Kojaque – w/ NorthernDraw – 21+
Following the landmark projects Deli Daydreams and Town’s Dead, comes Phantom of the Afters. Kojaque’s first two records changed the Irish hiphop landscape forever. Now London-based, Kojaque’s Phantom of the Afters traces the blurred outlines of childhood trauma, depression, grief and love. This is an album that finds comfort and assurance in the acceptance of the self, through shedding what no longer serves. Informed by the pursuit of simplicity, while meditating on heartbreak, home and health, Phantom of the Afters finds Kojaque reflecting on the landmarks of a young life, in all their beauty and complexity.Beginning with a soundscape of Kojaque departing Dublin for London, and introducing the album’s concept character, Jackie Dandelion, this is a record rooted coming into one’s own authentic identity, as well as a new one of an Irish immigrant in London, grappling with the rejection of fame and status for the sake of it, senses of alienation, missing the clichés of Ireland – the delis, the Guinness the craic, and embarking upon a reconciliation with the self. The album’s journey begins with the physical transition to London on Jackie Took the Soup, foregrounding the myth, insult, and reality of “taking the soup”, a potent term in Irish society that plays with themes of national abandonment for personal survival. Larry Bird plunges the listener into self-asserted braggadocio, before reverting to the nostalgic daydream of Cabra Drive, while the heart is bared on Bambi and Woof (featuring Biig Piig). Fat Ronaldo / Covent Gardens marks a turning point not just on the record, but for an artist determined to open up, even if that means breaking down. If vulnerability is power, then Kojaque’s obliteration of performative swagger in exchange for a declaration of fragility, offers not just a life lesson, but a creative path forward towards revelatory authenticity. The soulful Wagyu asserts the intention of this new phase in a simple phrase: “I’d rather be nothing if I couldn’t be myself, that’s being honest.” The ode to anxiety, What If?, is followed by a defiant Citizen Kane’s, which leads to the anthemic love song Peakaboo, before title track Phantom of the Afters eviscerates the counterfeit culture of clout-chasing. Ending on a note of devastating tenderness with Heaven Shouldn’t Have You, the notes and sentiments of this remarkable and unexpected direction float somewhere above the Irish Sea, in the push and pull of past and present. Awarded a prestigious Royal Hibernian Academy Award in 2017 for his creative practice, Kojaque came to prominence with the genre-bending concept record Deli Daydreams in 2018, a project that also demonstrated his prowess as a music video director, and was nominated for the Choice Music Prize. Following performances at Glastonbury, Pitchfork Festival Paris, Primavera Sound, and SXSW, he released the album Town’s Dead, also nominated for the Choice Music Prize, in 2021. An album of huge ambition and scale, Town’s Dead solidified his colossally talented and singular vision as one of the most exciting Irish artists of his generation. Working as an independent artist, with a DIY spirit that spans music videos and short films, collaborations and day parties, as well as co-founding and running the label Soft Boy Records, Kojaque has sold out tours across Ireland, the UK, mainland Europe and North America, as well as celebrated support slots with Lana Del Rey, and an Australian and New Zealand tour with Loyle Carner. Every release has been critically acclaimed, building a dedicated fanbase with crowds connecting not just to his commentary on contemporary society, but also his soul-bearing integrity, with his music spawning fan tattoos, roaring festival crowds, and heaving venues.
Coleman Hell
EARLY SHOWwith special guest Colin JenkinsThis event is All Ages OFFICIAL TICKETS:ETIX is the official ticketing source and partner of Holocene. The official website of Holocene is holocene.org. We cannot guarantee the validity of re-sold tickets purchased from secondary ticket resale marketplaces such as Ticketmaster, StubHub, SeatGeek, Vivid Seats, etc. ALL SALES ARE FINAL. PLEASE, DOUBLE-CHECK YOUR ORDER BEFORE PURCHASING. NO REFUNDS.
Myriam Gendron, Jim White & Marisa Anderson – 21+
Mayday is the third LP by Montreal-based artist, Myriam Gendron. It follows her earlier, critically acclaimed albums, Not So Deep As A Well (2014) and Ma délire – Songs of love, lost & found (2021). Prior to her debut album, Myriam’s primary musical focus was busking in Paris Metro stations, performing the songs of Leonard Cohen and others, accompanying herself on guitar. Through her day job, working at a Montreal bookstore, Myriam discovered the poems of American writer, Dorothy Parker, who was better known for her cutting wit than her verse. Inspired by Parker’s words, Myriam wrote music to accompany a suite of them, then recorded the results in her bedroom. These recordings were issued as her debut LP, and continue to delight listeners who discover them, with their freshness, clarity and humor. After a brief hiatus, Myriam began exploring the complex folk traditions of Quebec (and beyond), recording the 2LP, Ma délire, which combines traditional and original songs (largely in French) with arrangements that make space for avant-garde musical interludes by such folks as guitarist Bill Nace (Body/Head) and renowned jazz percussionist Chris Corsano. Mayday is an even more syncretic fusion of these elements. Most of the songs are original, in both English and French, and blend traditional and avant elements with abandon. Additional players this time include drummer Jim White (Dirty Three), guitarist Marisa Anderson, Montreal bassist Cédric Dind-Lavoie (a fellow fan of trad/avant dynamism), Bill Nace and saxophonist Zoh Amba (whose horn actually gets the final “word”). Mayday is a thoroughly thrilling effort that manages to create new vistas of sound while maintaining a feel that is both intimate and familiar. Beautiful work.The collaboration between renowned drummer Jim White and acclaimed guitarist Marisa Anderson is a natural union of two of the most intuitive players and listeners working in music. White and Anderson are each very in-demand as collaborators in no small part because of their mastery, versatility and highly expressive playing. The duo have each amassed an impressive body of work, and remain at the vanguard of their practices due to an insatiable curiosity and delight in exploration of new avenues of expression. Their 2020 debut The Quickening exemplified that daring spirit as an exercise in trust: two musicians who had never performed together before committing those first moments in time to record. 2024’s Swallowtail is a deepening of that trust, White and Anderson completely immersed in the moment, each attuned to the other fluidly moving as wind and water. Swallowtail was recorded in the Australian coastal town of Point Lonsdale, Victoria with engineer Nick Huggins (Resting Bell Studio). White was coming off a month of international touring and Anderson traveled to Australia for the duo’s first few performances, the remote setting and calm provided the ideal backdrop. Says Anderson, “to be out of the city and on the coast with no distraction and to be working with an engineer (and avid surfer) who is attuned to the cycles of tides and sunrises and sunsets and ocean rhythms. I think all of that got into the music as we were making it.” The coastal cadence is evident in Swallowtail’s more gradual temporal shifts. Movements ebb and flow, in an undulating constant motion whose dynamic flourishes closely resembles their adaptive live performances. “When we play live we don’t stop, there are no breaks in between ‘songs’,” notes Anderson, “we segue naturally between movements and ideas. Sometimes we are together, and sometimes we are apart, sometimes the segues become the pieces.” The natural development of the duo’s own singular meter, this early in their collaboration, is nothing short of revelatory.
Holocene and Spend the Night Present: MACHINEDRUM_3FOR82_LIVE_A/V_ – w/ Bianca Oblivion, DJ Troubled Youth – 21+
Travis Stewart’s journey to making 3FOR82 began, fittingly, on 3/4. For his 41st birthday, on March 4th last year, he ventured out to Joshua Tree National Park, California, to seek clarity and inspiration for what became his 11th studio album as Machinedrum; 12 high-intensity, ruminative tracks that thread the needle between his past, present and future selves. 3FOR82 builds on the vocalist-centric, genre-blending songwriting of the last Machinedrum album, 2020’s A View Of U, and the thematic groundwork laid down on 2023 EP 4#TRAX (dedicated to channel trax on IRC, a ‘90s chat platform). Between drum & bass, hip-hop, jazz, R&B and juke, dazzling beat switches and a singular ear for sonics, Stewart weaves in a crew of collaborators. Jesse Boykins III, the album’s co-executive producer and a close friend of Stewart, leads with various contributions; while a ritzy cast including Tinashe, KUCΜKA, Duckwrth, AKTHESAVIOR, Mick Jenkins, Ezri, TanereΜlle, Deniro Farrar, Topaz Jones, deem spencer, aja monet, ROZET, Will Johnson and Ian Maciak rounds the record off.This rich, prismatic approach to collaboration builds on the uptempo vocal manipulations that won Stewart acclaim in electronic communities, notably on 2011’s breakout LP Room(s) and 2013 opus Vapor City. 3FOR82’s lead single ‘ZOOM’, featuring Tinashe, kicks off the campaign on March 4th; the album is due for release on May 24th, through Ninja Tune, accompanied by a boutique printed zine, co-designed with visual artist and LuckyMe affiliate Joseph Durnan [124 World]. Given that Ninja Tune was one of young Travis’ favourite labels, this speaks to a mantra guiding the record: observing nostalgia through a contemporary lens. In the quiet vastness of Joshua Tree, Machinedrum combed through old harddrives full of his late-’90s beats: many of them were made on Impulse Tracker, a rough freeware programme that lay untouched for the better part of a quarter-century. “That’s really where I cut my teeth in electronic music-making,” he remembers. Although he’s been a committed Ableton Live user for years, “there’s been a yearning for me to tap back into that older self; the software is super limiting, and there’s a unique creativity that comes out of limitations.”After finding a DOS emulator that would run Impulse Tracker, he recorded himself playing and riffing off these beats to build 3FOR82; sample by sample, he made original sound banks that could be fed into a dedicated library, giving 3FOR82 a distinct tone. “From there, there was no going back,” Stewart smiles. “It bridged the gap between my past and future self”. This period included recording himself and his environment with a VHS camera, then running the footage audio into the tracker, creating a meta-library of sounds.With decades’ of work under his belt, across various guises — including Machinedrum, ambient project Tstewart, indispensable club rocket J-E-T-S with Jimmy Edgar and Sepalcure with Praveen Sharma — a collaborative outlook and practice is what charges Stewart.
Dreadlight – KROMA album release party – 21+
Come celebrate the release of KROMA, the latest album from female-fronted powerhouse Dreadlight! Immerse yourself in a ‘pleasantly headbangable’ soundscape as they debut new songs, play fan favorites, and take audience requests. Plus, expect a special guest appearance by local legend Maiah Wynne.Try your luck at the raffle table for a chance to win exclusive signed vinyl records, brand new merch and other prizes. Don’t forget to grab a picture at the red carpet photo op! After the performance, stick around for the built-in afterparty where you can test your skills on Guitar Hero and keep the fun going into the night.7pm-11pm$10 advance / $14 at the door Bring your friends, grab a drink, and hang out with the band! Join us for an evening of live music, community, and celebration to support local talent and mark the release of Dreadlight’s newest album.Dreadlight is a female fronted, alternative, hard rock duo from Portland, Oregon. Songwriters Kandra Tolvstad (Bass/Vocals) and Toria Beck (Guitar/Vocals) met in high school and began collaborating musically at fourteen and sixteen. Coming from different musical worlds, the two are developing a unique sound where sweet harmonies soar over heavy instrumentation. Their message and aptitude for creating songs that are pleasantly headbangable has been garnering attention across the Northwest. The pair competed in Seattle’s 2018 Sound Off!, placing in the semifinals, performed at Portland’s Pride Festival 2018 and 2019, and were invited to perform for Brandi Carlile at the 2019 MoPop Founder’s award alongside acts such as Dave Matthews, Mike McCready, Tanya Tucker, and the Indigo Girls. They have garnered over 35k monthly Spotify listeners.
LUST FOR LANA: A dance party for the young & beautiful – 21+
Advance tickets are now sold out. There will be a limited number of spots available at the door when we open at 9pm night of show.Say Yes and meet us under PDX Blvd π for a night of Lana Del Rey π©°We’ll turn the Radio up and Dance Till We cry π€ so leave the Cruel World behind for the night π¦’ because we’re all Young and Beautiful πCOQUETTE ATTIRE IS ENCOURAGED ππ½ Holocene π Thursday, April 11 π 9PM π― 21+@thedanceparties is that fantasy that you got on your mind π
quickly, quickly – w/ Lionmilk, Xinxin – All Ages
The new quickly, quickly EP finds Portland, Oregon’s Graham Jonson back in his home studio, engrossed in ‘60s psychedelic soul music, imagining some bygone era where it was all about the drum sounds and tape decay. He calls it Easy Listening; the songs are short and inviting, modest yet loaded with ideas. Each started with the drum part, a loose grid for Jonson to paint his idiosyncratic psych-pop across, again playing nearly every instrument. The set follows his 2021 LP, The Long And The Short of It, the 22-year-old musician’s debut on Ghostly International, a coming-of-age jump from the chill beats-oriented corners of the internet to a full-fledged songwriting project with hi-fi sophistication. The moment culminated with Pitchfork’s Rising profile, “quickly, quickly’s Technicolor Pop Bursts Beyond the Algorithm,” and kickstarted the formation of his 6-piece live band for a run of exploratory shows along the west coast. But as the tangible demands for his music pulled him outward and some growing pains in his personal life ensued, Jonson focused his energy back inside; to the comforts of home recording, filling his space with more gear and sessions with friends. Maybe a bit of a droll title for a hard time, Easy Listening briefly pauses for air, offering five of his breeziest basement jams for public enjoyment.Lionmilk is Mokichi Kawaguchi: pianist, composer and producer. Born in LA, he grew up listening to his mother’s classical radio in the morning, his brother’s hip hop CDs during the day and his father’s jazz records in the evening. From the thriving underground electronic music scene to the expansive local jazz community, his work reflects his life path and the city’s ever changing tendencies.XINXIN, pronounced “chin-chin”, is a genre-bending quartet from the suburbs of LA and the Inland Empire. Janize Ablaza (Vocals, guitar), Stephen Reed (drums), Carlos Elias (bass), and Jonah Huang (Keyboards), interplay expressively in efforts to channel the energy and honesty of the universal “child within”. As playful as it is spiritual, Xinxin strives to convey the range of the human experience in their music in which insecurity, humility, trauma, and peace coexist. This philosophy is paralleled by their eclectic influences which include grunge, jazz, metal, RnB, and electronic music. The four-piece debuted their first full-length album ‘Xinxin’ with Preference Records in November of 2020 that included their singles ‘Trust’ and ‘Control’ which received heavy rotation on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic. You can experience their latest releases ‘In Perfect Time’ and ‘Clarity’ – perhaps in your car, on your way home from a long a** day of work – available now on all streaming platforms!
Sorry for Party Rocking: 2010-2015 Pop & EDM Throwbacks – 21+
Advance tickets are now sold out, and RSVP list is maxed as well. We will have a limited number of spots available at the door when we open at 9pm, and as capacity allows throughout the night.Take it back to a simpler time, where pop and dance music went hand in hand at every party. Get down to these iconic club bangers and fist bump all night long like it’s still 2012! πππ Good vibes only! πππ ππ§‘Fun / neon attire is encouraged! π§‘π πΆπΆ Song requests are welcome πΆπΆ Follow us on Instagram π @sorryforpartyrockingla **This is a tribute dance night. None of the artists mentioned will be appearing at this event, nor are they affiliated with the event. FREE BEFORE 10PM WITH RSVP – SUBJECT TO VENUE CAPACITY (EARLY ARRIVAL RECOMMENDED) . RSVP LIST WILL CLOSE EITHER THE DAY BEFORE EVENT, OR ONCE IT IS MAXED OUT, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER.FOR PRIORITY ENTRY UNTIL 11PM, PURCHASE AN ADVANCE TICKET(ADVANCE TICKET PRICING IS BY TIERS AS INVENTORY RUNS OUT – $10, $15, THEN $20)$20 AT THE DOOR
SNAP! Y2K: ’90s vs ’00s Dance party! – 21+
Advance tickets are now sold out. There will be a limited number of spots available at the door when we open at 9pm.Join us for SNAP! PDX this month at HOLOCENE on FRIDAY, MARCH 29th for our Y2K 90s vs 00s party. We have something for everyone! EXPECT TO HEAR Hip Hop, Rock, Rap, R&B, Rave, Pop and everything in between from the early 90s to the early 00s. And don’t forget to step into our gaming area to play all your favorite Nintendo games. Join the SNAP! Y2K crew every LAST FRIDAY at Holocene for a nostalgic trip back to all your favorite music from the early 90s to the early 00s. Spanning genres from Hip Hop to House to Alt Rock to Modern re-edits you will feel like you are back in Middle school. “Like” and Follow us! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SNAP90s/ Instagram: @snapdanceparty
Kacy Hill
with Special Guest John-Robert. EARLY SHOWThis event is 21+ OFFICIAL TICKETS:ETIX is the official ticketing source and partner of Holocene. The official website of Holocene is holocene.org. We cannot guarantee the validity of re-sold tickets purchased from secondary ticket resale marketplaces such as Ticketmaster, StubHub, SeatGeek, Vivid Seats, etc. ALL SALES ARE FINAL. PLEASE, DOUBLE-CHECK YOUR ORDER BEFORE PURCHASING. NO REFUNDS.