested in changing Portland for the better. We will work with local government to fix local services, utilize open data to improve citizen knowledge, and work to the betterment of all. We are just getting started so there are plenty of opportunities to use your skills. Even if you are not a tech type we can still have opportunities for you to contribute. So come by and become part of a movement to improve our community.
Find us at codeforpdx.org (https://www.codeforpdx.org) or come by the Hack Night every-other Wednesday (check the Meetup page to confirm) from 6.00pm - 9pm at Uncorked Studios( 811 SE Stark St #300).
For more info:
Follow us on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/codeForPDX )
We are also on Slack ( https://codeforpdx.slack.com )
Find us on Meetup( https://www.meetup.com/Code-for-PDX)
XRAY.FM joins forces with Tender Loving Empire for a in-store DJ on select Saturdays each month from 12-4PM!
Come hang out and listen to music:
5/4 - Christopher Nakayama
5/11 - DJ Theo Craig
6/1 - DJFGQBNYJ
7/6 - DJFGQBNYJ
7/13 - Christopher Nakayama
XRAY turns FIVE this year 😅 and we’re throwing a big party to celebrate! 🎉 Join us at Polaris Hall on Saturday, March 9th, for all the festivities!
Featuring performances by...
Sassyblack 💥
Blossom 💥
Just Pretend 💥
With your MCs...
DJ Klyph 🎤
KayelaJ 🎤
DJ sets by our friends at The Numberz...
Ambush
Kevin Berry
...AND MORE! 🎂🎁😜
$5 XRAY Member Discount
$15 GA
Tickets on sale now
You’re invited to the 2019 XRAY Awards: An intimate evening celebrating the best in our community. Join us at Polaris Hall on Saturday, March 9th, for food and drinks 🍰, live music 🎶, and an awards gala with special guests and surprises 🏆.
⚡️$40 XRAY Member Discount
⚡️$60 General Admission -- Includes food & 2 complimentary drinks.
⚡️$105 VIP Ticket -- Includes reserved seating, gift bag, food, & unlimited drinks.
⚡️$420 VIP Table -- Includes reserved table for four guests, gift bags, food, & unlimited drinks.
Tickets on sale now! 💎