The Dirty Dozen Brass Band are a New Orleans style brass band which plays R&B and Traditional New Orleans music. To describe how the Dirty Dozen Brass Band has arrived at its 35th Anniversary, trumpet player Gregory Davis employs a tried-and true New Orleans-centric analogy: “It ends up being like a pot of gumbo – you drop in a little okra, drop in a little shrimp, you drop in some crabs. Before you know it, you’ve mixed in all these different ingredients and you’ve got a beautiful soup. That was our approach to music early on and it still is today.”
Crocodiles are a two-piece from San Diego, USA formed in 2008 playing lo-fi new wave, featuring former members of The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower. They have released a 7” on Zoo Music, and a split 7” on Art Fag records with Dum Dum Girls and Graffiti Island. They released their debut LP entitled “Summer of Hate” in April 2009, and released their sophomore album “Sleep Forever” on Fat Possum records in the fall of 2010.
Tweens are very much their own band, bratty and precocious, sincere and genuine. The band’s name conjuresjust the right image: screaming hordes afflicted with Beatlemania, teenyboppers out for a good time, the underage, over-the-top punks in Ladies and Gentlemen: The Fabulous Stains. Think of cheery kids at their most excited, but juxtaposed with lyrics about bad boyfriends and unrelenting independency. Tweens are not a riot grrrl revisionist band, but they are a ferociously honest one.
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (often abbreviated CYHSY) is an American indie rock group based in Brooklyn, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band, whose members met years earlier at Connecticut College, formed in the beginning of 2004 and played shows in Manhattan and Brooklyn. They are notable for achieving their initial fame and commercial success via the internet rather than through a record label.
Their debut album, "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah," was self-released in 2005. Shortly after the release of the album, they received favorable reviews and attention from numerous blogs. The ensuing demand for the album was so great that the band was forced to repress the record, as the initial production run was too small. They garnered even more press after David Bowie and David Byrne were spotted at some of the band's shows in 2005.
In October 2005, they signed to Wichita Recordings in the U.K. The band released their second album, "Some Loud Thunder" in January 2007. The album was produced by Dave Fridmann, known for his work with Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips and debuted at #47 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart.
Guitarist and frontman Alec Ounsworth released his solo debut, "Mo Beauty," in late 2009 while concurrently releasing "Skin and Bones," the debut album with his other band Flashy Python. Keyboardist Robbie Guertin and bassist Tyler Sargent have been playing in another project called Uninhabitable Mansions, along with Annie Hart from Au Revoir Simone. Recently drummer Sean Greenhalgh has been producing records for a number of bands including Takka Takka, Conversion Party, Sam Izdat, Radial Dads and Tom McBride.
Released in September 2011, their long awaited third album "Hysterical" was produced by John Congleton. The band released "Same Mistake" and "Maniac" as the album's singles.
Now their new album "ONLY RUN" will be released worldwide on June 3. The album will be independently released by the band in North America with distribution and marketing help from The Orchard. Big Nothing will release the album in Japan and XtraMile Recordings will be releasing everywhere else.
XRAY.FM presents masterful guitarist of what SPIN magazine hailed as "the most exciting live band in rock n roll" touring his punk- and jazz-influenced roc.
General admission: $10
As Tycho, Scott Hansen blends swirling melodies into vaguely triumphant arcs that crisscross between stuttering beats and vocal samples, creating rolling sonic landscapes that extend into the horizon. Known in the design world as ISO50, the San Francisco-based artist is famed for his warm, textured design style, which serves as a backdrop and mirror for his musical output.
Hansen began releasing music over 10 years ago with The Science of Patterns EP. His first full-length, Sunrise Projector, came out in 2004, and as the critical acclaim continued in 2006 with the release of Past Is Prologue. He eventually met Ghostly and, like everybody else, they simply had to work with him.
It was around 2008 that URBmagazine noted Tycho as one of the Next 100 artists to watch, and Hansen continued to release singles and experiment with more live instrumentation. In 2011, his meticulous process saw the release of Dive, his debut full-length for Ghostly International. Tranquil, nostalgic and melodic, the record established him beyond the realm of IDM and ambient.
Now with Awake, Tychos second Ghostly LP, the project returns as a true three-piece band comprised of Zac Brown (guitar, bass) and Rory O'Connor (live drums). Lengthy touring for Dive brought Tycho to its full potential, and in efforts to capture the energy on the road Hansen invited Brown and O'Connor in to the creative process. Both the sound and artwork of Awake capture Hansens stylistic shift, conjuring a more kintetic and percussive sensory experience.
PURE BATHING CULTURE
WISHYUNU
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“My brothers and I were surrounded by music growing up,” explains Kamtin Mohager, the shape-shifting singer/multi-instrumentalist behind the Chain Gang of 1974. “Not Beatles albums or anything like that; more like the Persian records our parents played all the time. And when we got older, it was up to us to discover everything.” Born in San Jose and raised in Hawaii, Mohager spent his first 13 years obsessing over inline hockey and the idea of being drafted by the NHL one day. A series of life-changing events were set in motion once Mohager’s family moved to Colorado, however. The first of which involved the final scene from Real Genius—quite possibly Val Kilmer’s finest hour—and its penultimate ‘popcorn song’, a.k.a. “Everybody Rules the World.” “I love ‘80s music, but not typical new-wave stuff,” says Mohager. “Like I’m way into Tears For Fears and Talk Talk, the other side of the spectrum, really.” That’s abundantly clear on White Guts, a record that’s nearly as restless as Chain Gang’s previous collection of early recordings, Fantastic Nostalgic. The way Mohager sees it, his first proper release was “all over the place, from a piano ballad to songs that sound like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Primal Scream or Justice.” White Guts, on the other hand, funnels three years of instrument-swapping, sample-splicing experience into a lean, focused listen. So while “Stop!” and the rather epic “Hold On” hint at everything from LCD Soundsystem to Talking Heads, they make perfect sense in the context of deep cuts like the synth-flecked “Don’t Walk Away” and bass-guided “Matter of Time,” shimmering power ballads that could have been on the soundtrack of Sixteen Candles or Pretty in Pink.
Twenty-two-piece choral rock band from Dallas, TX making psychedelic tunes that involve a variety of instruments including trumpet, french horn and viola
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Youngest son of famed Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti has steadily been making a name for himself while leading his father's old band. They play in support of their recent third release A Long Way to the Beginning. More info.
Join XRAY, Montel Spinoza and PDX Pop Now! for the official http://pdxpopnow.com/ after party at Bunk Bar from Midnight to 2am.
Playing all the jams all night long while you top the festival off with a few nightcaps.
And find out everything you need to know about PDX Pop Now! Here
More info here: http://www.startheaterportland.com/calendar/
Videos, Stand Up, Music, Raucous Readings, Weird Stuff.
Hosted by Dan Kennedy (Host/Performer with the Moth in NY)
Beth Lisick
Kevin Samsell
Amy Miller
Laura Gibson
Vin Shambry
Arthur Bradford
Mindy Netifee
Andrew Dickson
B. Frayn Masters
and then Deb Leopards
TIckets and more information can be found here: http://portland.strangertickets.com/events/15309816/entertainment-for-people-mainstage-show-with-dan-kennedy
XRAY is proud to sponsor the 2014 PDX Pop Now! It's the festival’s 11th year this July 18-20th. Join XRAY for a free and all ages music festival showcasing an array of genres representative of Portland, Oregon’s thriving and diverse musical talent. The three day event will feature 41 local bands, food carts, and a street fair, carrying on the tradition of being one of the most interactive and inclusive festival experiences.
This year’s festival will feature sets by Alameda, Barra Brown Quintet, Blouse, Brownish Black, The Bugs, Cambrian Explosion, Coma Serfs, The Cry!, The Estranged, Etbonz, Eyelids, Fringe Class, Grandparents, Gulls, Hustle and Drone, IllMacuLate, The Lonesome Billies, Lunch, Old Age, Orquestra Pacifico Tropical, Philip Grass, Portland Cello Project, Psychomagic, Purse Candy, The Resistance, Rio Grands, Sad Horse, Sama Dams, Souvenir Driver, Spellcaster, Stewart Villain, Summer Cannibals, Tezeta Bands, Thanks, Tre Redeau, Usnea, Vikesh Kapoor, Wampire, We Miss The Earth, Wishyunu, Zirakzigil.
More information and updates at http://pdxpopnow.com/
Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack have been playing music together
and apart in Baltimore for most of their lives. On stage, they perform
with raw energy and sophistication, creating a surprising amount of
noise for two people. Their music can be classified as 21st-century folk
music, imbued with dense shoegaze guitars, nearly melodic rhythms, and
impeccable splashes of electronic color. More info.
Celebrate 4th of July at Dig a Pony with Wooden Indian Burial Ground, Summer Cannibals, and Eyelids, with DJ Sets by XRAY's own Freaky Outty & Maxx Bass
Party with Dig a Pony on July 3rd and 4th, featuring DJ sets by XRAY's own Strange Babes and musical performances by Aan, Thanks, and New Move.
And on July 4th, the party continues with Wooden Indian Burial Ground, SUmmer Cannibals, and Eyelids, with DJ Sets by XRAY's own Freaky Outty & Maxx Bass
Andy Cabic (of Vetiver)
Corrina Repp
Edward P. Davee
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8:30pm | $7.00 day of show
A Few of My Favorite Things is a recurring event at Holocene, in which a prominent member of the local arts community curates an evening showcasing their favorite artists from near and far, to benefit a nonprofit organization of their choosing. This evening we're pleased to welcome Eric D. Johnson, formerly of the Fruit Bats, who has curated an event with us to benefit Portland's community radio station, XRAY.FM!
The Notwist's Close to the Glass is yet another courageous leap into
the sky of songs. It is a catchy and unpredictable marriage of playing
your heart out on an instrument and the magnetic pulse of precise
programming. While the band always creates music ripe with authenticity
and mood, we find them now defining their edges with no shortage of
bravery or beat. As romantic as it is robotic, Close to the Glass is a
bottomless collage: part pop song, part science, part band, part
storytelling and all Notwist. The sturdy glue between the layers of
Close to the Glass is their newfound synergy as a band, no longer
co-writing parts, brothers Markus and Micha Archer alongside Martin
Gretchmann have finally found their human form and in some ways, at
last, have 'become' The Notwist. With support from Max Punktezahl and
Andi Haberl, they write, re-write, and record songs as one, tapping into
the energy they possess on stage, and naturally arriving at the band
all their exploratory recorded music had cut out for them. More info.
Ohio-based post-emo act Cloud Nothings return to Portland in support of their latest, Here and Nowhere Else. All-ages!