Music Business Forum: Social Media for Musicians
Sunday, February 11 at Doug Fir Lounge (1p)
Free Admission, All Ages Welcome
In association with Vortex Music Magazine and J-Fell Presents, MOGO Music Festival is hosting another FREE Music Business Forum for ANYONE IN THE PORTLAND MUSIC COMMUNITY who wishes to learn more about music business best practices. PLUS, you'll also be able to pick up a copy of the brand new issue of Vortex!
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The panel will be moderated by Vortex Music Magazine founder Chris Young.
Panelists include:
- Tracey Gill Miller, Global Marketing Manager at CD Baby. She is responsible for the strategy, execution and management of all international campaigns in Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese through social media networks, email, digital advertising, and content management at CD Baby, the leader in music distribution for independent musicians. She holds an MBA from IE Business School in Madrid with a focus on international marketing. cdbaby.com
- Gil Assayas, aka Glasys, is a YouTuber, synth wizard, producer and vocalist located in Portland. GLASYS delivers impassioned vocals, intricate keyboard parts and electronic soundscapes in one package that combines his many influences including classical music, electronic, jazz and indie rock. Oh, and he kicks ass on social media—it got him into the studio with T-Pain last year... just wait till you hear some of his stories!glasys.com
- Daniel Bozyk, Radio Personality, Social Content & Marketing Specialist at Bozyk Digital Media. Bozyk is a longtime radio personality including Portland shows on CBS Radio's 101 KUFO rock station and iHeartRadio's 105.9 The Brew classic rock station. Bozyk was the director of digital programming for the iHeartRadio Portland group before going independent. His current client roster includes the J-Fell Presentsnetwork of bands and music festivals. bozykdigital.com
And if you can't make it in person, we're also excited to announce that the event will be live streamed thanks to our new partnership withAudioGlobe!
vrtxmag.com
j-fell.com
mogofest.com
1939 Ensemble
1939ensemble.net/
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Volcanic Pinnacles
volcanicpinnacles.bandcamp.com/music
$7 / 21+
White Owl Social Club and XRAY FM are very proud to welcome Shannon and the Clams back to the Portland stage, supported by L.A.'s Ivory Deville and XRAY's own DJ Honest John.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2018
Doors @ 7PM
All tickets are $15 - but get them now because THEY WILL SELL OUT!
***PLEASE BE SURE TO HAVE MOBILE TICKETS READY TO PRESENT AT THE DOOR***
Shannon and the Clams
The American West. America’s America. It was here in three very different worlds that Shannon and the Clams were spawned. From the dark redwood forests of Oregon emerged Cody Blanchard: singer and guitarist. The dusty walnut orchards and vineyards of northern California gave us Shannon Shaw: singer and bassist. Out of the lonely dunes of California’s central coast shambled Nate Mayhem: drummer and keys. These three talented visual artists were drawn separately to Oakland, California and it was there that the Clams began playing house parties and grimy clubs.
The band was forged in the anachronistic remote communities of the west, in some strange mixture of computer show and country fair; their music is some odd alloy of The Last Picture Show and The Decline of Western Civilization. The pioneer spirit of western life is all over this band: pushing into the unknown, blazing their own trail, creating their own destiny, with the accompanying canyon-esque loneliness and untamed joy only truly known by those with the courage to pull up stakes and head off into the big empty sunset.
Gone by the Dawn, the newest Shannon and the Clams album, is their best work to date. The music is complex, the lyrical content is emotionally raw and honest, and the production is the strangest it’s ever been. The album was written as one member was recovering from a serious breakup and another was deep in one. The lyrics reflect it, and the entire album is dripping with sadness, pain, and introspection. Shannon and Cody have not written generic songs about love or the lack of it. Instead they have written about their very own specific heartbreak, mistreatment, and mental trials. The emotion is palpable. On Gone by the Dawn the Clams have DARED TO BE REAL. They’ve exposed their true emotions, which is what’s most moving about the album. People are scared to be so real. Society does not encourage it. Folks remain guarded to protect themselves from being mocked, punished, and becoming outcast . The Clams have opted to forgo the potential tongue-clucking finger-waggers, and have instead had the artistic courage and audacity to splay their pain and struggles out for all to hear. We are lucky to hear them get so damn real.
For Gone by the Dawn, the Oakland trio hooked up with studio wizard and renaissance man Sonny Smith to record the album at Tiny Telephone Recording in San Francisco. Best known as the driving force behind San Francisco’s beloved Sonny and the Sunsets, Smith uses his refreshing production techniques to create an engaging sonic landscape without compromising the Clams’ signature Lou Christie-meets-The Circle Jerks sound. The Clams have evolved: their skills are sharper, their chops are tighter and weirder and they’ve added new instruments to to the mix. A whole new dimension of the Clams has emerged.
In the West everything is big. The mountains are towering, the rivers broad, the deserts vast, the canyons deep, and the emotions huge. The Clams have painted themselves into a massive landscape of sound and desolation. Gone by the Dawn is monumental; immense, magnificent, and unforgettable. Shannon and the Clams have pioneered their way into a lonesome land where the past still lives in the long shadows of a hot afternoon, where whispering spirits follow high along canyon walls, and if you sink your fingers into the dusty hard-packed earth you pull out hands smeared with blood.
– Dan Shaw
Los Angeles band Ivory Deville produces an uncommon swagger and juxtaposition of sound that hits its stride at the intersection of honky tonk, glam rock, and mid-century rock and roll. Born out of the raucous beer joints and restless bones of the Plains, and warmly branded by soaring female harmonies from the California coast, Ivory Deville is an authentic roadhouse band for our time.
FEATURING* Winner from our December show, Member of That’s What She Said Queer Comedy Collective, Seasoned Performance Artist, Grandma in Training KATIE PIATT, Author of Turtleface and Dogwalker, Emmy Nominated Filmmaker, 2-Time Winner ARTHUR BRADFORD, Back Fence PDX Announcer, Writer/Actor JASON ROUSE, Singaporean, Dancer, Rat mom, Real life anime character, Deceivingly adorable but can fuck you up ELINA LIM, along with formidable first-timers: Named one of the Portland Mercury’s Geniuses of Comedy, Host of Earthquake Hurricane KATIE NGUYEN and Star of Fun Home The Musical, Children’s Choir Director, Cabaret Singer from Harlem, Rodeo Clown Wannabe ALLISON MICKELSON
Hosted by B. FRAYN MASTERS & MINDY NETTIFEE
Music DJ BOBBY D from XRAY
WED JANUARY 31 |21+
DOORS 6:30 | SHOW 7:30
CURIOUS COMEDY |5225 NE MLK Blvd
Join us in the upstairs bar at Doug Fir Lounge for XRAY.FM DJs - Mondays in January!
Monday, January 29th, 6-10pm
Grand Yoni of The IMPACT! Sound
Sweet ska and rocksteady from the sixties, the deepest roots reggae from the seventies and the best dancehall from the eighties and beyond.
To celebrate the 500th episode of one of Portland's most beloved radio shows "Hello Cruel World" and its creator and host John Barrington Jones aka JBJ, local musician Ritchie Young (of Loch Lomond) has organized a very special evening of music.
John Barrington Jones' "Hello Cruel World" is known for its unique themes and playlists, interviews and live performances. “Hello Cruel World” is broadcast on the local radio station XRAY.FM which aims to hold a boom mic up to the best and most distinctive of Portland.
Ten plus years of weekly "Hello Cruel World" episodes featuring outstanding playlists, interviews and live performances by local and touring artists can be found in the archives at http://www.hellocruelworld.org/
Ritchie Young & the Dead Lovers (of Loch Lomond)
play selections from Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs
Robin Bacior http://robinbacior.com/
By The Wind Sailor
https://www.bythewindsailormusic.com/
TOC Concert Hall 1422 SW 11th Ave. Portland, OR 97201
theoldchurch.org
All Ages / Bar with ID
All proceeds benefit XRAY.FM radio
Ritchie Young (of Loch Lomond) and his band of Dead Lovers (Emily Overstreet, Kate O'Brien, Carmen Paradise, and Luke Valley) cover a selection of songs from the iconic Magnetic Fields' collection 69 Love Songs.
Multi-talented lead vocalist of Portland's adored Loch Lomond, Ritchie Young is known for his own ambitious production, so assembling a group of excellent musicians to perform a selection of songs from Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs is fitting.
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5041-69-love-songs/
All things Loch Lomond here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/f89784af-5484-4937-80a1-fa1d9ff001df
Robin Bacior's songs come at you like a Viking ship sliding through a foggy dawn toward the light. Creating movement with her simple yet ballet-like piano, and accentuated by simple orchestral elements, singer/songwriter Bacior sets the pace in these quieter and fiery moments. Then she draws the listener back with soothing and reassuring vocals. JENI WREN STOTTRUP
http://robinbacior.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13ZarUCdnY0
By The Wind Sailor
https://www.bythewindsailormusic.com/
"Nice laidback folky pop. J. Wong’s songs have a nice -sincere sound that is most appealing…and they sound nothing like what you normally hear from your average up-and-coming underground rock band. Wong was a founding member of the band Rand-Univac and is now out on his own writing and recording music in a decidedly different genre. This guy has a great voice and writes what might best be described as classic folky pop. With the right marketing and luck…Wong could very easily find himself hugely famous…"
- LMNOP/BABYSUE
Join us in the upstairs bar at Doug Fir Lounge for XRAY.FM DJs - Mondays in January!
Monday, January 22nd, 6-10pm
DJs Cheyenne & Aaron of Reverse Couple-Skate
Spinning '60s and '70s Northern soul, garage/psych, space funk, sunshine pop!
Join us in the upstairs bar at Doug Fir Lounge for XRAY.FM DJs - Mondays in January!
Monday, January 15th, 6-10pm
DJ Bad Wizard of Inside the Wizard's Hat
Groove out to an eclectic mix of '50s and '60s rock 'n' roll, soul, and psych.
The NW Film Center & XRAY.FM present the 35th annual edition of Reel Music. Whether your passion is jazz, blues, folk, rock, electronic, world, classical—or anything between—we hope you find something to discover and inspire in this eclectic mix of films that celebrate great artists, sound, and image, and connect music and culture.
Find the full schedule of documentaries at https://nwfilm.org/festivals/reel-music-35/
The 4th Annual Girl Fest is coming to Holocene!
Founded in 2013 as an annual live music event, Girl Fest is dedicated to supporting talented women in music! Boasting a "festival style" line-up, bringing together artists of a variety of genres, Girl Fest offers a little something for every musical palate!
FEATURING:
Gifted Gab
Wynne
Paris Alexa
Fritzwa
Sheers
Dreckig
Hosted by Miss Casey Carter
$10 | All Ages
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Live Performances By:
Gifted Gab, Hip Hop (Seattle)
Seattle’s own Gifted Gab has the ability to create complex verses with variety in her sound, ranging from smooth melodies to strong lyrics. She grew up with constant exposure to music. From singing with her mother in the church choir to learning to play the piano at age 6, she quickly developed an affinity for memorizing and reciting rap lyrics.
Wynne, Hip Hop (Eugene)
At first glance, one would not expect this young, blonde to have achieved so much in the rap game. At age 20, Wynne has already garnered attention from a few of the most influential names in the industry, including Snoop Dogg and World Star, and when you hear her rap, it's no wonder why.
Fritzwa, R&B (Portland, by way of NYC)
Fritzwa's music is as unique as it is comfortably familiar. Groovy, funky and full of energy, pairing contemporary R&B beats with the vocalist's deep cutting, classic styling. Not a stranger to the stage, Fritzwa has opened for Ginuwine and Grammy Award Winner Anna Wise.
Paris Alexa, Pop / R&B (Seattle)
Paris Alexa's playful doo-wop pop is masterfully crafted using nothing more than a bit of technology and her voice. Many of her songs are done using no instruments, and indeed Paris Alexa’s strength comes from her complex vocal arrangements, ones with Motown and old-school soulful cues written all over them.
Sheers, Melodic Trip-Hop (Portland)
Melodicism and classical stylings converge in the brooding soundscapes of trip-hop trio Sheers from Portland, OR. Frontwoman Lily Breshears, a classical harpist and pianist, combines honest lyrics with tension-laden composition mixed with the grooves of Daniel Rossi on drums and the atmospheric textures of Aaron Stern on bass.
Dreckig, Kraut / Cumbia (Portland)
What started as drum lessons over ten years ago, between longtime partners Shana Lindbeck & Papi Fimbres, has culminated in this fun, two piece dance/club Cumbia infused, Krautrock band.
SAT 12/30
EXPLODE INTO COLORS / SAVILA / DANIELA KARINA
SAVILA
DANIELA KARINA
Chances With Wolves are an American treasure. They host a weekly two hour radio broadcast on East Village Radio and Portlands own XRAYFM. Every show is amazing and they never play the same song twice.
DJs Kenan Juska, Kray La Soul and Mikey Palms are obsessive music miners who specialize in artfully arranging rare and unusual tracks. Their tag-line sums it up nicely: “Repping hard for haunting beauty, magic, and the weird.”
This is their first time DJing in Portland in forever and it's guaranteed to be magic.
21+ // no cover // no static
XRAY is hosting a holiday extravaganza at The Spare Room with bands and DJs, encouraging attendees to glam or goth it up for the holidays. Or break out that ugly holiday sweater and pair it with some thigh high boots and eyeliner. Festivity will ensue, XRAY style!
Boys Keep Swinging (Bowie cover band), Vice Device, DJ Tobias Berblinger, and DDDJJJ666 of Hipsters Suck.
$10 for tickets pre-sale! (tickets may go up at the door.)
https://impactflow.com/event/xray-holiday-goth-glam-ball-6280
Half off for XRAY members--check your email for the secret code!
Chickfactor 25: a celebration of 25 years of music, friendship & community
with Rocketship, Kites At Night, and Lida Husik
Rocketship
Originally from Sacramento, Rocketship has been beloved among indie kids ever since releasing some early singles and A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness LP back in the early-mid-’90s. Currently based in Portland, Oregon, singer-guitarist-keyboardist Dusty Reske is still making music these days along with Ellen Osborn (vocals, keyboards). The lineup tonight also includes Adam Bayer (drums), Angie Fritz (bass) and John Jessee (keyboards). They will be playing a mixture of old and new songs from their new/forthcoming album, Thanks to You. Two of the songs, “Outer Otherness” and “I Just Can’t Get Enough of You“, from the new record have been released, with more to follow. The album is being mixed right now. This will be Rocketship’s first live show in Portland since 1996 (which Dusty thinks was with Boyracer, Henry’s Dress & the Softies), so it’s a huge deal and honor that they’re playing tonight.
Kites at Night
Formerly known as Imaginary Pants, the Vancouver, BC–based Kites at Night feature Rose Melberg of Tiger Trap & Softies fame and Lost Sound Tapes label boss Jon Manning, who have released an EP together already under the original name and played at some chickfactor parties. This will be their first official show in Portland. They’ll be joined by Jen Sbragia on bass. You guys know that everything Rose does is golden so do not miss this one!
Lida Husik
Originally from Washington, D.C., Lida has released eight full-length albums, and other EPs, singles, remixes and collaborations since the late 1980s. Her most recent release was an EP called Future Ghosts of America (2016), a collaboration with Danish cellist-vocalist-composer Soma Allpass. Lida was on the cover of chickfactor 9 back in the day and we can't wait to see her play! She currently lives in Portland, Oregon.
BACK FENCE PDX: RUSSIAN ROULETTE
WED DEC 6 | 21+
DOORS 6:30PM | SHOW 7:30PM
CURIOUS COMEDY THEATER |
5225 NE MLK Blvd
FEATURING* 3-Time Winner from our July show, Works at Portland Public Schools, Broke Gravy Improv, Ghost Made Him Sick in the Most Haunted Castle in Ireland, Rode a Train in N. Korea CHRIS WILLIAMS, High School Teacher, Camp Director, Camouflage Expert RENEE JENKINSON, Two-Time Winner, Chef at Noble Rot, Can Sing the Shit out of Bad Company, Dad Swam Against and Defeated JFK LEATHER STORRS, January Winner, Veterinary Technician KAHLIE TOWLE, going up against formidable new challengers: Finalist in Portland’s Funniest Person Competition, Founder of Lez Stand Up, Extreme Jigsaw Puzzler KIRSTEN KUPPENBENDER and Member of That’s What She Said Queer Comedy Collective, Seasoned Performance Artist + Grandma in Training KATIE PIATT.
Produced and Hosted by B. FRAYN MASTERS & MINDY NETTIFEE
Music by DJ BOBBY D from XRAY
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Laurel Halo has developed a unique take on electronic music, combining the machine pulse of hardware and software instruments (synthesizers, samplers, drum machines) with her own voice to address physical process, liminality and virtual violence.
Taking influence from the techno of her Midwest roots, Halo has developed a unique take on electronic music, combining the machine pulse of hardware and software instruments (synthesizers, samplers, drum machines) with her own voice to address physical process, liminality and virtual violence. Halo has also released more rhythm-focused music under the alias King Felix, also with clear lineage to the machine soul and dub techno sounds of the Motor City. Halo’s debut album “Quarantine”, was released on Hyperdub to critical acclaim in 2012, receiving such accolades as #10 Album of the Year in The Washington Post, and the #1 Album of the Year in The Wire Magazine.
Golden Retriever:
As the duo Golden Retriever, Matt Carlson and Jonathan Sielaff have explored an ocean’s worth of sound. Primarily working with the intersection of modular synthesis and amplified/effected bass clarinet, the duo has done eight releases for labels like Thrill Jockey, Root Strata, and NNA Tapes. Their music combines an intense emotional immediacy and meditative focus with strong melodicism and an organic, naturalistic approach to experimental electronic sound. Rotations features the duo expanding their sonic palette to incorporate a full chamber ensemble. The results of this stunning collaboration are meditative, lush, and emotionally arresting.
Strategy:
Multi-instrumentalist and programmer Paul Dickow has been making music as Strategy since 1999. From a musical family, as a youth he was exposed to everything from academic computer music to the synth pop and rap filling the airwaves at the time. A longtime participant in Portland's strange underground music community, (where it's not atypical for people to be participating in 3 or more projects which bear little resemblance to one another) he went on to play in a number of groups, most notably as drummer for agit-art-punk outfit Emergency and as keyboardist in Fontanelle. Currently, he is a member of Nudge and several other collaborative projects.
Sultry and fun, modern yet timeless: DeVito offers up a diverse array of music with a soulful backbone. This Portland, Oregon songstress pours heart, not only into her studio sessions, (recording with producers such as: Kaytranada, Com Truise, & B.Bravo etc.) but effortlessly displays a soulful and spellbinding live performance that leaves the audience feeling warm and fuzzy.
5:00 drinks / / DJ
6:30 Reva DeVito
21+
Stories that get under your skin like a KNIFE.
Featuring returning crowd favorite Writer for Arrested Development, Showrunner for I’m Sorry JOEY SLAMON, Marketing/Communications Director for ADX PDX, Consultant for Makers/Artists, Almost Killed by Dairy Cows — Twice, Tattoo Gun Exploded During a Tattoo Burning Him and the Artist MATTHEW PRESTON, Professional Actor, Spent 2017/2017 Acting in Various Productions for Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Won Best Smile in 6th grade, Beloved by Truckers and Toddlers Alike LAUREN MODICA, Event & Marketing Manager at Portland Monthly, Lived in 10 Cities in 10 Years/Had Just as Many Therapists, Child Idols were Ethel Merman & Pacey from Dawson’s Creek Rachel Ratner, along with true stories from two other fantastic storytellers announced soon!
Hosted by B. Frayn Masters + Mindy Nettifee
Music by Bobby D from XRAY
A portion of ticket proceeds will go to Oregon Food Bank. The Oregon Food Bank distributes food through a Statewide Network of 21 Regional Food Banks and approximately 970 partner agencies in Oregon & Clark County. Their mission: To eliminate hunger and its root causes… because no one should be hungry.
Wednesday, November 15 · Doors 8:00 PM / Show 9:00 PM at Mississippi Studios
Portland's campy, trampy trio Guantanamo Baywatch plays slimy surf-thrash punk in a sweaty, sleazy way; like going to a beach where you shouldn't be barefoot. Sometimes recalling obvious comparisons to surf pioneers like The Trashmen and The Ventures but laced up with Cramps like swagger and even a little Hasil Adkins and Johny Burnett style rock & roll R&B. A wildly popular live band known for their sexed up stage presence. Started in March 2009, Guantanamo Baywatch is comprised of Jason Powell, Chevelle Wiseman and Chris Scott." - Chris Uehlein
More show information and advance tickets available at Mississippi Studios.
Manatee Commune, a.k.a. Grant Eadie, began in the misty trees Bellingham, Washington. Combining textures of the rainy woods and the windy seas of the Pacific Northwest with the calming mood of clean surfy guitar licks and rolling arpeggiated sine waves, Manatee Commune seeks to capture the atmosphere of taking a thoughtful, self-reflecting stroll through the forest. Bright, down tempo percussion placed neatly under pleasant, classically influenced viola melodies make his music both easily listenable and complex.
More information and tickets available at Holocene.org