You probably already know about Bear In Heaven re-releasing their great album Beast Rest Forth Mouth along with a remixes disc, but now over at Pitchfork you can check out The Field’s remix of “Ultimate Satisfaction” from that release.

Get a taste of it all live tomorrow with Bear In Heaven right here at SPACE Gallery! Advance tickets are always a good idea, especially considering that it will also be local heroes Brenda‘s cd release show! This is gonna be really, really good.

Tickets are still available, get them at any Bullmoose Music location, or click here for more info.

Thursday 06.24.2010, Doors at 8:30 PM, Starts at 9:00 PM, $8 advance, $10 day of show, Buy tickets here, 18+

Not only are Pitchfork Best New Music’d psych rockers Bear In Heaven playing:

Portland players Brenda are releasing their debut LP Silver Tower, you can stream a track off their Mckeenstreet Music site.

And opening the whole night is Brooklyn-based electronic musician Lobisomem

Once again, Portland proves that no matter the night of the week, if a great band is coming to SPACE, the crowd will show up on make a great night of it. This was the case on Monday, when Chicago’s Maps & Atlases played (with local openers Brenda and Dead Man’s Clothes). Check out the photos below (by Bryan Bruchman).

By the way, what do you think of our new lights?

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Tomorrow Chicago Band Maps & Atlases bring their math rock/indie/German pop? to SPACE Gallery. They just finished playing a few shows with Minus The Bear who also came through Portland recently. Local openers Brenda and Dead Man’s clothes make their first visit to SPACE. Doors at 8pm.

Check out some recent videos of Maps & Atlases below.

Brenda‘s Peet Chamberlain (PC), Gully‘s Oscar Romero (OR), and Dead End Armory‘s Wesley Hartley (WH) may as well have been sitting in a room together while answering our 7 questions, so let’s pretened they were.

How long have you lived in Portland (or Maine)?
PC: Forever.
OR: Since 2001, spent summers in portland (commercial street) since 97.
WH: 4 years.

When did you start playing music?
PC: [age] 8.
OR: The early 90′s (drums), picked up guitar in 1996 (used to play using thumb).
WH: 4 years ago.

Who do you perform with normally?
PC: Josh [Loring, of Brenda].
OR: Gully, dude.
WH: Dead End Armory.

Other than SPACE Gallery, what is one of your favorite venues in Portland?
PC: The Alehouse.
OR: Geno’s.
WH: (n/a)

Who is your favorite Portland musician or group, other than
yourself or those you normally perform with?
PC: As Fast As.
OR: Peet Chamberlain.
WH: Chris Sutherland and Lady Lamb the Beekeeper.

How are you tackling the challenge of performing this material
alone, when (if) you usually perform it with others?
PC: Quietly.
OR: Carefully.
WH: Head up, knees bent, drive through.

What are your musical plans for 2009?
PC: New guitar strings.
OR:Gully 7″ record/album, bedroom solo album (4 track).
WH: One month spring tour w/DEA, release new DEA album “don’t peel your bloomers off just yet”, release solo album “nine rail fences” under Peapod, and recording new solo album in May with Matt Pence @ The Echo Labs in Denton, TX.