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Doors 8pm / Show 9pm / 18+ / $8 ($2 surcharge for under 21)

MarchFourth Marching Band (Portland)

+ Beggar’s + Montana Skies

Doors 7pm / Show 8pm / 18+ / $10adv-$12dos

MarchFourth Marching Band (M4 to its fans) is a kaleidoscope of musical and visual energy that inspires dancing in an atmosphere of celebration.

More about M4: Aside from their marching band themed costumes, as well as the 5-piece percussion corps and 7-part brass section, M4 is far from a “marching band” in any traditional sense (though this group of about 20 has been known to parade down Main Street before taking the stage). M4 is anchored by funky electric bass and has been evolving into a more guitar- and vocal-driven musical experience. The show will take you on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the gypsy camps of eastern Europe to the African jungle by way of Brazil, echoing the deepest grooves of American funk, rock, and jazz then boiling it all together in cinematic fashion with high-stepping stilt-acrobatics and dazzling dancers. This genre-busting, in-your-face experience is not to be missed! What began as a Fat Tuesday party in Portland, OR. on March 4th 2003, has since become one of the nation’s best live touring acts.

http://marchfourthmarchingband.com/

Dead Kenny G’s featuring Skerik, Mike Dillon & Brad Houser

Doors 8pm / Show 9pm / 18+ / $10

DKG’s website

If the moniker for the combustible punk jazz trio The Dead Kenny G’s doesn’t say it all at first glance, one listen to their new album Operation Long Leash quickly puts it all in focus. Saxophonist Skerik, bassist Brad Houser and drummer/percussionist Mike Dillon are committed to musical subversion of the highest order. Precisely shifting gears between a muso obsession of musical styles and sonic colors, The Dead Kenny Gs have both the courage and the chops to realize their wildest aural visions. At one moment they’ll draw inspiration from punk legends The Minutemen, the next finds them embracing the spirit of jazz giant Rahsaan Roland Kirk and yet still another twist finds the pull of indie rock progenitors Deerhoof; yet all the while sounding purely DKGs. To further that extent, it’s not just music informing the trio’s voice, but a keen understanding of political conspiracy in American history. The album’s title, Operation Long Leash, comes from the clandestine CIA operation in the late ‘40s to fund Abstract Expressionism as a means for Western culture to undermine the rigid, confined and conformist ideals of the Soviet Union during the early years of the Cold War.

“The Dead Kenny Gs pinball between styles: Afro-pop, Balkan, Klezmer and pocket funk lashed to Middle Eastern modality.”
– New York Times

“The Dead Kenny Gs range from uptempo saxy jaunts to mellow vibed-out jams to distorted, disgruntled bursts of sound (that still groove).”
– Done Waiting

Mighty Diamonds + Zion & The Lion Roots Band

w/ Iron Curtain HiFi feat. DJ Michael Kuelker & The Mad Russian

Doors 8pm / Show 9pm / $15 / 18+

Bobby Conn (CHI) + Starring + Skarekrau Radio + Googleplexia

Doors 8pm / Show 8:30pm / $8adv-$10dos / 21+

Aaron Kamm & The One Drops + Crate2Crate Sound System

Doors 8pm / Show 9pm / $5 / 18+ ($5 surcharge for under 21)

Chicago Afrobeat Project + Aaron Kamm & The One Drops

Doors 8pm / Show 9pm / 18+ / $10

Eliza Rickman + The Spot Ons + Ellen The Felon + Mikey Wehling & The Reverbs

Doors 7:30pm / Show 8:30pm / $7 / 21+

Eliza Rickman – http://www.elizarickman.com

Alternative/Folk/Performance Art

There is always a hint of menace and reservoirs of force haunting the corners of Eliza Rickman’s voice, whatever register it occupies. Her presence on stage—whether she wears flowers in her hair, or stuffed birds; whether she plays a toy piano or a grand piano—is an enveloping, soft darkness, impossible to ignore.

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Mikey Wehling & The Reverbs – http://mikeywehling.com

Home-Fi / Pastoral Acoustics / Psychedelic / Retro-Electro

Featuring Mikey Wehling, Gavin Duffy & Chris Stevenson

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Ellen The Felon – http://www.ellenthefelon.net

Think… “Andrew Lloyd Webber meets The Dresden Dolls meets Frank Zappa”

Ellen the Felon and the Mattronome are a 2 piece, punk jazz, cabaret powerhouse. Their music is an amalgam of jazz piano confessionals, cabaret dramatics and equally seductive and snarky balladry. Complicated timing and intricate progressions leave the audience intrigued and entertained.

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The Spot Ons – http://www.thespotons.com

Trailer Country Rock with a touch of ’60s Power Pop… Joe Rohlman – Vocals, Guitar
Kate Peterson – Vocals, Accordion, Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Toy Piano, Omnichord, Tambourine, Accessory Percussion, Booty Dancing