Mobilities, Deaf Telepathy, Atomic Momma – 21+

This Venue is proud to participate in the 2023 2nd Annual Portland Music Month. This ticket includes a donation to MusicOregon’s Echo Fund, which provides creative project grants for local independent musicians. Your check-in at the show will also enter you in a sweepstakes to win prizes! Mobilities is 4-piece post-punk, psych group based in Portland, OR.Deaf Telepathy is a psychedelic rock quartet hanging ten on the gnarly wavelengths of your dreams. Too progressive for the garage-rock kids, too fuzzy for the prog-rock kids, and too psychedelic for the squares. Atomic Momma is a psychedelic rock band from Portland, OR that draws influence from all generations of psych music, 60s garage, stoner doom metal, jazz, and more. Their playing has been described as nuanced and hypnotic by fans, intricately layered with psychedelic exploration. A typical Atomic Momma show is marked by their energetic stage presence and musical improvisation. They’ve been playing shows since 2018 all around Portland.

Days of Bowie presents The Bowie Birthday Bash – 21+

It’s the total WAM BAM! A dance party celebrating all things David Bowie. The night starts with the groovy 60’s mod vibe back when he was David Jones, then the night unfolds somewhat chronologically through his magnificent spectrum of styles. DJ Gregarious plays Glam, Plastic Soul, Art-Rock & Post-Punk, and New Wave Dance Rock, all the way to his industrial-techno stompers. VJ Disorder accentuates the party with iconic Bowie vids as well as rare and peripheral content to compliment Ziggy, Aladdin Sane, Halloween Jack, and of course, the Thin White Duke.

Emo Nite at Holocene presented by Emo Nite LA – 21+ event

$1 from every ticket sold will be donated to Living The Dream Foundation

Dance Yourself Clean – An Indie dance party – 21+ event

Gwythaints (album release!), Smokey Brights (EP release!), Laryssa Birdseye – 21+

This Venue is proud to participate in the 2023 2nd Annual Portland Music Month. This ticket includes a donation to MusicOregon’s Echo Fund, which provides creative project grants for local independent musicians. Your check-in at the show will also enter you in a sweepstakes to win prizes! When you’re a sheltered prairie kid, nothing is cooler than your best friend’s biker dad’s pagan girlfriend reading aloud to you from epic fantasy books based on Welsh mythology over extended camping trips under the stars on the rocky shores of Puget Sound. That’s where Adam Sweeney first heard about the Gwythaints—fearsome birds that served as the all-seeing eyes of the dark lord in Lloyd Alexander’s Chronicles of Prydain. When he found his band emerging from the ashes of the pandemic with a new record and a cinematic alt rock sound, the name just fit. Leading into 2020 Sweeney’s old band The Breaking had been at the height of its powers. They were sharing stages with bands like Rubblebucket, The Sherlocks, Avi Buffalo, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Floater, Lemolo and The Stone Foxes. They had just made a record with a production team of Grammy award winners and nominees—including producer Patrick Tetrault (Laura Gibson, The Features) mix engineer Craig Alvin (Kacey Musgraves, Kathleen Edwards) and mastering engineer Pete Lyman (Weezer, Brandi Carlile)—that launched them into new sonic territory. But then Covid-19 happened, tours were canceled and their record never saw the light of day. That band has evolved. They are now Gwythaints! Wall-of-guitar alt-rock power meets cinematic pop production lyrically charged with poetic angst. Smokey Brights are releasing a raw and emotional collection of rock songs entitled Broken Too. The Broken Too EP is a collection of songs about feeling fractured in an increasingly fragmented world, as well as finding ways to reconstruct oneself and move forward. This short collection of songs encompasses Smokey Brights heaviest, most playful, and most introspective material to date. A limited run of ten inch vinyl records of Broken Too will be available at the show.

BABERS (single release!), Shy Honey, Caragold – 21+

This Venue is proud to participate in the 2023 2nd Annual Portland Music Month. This ticket includes a donation to MusicOregon’s Echo Fund, which provides creative project grants for local independent musicians. Your check-in at the show will also enter you in a sweepstakes to win prizes! BABERS is a dark pop duo in PDX (via LA) fronted by Dana Cargioli & Lisa Haagen. Soft spoken lyrics open the songs like a conversation, but then build to reveal the furthest limits of their individual vocal ranges. Their live show unlocks the brighter side of their moody writing; they are simultaneously heavy & hopeful. Their debut album, Making It Up, is now available on all streaming platformsShy Honey is an up and coming electro pop band out of Portland, OR formed in 2019 by lead singer and local Portland singer-songwriter, Anna Gilbert. Shy Honey’s music features epic, reverberant guitars and moody keys with a “prom night” desperation. The music is upbeat, dark and dance worthy with a subtle nod to the sounds that defined music of the 80s and 90s. Gilbert’s honey-dripped vocals float over synthy pop keys and catchy guitar riffs. Both modern and retro, catchy and experimental, Shy Honey is putting a spin on electro pop in a fresh way, garnering the attention of their hometown music community. The band played their debut show to a sold-out Doug Fir Lounge in Portland, OR. Two days later, they were asked to open for a People’s Choice Award nominated podcast, “Off the Vine” hosted by Kaitlyn Bristowe (former Bachelorette) at a sold out Aladdin Theater.

Crystal Quartez, Gemini Moon, Asa Nakagawa, Antemano – 21+

Masks encouraged by request of the artists.Crystal Quartez is a multimedia artist who’s work focuses on redirecting modern technology toward sacred relationality. They create “Restorative Noise” by organizing drones and rhythms of mechanical life, natural voices, and digital timbres into a texture rich electronic dance music. These complex sonic realms are windows into shared networks of reality, often separated by borders, time, and perception. Recently, their work has involved collecting live biodata from plants and static data from climate change, to translate these numbers and electrical impulses into sound.Gemini Moon is the solo project of multimedia artist Jen Tam. It is a reflection of the past, ancestral secrets and release, and time spent and lost in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Using digital elements, live loops and vocal sampling, Gemini Moon builds a nostalgic soundscape reminiscent of 90s r&b radio jams with a wash of noise. Asa Nakagawa is an intuitive player and self-taught experimental, ambient, electronic musician who began their practice in the early 2010s. Originally hailing from Los Angeles, Asa has lived in the Pacific Northwest and is currently based in Philly. They have used a variety of equipment over the years, but have a penchant for grooveboxes and FM synthesis. Under the moniker Polydactyl, they make more beat-driven and techno tracks. Aside from writing electronic music, they DJ, field record, and make visual art spanning disciplines. Asa released their debut EP “Hex on You” in April 2021, and they are currently writing and recording their first full length record. Antemano is Ruben Dario, a Puerto Rican musician and writer living in Portland, Oregon. His music can be called Industrial-Pop, or rather a mix of the Synth-Pop’s gloss with the Post-Industrial’s distorted and malleable edges. He’s been self-releasing tapes in small editions since 2018 under different aliases until deciding on the name Antemano on his 2019 EP, his first digital release. In 2020 he followed with another EP called Vertebra. And in 2021 he was published in the compilation Medicine for a Nightmare as a musician and as a writer. Said compilation got a featured article in The Wire’s November Issue of the same year. https://antemano.bandcamp.com/

Silvertongue, Spooky Boys (single release!), The Departures- 21+

This Venue is proud to participate in the 2023 2nd Annual Portland Music Month. This ticket includes a donation to MusicOregon’s Echo Fund, which provides creative project grants for local independent musicians. Your check-in at the show will also enter you in a sweepstakes to win prizes! Silvertongue is a Portland-based indie-rock band known for their genre-bending, catchy guitar riffs.Spooky Boys is Portland’s premier indie/ surf rock group featuring jangly dripping wet guitars, relentless driving rhythm, and insatiable catchy melodies. The ‘Boys bring a fun and undeniable charisma to their energetic shows that leave crowds no choice but to dance along.

DoublePlusGood, Colin Jenkins, Soft Cheese – 21+

This Venue is proud to participate in the 2023 2nd Annual Portland Music Month. This ticket includes a donation to MusicOregon’s Echo Fund, which provides creative project grants for local independent musicians. Your check-in at the show will also enter you in a sweepstakes to win prizes! DoublePlusGood is the long-running romantic pop project of Portlander Erik Carlson. Often known for his shimmering layers of production, Carlson has created a sound that beautifully combines melancholy crooner with dreampop textures. Backed by a four-peice band, audiences are transported to a 1960s era romance film where the protagonist can’t get enough jukebox slow jams. Since its birth over a decade ago, DoublePlusGood has released mutiple albums and EPs, been featured on several local compliation albums, and has been trusted support for acts like Ariel Pink, Wild Ones, and Typhoon. Carlson also single-handedly ran an independant record label, SoHiTek, that has been home to Hosannas, Fanno Creek, Pocketknife, and more.Colin Jenkins is a purveyor of crystalline, funky future-pop. Backed by well-regarded local talent, Colin Jenkins blends together 70’s soul and 90’s R&B under a bed of modern production. Soft Cheese churns out tunes that have been described as shoegazey, grungey, dreamy and all around delightful. Since forming in Portland, OR in 2019, this quattro formaggi has been making music to eat pizza and cry to. Over the pandemic, the group self-recorded and released two EPs, “Blue Sausage Fruit” and “Tarp,” as well as putting out their self-titled LP that they had recorded with Cam Spies at Trash Treasury Studios just before the quarantine.Post-lockdown, Soft Cheese has made their way back to the show stage opening for acts like Wolf Parade, Oberhofer and Summer Cannibals, and also headlining shows at Mississippi Studios and the 2022 PDX Pop Now! Festival. Recently, the foursome made their way to an ocean forest retreat to record new material in the hopes of releasing their second LP in the near future!

Sons Of (Sam Prekop & John McEntire), Jeremiah Chiu – 21+

Sam Prekop and John McEntire are two artists, who together and as individuals, have expanded the definition of rock. Each is acclaimed for their singular musical voice and for their sonic innovations. Beyond their work together in The Sea and Cake, Prekop has garnered acclaim for his solo releases in ensemble or on modular synthesis, as well as for his visual art and photography. McEntire is one of the most celebrated engineers, composers, and drummers in forward-thinking music. With nearly three decades of experience working together, this is their first full-length collaboration as a duo. It was something they both have wanted to do for a long while, and a natural fit for two artists drawn to incorporating electronic music into rock and jazz contexts. Sons Of finds two master craftsmen working at the nexus of pristine production and skillful improvisation, forging compelling narrative arcs into glistening metropolises of infinite pulse. Sons Of is as sonically curious as it is inviting. The elaborate array of synthesizer modules, samplers, trigger pads and effects which the duo implement all serve as potent tools in unearthing unique textures and untapped worlds of possibility. Over the album’s four pieces Prekop and McEntire apply their intrinsic understanding of pop architectures to create dynamic movements. Their sound is one of transformative fluidity, each passing beat marking a sense of familiarity while the surrounding atmospheres are in constant flux. A steady pace to the tracks allows space for new sounds to breathe and evolve. Ever-shifting tonalities and magnetic grooves propel the music with persistent momentum without feeling hurried. Throughout the album, the duo exudes a spontaneous ease, unafraid to settle into a particular cadence or veer into entirely new directions on a dime.Jeremiah Chiu is a Los Angeles-via-Chicago artist and musician with Chicago’s venerable International Anthem Recording Co., whom released his duo record with Marta Sofia Honer, Recordings from the Åland Islands, in March 2022. In Chicago, Chiu was an active member of the notoriously inter-connected improvisational and experimental music scenesthere. Chiu’s musical CV to that point included work with Icy Demons and Chandeliers, as well as visual / graphic design work as Some All None. In Los Angeles, he is an electronic music composer and sound-artist, where he performs and composes solo as well as with variety of collaborators.

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