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5/17 : Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers Circus Mexicus Tour with Massy Ferguson

Put on your sombreros, because on Thursday, May 17, the CCPA and KRVM proudly welcome Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers’ Circus Mexicus Tour to the WOW Hall with special guests Massy Ferguson.

ROGER CLYNE & THE PEACEMAKERS

Touted as, “the best live band in America,” by the New Haven Register, Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers are a self contained party on wheels. They own their own, soon-to-be solar powered bus that they are loading up with their own Tequila (Mexican Moonshine), a pile of sombreros, and a whole bunch of songs! The band, whom you might recognize from the King of the Hill theme song, are a searing rock & roll foursome from Arizona who have achieved great recording success and fierce fan loyalty.

You may remember Clyne if you ever listened to the '90s band The Refreshments. Roger headed the band and penned many songs on their Heatseekers #1 album Fizzy, Fuzzy, Big and Buzzy as well as the King of the Hill theme song. Considered Arizona's Most Popular People's Artist, Roger Clyne is a fourth-generation native who has been singing about the spirit for 15 years. He’s also established a World Record for most sombreros worn in one location to benefit the United Way.

The Peacemakers have opened for John Fogerty, Kid Rock, Sammy Hagar, Willie Nelson and more, and for 20-plus years have put on their own wildly-popular, south-of-the-border bash Circus Mexicus in Rocky Point, Mexico. The past year saw record ticket sales at concerts in Tucson and Las Vegas, and appearances at Major League Baseball Arizona Diamondbacks games (RCPM wrote/recorded the team's official fight song).

The band has released six consecutive albums that have debuted in the top 10 on Billboard's Internet Sales chart, the first independent band to ever accomplish that feat. Two of those albums, 1999's Honky Tonk Union and 2004's ¡Americano!, debuted at #1. That streak of creating timeless rock music continues with RCPM's long awaited sixth studio album, Unida Cantina. The energy, experience and comradeship between the band members Roger Clyne, guitarist Jim Dalton, drummer PH Naffah and bassist Nick Scropos shine on Unida Cantina, their most upbeat and collaborative effort yet.

"It's been three years since we've released a studio album," Clyne says. "During that time, we've incorporated Jim Dalton into RPCM and he brings a unique magic to our chemistry. It took some time to know ourselves again. It's always a challenge to remain consistent without being predictable; to create something novel, but not novelty; to appreciate success without becoming complacent. With Unida Cantina, we took our time and poured our hearts into it -- it's almost a rebirth for me."

Collectively, the 13 new songs on Unida Cantina represent both the disillusionment and enlightenment of Clyne's life today compared to where he thought he’d be when he was in his "immortal 20s." In many ways, it turned out different than he thought it would, but also better than could be imagined.

RCPM look to share those feelings of coming to terms with the differences between the expectations of youth and the reality of emerging adulthood on Unida Cantina. But in spreading that message, the Peacemakers also wanted to rock. Like their past albums, RCPM hope Unida Cantina will bring people together and unify those of like mind and heart. Sometimes people need a unification point or a place where they know they're not alone to face certain challenges, like a cantina.

"My music will often bring people to that cantina," Clyne says.

MASSY FERGUSON

“You know only good things can come from a band that named itself after a farm-equipment company. But they're not as hayseed as you'd expect. Their songs are steeped in the classic Americana of the Blasters, the Jayhawks, and the Backsliders. Rich with imagery of highways, truck-stop coffee, whiskey, road-weariness, and bad motels, Massy Ferguson make cinematic music about the blue-collar aspects of our nation. This is what Jay Farrar might sound like without his thesaurus.” -- Brian J. Barr, Seattle Weekly.

Massy Ferguson is a bar band in the best sense -- not a band relegated to bars because it will never rise higher, but a band that plays music perfectly suited to dark, crowded rooms in which there's at least a possibility of a beer glass smashing against a wall.

The songs, filled with barflies, broken hearts and doomed late-night romance, would sound pretty good anywhere, though. Singer-bassist Ethan Anderson says the sound is Americana that leans more toward rock than country, and that's a pretty good description. Think Drive-By Truckers or some combination of Son Volt and The Hold Steady. Think Springsteen. Those are all influences, as is 1970s Southern rock and good-time classic rock bands like Thin Lizzy.

If that means Massy Ferguson is derivative, well, that's partly true. It doesn't really matter, though, because the songs, if not particularly groundbreaking, are just plain good. The lyrics are full of enough detail and imagery that you start to forget any objections -- thanks to the writing partnership between Anderson and singer-guitarist Adam Monda, Massy Ferguson's founding members. They started in 2006 as a duo, playing a farmers market in Mukilteo. Since adding Tony Mann on keyboards and Dave Goedde on drums, the band has graduated to some of Seattle's most prominent stages like The Tractor Tavern, the seat of Seattle's roots-rock Americana scene. They've headlined regionally in Boise, Portland, Spokane, Yakima, gigged in Chicago and Minneapolis. They've toured internationally (Germany, Holland, Costa Rica, Australia) and last fall landed a slot in the prestigious Iceland Airwaves Festival in Reykjavik after winning the Seattle Weekly's 2010 REVERB festival Favorite Band poll.

Additionally, for the first time in any of the band members' history, they signed a record deal. The results of that deal is the new album Hard Water and the accompanying support of Spark & Shine Records.

"Above all, our live show is a lot of fun," Anderson says. "We're in it to have a good time. I think our songs have a certain amount of earnestness and depth, but we did that without sacrificing the fun."

Tickets ar $15 in advance, $18 at the door. Doors open at 7:30 pm and showtime is 8:00. And don’t forget the sombrero!

  SHOWTIME: 8:00 PM, PRICE: $15 Advance, $18 Door. BUY TICKETS NOW

http://www.azpeacemakers.com  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ48qR2HbVE   

5/18 : Schoolboy Q with Ab-Soul

On Friday, May 18, the CCPA and University of Oregon Campus Radio 88.1 FM KWVA proudly welcome Schoolboy Q’s “TheGroovyTour” with special guest Ab-Soul.

Top Dawg Entertainment and Interscope Records’ artist Schoolboy Q is a member of Black Hippy along with Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and Ab-Soul. Preceded by two mixtapes, his first independent album, Setbacks, reached #100 on the US Billboard 200 chart in 2011. On January 14, 2012 he released his second independent album Habits & Contradictions. The album debuted at #111 on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 3,900 digital copies.

Schoolboy Q was born on a military base in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1986. He grew up in Los Angeles. "When I was in school, all the homies called me Schoolboy,” he recalls. “I wore glasses and I had a 3.3 in high school. My name’s Quincy, so I just stick to Schoolboy Q."

Growing up on Hoover Street he joined a street gang, the 52 Hoover Crips: "I was gang-banging at 12. My homies were doing it and I wanted to do it. I didn’t get into it with another hood or anything like that. I was just following the leader.

“I wrote my first verse when I was 16. I wasn’t really rapping, but you know everybody wrote a verse before. By 21, I started to really get into it and gained a passion for it. I was really working on my craft, studying music, and I became Q. I did all of it, school and the streets. Then I found music and it was just over after that. Then it became something that I had to do."

In 2006 he began to work with Top Dawg Entertainment, recording at their studio "House of Pain" and collaborating with their artists. After the release of his first mixtape Schoolboy Turned Hustla, he formed Black Hippy with fellow label mates Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock and Ab-Soul. His second mixtape, Gangsta & Soul, included a diss track aimed at fellow west-coast rapper 40 Glocc.

In January 2011, Q released Setbacks, his first independent album under Top Dawg Entertainment, to critical acclaim. Two weeks after the album's release he took to Twitter and gave the album away for free. Setbacks propelled Q into the spotlight and allowed him to earn a large internet following.

Q’s second full length project, Habits & Contradictions, was released early this year exclusively on iTunes. Music videos for "Hands on the Wheel" with ASAP Rocky and "Nightmare on Figg St." were later released.

Schoolboy Q’s TheGroovyTour is a month long tour with Ab-Soul accompanying him the entire way.

Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door. Doors open at 8:00 pm and showtime is 9:00.

  SHOWTIME: 9:00 PM, PRICE: $15 Advance, $18 Door. BUY TICKETS NOW

http://www.myspace.com/schoolboyq  http://www.facebook.com/AbSoulmusic  

5/19 : Ninth Moon Black CD Release Party with Tormentium and Hallow

On Saturday, May 19, the CCPA and University of Oregon Campus Radio 88.1 FM KWVA proudly welcome the Ninth Moon Black CD Release Party with special guests Tormentium and Hallow.

Conjuring musical influences from the realms of psychedelic, ambient and post metal, Ninth Moon Black is a five piece instrumental band from Eugene. Aware that instrumental music is not for everyone, NMB strives to write pieces which challenge that boundary, keeping listeners involved with intricate melodic passages, emotionally driven progressions and cohesive yet uniquely structured songs.

Writing and performing music that is very cinematic in nature, Ninth Moon Black aims to create an experience for the listener, often showing self-produced experimental films, or providing an epic soundscape for visual odysseys such as Begotten, Decasia and Man With A Movie Camera. Since the release of their 2008 self-titled debut, NMB has shared the stage with bands such as Middian, Melt Banana, Indian, Earth, Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, Dead Meadow and Ludicra. In 2009, they provided West Coast tour support for Wolves In The Throne Room and Minsk.

January of 2011 saw the kickoff of a college radio campaign with Team Clermont for their follow up EP Kalyug, which debuted on the CMJ Loud Rock chart at #31. It was the only self-released album on the chart that week and continued to hold various positions for the duration of the campaign. Kalyug also debuted on the CMJ Loud Rock Select albums chart at #58, and the track "Kalyug" charted on CMJ's Loud Rock Select Tracks chart at #87.

NMB recently completed the recording of their third album Chronophage, with Eugene's legendary Billy Barnett of Gung Ho Studio (also a musician in Mood Area 52). Mastering was done with Billy Anderson, who also has an extensive background working both as a musician and engineer and has shared his talents with an endless list of bands such as Neurosis, Fantomas, Melvins, Sleep and High On Fire. Their first single “Mors Carnis” has been featured on the Italian compilation Falling Down IIV alongside fellow post/psychedelic bands such as Pelican, Across Tundras, Akhmed and Mouth Of The Architect.

On May 19th Ninth Moon Black celebrates the release of Chronophage, playing the album in its entirety and accompanied by a psychedelic version of the 1927 silent film Metropolis. The show will kick off with local funeral doom band Hallow followed by the black metal stylings of Tormentium.

TORMENTIUM

Tormentium was summoned from the eternal gray of the Cascadian Willamette Valley in Autumn of 2004. It was created by Wes Beanblossom (guitars), Sky Studach (vocals), Jesse Levine (drums), Ray Eversole (guitars) and John Arbogast (bass) with the intent of expressing their darkest musical vision beyond reality. As a metal band with elements of black, death and thrash, Tormentium has always tried to break the bonds of genre specifications and cultivate an honest sound that is grandiose, eerie and melodically brutal. Covering a wide range of emotions and subject matter, Tormentium speaks of unknown horrors, demonology, pride full impiety, and story-like tales of destruction.

Tormentium only released a few handmade demos during their years of bloodying stages that included sharing performances with Horna, Impaled, Phobia, Inquisition, Noctuary, Rotten Sound and High On Fire.

The now-four-piece brings a new era of Tormentium to (un)life with music that gets darker and more epic. In May of 2011, the band released two albums: The split with brothers INFERNUS (Portland, OR), which included the last material as a five piece with Ray Eversole, and a new EP, Cursed Beyond Flesh, which includes the first new material as a four piece. Cursed Beyond Flesh focuses its high energy to share insight into the blessings of damnation, self destruction and haunting things that lurk beyond the darkness.

Members of Tormentium also play in Soul Scythe, Ara, and Cult Of Unholy Shadows.

HALLOW

Crawling from the depths of Earth which enshroud life in the Northwest, Funeral Doom band Hallow take listeners into desperate, soul emptying darkness. Their sound is powerfully expressive. Dirges wrought in sadness and longing pound themselves out relentlessly, exploding into melodic sections which wrangle emotions rarely explored, the two guitars carefully and slowly careening through harmonies built deep in the unconscious. The inhumanly deep growl of the vocals chills the spine before becoming swallowed by the cacophonous wall of textures created instrumentally.

Seattle transport Stephen Velasco (ex-Sanctum/Fawn) belts, "Fleeting is a life's day/ And in the throes of dusk/ The way of all things corporeal goes/ As a shadow swallowed by night," poetically -- further adding to the desperation Hallow invokes. Local music scene veterans Abe Hurd (Rye Wolves/Scrolls), Eric Eiden (Ninth Moon Black) and drummer Ben Adams, join Velasco to create a truly deep, dark and emotionally charged sound.

Admission is $5 at the door. Doors open at 8:30 pm and showtime is 9:00.

  SHOWTIME: 9:00 PM, PRICE: $5 Door.

http://www.ninthmoonblack.com  http://www.myspace.com/tormentium  

5/25 : Art Reception for Caitlin Dionne Mendiaz

For the month of May, the Community Center for the Performing Arts will host Works by Caitlin Dionne Mendiaz in the Lobby Art Gallery at the WOW Hall.

Says Caitlin:

“My birth was somewhat of a mystery. People say I was found in the woods by a hunter while I was playing with a couple of bear cubs. Others say the bear cubs were actually baby big foots. After my discovery, the hunter brought me home to his cozy cottage where I met my now loving family. The only way I knew how to communicate with my new family was through drawings that I created with my fingers and the earth around me. The memories of my childhood are fading with the hours although I can still remember the wilderness as bright as day. Painting and creating art has always made me feel more connected with those faint memories of the mysterious forest that I call home.”

There will be an artists’ reception on Last Friday, May 25, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. The WOW Hall’s Lobby Art Gallery is open for viewing during office hours, 3:00 to 6:00 pm Monday, noon to 6:00 pm Tuesday through Friday, and 11:00 am to 2:00 pm on Saturday. The WOW Hall is located at the corner of 8th and Lincoln in Eugene. For more information, please call 541-687-2746.

  SHOWTIME: 5:00 - 7:00 PM, PRICE: FREE .

    

5/25 : The Blimp, My Autumn's Done Come, Lucas Gunn (solo)

On Friday, May 25, the CCPA and University of Oregon Campus Radio 88.1 FM KWVA proudly welcome back The Blimp along with special guests My Autumn's Done Come. Lucas Gunn of The Blimp will open the show with a solo set.

The Blimp is paving their own path of psychedelic weirdness that has pepperings of The Fugs, Magic Band and John Bellows, all the way into free-jazzy romps. Band members are Lucas Gunn (lead vocals, guitar, etc.), Jesse Wood (guitar), Miranda Jenee (piano, tambourine, vocals, etc.), Brayden Allison-Hall (vocals, theremin, trumpet, maraccas, tambourine) and Erik Leland Vessey (drums). They return a year after hosting a EP Release Party here for Not Beer.

“The Blimp are a few dudes and a chick from Eugene who supposedly named themselves after the Captain Beefheart track of the same title“ reports Jeff Ogiba (imustfindatlantis.blogspot. “The four tracks on this one-sided 12" clank and slam like bumbling dadaists warding off imminent mental breakdowns. The record features songs about boobs and beer and dead things, and The Blimp frantically try to stay focused enough to endure the tumultuous and brazen song path they lead each listener down.”

The Blimp soars beyond mere caveman crunch. Ferociously ripping thru the past and any kind of perceived influences, they provide the ears with a clatterist cacophony of sounds. Guitar flight, zig-zag wanderings, warped sense shatterings, spoken/a cappella yearnings, theremin derangement and more sometimes combine, sometimes crash -- revealing to the listener a not hardly hidden pop sensibility. 

“Over the last few years Eugene has offered us nothing but a slow dribble of bong stuffing, didgeridoo dragging, whitebread jam bands,” writes Andrew Tonry for the Portland Mercury, “but for the first time in a while, something truly worthwhile has emerged from the yippie mecca — the Blimp. With two Marshall stacks, a theremin, and a maniacally fast, eccentric monster on the drums, they mash through straightforward, driving tunes and into wild, scaling epics. There's a high-volume Captain Beefheart-type exploration happening here, which is no surprise considering singer and guitarist Luke Gunn studied under the Magic Band's Zoot Horn Rollo. The lessons paid off, as Gunn rips like a caveman on calculus, and the Blimp have become the best band in Eugene.”

The Blimp’s Not Beer EP has been released and distributed all over the country on The Violet Times label.

“We are working on a full-length record now; should be done with it very soon,” says Lucas. “We've been offered to play at Gonerfest in Memphis, Tennessee this September, and are gonna make that happen. We will make a tour which will include that, making our way there and back, and possibly make it all the way to New York, hometown of Violet Times Records.”

MY AUTUMN'S DONE COME

My Autumn's Done Come's new album Paper Flowers is without a doubt a Portland record. From sound to subject, the band's first full-length chronicles a story all too familiar to many a Portlander: life in a new city and the struggle of artistic creation. 

 In 2010 Andrew Hanna, and fraternal rhythm section Garrett and Tyler Brown, all found themselves relatively new in Portland and bandless. They soon formed as a three piece, taking a stylistic cue from Garrett Brown and Hanna's recently defunct scraggly pop band, Last Trains.  MADC soon recruited long time friends, singer Lilly Maher and guitar player Andrew Lorish, to expand the sound. All relocated from Eugene, four-fifths MADC's members have played together since high-school.  The band takes its name from a haunting song by Lee Hazelwood, a seminal Nashville singer and producer whose unique productions and arrangements created his esoteric and idiosyncratic style. This allusion illustrates the core of the band's philosophy and the depth of the band's influences: from folk to soul, jazz to modern indie and pop, the band seeks to solidify singer Andrew Hanna's songwriting within the tower of American song while fomenting the band's own referential and pastiche elements.  After three months of struggling to find their sound,  MADC recorded and self-released a four-song EP.  Six months later they began working on a full-length.

Paper Flowers  was recorded and self-produced over the summer 2011 at Secret Society Studios with engineer Jordan Leff. The set of songs on the record were written during Hanna's second year living in Portland and the imagery reflects the city--three of the albums tracks are named for Portland bridges. Several of the songs were thought up on Hanna's jogs down by the waterfront. "Burnside Bridge”,  for example, highlights the experience of the historical in everyday life walking along the East Bank Esplanade.   Other songs on the record focus on the the act of creation and the nature of experiencing art. The titular "Paper Flowers" is itself a metaphor for artistic creation-- all of our creative endeavors reflect our confrontation with death.  The goal of the album, according to Hanna was to meld old and new production values, to blend the band's love of old and new music. 

Tickets are $5 in advance, $8 at the door. Doors open at 8:30 pm and showtime is 9:00.

  SHOWTIME: 9:00 PM, PRICE: $5 Advance, $8 Door. BUY TICKETS NOW

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Blimp/128726293862500  http://myautumnsdonecome.com/  

5/26 : May We Dance 2

On Saturday, June 26, Biz Entertainment presents May We Dance 2, a night of dance music featuring DJ’s spinning both upstairs and downstairs.

If you went to Winter Wonderland then you don’t wanna miss this. Join us for another bangin’ event at the WOW Hall.

What to expect?

Xplode is doing massive, high powered visual mapping of the whole stage and they have a bunch of new lighting!

Gearhead Systems will be more than enough sound to make it hard to breathe! Ear plugs are highly recommended!!

Daz will be bringing out his very own hand made very intense lazors!

Here’s the DJ Line-Up:

Up Stairs: * Kozmo 8-9 * Reflect/ 9-10 * ShyGuy 10-11 * BigDaddyScamp 11-12 * BrItZ 12-1 * Mykdub 1-2

Down Stairs: * Alexx horizon 8-9 * Undermind 9-10 * Myron Jackson 10-11 * Ceez 11-12 * Heknowkey 12-1

Ticket price is $12 pre sale, $15 at the door. Doors open at 9:00 pm.

  SHOWTIME: 9:00 PM, PRICE: $12 Advance, $15 Door. BUY TICKETS NOW

http://www.facebook.com/events/395842707093149/  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoiRqTAbroQ&feature=share  

6/01 : Andre Nickatina

Please check out the tour video linked below.

  SHOWTIME: 9:00 PM, PRICE: $22 Advance, $25 Door. BUY TICKETS NOW

http://www.andrenickatina.com/   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJUTjhRK_VY&feature=youtube_gdata_player   

6/02 : Ray Wylie Hubbard

On Saturday, June 2, the CCPA and KRVM proudly welcome Ray Wylie Hubbard to the WOW Hall.

As a music lover of impeccable taste, odds are that you’re already rather familiar with Ray Wylie Hubbard. He’s touring in support of his new release The Grifter’s Hymnal. It follows 2010’s A. Enlightenment, B. Endarkenment (Hint: There is No C) and such earlier chestnuts as Snake Farm, Growl, Eternal and Lowdown, Crusades of the Restless Knights; going all the way back to 1975’s Cowboy Twinkies.

Maybe, despite that aforementioned impeccable music taste, you’ve somehow managed to make it this far without ever hearing of this Hubbard fellow. Fear not; because if you simply need a tidy introduction to bring you up to speed, the opening track on The Grifter’s Hymnal, “Coricidin Bottle”, tells you everything you need to know. What it tells you about The Grifter’s Hymnal is that the record rocks. And what it tells you about Ray Wylie Hubbard is, he’s the kind scrapper poet with the devil-may-care wherewithal to write both, “lay down a groove like a monkey gettin’ off,” and, “shakes the mortal coil round my amaranthine soul,” into the same song – and the lethal charm and chops to pull it off.

“Words are funky,” chuckles Hubbard. “That ‘amaranthine soul’ line ... it means either purple or forever. And I thought, ‘yeah, that’s the kind of soul I’ve got.’”

The laying down a groove like a monkey gettin’ off line speaks for itself.

“The album really does have a lot of attitude,” Hubbard says proudly. “We made it to play loud, and I think the sonic quality of it is just beautiful. Even if you don’t like the singer or the songs, you’ll like the way it sounds.”

The sound he was aiming for — and bulls-eyed — recalls many of his favorite rock records of the ’60s: Small Faces, Rolling Stones, Buffalo Springfield. But take his characteristic self- deprecation with a pinch of salt, because for all his love for nailing down a groove, Hubbard’s ragged-but-right vocals and lyrical wits continue to get better and better with age. So, too, it seems, does his knack for tying his projects up with just the right title.

“The whole idea was, I really like those words, grifter and hymnal,” he says. “The grifter kind of came out of the ’20s, kind of like the con man in Paper Moon. He’s not really a bad guy, because usually they would only grift people who maybe had it coming because of their own greed. I just like the idea of it — not that I’m so much of a con man, but ... I’m 65 and still scuffling! I didn’t want to peak too soon and I don’t want to be a nostalgia act, so I keep trying to learn new things and make it work.”

Back in the ‘60s, Hubbard started as a folk singer in his native Oklahoma before falling in with the wild and wooly cosmic/outlaw Texas country scene of the ’70s — in large part by way of penning the immortal “Up Against the Wall (Redneck Mother)” which Jerry Jeff Walker recorded on his seminal 1973 album ¡Viva Terlingua!. Hubbard gigged constantly and recorded sporadically throughout the ’70s and ’80s, but his career as a songwriter’s songwriter began in earnest with 1994’s Loco Gringo’s Lament. He’s moved from strength to strength ever since, cementing his standing as one of the most respected artists on the modern Americana scene.

On Grifter’s Hymnal, Hubbard (acoustic, electric and slide guitar; harmonica) and producer/bassist George Reiff and are joined by drummer Rick Richards, keyboard player Ian McLagan (Small Faces, Faces, Rolling Stones), and guitarists Billy Cassis, Brad Rice, Audley Freed and Hubbard’s 18-year-old son Lucas. And, just for good measure, a Beatle: Ringo Starr contributes vocals, guitar, handclaps and shakers to the album’s one cover, his own “Coochy Coochy”.

“I’m a grifter — I figured if I did a Ringo Starr song and sent it to him, maybe he’d sing on it!” Hubbard confesses with a laugh.

“Coochy Coochy” (which first surfaced as a Starr B-side in 1970) fits right in as part of an album that above all else is a celebration of getting one’s rock ’n’ roll ya-ya’s out. Admittedly, Hubbard notes that a handful of the songs, “kind of mention God or salvation,” while “Lazarus” and “Moss and Flowers” both address mortality and the haunting “Red Badge of Courage” offers a somber meditation on the psychiatric battle scars of war.

“This really was a very special record to me,” Hubbard says. “It wasn’t easy, and some of it really was a struggle, but it was fun. I think each record to me has been a struggle in a way, and I like it that way. I like it that they’re all hard to do, because I think that makes them all have more value to me. It makes me kind of reach for a better part of myself. It keeps me from settling.”

Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Doors open at 7:30 pm and showtime is 8:00.

  SHOWTIME: 8:00 PM, PRICE: $12 Advance, $15 Door. BUY TICKETS NOW

http://www.raywylie.com    

6/03 : Emily Wells with 1939 Ensemble

by Ross Shuber

On Sunday June 3, the CCPA and University of Oregon Campus radio 88.1 FM KWVA proudly welcome Emily Wells with special guests 1939 Ensemble.

Emily Wells' music has a wonderful way of being markedly unique, and comfortably familiar at the same time. Not easily pigeonholed in one genre, Wells considers influences from all over the musical spectrum but mostly her songs are a mesh between hip-hop and classical. She is a self-proclaimed fan of sound.

Now residing in New York City, Wells was born in Amarillo, Texas and also grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. Classically trained as a violinist (beginning at age 4), she also plays drums, beat machines, keys and whatever else she can fit into her road case.

Wells self-released her first album at age 13 as a cassette tape making 100 copies to distribute and has several unofficial releases since then. Her official album releases consist of Beautiful Sleepyheads and the Laughing Yaks (2007),The Symphonies: Dreams, Memories, and Parties (2008), and Dirty EP (2009), as well as her new album Mama (2012). Her current tour, the Mama Release Tour 2012, is in support and celebration of the new album. It started in Buffalo, and weaves its way through the heartland of America to the west coast and Eugene.

Wells recordings are quite an accomplishment, but it's her hypnotic live performances that are not to be missed. Using a looping device, she becomes a one-woman orchestra building each song in front of the audiences eyes. She uses a wide variety of instruments and gadgets that is centered around the violin, but also may include toy microphones, percussion instruments, and her beautiful and strong voice. Each song is a different musical journey that is born one instrument at a time. She's even been known to do covers, including the Notorious B.I.G song “Juicy”.

Says SPIN magazine's Steve Appleford, “Layering eerie strings, bleeping synths, and electronic beats under Biggie's rags-to-riches lyrics, she sings and raps like a feral, streetwise Nina Simone.”

Pretty much everything Wells creates is something never before seen, and her diversity is what leads to a creative and engrossing end result. The performer, producer and songwriter trades in a striking mix of classical instrumentation, folk rawness and hip-hop production anchored by her haunting combination of voice and violin.

The New Yorker called Wells music, “a highly theatrical labyrinth of rap, gothic folk, classical, and electronica songs.”

Her musical style may be hard to define, but as Count Bass B raps in a collaboration song with Wells (“Symphony 3: The Story”) -- “Another concept we all must ponder, absence of the genre makes the art grow fonder.”

Opening for Emily Wells will be the 1939 Ensemble, an instrumental duo out of Portland featuring Jose Medeles (The Breeders) and David Coniglio. Their music moves between ominous dissonant noise, to sharp bombastic beats.

Mark your calendar folks, and come down to the WOW Hall and be a part of the one of the best Sunday events of the year.

Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Doors open at 6:30 pm and showtime is at 7:00

  SHOWTIME: 7:00 PM, PRICE: $12 Advance, $15 Door. BUY TICKETS NOW

http://www.emilywellsmusic.com  http://www.myspace.com/emilywells  

6/08 : Medium Troy and The Quick & Easy Boys

MEDIUM TROY

THE QUICK & EASY BOYS

  SHOWTIME: 9:00 PM, PRICE: $7 Advance, $10 Door or $7 Door with student or military ID. BUY TICKETS NOW

http://www.mediumtroy.com  http://thequickandeasyboys.com/  

6/09 : Dunava and Kef

On Saturday, June 9, the CCPA and KLCC proudly host an evening of Balkan Folk Music featuring women’s vocal ensemble Dunava and the dance music of Kef.

Dunava (Bulgarian for "the Danube") is a women's vocal ensemble based in Seattle, specializing in the a cappella folk music of the Balkans.

Dunava is made up of singers from diverse musical backgrounds sharing a passion for the beautiful and distinct harmonies of Eastern Europe. Their repertoire includes songs from the cities and villages of Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Caucasus Georgia, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Russia and Serbia.

Dunava is affiliated with the Radost Folk Ensemble, and has performed at Northwest Folklife Festival, Croatia Fest, Seattle Folklore Society concert series, the Seattle Art Museum, and with local groups Dave & the Dalmatians, Balkanarama, and Balkan Cabaret. The group released its first CD in 2009.

KEF

Kef plays village dance music of the Balkans. With a unique instrumentation consisting of trumpet, truba (a type of flugelhorn commonly used in the Balkans), accordion, cello, drums and vocals, the group covers styles from the early days of recorded music in Bulgaria, village and urban songs of Macedonia and Albania, to the latest Romani ("Gypsy") brass band and Bulgarian wedding music. A mixture of thrilling tunes in odd meters executed at high speed and beautiful slow melodies expressing the joy and despair of life provide for the enjoyment of dancers and listeners alike.

The word "Kef" refers to that spirit and energy shared by a group of people in celebration. It is a state of being, an intangible quality approaching ecstasy, often brought forth by musical experience. Kef is a Turkish concept that people across the Balkans, throughout the former domain of the Ottoman Empire, have taken as their own. Similarly, much of the music of the Balkans bears the unmistakable imprint of Turkish influence, and combined with Slavic, Romany and the many other regional and ethnic identities existing where the music is performed and enjoyed, Balkan music has become an intensely rich tradition.

Today, Balkan music is enjoyed not only among the diverse populations of its origins, but around the world – from recreational folk dances to arena concerts with thousands of fans bouncing to hip hop, funk, pop and electronica fusions. There is hardly a musical aesthetic not represented somewhere under the umbrella of "Balkan music."

Kef, the band, has been performing for dancers, festivals and sit-down audiences since 2007. Its music is a sampling of the regional genres found across the Balkans, from Bulgarian wedding music to Serbian brass band, and from 1960s radio-style orchestrations to simple melody/drone-based village music. Most repertoire comes from the folk tradition, learned from recordings or directly from notable musicians in the Balkan music community. Each member brings a unique aspect to the music stemming from the diversity of their individual musical experiences and aesthetics.

Band members are Nisha Calkins-Godfrey (cello), Dan Gibson (guitar), Alex Lowe (trumpet), Sharon Rogers (accordion and vocals), Cody Simmons (trumpet and truba) and Ken Sokolov (percussion).

Tickets are $13 in advance, $15 at the door. Doors open at 7:30 pm and showtime at 8:00. Seating will be available as Dunava performs first, but there'll be room for dancing during Kef.

  SHOWTIME: 8:00 PM, PRICE: $13 Advance, $15 Door. BUY TICKETS NOW

http://www.dunava.org/   http://www.balkanmusic.org/   

6/11 : Carl Verheyen Band

“One of the Top 10 Guitar Players in the World” - Guitar Magazine

“One of the Top 100 Guitarists of All Time” - Classic Rock Magazine

On Monday, June 11, the CCPA and KRVM proudly welcome the Carl Verheyen Band to the WOW Hall.

In his 40-plus years of playing the instrument, Carl has created a wildly successful, multifaceted career. He is a critically-acclaimed musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, producer and educator  with 11 CDs and two live DVDs released worldwide. Carl is commonly regarded as a guitar virtuoso capable of playing any style of music with remarkable mastery and conviction. He has been one of LA’s elite “first call” session players for the past 25 years, playing on hundreds of records, movie soundtracks and television shows. Carl has graced the pages of countless industry publications and been the subject of numerous articles chronicling his rise to the forefront of the modern day guitar scene. Carl has won numerous polls and musical honors in the US, Germany, France, Italy and the UK.

A member of the smash hit British rock group Supertramp since 1985, Carl has played to millions of enthusiastic fans in sold out arenas worldwide. As the creative force behind The Carl Verheyen Band, he has released an impressive and eclectic discography that showcases his endless talents across a wide array of musical genres.

A much sought after studio musician, Carl plays on other artists’ CDs whenever his busy schedule permits. He has recorded and played with a virtual who’s who of the music industry. His vast collection of movie soundtrack and television credits are enviable. Carl was heard by 67, 000,000 people as a featured soloist at the 2009 Academy Awards. He will also be heavily featured in the forthcoming film documentary about the electric guitar, Turn It Up! 

On the educational front, Carl has produced two instructional videos called Intervallic Rock Guitar and Forward Motion as well as various on-line lessons. He also has a book/CD detailing his unique “intervallic” style called Improvising Without Scales.  Another book entitled Studio City is a compilation of all the columns Carl wrote for Guitar Magazine between 1996 and 1999. He has written a monthly column for Chitarre, Italy’s #1 guitar publication as well as Guitar World and Guitar Jam Daily, a website devoted to serious guitarists. He currently writes a monthly column for Guitar Player, contributes to other guitar publications, and blogs regularly for GuitarPlayer.com and his own site. Carl also lectures and teaches at clinics regularly when not on the road.

Carl recently co-designed a signature guitar with LsL Instruments, the "CV Special," combining the best elements Carl seeks in his ideal guitar; they are now available for purchase worldwide. As if that weren’t enough, working closely with Dean Markley, Carl developed a line of signature strings for the electric guitar that perfectly balance the tremolo bridge of the Fender Stratocaster, the Carl Verheyen Balanced Bridge Helix HD string set. Also working with Dean Markley, Carl helped develop a top-of-the-line guitar lubrication, Tuba Luba, in addition to his numerous existing endorsements. 

Tickets are $13 in advance, $15 at the door. Doors open at 7:30 pm and showtime is 8:00.

  SHOWTIME: 8:00 PM, PRICE: $13 Advance, $15 Door. BUY TICKETS NOW

http://www.carlverheyen.com/  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Carl-Verheyen-Band/121934781157574  

6/14 : Jean Grey, Black Sheep Wall, Dimensionless, Tides

On Thursday, June 14, the CCPA and University of Oregon Campus Radio 88.1 FM KWVA proudly welcome back Jean Grey along with special guests Black Sheep Wall, Dimensionless and Tides.

Jean Grey is a group driven/pulled towards success with unrelenting brutality. Named in honor of a fictional superhero, the band was established in 2006 by founding member and drummer Charlie Wilson. Soon guitarist Bannon Hunt and vocalist Dan Dooley were friended, followed by bassist Matt Edwards and guitarist Benjiman Orozco. Jean Grey was solidified.

Now, 2012 has brought Jean Grey to a new beginning, inking a deal with Contorted Records. Nothing stands in the way as the band continues to push forward in support of their new release, Abysmal.

BLACK SHEEP WALL

Most of Black Sheep Wall has been playing music together since their middle school years in Moorpark, California. They officially formed in late 2006 after the breakup of former projects.

"I Am God Songs was recorded for our own liking, not expecting anyone to ever hear or care about it", as the band began to crumble before the album was ever completed. When finished, it sat on hard drives for months before they uploading parts of it to Myspace. In the coming months the band was so overwhelmed by the many positive responses from around the world that they got back together with a new singer.

Black Sheep Wall was then signed by Shelsmusic to release their first recordings in Europe in October of 2008. Since then they have had the first singer come back and leave again -- to be replaced by the singer who replaced him the first time. BSW has seen an unreasonable amount of member losses and side projects, has written countless songs they’ve forgotten, and been the worst band in the world to keep up with.

“To have the support we do at this stage is remarkable,” says the band. “At this point we're grateful to still be a band at all, and we're truly excited to finally be releasing our new album No Matter Where It Ends."

DIMENSIONLESS

Forged of death metal, heavy-hardcore, and sludge/drone influences to create an ominous, crushing sound, Dimensionless is the unpleasant noise emitting from Eugene, Oregon. Bass heavy grooves with ambient undertones combine with extreme vocals to oppress speakers and deplete audiences. Driven by their undefiled hatred for humanity and utter disrespect for music, Dimensionless is a lethal dose of sonic weight.

TIDES

Tides got together in late 2011. Most members were and are a part of another Eugene hardcore band, Get Wise, so cohesion was instant. In essence, Tides is just a group of Northwest kids who love all sorts of music, but decided to play hardcore.

Tickets are $5 in advance, $8 at the door. Doors open at 7:30 pm and showtime is 8:00.

  SHOWTIME: 8:00 PM, PRICE: $5 Advance, $8 Door. BUY TICKETS NOW

http://www.myspace.com/jeangreymusic    

6/15 : Wanderlust Circus presents The Mata Hari Hussle Show with Red Raven Follies

On Friday, June 15, Catalyst Arts, Swingtime PDX and Wanderlust Circus Present: The Mata Hari Hustle: A Traveling Cabaret Revusical of Song, Dance, Romance and Murder! with special guests Red Raven Follies.

  Two singing belly dancers, a swing dance duet, a juggling sword-swallower, and a rakish ringmaster enact the tale of three handsome sailors on leave in Paris who tangle with a trio of sexy spies hellbent on homicide! Will our gullible Gullivers survive their voyage into Vaudeville, or will they be led into the black widow's web once and for all? Set to an original soundtrack of vintage swing, with scintillating solos and rip-roaring group numbers aplenty, The Mata Hari Hustle is a bombastic burlesque battle to the death!

  This six-person vaudeville revue based in Portland is on the road in to spend four weeks dazzling audiences along the West Coast with a variety of sensational acts.

The performers are: Karolina Lux (belly dance, vocals, trumpet, burlesque), Russell Bruner (dance, vocals, burlesque), Noah Mickens (emcee, vocals, dance), NagaSita (belly dance, vocals), Luther Bangert (juggling, sword swallowing, dance) and Sugar Kane (swing dance).

RED RAVEN FOLLIES

Named Eugene’s “Best Performing Arts Group” by the readers of Eugene Weekly, The Red Raven Follies are an eclectic group of performers engaged in reincarnating the classic Variety Show format, as well as creating themed performances designed to capture the imagination and transport audiences to times past.

During an evening with this performance troupe, you will laugh and ponder, sigh and marvel. From fully choreographed group pieces to solo performance, the Red Raven Follies will delight and inspire, leaving you wanting more.

“Our goal is to playfully explore a variety of performance genres, including cabaret, vaudeville, circus, and burlesque, sharing the results with audiences in evocative venues.”

Red Raven Follies hosts two annual variety shows and perform at a number of events, usually in unconventional spaces such as fashion shows, backyards, warehouses, pubs, and wineries, and occasionally in traditional theatrical spaces.  They are taking our show on the road, with an amazing tarot-themed performance including aerial acrobatics, juggling and hoops!

Tickets are $13 in advance, $15 at the door. Doors open at 9:00 pm and showtime is 9:30.

  SHOWTIME: 9:30 PM, PRICE: $13 Advance, $15 Door, $20 Reserved Seating. BUY TICKETS NOW

http://www.wanderlustcircus.com/  http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Red-Raven-Follies/189176917281  

6/16 : Peewee Moore

On Saturday, June 16, the CCPA and KRVM proudly welcome Peewee Moore to the WOW Hall.

Peewee Moore is a self proclaimed Honky-tonk/Outlaw Country Singer/Songwriter in the same vein as Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Johnny Paycheck and Hank Williams. He has been barnstorming around the country with his trio dubbed "Peewee Moore & The Awful Dreadful Snakes" doing an endless string of one night stands from Austin TX to you name it. If you haven't caught a show yet, don’t blame Peewee! Since 2007 Moore has played over 200 shows a year in more than 100 U.S. cities -- proudly carrying the torch of 100% Independent Austin Texas Outlaw Country!

Born and raised in the foothills of the Appalachian rain forest just across the Tennessee border in Fort Oglethorpe, GA, Peewee spent most of his time haunting the streets of Chattanooga -- playing many of his first shows in and around the "Choo Choo" city. Peewee spent his constructive years making a name for himself as an accomplished picker and songwriter throughout the Southeast.

From 2001 to 2007 Peewee Moore was a quarter and founding member of Southeastern U.S. regional touring act The Tennessee Rounders. During his last year with the band, Tennessee Rounders garnered their hometown CIA Awards (Chattanooga Independent Artists) for Best Live Show, Best Country or Bluegrass Band, Album Of The Year (Peewee wrote 8 out of the 16 original tracks), Single Of The Year “Nickajack Dam” (a murder ballad Peewee wrote about a historic nearby dam) and Best Acoustic Duo.

In July 2007 Peewee left the Rounders to develop his solo career, and has been touring nonstop -- solo, acoustic, and with his backing band. In 2009 he released his first solo album, The Leaving Side Of Gone, with 12 original songs that he co-produced with recording engineer Jeff Coppage (who has recorded Hank Williams Jr., Widespread Panic, Nanci Griffith, Conway Twittie, Robert Earle Keen, Cher, Alan Jackson, and many, many more). The Leaving Side Of Gone was included in a short list of 2010 Essential Albums by SavingCountryMusic.com.

In 2010 Peewee pulled up his roots, packed the wagon, and replanted in Austin TX -- "The Live Music Capital Of The World" -- where he spends his time performing and writing between tours. With the gift of raw talent and showmanship, Peewee has been fortunate to share the stage with some of Outlaw Country, Americana and Rockabilly's most well known acts such as Billy Joe Shaver, David Allen Coe, Dwight Yoakam, Steve Earle, Charlie Daniels, Junior Brown, Dale Watson, Wayne Hancock, Cowboy Jack Clement, Shooter Jennings, James McMurtry, Chris Knight, Dicky Betts, Pat Green, Cory Morrow, Todd Snyder, Wanda Jackson, Southern Culture On The Skids, Scott H. Biram, Bobby Bare Jr., and countless others.

Peewee Moore's music is broadcast on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio's Outlaw Country Channel as well as many different AM & FM stations, internet radio and podcast's worldwide.

Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Doors open at 8:30 pm and showtime is 9:00.

  SHOWTIME: 9:00 PM, PRICE: $10 Advance, $12 Door. BUY TICKETS NOW

http://www.peeweemoore.com/    

6/17 : Sol Seed and Joh Wayne & the Pain

  SHOWTIME: 9:00 PM, PRICE: $8 Advance, $10 Door. BUY TICKETS NOW

http://www.solseedmusic.com  http://www.facebook.com/jonwayneandthepain  

6/29 : Kid Ink

On Friday, June 29, 2Cor and Bonaphied Entertainment proudly welcome Kid Ink to the WOW Hall.

Covered from head to toe in tattoos, 24 year-old Los Angeles-based rapper Kid Ink is wrecking havoc on the streets and in cyber world. The rapper/producer/songwriter and tattoo aficionado has over 25 million hits on YouTube with lyrical gems like, "Tat It Up", "La La La" and "Keep It Rollin'”.

Having spent the majority of the early part of his career behind the control board and not the mic, Kid Ink crafted his production skills working with multi-platinum artists like Sean "Diddy" Combs and Sean Kingston as well Yung Berg and Nipsey Hussle. Production came natural for Kid Ink, "I started making the beats because I already had several artists trying the rap thing out, so I thought I would be more useful supplying the production." But sitting behind the board was not enough for Kid Ink.

Honing his skills as a songwriter creating hooks for his beats, 2010 was a breakout year in the young rapper's career. Teaming up with world-renowned DJ ill Will and DJ Rockstar's newly formed Tha Alumni Music Group, Kid Ink began working on his underground hit, the Crash Landing Mixtape. His hard work paid off and the music industry began to take notice. Within 10 days of its release, Crash Landing garnered critical acclaim, a position at the top of Datpiff.com's 'Top Mixtapes of the Week' section and amassed an astonishing 50 thousand downloads.

Kid Ink has toured the states as well as internationally, with stops in Toronto, Canada, Zurich, Switzerland, Melbourne, Australia and Krasnador, Russia.

Bucking the norm of waiting for a major label deal to kick off his career, Kid Ink the rapper has taken his fate into his own hands and crafted an internet campaign that rivals many of the acts resting high on the Billboard charts. Knowing there needed to be a 'visual' movement to showcase his innovative style and unique persona, Kid Ink released an astounding eight cutting-edge music videos in 2010 alone. To date his now 19 released videos have garnered a impressive 25 plus million views.

2011 continued to be phenomenal for the young MC. Having released his (free to the public) sophomore album Daydreamer on June 21st via the internet, the lyrical juggernaut accumulated over 150 thousand downloads in its first week. Fans went ballistic over the album that featured all original production from the likes of The Runners, Lex Luger, Jahlil Beats, Cardiak & Tha Bizness as well as major features from the Cory Gunz, Meek Mill, Ray J, Sean Kingston, Dorrough, Bei Maejor and more.

Kid Ink continued his 2011 tear by releasing another all original mixtape, Wheels Up, on October 10th. Following the release, Ink has been on a mini "Wheels Up" tour including stops in the Bay Area, Denmark, New York, Boston, Toronto, Denver and Chicago. His website, www.kidinkmusic.com gets between 90,000 and 150,000 hits a month, his Facebook page has over a 200,000 Likes, his Twitter game is continually growing with 110k plus Followers and via HotNewHipHop.com Kid Ink has a staggering eight million plus digital downloads.

Even the fashion community has also taken notice of the Hip-Hop star. Ink has Brand Relations with companies ranging from Crooks N Castles, Young & Reckless, Dope Couture, LRG, Adidas, DGK, Neff, Pink Dolphin and most recently Puma, clothing him for his many video and photo shoots.

Tickets are $20 advance, $25 door and $35 for Meet & Greet and are available at brownpapertickets.com. Showtime is 7:00 pm.

  SHOWTIME: 7:00 PM, PRICE: $20 Advance, $25 Door, $35 Meet & Greet. BUY TICKETS NOW

http://kidinkmusic.com/    

6/30 : Gusher, February 5th, Dirtnap, Sweet Tits

  SHOWTIME: 8:00 PM, PRICE: $7 Advance, $10 Door or $7 Door with student or military ID. BUY TICKETS NOW

    

7/01 : Leftover Crack

On Sunday, July 1, the CCPA and University of Oregon Campus Radio 88.1 FM KWVA proudly welcome Leftover Crack back to the WOW Hall.

More rare than Bigfoot, they say there’s no such thing as leftover crack. Last seen around these parts in 2007, Leftover Crack (the band) returns amid rumors of a new album.

“Leftover Crack has proven to be one of the most consistently controversial acts to spring from the 3rd wave ska-revival scene,” reports punknews.com. “Like Choking Victim and the other host of ‘Crack Rock Steady’ bands, Leftover Crack reflects staunchly leftist politics and a street level, often antagonistic, view of authority. Members of the band have at time occupied, and often play shows at, an abandoned New York City tenement dubbed ‘C-Squat’ that has become a reoccurring theme in the band's lyrics.”

Formed in 1998 following the breakup of Choking Victim, Leftover Crack is currently signed to Fat Wreck Chords for CD releases and Alternative Tentacles for vinyl releases. The band consists of Scott "Stza" Sturgeon-Ercin (vocals), Brad Logan (guitar), Alec Baillie (bass), Ezra Kire (guitar and vocals) and Ara Babajian (drums). Their music spans genres from hardcore punk and ska to heavy metal. Lyrics oppose religion, capitalism and authority. Natives of New York City, band members have a history of conflict with the NYPD which precedes the band's formation.

Leftover Crack was initially an outlet for Choking Victim frontman Stza to release songs that were never recorded by Choking Victim, which he claims are the "Leftover songs" - hence the name. Five of the songs were included on the band's first release - the Rock the 40 Oz. 7 EP, which was released in 2000.

After contributing the song "Crack City Rockers" to the second installment of Hellcat Records' Give 'Em The Boot compilation series, the band were signed to the label and promptly began recording songs for their first full-length - tentatively titled Shoot The Kids At School. Due to concerns over the album's controversial title, Hellcat Records refused to release the album. It was eventually released in 2001 under the title of Mediocre Generica, a sly attack at Hellcat Records, who Stza claimed wanted a "mediocre, generic" album in comparison to the original.

In February 2003, the band began to record songs they had written and developed with esteemed engineer Steve Albini, a majority of which would see release on their second album, F!@# World Trade. Around the same time, Leftover Crack was approached by renowned punk rock figure and ex-Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra, and as a result signed to his Alternative Tentacles record label. Unsurprisingly, the album was banned in multiple chain-stores such as Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Music Land.

The band took an indefinite hiatus after the death of drummer Brandon Possible at the end of 2004. Stza spent the interim playing Leftover Crack and Choking Victims songs by himself at a few solo acoustic shows. Ezra spent time writing songs for his band Morning Glory. Leftover Crack began touring again in the summer of 2005. In September, 2008, Sturgeon was arrested by police officers after throwing an entire box of donuts at them. The arrest followed a performance of a few of Choking Victim's and Leftover Crack's most antipolice songs, played for a public demonstration against police brutality. The incident, entitled "Donut Special" was filmed and posted on YouTube.

As band members Stza and Ezra focused on other musical projects -- Star F!@#ing Hipsters and Morning Glory, respectively -- Leftover Crack gradually became less prominent. Although still regularly playing shows, the band effectively took a backseat as Star F!@#ing Hipsters released their first two albums. A third Leftover Crack album was tentatively confirmed to begin production in 2012. Stza stated: "I have a few things to focus on beyond SFH in the upcoming months and next year and working on another Leftover Crack record is one of the higher priorities.”

Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Doors open at 8:00 pm and showtime is 8:30.

  SHOWTIME: 8:30 PM, PRICE: $10 Advance, $12 Door. BUY TICKETS NOW

http://www.myspace.com/leftovercrackofficial    

7/22 : Bad Mitten Orchestre with Water Tower Bucket Boys

  SHOWTIME: 9:00 PM, PRICE: $8 Advance, $10 Door. BUY TICKETS NOW

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bad-Mitten-Orchestre/162424079809  http://www.watertowerbucketboys.com/  

7/28 : Watsky with Dumbfoundead

  SHOWTIME: 9:00 PM, PRICE: $10 Advance, $12 Door. BUY TICKETS NOW

http://georgewatsky.com/   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qqnx4drrc8  

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