AUSTRA w/THE RANGE
MON FEB 13
8:30 PM
$17.00 - $20.00
TICKETS
This event is 21 and over
We're thrilled to welcome Toronto based electronic pop artist Austra, touring on her new album FUTURE POLITICS on Domino.
The future won't look like the past: dystopian dread takes this for granted, but utopian imagination is just as valid. Future Politics, Austra's third, and most ambitious album to date, calls for radical hope: "a commitment to replace the approaching dystopia," says Katie Stelmanis, who leads Austra with the support of Maya Postepski (Princess Century, TR/ST), Dorian Wolf, and Ryan Wonsiak. "Not just hope in the future, but the idea that everyone is required to help write it, and the boundaries of what it can look like are both fascinating and endless. It's not about 'being political,' it's about reaching beyond boundaries, in every single field."
Future Politics, a collection of urgent, but disciplined anthems for dancefloor and headphones, asks each of us to remember that apocalypse is not an inevitability, but the product of human decision-making. It aims for a world without borders, where human compassion and curiosity drive technological innovation rather than profit, where the necessity of labor is replaced with time for creativity and personal growth, and the terror and destruction wrought by colonialism and white supremacy is recognized as a dark age in human history. The album is radicalism distilled: to galvanic beats, gorgeous, kinetic melodies, and the vulnerable majesty of Stelmanis's voice. "Future Politics," with its steady, propulsive beat and siren-like synth hook, is both anthem and ultimatum: we have a duty to imagine better, and to imagine big.
Stelmanis, wrote, produced and engineered the album, with Maya Postepski adding production on half the tracks. It was mixed by Alice Wilder, the band's live engineer, and mastered by Heba Kadry in New York. But its haunting first single, "Utopia," is heart-filling, irresistible pop that feels pulled from the air. "Freepower" deals with the paradox of a physical world in peril while our collective consciousness evolves—there is no denying our reliance on each other and the systems we invent. "To solve the problems of global capitalism," Stelmanis says, "you need to think on the level that global capitalists are thinking."
Making Future Politics was a process of starting from zero. Austra's debut, 2011's Feel It Break, and 2013's critically celebrated Olympia, were followed with five years of non-stop touring, and half a decade without a fixed address. Katie settled in Montreal, where she found herself alone, facing both a language barrier and the dissolution of a few faith-sustaining relationships, romantically and within the band. "I knew writing this record would have nothing to do with music at first," Stelmanis says. "It needed to have a purpose other than just my own ego." The album's center suite, "I'm a Monster" through "Angel in Your Eye," is about the intersection of personal depression and collective despair.
Despair can be paralyzing, but it can act as a compass—the less you can ignore, the more you have to act. "I had a process of overcoming my own cynicism," Stelmanis says. "I came to a whole bunch of philosophers and economists who were writing about real possibilities for reinventing society." Texts that took a realistic approach to climate change and economic disaster, while offering real alternatives: Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work by Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams; Naomi Klein's This Changes Everything; David Harvey's Rebel Cities. The album's opener, "We Were Alive," is about "overcoming apathy—becoming more political, and more earnest."
In 2015, Stelmanis moved to Mexico City, where the album was completed. (The cover art was photographed at the Cuadra San Cristóbal, Mexican architect Luis Barragán's famous equestrian estate.) "It was an invigorating, and creatively liberating time—I was entirely immersed in the culture, and in the magic realism of Mexico's rich and violent history," Stelmanis says. "Economic disparity is a huge topic of conversation every day in Mexico, as is colonialism and neoliberalism, and how NAFTA fucked over Latin America. Reading about this history and contrasting it with the white capitalist theory I had learned in school made the issues I was reading about in Montreal feel more global, and feel bigger." The album's final track, "43," is about the 43 students disappeared in Iguala, Guerrero in 2014, written from the perspective of a mother who is searching for her son.
In Mexico, Stelmanis was introduced "to a whole generation of Latin American producers who are mixing traditional folk music with techno beats. It's an underground revolution rooted in the preservation and celebration of Latin American indigenous cultures, and also Latin American independence from the USA—very similar to what A Tribe Called Red is doing in Canada." Inspiration also came from European club culture—Objekt, Peter Van Hoesen, Lena Willikens, and '90s legends like Massive Attack; in all, artists who understand the dancefloor as a source of radical ideas and radical joy.
Stelmanis's music has always had a political charge—after high school she performed in the riot grrrl band Galaxy, with Postepski and Emma McKenna—but this "has become more important as I've gotten older. I've experienced more sexism in my industry, I've witnessed the downfall of the middle class, I've lived through George W. Bush and Stephen Harper." (Her latest album credits only women as producers, mixing and mastering engineers.) This is a reversal of the cliché that radicals get more conservative with age. If you're old enough to have seen both the nightmarish and the fantastical become ordinary, but young enough to imagine the rest of your life, the more radicalism seems like common sense.
Change, Solnit writes, comes from "writers, scholars, public intellectuals, social activists, and participants in social media"—also "artists, club scenes, parties, teenagers, ghettoes," says Stelmanis. "Every single person's idea about the future is valid and relevant, especially the freaks and the queers and the outsiders." This is DIY on a global scale: the ethos of a self-made, self-determining culture, but with global imperatives. "To change the cultural landscape—which is what we do as artists—is to essentially change the mainstream."
Hinton made the computer his primary instrument after falling under the spell of Baltimore club, bringing in his broader sonic influences from early '90s jungle, early '00s grime and mid '00s electronica to a new sonic whole. The software was the thing at home, but what excited the young producer was the network, and where he spiraled was YouTube. Potential uses as its backbone a series of vocal samples that Hinton has found in the forgotten corners of the site, guiding us around the hinterlands of YouTube, introducing us to unknown artists expressing themselves unfettered by the constraints of industry, lost in the infinite potential of an audience unknown.
Potential is a record steeped in histories – of its characters, of its forebears – but is startlingly new and alive: the network may be ones and zeros but the circuitry here runs on blood, still.
Sabertooth PsychedelicStonerRockMicrofest! Feb 2nd and 3rd at the Crystal Ballroom.
Featuring Black Lips, The Oh Sees, Moon Due, Skull Diver, Mascaras, Skulldiver and more. Full lineup and ticket information can be found here.
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Vidmar returns with "I Am Only A Man," an electrifying piece of cinematic avant-soul. The single offers a 4:10 glimpse into the next evolution of Shy Girls' material, much of which takes a detour towards the progressive. Crash cymbals, detuned pianos, guitar jams, and modulated passages mark a clear evolution from Vidmar's previous material. Shy Girls' newest body of work is as-of-yet unnamed but is expected to be released in 2016.
Born in Los Angeles and currently inhabiting Portland, Oregon - her own unique brand of rap-singing, made up of casually delivered triple entendres, unforgettable melodies and an ever-changing stream of cadences, has begun to spread like a wildfire in recent months. From her noteworthy singles "Squadron" and "Oofda" topping Spotify charts, to her manifested-thru-song appearance on the legendary Sway In The Morning radio show, everything has been coming up Dodgr in 2016. And really, she's only just getting started - with all of this leading up to her forthcoming duo LP, Bone Music, a collaboration with producer Neill Von Tally, due out in early 2017.
It's not too early to get in on the ground floor of this star on the rise.
THREE PARTIES, ONE BIG NIGHT! Tickets and more info RIGHT HERE!
It's XRAY's biggest fundraiser of the year, and you're invited!
Join us for the second annual XRAY Awards, hosted by Marmoset Music. The XRAY community will gather to celebrate the winners of this year's Radio is Yours Contest and recognize some folks working to advance justice and equity in our hometown with food, drinks, and live music.
EVENT OVERVIEW:
5:00p Doors open for VIP-only cocktail hour featuring Lenore. Vikesh Kapoor, and DJ Tex Clark
6:30p Doors open for General Admission
7:30p Performance by Maggie Morris of Genders, DJ Klyph and DJ Bobby D
8:00p Awards ceremony begins
9:00p Doors open for After Party, featuring Fred and Toody Cole and Nocturnal Habits with DJ Bobby D
12:00a Party ends
VIP Party: $200 for TWO tickets. (includes food, free drinks, a goodie bag and entry to Awards Ceremony and After Party)
Awards Ceremony: $60 each (Includes 2 drink tickets, and entry to the After Party)
After Party: $7 for XRAY Members, and $15 for General Admission (includes free Sizzle Pie Pizza!)
The night will begin with a VIP-only cocktail hour. Our VIP guests will enjoy unlimited drinks, an intimate musical performance from new folk duo Lenore., records from DJ Tex Clark of Circa Rad, heavy hors d'oeuvres from Chefstable, ¿Por Que No?, and Voodoo Doughnut, a goodie bag with XRAY swag and gifts from our event sponsors, and acknowledgement during the program.
The VIP cocktail hour will be followed by the main program. We'll kick off the night with a DJ set by XRAY's own Bobby D and a solo performance from Maggie Morris (of Genders) over drinks and finger foods, followed by the awards ceremony. We'll bring to the stage a handful of Portlanders whose work and activism over the past year is deserving of recognition. Then we'll announce the winners of the 2016 Radio is Yours Contest, each of whom will walk away with a cash prize along with a hand-made trophy courtesy of Bobfish Arts.
The party will then continue from 9 pm - midnight with the after party, featuring live performances by Fred and Toody Cole of Dead Moon and Nocturnal Habits. There will be free pizza courtesy of Sizzle Pie and drinks available for purchase.
The event is also a fundraiser for XRAY, and there will be opportunities to contribute throughout the night. Thanks to the generosity of our food and beverage sponsors, all drink purchases will directly benefit XRAY. In addition to proceeds from ticket sales, we'll also work toward our fundraising goal with a raffle and paddle raise.
Join us for the second annual XRAY Awards, hosted by Marmoset Music. The XRAY community will gather to celebrate the winners of this year's Radio is Yours Contest and recognize some folks working to advance justice and equity in our hometown with food, drinks, and live music.
TICKETS AND MORE INFORMATION HERE!
EVENT OVERVIEW:
5:00p Doors open for VIP-only cocktail hour with intimate performance by Lenore.
6:30p Doors open for General Admission
7:30p Performance by TBA!!!
8:00p Awards ceremony begins
9:00p Doors open for After Party with Nocturnal Habits and Fred and Toody Cole of Dead Moon
12:00a Party ends
The night will begin with a VIP-only cocktail hour. Our VIP guests will enjoy unlimited drinks, an intimate musical performance (performer TBA), heavy hors d'oeuvres from Chefstable, ¿Por Que No?, and Voodoo Doughnut, a goodie bag with XRAY swag and gifts from our event sponsors, and acknowledgement during the program.
The VIP cocktail hour will be followed by the main program. We'll kick off the night with a performance (musician/comedian TBA) over drinks and finger foods, followed by the awards ceremony. We'll bring to the stage a handful of Portlanders whose work and activism over the past year is deserving of recognition. Then we'll announce the winners of the 2016 Radio is Yours Contest, each of whom will walk away with a cash prize along with a hand-made trophy courtesy of Bobfish Arts.
The party will then continue from 9 pm - midnight with the after party, featuring live performances by 2 bands and XRAY DJs (lineup TBA soon!). There will be free pizza courtesy ofSizzle Pie and drinks available for purchase.
The event is also a fundraiser for XRAY, and there will be opportunities to contribute throughout the night. Thanks to the generosity of our food and beverage sponsors, all drink purchases will directly benefit XRAY. In addition to proceeds from ticket sales, we'll also work toward our fundraising goal with a raffle and paddle raise.
Doors: 8:00 PM
Show: 9:00 PM
21 and over
Portland, OR
Mostly Standing / Limited Seated Balcony
Turn Turn Turn welcomes Dear Nora for her Reunion/Mountain Rock Reiusse show! With Dragging and Ox at Turn Turn Turn. XRAY is proud to co-Sponsor the show. More info on Turn Turn Turn's Website
Girl Fest presents
Girl Fest 2017
Hosted by Blossom
Coco Columbia
Karma Rivera
Neka + Kahlo
Haley Heynderickx
- LOLA'S ROOM at the Crystal Ballroom
- Saturday, January 14, 2017
- 6 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. show |
- $8 advance, $10 day of show |
- All ages welcome
Tickets on sale now!
About Girl Fest 2017
Girl Fest 2017 is proud to return to Lola's Room at the Crystal Ballroom for their 3rd annual event. This one day, festival-style event was founded in 2013 as a way to celebrate the talented, female artists currently making noise in the Northwest. Girl Fest 2017 will be hosted by Blossom, and will include performances by Coco Columbia, Karma Rivera, Neka & Kahlo, Haley Heyndrickx, Courtney Noe and students from My Voice Music's Student Mentorship Program. With a festival-style lineup, Girl Fest 2017 is excited to feature a wild array of genres; everything from hip hop, to alternative, singer songwriter, and pop infused modern jazz. The 2017 event is sponsored byXRAY.fm and Vortex Music Magazine.
About Coco Columbia
Music school dropout, Coco Columbia, burst onto the Portland music scene in 2014. Her music fuses infectious indie-pop melodies, off-kilter rhythmic feels, dreamy-eyed electro-soul soundscapes and jazzy harmony to create her own brand of bumpin' space-age future-pop. Coco has shared the stage with bands such as Hiatus Kaiyote, Goapele, Robert Glasper and Knower.
About Karma Rivera
Freshman to the NW hip hop scene, Karma Rivera has already made quite a name for herself. Since performing as headliner of November's "The Thesis" at Kelly's Olympian, Rivera has been making moves. She's ready to slay on the Girl Fest stage in January, with aggressive hip hop tracks and a style truly all her own.
About Neka + Kahlo
Veterans of Girl Fest 2014, Neka & Kahlo craft vibey music out of a red brick apartment in North Portland. Rather than pushing a limiting trend or sub-genre, the duo serve as an intersection - trafficking in multiple styles and sounds - thereby dispensing with the need for additional labels. What you hear is the expression of their unique experience as humans who refuse to conform to any one identity alone.
About Haley Heynderickx
The voice of Portland artist, Haley Heynderickx (pronounced Hendricks), is distinctly unique, with a sweet power and beauty that makes her music almost familiar to the ear. Her lyricism is raw and true. Reminiscent of the styles of Joni Mitchell, Joanna Newsom and Jessica Pratt, Heynderickx is not one to miss.
About Courtney Noe
"Courtney Noe, Grammy's 2017" is written in red lipstick on her bathroom mirror. "I literally envision myself rising out of the stage in Madison Square Garden before I go to sleep." Courtney's sound embraces the soul of Motown with the additive character of pop. Big band horns, orchestra strings and piano are heard throughout her music; the lyrics dripping with sass.
About My Voice Music
My Voice Music is a nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon that engages youth in music and performance in order to promote self-esteem, social skills and emotional expression. MVM's student band opened Girl Fest in 2016, and we are excited to welcome these extraordinarily talented girls back to our stage for the 2017 event!
DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid New Year's Eve Dance Party Extravaganza at the Melody Ballroom.
Saturday, December 31st, 2016
Our biggest New Year's Eve party ever:
A Desi Latino Soundclash on 2 floors!!
Orquestra Pacifico Tropical (Featuring members of Sun Angle, Máscaras, Bitch'n, &&&, IOA, Point Juncture, Wa., Modernstate, Roselit Bone, Quiet Countries & Eagle Sun King.) Orquestra Pacifico Tropical’s wall of sound is dedicated to expanding the music of Central & South America to the people & dance floors of the Pacific Northwest.
Coast2c (Gran Ritmos)
Daniela Karina (Women's Beat League/Bed of Roses)
Michael Bruce (Gran Ritmos)
Suavecito (She Shreds Magazine & Savila)
Bollywood/Cumbia/Bhangra/Dembow/Urban Desi/Reggaeton/Desi Bass/Latin Trap/Tribal Guarachero
Featuring percussionist Adam McCollom on the Panjabi Dhol drum.
Bhangra dances by DJ Anjali and Gulabi Gang.
Two ballrooms on two levels.
Sound by One Wub
Sponsored by XRAY.FM.
21+ only w/ proper ID
This party marks the 16th anniversary of Anjali and The Kid playing in Portland clubs as a duo since their New Year's Eve debut in 2000.
www.anjaliandthekid.com
Quannum MCs!
Featuring Blackalicious, Latyrx, Gift of Gab, Lyrics Born, Lateef Daumont, and Chief Xcel. With specail guests Libretto, Blossom, and DJ Wicked.
Saturday December 31
Star Theater Portland
DOORS AT 8, SHOW AT 9pm / 21+
21+
Additional Info:
QUANNUM MC's (Blackalicious, Latyrx, Gift of Gab, Lyrics Born, Chief Xcel & Lateef) w/ special guests Libretto, Blossom & Dj WickedThis New Year's Eve, come celebrate with Quannum---one of the West Coast's most legendary Hip Hop collectives ever formed---and their long awaited reunion, exclusively at the Star Theater in PDX! Both a label (Quannum Projects) and a collaborative concern, Quannum brought together the brightest talents from the former SoleSides label: Lyrics Born and Lateef the Truth Speaker (from Latyrx), Chief Xcel and Gift of Gab (from Blackalicious), and DJ Shadow. An artist-run label, SoleSides was founded in 1992 at KDVS, the college radio station for the University of California-Davis, with most of the above artists involved, plus mentor DJ Zen (Jeff Chang). Its first release, DJ Shadow's 1993 slab "Entropy," gained a worldwide profile after tastemaker James Lavelle released it on his Mo' Wax label. SoleSides hit with further releases like Blackalicious' Melodica EP (also licensed to Mo' Wax) and the self-titled debut single by Latyrx. By 1997, SoleSides had become Quannum Projects, and the label debuted with a masterstroke, the brilliant collaborative Quannum Spectrum, including a bounty of West Coast underground talent -- Jurassic 5, Divine Styler, Souls of Mischief, and Poets of Rhythm. Quannum Projects continued releasing records, including full-lengths for Blackalicious (NIA) and Poets of Rhythm (Discern/Define), a single by Spectrum contributor Joyo Velarde, and most rewarding of all, the two-disc history lesson SoleSides Greatest Bumps. And now this New Years Eve is your once in a lifetime chance to catch the collective live and direct!
Tickets:
http://www.ticketweb.com/fb/6995585/dantes
Willamette Week, XRAY.FM and Holocene present: LOCAL CUT
Ft.
Mic Capes
with
Brown Alice
Ellis Pink
and sounds by Fritzwa
LOCAL CUT is a FREE quarterly music event curated by Willamette Week, showcasing the diverse and talented musicians and producers under the radar and on the rise within the Portland music scene.
Hosted by Holocene, LOCAL CUT shines a spotlight on an eclectic mix of hip-hop, R&B, soul and their extended genres. Expect up and coming MC’s and DJ’s, as well as rock bands with rhythm and creative individuals marching to the beat of their own drum machine.
Sponsored by MillerCoors.
Sunday, December 18
Holocene Portland
9 p.m. show / 8:30 p.m. doors
21+
FREE
An evening for a special EYRST and XRAY.FM event. It'll be EmVKush playing records as the PDX Mandem and Neill Von Tally doing his live beat thang. The event will fresh off an announcement for a PDX Mandem's release on Moonshine Recordings and Neill's most notably Bone Music with the The Last Artful, Dodgr, the first single of which was premiered on Sway. It's going to be a night of Hip Hop and dubwise vibes. Artwork by Ritzy Sheens
Come through and be a part of the audience for live broadcasts of The Groove Theory Mixshow & Welcome to the Neighborhood on XRAY.FM. All of your favorite segments of the shows live on stage!
Say farewell to the O.G.ONE hosted & produced Groove Theory Mixshow as he does his final show on XRAY.FM in front of a live audience.
After that it's the first ever remote brodcast of Welcome to the Neighborhod with great music, live verses from some of Portland's best emcees and giveaways from three7 LIMITED
Then witness the collaboration of three of Portlands best producers & emcees as These? Blacks change the game!
Live brodcast from 7-10pm
These? Blacks 10pm
21+
$5 at the door
New Orleans Louisiana born & raised, DaiN is the foundation of the crew. His production and influence creates the space for these emcees to do what emcees do - bring BARS!
Portland native Jon Belz-King is one of the hardest working emcees in the city. Recently featured on the Team Backpack Portland Cypher, his lyrical dexterity puts him in the catagory as one of the best in the NW!
Kentucky & Ohio is where he began his craft, now he's one of the most sought after producers from the Rose City. Theory Hazit is a monster on production and intense with is rhyme skills - Watch Out!
EIGHT BELLS was formed in 2010 by Melynda Jackson and is a songwriting collaboration with bassist Haley Westeiner and drummer Chris VanHuffel. Based in Portland, Oregon, Eight Bells explores dark sonic realms with a blackened dissonance combining anguished screams with ethereal, haunting female vocals. Debut album, The Captain’s Daughter, was recorded by Billy Anderson and released in 2013 by Seventh Rule and on vinyl by The Flenser. In support of the album’s release, Eight Bells toured in support of Agalloch and SubRosa, appeared on the Fall Into Darkness festival and also performed at Project Pabst and Crucial Fest. Press for The Captain’s Daughter: Iron Hops “A+. ... a complex and genre-bending masterpiece.” Echoes and Dust "...head-bang inducing, ethereal and gloriously unpredictable.”
EIGHT BELLS’ sophomore album, Landless, is to be released in February 2016. This effort sees Eight Bells experience a change in personnel with drummer Rae Amitay, but once again join forces with legendary producer/engineer Billy Anderson. The material offers a definitive evolution of their sound, and will be released on vinyl/digital formats via Battleground Records and on tape via Tartarus Records. Eight Bells has also been chosen as direct support for Voivod and Vektor this February, where they will tour the Northeastern United States.
Jamais Jamais had their humble beginnings when Melynda flew in for a visit to Portland, OR from Portland, ME to visit sister, Erin. This time together in late 2010 included a week long recording session that resulted in two unreleased demo songs, Nothing and Winter Skies. They decided to call them selves Jamais Jamais (Jhah-may Jhah-may), meaning Never Never in French. To them their name chosen was a funny play on words. Its a double negative which equals a positive, like happy in a sad way and sad in a happy way, not unlike their music.
Melynda made a big move to Portland, OR a year later to see where the music with Erin could take them. After having a couple musician friends, Dave Smits and Alex Roy, play with them live and writing many songs, they joined forces with NW classically trained musicians Donna Potts and Camelia Nine. Two sisters from New England and two friends from the Pacific NW became Jamais Jamais as it is today. Their combined influences of folk, classical, soul, pop, doom and rock have played an integral part in the musical identity and unification of Jamais Jamais.
For the second year in a row, in partnership with Literary Arts, Wordstock Edition Back Fence PDX present Russian Roulette.
Featuring returning crowd favorites: Four-Time Winner Shannon Balcom Graves (PDX), Poet/Performer, Comedian, Founder of Write Bloody Publishing Derrick Brown (LA), Author of Turtleface and Beyond: Stories, Emmy-Nominated Filmmaker, Past Winner Arthur Bradford (PDX), and Comedian, Member of Lez Standup, Past Winner Caitlin Weierhouser (PDX) — along with soon-to-be faves: Books Editor at Buzzfeed, Co-Author of Knives & Ink Isaac Fitzgerald (NY), Spoken Word Poet, Visual Artist, Musician Anis Mojgani (PDX), Memoirist, Therapist Specializing in Love & Sex Addiction Kerry Cohen (PDX) and Slam Poet, TEDX Speaker Alex Dang (PDX).
Hosted by B. Frayn Masters & Mindy Nettifee
Music by Bobby D from XRAY
More about Russian Roulette and how it works: Each show begins with a full wheel of juicy story prompts. One of our 8 seasoned storytellers will be randomly drawn. To determine the random prompt for their story, they’ll spin the giant game show wheel. They can play or pass. If they pass another teller can steal their prompt. Then the risky part… each storyteller has only 5 minutes to come up with a true 5-minute story based on that prompt! It’s like we invented a new game called truth and dare.
At the end of the night, the audience will select a winner who will receive 50 bucks and some other cool prizes, like bragging rights for life. The winner will be invited to come back to the next show!
And one lucky audience member will also win prizes.
* Storytellers subject to change without notice
* Stories will quite likely contain explicit language and/or subject matter
21+
Sonic Cinema presents Jim Jarmusch’s new film that chronicles the story of The Stooges, one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Emerging from Ann Arbor Michigan amidst a countercultural revolution, The Stooges’ powerful and aggressive style blew a crater in the musical landscape of the late 1960s. Assaulting audiences with a blend of rock, blues, R&B, and free jazz, the band planted the seeds for what would be called punk and alternative rock in the decades that followed. Gimme Danger presents the context of the Stooges emergence musically, culturally, politically, historically, and relates their adventures and misadventures while charting their inspirations and the reasons behind their initial commercial challenges, as well as their long-lasting legacy.
Part of our Sonic Cinema series which presents the best in new and classic music documentaries on the big screen (with big sound!) A feast for the eyes and ears, the festival explores a wide range of musical artists, genres and styles.
$9
Tony Conrad is one the great American artists of our time, yet to the world at large he remains criminally under appreciated. Since the early 1960s, Conrad’s films and compositions have been the stuff of legend for artists and musicians everywhere. His vast, inter-disciplinary repertoire has single-handedly created and influenced major film and compositional movements. He performed in and recorded the soundtrack to Jack Smith’s legendary Flaming Creatures; he turned the paradigms of cinema upside down with The Flicker, a film composed of only black and white frames; his development and practice of Just Intonation and Minimalism through his work with Stockhausen and La Monte Young still has the music establishment scratching their heads; his pivotal role in the formation of The Velvet Underground has directly or indirectly influenced everyone who has picked up a guitar since; as an early adopter of activist public access television he democratized the emerging medium of portable video. In his later years he has continued to perform and make work that pushes the boundaries of reason for which he has finally begun to receive worldwide attention.
Utilizing intimate footage of Tony and his collaborators shot over the last twenty-two years, as well as his own archive of recordings and films, Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present mirrors Conrad’s own playfully radical approach to art making. The non-linear structure Conrad to wildly free associate his streams of consciousness, revealing an honest and humane way of navigating a remarkable, creative life.
Part of our Sonic Cinema Festival which presents the best in new and classic music documentaries on the big screen (with big sound!) A feast for the eyes and ears, the festival explores a wide range of musical artists, genres and styles.
$10 | Buy advance tickets here