UPCOMING EVENTS
THE VINYL HOURS - A Kris Clark Dance Party Saturday 03.13.2010, Doors at 9:00 PM, Starts at 9:30 PM, Ends at 1:30 AM, $7, 18+
Good riddance standard time! Hallelujah Daylight Savings! Waxmasters CHRIS GAUTHIER (Zootz)) and MARCUS CAINE (Bubbas, Zodiac) guide you to the light through the Vinyl Hours of darkness. Jump, shake, twist... Spring forward. Another soul-lifting House Party brought to you by Kris Clark. Portion of proceeds to benefit Haiti.
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Film: Howard Zinn-You Can't Be Neutral On A Moving Train Monday 03.15.2010, Doors at 7:00 PM, Starts at 7:30 PM, $7 / $5 for SPACE Members, All Ages Buy tickets here On January 27th, the world lost Howard Zinn, renowned historian, activist and author. Following his early days as a shipyard labor organizer and bombardier in World War II, Zinn became an academic rebel and leader of civil disobedience in a time of institutionalized racism and war. His influential writings shine light on and bring voice to factory workers, immigrant laborers, African Americans, Native Americans and the working poor. Featuring rare archival materials and interviews with Zinn and colleagues such as Noam Chomsky, You Can’t Be Neutral captures the essence of this extraordinary man who was a catalyst for progressive change for more than 60 years. Followed by a Q&A about Zinn's legacy. Sponsored by the Maine Civil Liberties Union. |
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Creative Conversations - Spring Series Part 1 - YOUR TURN! Wednesday 03.17.2010, Doors at 6:30 PM, Starts at 7:00 PM, Free, All Ages Portland Arts & Cultural Alliance and SPACE bring you another season of Creative Conversations, mediated discussions about the Arts from a personal, local, and regional perspective. The kickoff conversation for our spring series is called YOUR TURN! - an open-forum discussion with members of PACA, the newly minted Creative Portland Corporation, City of Portland representatives, local press and the music and gallery communities. There are a few different avenues you can take to contribute to the conversation: during the discussion; submit an email anytime up until the day of the event with your question or comment to info@portlandarts.org, include the subject line “Your Turn”; or fill out a comment card anonymously and drop it in the comment box provided at the beginning of the night. Come be a part of setting the Arts agenda for years to come. Moderated by Jessica Tomlinson, Director of Public Relations for Maine College of Art. |
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Henry Rollins - Frequent Flyer Tour Thursday 03.18.2010, Doors at 7:00 PM, Starts at 8:00 PM, $30 general seating, $25 standing room, 18+
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. Henry Rollins is an American singer-songwriter, raconteur, spoken word artist, writer, publisher, actor, radio DJ, and activist. More than anything, he embodies the idea of PERSONALITY. After joining the short-lived Washington D.C. band State of Alert in 1980, Rollins fronted the California hardcore punk band Black Flag from 1981 until 1986. Following the band's breakup, Rollins soon established the record label and publishing company 2.13.61 to release his spoken word albums, as well as forming the Rollins Band. Since Black Flag, Rollins has embarked on projects covering a variety of media. He has hosted numerous radio shows and television shows, such as The Henry Rollins Show, MTV's 120 Minutes, Sons of Anarchy and Jackass, along with roles in several films. Rollins has also campaigned for human rights in the United States, promoting gay rights in particular, and tours overseas with the United Service Organizations to entertain American troops. For this massive spoken word tour, Rollins plans to pontificate on recent events. Rollins says in characteristic dark humor that he, “like everyone else, [is] dealing with the changes America - and the world - is going through. I thought America would become a more peaceful place in 2009. I had no idea the country had so many lunatics. There’s a lot to remark upon, of course. There always is.”
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Friday 03.19.2010, Starts at 9:00 PM, $6, 18+ Buy tickets here or visit any Bull Moose Music location. "Batteries Not Included" is a night of Maine's boundary-breaking live hip hop and electronic music acts as three distinct sets culminating in a collaborative effort by all musicians to create a dense live sound collage with local legend Agent8 projecting his signature visuals. Slouch and Adam B get their fingers dirty digging into dusty crates and destroying drum machines. Sandbag is a local crew featuring Pensivv, Ill by Instinct, Shupe, and Doc Joshua/Mr. Harps. They are hosts of the Hip Hop Open Mic Night in Portland and were awarded Best Artist at the 2009 We Push Buttons Awards. Metris and Vik 44 go head to head with cerebral bass, glitched breaks, and minimalist style. Come early to see local artists displaying electronic-themed art throughout the gallery. |
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Saturday 03.20.2010, Doors at 8:00 PM, Starts at 8:30 PM, $7, 18+ Buy tickets here or visit any Bull Moose Music location. Big Blood is South Portland's very own Caleb Mulkerin and Colleen Kinsella (Cerberus Shoal, Fire on Fire) playing intimate, haunting folk. Uke of Spaces Corners are Dan Beckman, Amy Moon and friends playing anthems for in-between realities and a soundtrack for drinking tea. Belfast's Ancestral Diet, featuring members of Caethua and Impractical Cockpit, join the bill for a full night of rural psychedelia. Visiting from Minneapolis, Mother of Fire create a unique sound from violin, bass and drums. Join them for Beaded Eggs, a celebration of the coming spring season with video and sculptural installations. |
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Portland Music Foundation presents the “Music as a Profession” Educational Series Tuesday 03.23.2010, Doors at 6:00 PM, Starts at 6:30 PM, Free for PMF members, All Ages What Is and Isn’t Marketing? In a roundtable, group setting, staffed by industry marketing experts, bands will be able to present their “story” and hear feedback on creating a short-term and long-term marketing plan that builds on their assets and shows bands how they have the power and responsibility to get to the “next level.” MODERATOR: Herb Ivy, WCYY/WBLM This event is free to PMF members. Sign up onsite or at www.portlandmusicfoundation.org $20.00 gets you a 1 year membership, free admission to all PMF events, and tons of area discounts! |
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Treble Treble: Metal Feathers, An Evening With, Gully Wednesday 03.24.2010, Doors at 8:30 PM, Starts at 9:00 PM, $5, 18+ Buy tickets here or visit any Bull Moose Music location. Every so often we're due for an all-local lineup here at SPACE where Portland gets to prove we can make our own fun. Throwing the party are indie stalwarts Metal Feathers with the dark country crooning of An Evening With and rockers-in-residence, Gully, who will be performing songs from their forthcoming EP, Gregory. |
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Thursday 03.25.2010, Doors at 7:00 PM, Starts at 7:30 PM, $7 or $5 for SPACE members, All Ages Buy tickets here In the shocking and hilarious documentary Orgasm Inc., filmmaker Liz Canner takes a job editing erotic videos for a drug trial for a pharmaceutical company. Her employer is developing what they hope will be the first Viagra drug for women that wins FDA approval to treat a new disease: Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD). Liz gains permission to film the company for her own documentary. Initially, she plans to create a movie about science and pleasure but she soon begins to suspect that her employer, along with a cadre of other medical companies, might be trying to take advantage of women (and potentially endanger their health) in pursuit of billion dollar profits. Orgasm Inc. is a powerful look inside the medical industry and the marketing campaigns that are literally and figuratively reshaping our everyday lives around health, illness, desire — and that ultimate moment: orgasm. Sponsored by Nomia |
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Vikesh Kapoor, John Shade, Wesley Allen Hartley and the Traveling Trees Friday 03.26.2010, Doors at 8:00 PM, Starts at 8:30 PM, $7, 18+ Buy tickets here or visit any Bull Moose Music location. In just short of a year in Cambridge, MA, 23 year old folk singer Vikesh Kapoor has already made waves in New England. Featured on billboard.com as an artist-to-watch, he has trekked through two regional tours this past summer in support of his recent, debut EP “On the Tail of a White Donkey” spreading his Dylan-channeled music throughout the land. The Boston Globe writes, "At first glance Kapoor looks like the second coming of iconic troubadour Woody Guthrie. And when he opens his mouth, you think he just might be." John Shade’s debut album, All You Love Is Need, was recorded at Bon Iver’s studio (A.K.A. April Base) in the fall of 2009. It was recorded/engineered by Nate Vernon and features Jeremy Boettcher (bass), Ben Lester (drums), and John DeHaven (trumpet). John says he's bringing a string quartet with him for this special Portland show! Wesley Allen Hartley and the Traveling Trees is the new country-fried project of the former frontman of Dead End Armory, delving deeper into the Portland transplant's Texan roots. |
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Saturday 03.27.2010, Doors at 7:30 PM, Starts at 8:00 PM, $7, All Ages
Buy tickets here or visit any Bull Moose Music location. No, it's not a ukulele. No, it's not a mini-guitar. It's a mandolin, an eight-stringed loud-mouth of an instrument with a long history in folk, pop, bluegrass, even heavy rock and metal, and if you've ever wanted to see it put through its paces, now's your chance. From a six-piece mandolin orchestra to the legendary Al Hawkes Trio to performances by mandolin players from Jerks of Grass, the Tricky Britches, the Grassholes, the Intergalactic Yurt Band, and more, this is a show not to be missed by any true acoustic-music fan.
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Dark Dark Dark with Hersey State, Dark Urrru Tuesday 03.30.2010, Doors at 8:00 PM, Starts at 8:30 PM, $7, 18+ Buy tickets here or visit any Bull Moose Music location. Dark Dark Dark’s sound draws heavily on Americana and Eastern European influences, referencing a long tradition of wandering musicians and those who have lived deeply. Their small array of age-old instruments conjures a lush musical vision of the future with banjos and accordions swimming next to haunting group vocals reminiscent of Maine's own Fire on Fire. Knowing they recently collaborated with recent visiting gallery artists Swoon and Tod Seelie, we're excited to show them a warm Portland welcome. Portland's latest supergroup, Hersey State, comprised of members from The Orchards, Tin Ceilings and the School Spirit Mafia strumming and singing together to create a uniquely Maine folk sound. Dark Urrru, featuring members of Brother Oak and Big Blood opens the night. |
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SPOUSE with The Grownup Noise and The Milkman's Union Friday 04.02.2010, Doors at 9:00 PM, Starts at 9:30 PM, $6, 18+ Buy tickets here or visit any Bull Moose Music location. Consistently, New England-based SPOUSE has been churning out catchy and intricate chunks of quality pop, with wide appeal. If the early 90’s brand of college rock had somehow managed to escape the turmoil of countless break-ups and disasters, this group would be in it’s rightful place among college radio’s more esteemed go-to artists. Instead, José Ayerve and his crew of multi-instrumentalists have been relying on a steady DIY approach resulting in an impressively large discography of uncompromised material. The group releases it’s 5th full-length, Confidence, on May 18th (Nine Mile Records). They will be previewing tracks from their latest offering for this show (and they may even have some copies on hand). Joining them will be Boston’s hard-working, melodic artisans The Grownup Noise and Brunswick's up-and-comers on the scene, the The Milkman’s Union. |
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Sole & The Skyrider Band, Dark Time Sunshine, Ceschi, Amadeus the Stampede, Brzowski Saturday 04.03.2010, Doors at 8:30 PM, Starts at 9:00 PM, $8 advance, $10 day of show, 18+ Buy tickets here or visit any Bull Moose Music location. Sole, known as one of the godfathers of abstract hip hop and founding member of the Anticon label, has recorded one of his most ambitious yet accessible albums to date with 2009's Plastique. Backed by The Skyrider Band, Sole's brand of wit packed, radical and dense lyricism is perfectly accompanied by The Skyrider Band's subtle, layered post-rock-hop compositions. Seattle mainstay Onry Ozzborn has spent the last five years on Rhymesayer's Entertainment putting out underground hip hop classics such as Grayskul's Bloody Radio and touring and collaborating with everyone from Aesop Rock to Atmosphere. Now he has started a new group with producer Zavala called Dark Time Sunshine - called a "Psychedelic Gangstarr" with a "slight bit of Company Flow twirling in the waters beneath them". With influences from Neutral Milk Hotel to the Freestyle Fellowship, Ceschi brings a unique folk and hip hop hybrid to the stage. Blak Madeen and Portland's own Brzowski open the night. |
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Deer Tick with Those Darlins, Tiger Saw Sunday 04.04.2010, Doors at 8:00 PM, Starts at 8:30 PM, $8 advance/ $10 day of show, 18+ Buy tickets here or visit any Bull Moose Music location. Though ostensibly an alt-country act, no amount of Telecaster bends or fiddle breaks are going to disguise Deer Tick's indie-rock core: John McCauley, in both composition and performance, owes more to the Shins, Modest Mouse, and early Bright Eyes than he does even to alt-country acts like Uncle Tupelo. More accurately, McCauley is reviving the REAL country of Hank Williams and company, louder and dirtier for a new generation looking for honest music. Informed by Nashville and its intersecting indie, pop, and country scenes—and aware of the twisted tradition of Appalachian roots music that stretches back beyond the Carter Family, Those Darlins are, nevertheless, not of Nashville. These three rowdy ladies ROCK HARD. Opening the night is oft-local collective Tiger Saw, led by Dylan Metrano, whose latest record features members of Dirty Projectors, White Hinterland and John McCauley himself. |
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Thursday 04.08.2010, Doors at 7:00 PM, Starts at 7:30pm, Ends at 10:00pm, $7 / $5 for SPACE Members, All Ages Buy tickets here. October Country is a beautifully rendered portrait of an American family struggling for stability while haunted by the ghosts of war, teen pregnancy, foster care and child abuse. This vibrant and intimate documentary examines the forces that unsettle the working poor and the violence that lurks beneath the surface of American life. Every family has its ghosts — some metaphorical, some literal. The Mosher family has more than most. Shot over a year from one Halloween to the next, the film uses rich visual metaphors and floats through multiple storylines to paint a portrait of a family who are unique but also sadly representative of the struggles of America’s working class. October Country website. The October Country screening is part of CIFF Selects, presenting a selection of the best films from the Camden International Film Festival |
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All the Fame of Lofty Deeds: Opening Reception Friday 04.09.2010, Starts at 5:00 PM, Ends at 8:00 PM, free, All Ages
Jon Langford is a founding member of British punk band The Mekons and Chicago alt-country outfit The Waco Brothers, and a painter to boot. Langford’s “song-paintings” fuse publicity-shot portraiture with imagery derived from folk art, Dutch still life, classic Western wear, and the cold, cold war—all instilled with sharp, sardonic wit and a Constructivist sense of the power of language. He applies his completely distinctive style to the depiction of American music giants such as Bob Wills, Hank Williams, and Johnny Cash, and also to more ghostly, marginalized figures -- blindfolded cowboys, astronauts, and dancers -- jerked around by the forces of success and exploitation, fame and neglect. More info on the exhibit here |
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Film: In Search of Memory - USM Philosophy Symposium Film Series Monday 04.12.2010, Doors at 7:00 PM, Starts at 7:30 PM, Ends at 10:00 PM, $7, $5 for SPACE Members, FREE for USM students and faculty w/ ID., All Ages Buy tickets here. In Search of Memoryis a compelling blend of autobiography and history that recounts the life of one of the most important neuroscientists of the 20th century, Eric Kandel, and illuminates scientific developments in our understanding of the brain's role in recording and preserving memory. In addition to archival footage and dramatic re-creations of Kandel's childhood experiences in Nazi-occupied Vienna and his formative years as an emigrant in New York, the film features discussions with Kandel, friends and family, as well as his public lectures in Vienna and New York, which explore both his professional and personal life, especially his emotional ties to Judaism. In Serach of Memory website Sponsored by the USM Philosophy Symposium. |
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Thursday 04.15.2010, Doors at 8:00 PM, Starts at 8:30 PM, $10, 18+ Buy tickets here or visit any Bull Moose Music location. Dissatisfied with the state of the music scene in their hometown of Tel Aviv, the Israeli trio Monotonix formed in November 2005 and began a flurry of recording influenced by Led Zeppelin, the Sonics, and Thin Lizzy. Eventually finding themselves banned from most of the venues in Tel Aviv, the band decided to leave Israel so they could tour the United States and Europe. From 2006 to 2007, Monotonix played over 300 shows around the world, including SXSW, a tour with Silver Jews and opening for the Faith No More reunion. These tours furthered their reputation as a band whose shows are not watched, but experienced. Monotonix have become known for setting themselves and their equipment on fire, stealing drinks from audience members to pour on themselves, and turning their shows into unabashed, frenzied dance parties. Uh oh. What did we just get ourselves into? |
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The Molenes, The Grassholes, The Coming Grass Friday 04.16.2010, Doors at 7:30 PM, Starts at 8:00 PM, $7, 18+ Buy tickets here or visit any Bull Moose Music location. The Molenes forge hard-twang melodies and driving steam-train rhythms into compelling songs that have been firing up the stages of the Northeast’s burgeoning Americana/Alt-Country scene since the band’s inception in 2005. Evoking the burnished lyricism of SON VOLT, the organic atmospherics of WILCO, and the rootsy swagger of STEVE EARLE, The Molenes’ second album, Songs of Sin and Redemption (2008), takes the listener on a tour through both the dark and light sides of the American experience. Nine years in, The Grassholes are just getting started. As they've moved from slamgrass takes on Monroe/Flatt & Scruggs/Carter Family traditionals to more nuanced interpretations of contemporary Americana and fully realized original work. Acclaimed gunslinger Nate Schrock returns for a rare appearance with Steve Jones, Ginger Cote, and Sara Cox as The Coming Grass, hands-down one of the finest bands to come out of Portland. |
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Saturday 04.17.2010, Doors at 8:00 PM, Starts at 9:00 PM, $10 $5 for students , 18+ The WMPG Fashion Show presents an exciting array of locally designed, all-original clothing, jewelry and accessories, with 50 products from more than 20 local designers. A live DJ will provide the soundtrack to this fabulous benefit for Portland’s community radio station, based on the University of Southern Maine’s Portland campus. WMPG provides to the community a full-time schedule of music, culture, news and information while promoting awareness and discussion of local as well as global issues and perspectives underrepresented in mainstream media.
Also, watch this space for a link to an online auction and get a sneak peek of what's in store...
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Monday 04.19.2010, Doors at 7:00 PM, Starts at 7:30 PM, $7 / $5 for SPACE Members, All Ages Buy tickets here. SPACE kicks off Earth Week with a bang! In February 2007 Martin Strel began an insane attempt to be the first person to swim the entire length of the world's most dangerous river, the mighty Amazon. Martin is an endurance swimmer from Slovenia, who swims rivers - the Mississippi, the Danube and the Yangtze to date - to highlight their pollution to the world. Martin is also a rather overweight, horseburger loving Slovenian in his fifties who drinks two bottles of red wine a day... even when swimming. Big River Man website. |
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Wednesday 04.21.2010, Doors at 8:00 PM, Starts at 8:30 PM, $8 advance, $10 day of show, 18+ Buy tickets here or visit any Bull Moose Music location. Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray are...Heavy Trash! A Rockabilly voyage like no other! Jon Spencer has destroyed and rebuilt American roots music with such ferocity and wild abandon it is hard to believe that there is anything left. The trail of musical destruction in the wake of his combo Pussy Galore still smolders with the stench of avant punk trash and nasty garage ooze and grind, while his towering work with the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion remains an indelible totem to his enormous mojo spirit and red-hot power of deliverance. In the late '70s, young Matt Verta-Ray found himself one of only twelve people who went to see Bo Diddley at a Canadian fairground. After the show, Bo came out and preached to Matt for an hour about the dark secrets of rock'n'roll. And the rest, as they say, is history - from sitting on the edge of the stage with Bo, to thumping bass for Madder Rose, and then onto his hard-wired decontructionist rootsabilly band Speedball Baby, where he developed his slashing-dagger guitar style - to forming Heavy Trash with his friend Jon Spencer. THE Portland rockabilly band, King Memphis, opens the night with the style, aplomb, and grace that we've come to expect. |
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The Low Anthem with Timber Timbre Friday 04.23.2010, Doors at 8:30 PM, Starts at 9:30 PM, $10, 18+ Buy tickets here or visit any Bull Moose Music Location. Providence's The Low Anthem combines folk and blues arrangements with the elegance of chamber music and the fervor of gospel. Last seen in Portland playing two sold-out shows at Merrill Auditorium opening for Ray LaMontagne, the trio uses a variety of unusual instrumentation—by its own count, the band mates took turns playing 27 different instruments on their latest Oh My God, Charlie Darwin—that gives its songs, at times, an otherworldly quality. For example, Miller and Prystowsky refurbished a World War I pump organ that had been dragged by chaplains into the battlefield and is now part of The Low Anthem’s arsenal of instruments. Adams plays the crotales, a rack of bronze, cymbal-like discs often used with mallets as a percussion instrument. Adams, however, wields a bow to elicit feedback-like sounds. Some critics have called The Low Anthem’s sound Americana, but what the group has really done is to conjure a varied and elusive sound of its own. Toronto's Timber Timbre opens the evening. |
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The Found Footage Festival Vol. 4 Friday 04.30.2010, Doors at 7:00 PM, Starts at 7:30 PM, $8 or $6 for SPACE members, All Ages Buy tickets here Hosts Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher are back to live host a fourth installment of VHS relics they’ve salvaged from thrift stores, garage sales and garbage cans across the country. Found Footage Festival: Volume 4 is chock full of furniture salesmen, rapping celebrities, bachelors in bad sweaters, anthropomorphic Rubik’s Cubes, blowgun enthusiasts and piano-playing rabbits. FEATURING: Worst Saturday Morning Cartoons • Video Dating • VCR Games • Celebrity Bullshit • After Dark • Bargain Bernie • Knives & Blowguns • Andrew’s Grab Bag • Venus II • Exercise Video Montage 5 • and much more! |
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Thursday 06.24.2010, Doors at 8:30 PM, Starts at 9:00 PM, $8 advance, $10 day of show, 18+ Buy tickets here or visit any Bull Moose Music Location. Synth pads and polyrhythmic electronics fill a space perfect for the pop constructions of Beast Rest Forth Mouth, Bear In Heaven's second album and their call to the four cardinal directions. Pitchfork gives it a remarkable 8.4, saying it's "a welcome reminder that an album doesn't have to be bombastic to feel huge and important. Take out the earbuds and let it fill a space: This is music that's bigger than your iPod-- music you'll want to feel all around you." The Onion finds the band “a powerful, functional mix of This Heat, ’70s soft rock, early Genesis, and oddly, later Pink Floyd.” We say it's hard to find a band these days that puts so much attention to their songwriting, recording, and performing so come see them now so you can say you saw them when. |
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