+ Ever Isles’ Chasing the Moon episode premier!
with host Jeremy Dalmas & the Absurdists
Portland Invasion!
…Sugar Candy Mountain’s Debut Show!
Birthday show (for Jessie & other February bdays)!!!
Chasing the Moon!
Potluck!! (Raw Vegan Organic is encouraged, but bring what you like!)
Too good to be true! (but it is)
$7 for a night of fun & good music – $5 if you bring a potluck item
SUGAR CANDY MOUNTAIN
Sugar Candy Mountain is the vehicle for Will Halsey’s flights of pop fancy. When he’s not drumming for Ash Reiter or The Blank Tapes, Will is concocting his own Grade A ear candy, drawing from an inspirational well filled with Beach Boys-style vocal harmonies, electronic dance-pop, sunny good vibes and songwriting that recalls the golden era of fun-in-the-sun 1960s pop music. Will and his great big band of friends and co-conspirators – featuring members of The Blank Tapes, fpodbpod, and the backing bands for Ash Reiter and Anna Ash – are plotting to win your heart with irresistible sweetness. They plan to succeed.
This show will be the live debut of Sugar Candy Mountain!
http://www.myspace.com/smokedturkey
ALAMEDA
Alameda is a five piece band composed of guitar, violin, cello, clarinet, and drums w/ members of AgesandAges, Crooked Fingers, and the Portland Symphony. They have been compared to the likes of Nick Drake and Low. They’re touring in support of their upcoming debut album. Their average national draw is: 50 people. Their myspace is: www.myspace.com/alamedaportland
“Alameda, sports a fluid lineup that crafts melancholy, atmospheric songs that teeter between folky simplicity and chamber-music lushness. Besides stepping up to the microphone, [Stirling] Myles has switched from bass to guitar; Alameda’s debut EP, The Floating Hospital, reveals his hushed and tranquil songwriting, a solid core around which revolves the outfit’s baroque yet stark multi-instrumentalism.” – Jason Heller, Westword
“You have your acoustic guitar singer-songwriter backed by a lush group of musicians. This is a formula that when done well, I do not tire of. There are a few people who do this around town, most notably Horse Feathers. But I assure you there is no Horse Feathery occuring in this music. It is its own thing. Perfect for the current cold and rain filled atmosphere that has take[n] Portland over.” – Ben Meyercord, Crappy Indie Music Blog
“Alameda’s luminous, spare melodies suggest solitude without loneliness and the peace of fruitful introspection. Like the work of early Low, the latest songs from Alameda are soothing yet haunting and possessed of a delicate immediacy.” – Thomas Murphy, Music Editor
“…currently enjoying the release of their EP The Floating Hospital, a stoic four-song set of moving, minimalist acoustic-based tunes. Vocalist/guitarist Stirling Myles (also of Autopilot is for Lovers, also a contributor to The Deli Portland) stirs lush melodies with ample yet subdued accompaniment from bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello and other various effects-laced gadgets that, when dialed in correctly, evoke a melancholy, though cathartic kind of slow-burn orchestral-folk.” – Ryan Prado, Deli Portland
PANCAKE BREAKFAST
Pancake Breakfast is a nine-member roots machine from Portland, Oregon. Most of these songs were made-up on a little farm, far away from the big city. Mike Midlo wrote them. He tested each one by singing it to the dog and chickens before playing it for the band. That seemed to work out pretty well. The members of Pancake Breakfast like to have a good time. You can hear that on their debut full-length record. Sometimes they holler and make loud noises. You can hear that on the record, too! All the tracks were recorded by Mike Coykendall (She & Him, Blitzen Trapper, M. Ward) in a comfy house near a dormant volcano.
www.myspace.com/pancakebreakfastmusic
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