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SEPTEMBER

Thursday, September 2



The Polish Ambassador
Graintable
Robot Uprise
Mode7
9pm.
$8.00 at the door.


Friday, September 3



LIVE AND DIRECT
Rev. Shines
Slimkid3
DJ Nature
hosted by
Starchile
9pm.
$5.00 at the door.

Two of Portland's finest DJ's Rev. Shines (Lifesavas/Fix) DJ Nature (L.A.B. Life As Beats) team up with one Hip Hop legend Slimkid3 (Of The Pharcyde) to equal a highly unique and creative night. Live production and remixing creates the next level in nightlife preformance. Hosted by Portland Veteran & Official Shadyville Dj StarChile with a live painting by amazing Tokyo based artist Mhak. We will always be having Sacramento's very own Guadalajara Grill cart outside to satisfy your hunger posted directly outside rated #1 in it's region for 5+ years, as well as FREE T-Shirt give aways courtesy of the Compound. Come one come all and witness the sickness!!! 21+ $3 before 11 $5 After.


Saturday, September 4



ANDAZ
Dj Anjali & The Incredible Kid
9pm.
$7.00 at the door.
$3 BEFORE 10PM.
Anjali and The Incredible Kid first introduced Portland dance floors to the sounds of Bollywood and Bhangra in 2000, but it was not until July of 2002 that they founded a party dedicated exclusively to featuring the sounds of the desi diaspora. ANDAZ was an instant success and many thought the success was a fad. The party started as the Truth Hurts song “Addictive,” featuring a prominent sample of the Bollywood song “Thoda Resham Lagta Hai,” was making its way up the charts to a peak of #9. This was one year before a Jay-Z remix of Panjabi MC’s Bhangra track “Mundian To Bach Ke” reached the US Top 40. This was five years before MIA covered the Bollywood song “Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja,” and made use of South Indian soundtrack percussion players to create the dense rhythms of several of the tracks on her Kala album. This was seven years before Slumdog Millionaire won 8 Academy Awards and grossed $140 million dollars at the North American box office, with a soundtrack by the Bollywood composer A.R Rahman that one two Oscars, reached #4 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and topped the Billboard Top Electronic Albums twice, once knocking Lady Gaga out of the top spot after a twelve-week run. This was eight years before Bollywood movies were released in mainstream theaters throughout the Portland metro area, including such unlikely places as the Century Clackamas Town Center.


Sunday, September 5



RBB ENT PRESENTS:
Taj Mahal
Pete Rose
J-Diggs
DJ Jus Nyce
8pm.


Thursday, September 9



I'VE GOT A HOLE IN MY SOUL-MISSISSIPPI EDITION!
DJ Beyonda
9pm.
$3.00 at the door.

Mississippi Records crew (Eric, Warren, Karen & Beyondadoubt) doin 2 floors of Soul. Upstairs stormin-stompers, dancin madness. Downstairs slow burnin ballads & slow dancin. No dress code. But no flip flops. Come to dance!


Friday, September 10



MUSICFESTNW 2010 PRESENTS:
Lazer Sword
Tyler Tastemaker
Ryan Organ
Barisone
9pm.
$10.00 at the door.
FREE W/ WRISTBAND OR $10 AT THE DOOR.

LAZER SWORD is a San Francisco-based live electronic act and production duo at the forefront of an emerging sound –a future music– fusing anything from rap, electro, dubstep, and grime together to form a new kind of club experience. On stage, Lazer Sword is a hands-on affair, evolving further with every performance. Unlike traditional producers or DJs, Lazer Sword performs the material to the audience as a highly improvised and unpredictable live production showcase. It's dance music first and foremost, although many are likely to take a step closer and witness the beats unfold. Due to their wide palette of influences and production styles (the two share a love for all things hip-hop, disco, psychedelic rock, electro, early synthesizer music, ghettotech, etc.), Lazer Sword can be found performing amongst many diverse line-ups. Known for custom-preparing their sets to accomodate the occasion, they’ve built themselves a name as a uniquely versatile act. They have shared the stage with such various acts as Flying Lotus, MSTRKRFT, Chromatics, Megasoid, Eliot Lipp, Trackademics, The Cool Kids, The Glitch Mob, Ghislain Poirier, Kid 606, Bassnectar, Hudson Mohawke, Rustie, The Gaslamp Killer, and Starkey. Rare amongst the music world, Lazer Sword has managed to maintain a substantial buzz around their work without the help of a single official release thus far. By ways of their live shows and countless offerings online (including a continuous slew of remixes and mixtapes), they've built a dedicated following both in the Bay Area and throughout the states. They have gained notable international attention as well, earlier this year embarking on a European mini-tour, with headlining shows in London, Amsterdam, Glasgow, and more; shortly after an exclusive mix feature on Mary Anne Hobbs’ distinguished BBC Radio 1 Experimental show. Recently the duo has been called to remix duty for artists such as Machinedrum, Chris De Luca vs Phon.o, Larytta, and STS9, and are putting final touches on several much anticipated releases to see light in 2009. Planned releases include a 12" and full length album via new Los Angeles-based imprint Innovative Leisure, and a split 12" release from Low Limit and Lando Kal (the solo entities behind Lazer Sword) on Glasgow's Wireblock Records.


Saturday, September 11



MUSICFESTNW 2010 PRESENTS:
MEN
Lovers
Boy Joy
Sistafist
Permanent Wave
9pm.
$10.00 at the door.
FREE W/ MFNW WRISTBAND OR $10.00 AT THE DOOR.

MEN is a Brooklyn-based band and art/performance collective that focuses on the energy of live performance and radical potential of dance music. MEN speaks to issues such as wartime economies, sexual compromise, and demanding liberties through lyrical content and an exciting stage show. The group began in 2007 as the DJ/production/remix team of LE TIGRE members JD Samson and Johanna Fateman. When the duo began to write new songs, it made sense to merge their efforts with JD's other new project HIRSUTE. JD and Hirsute members Michael O'Neill (Princess, Ladybug Transistor) and Ginger Brooks Takahashi (LTTR, The Ballet) now comprise the core of MEN, with Johanna and artist Emily Roysdon contributing as writers, consultants, and producers.


Wednesday, September 15



SNDTRKR (Krist Krueger of Southerly)
Rats (ex-Godzik Pink)
Mustaphamond
9pm.
$5.00 at the door.

Rats is a collaborative musical trio with Jonathan Silberman on tenor saxophone, Eric Kiersnowski on baritone guitar, and Kelly Kawar on bass guitar.

Jonathan and Kelly started Rats in 2007, inspired initially by John Faheys The Portland Cement Factory at Monolith, California and the Paul Motian Trios album I Have the Room Above Her. Eric, having played with Jonathan previously in the Los Angeles experimental Quartet Godzik Pink (1996-2002, 5rc/Kill Rock Stars), joined in on guitar shortly thereafter and the three began writing music as Rats. Originally conceived as a composers workshop/ensemble, early experiments with other instrumentalists eventually led to the current stripped down, intimate instrumentation.

In 2007, Rats composed the soundtrack for filmmaker Joanne Nuchos short, experimental documentary, We Have No Name, Strange Woman, which was an official entry at the 2008 London International Documentary Film Festival.

In addition to regular performances at music venues and gallery/creative spaces, recent notable projects have included an October 2009 Residency at the Echo Curio Gallery, where they performed and curated programs; a performance at the Pasadena Creative Music Series at the Pasadena Central Library; and in May, 2010, Rats was a Machine Project Artist-in-Residence at the Hammer Museum, where they performed ‘micro-concerts’ for small audiences in the 'Little William Theatre.'

Rats are releasing their first album in September 2010, featuring artwork by Los Angeles based artist Hannah Greely.


New Event!
Thursday, September 16



AUDIO DREGS + ROTTURE PRESENTS:
RATATAT OFFICIAL AFTERPARTY!
Ratatat (DJ Set)
Rude Dudes
9pm.
$5.00 at the door.


New Event!
Friday, September 17



IN BRANX: WE MADE THESE SONGS 12" RELEASE PARTY!
Thee Headliners
Palo Verde
Kusikia
Hey Lover
Swallows
Magic Johnson
8pm.
$7.00 advance tickets. $10.00 at the door.

Come out tonite to celebrate the 12" vinyl record release of We Made These Songs: A Compilation of Portland duos. Featuring Thee Headliners, Hey Lover, Palo Verde, Magick Johnson, Kusikia and Swallows (which will also be their final show) $7-10 bucks gets you in plus a digital download card or copy of the 12" record!!!!


Friday, September 17



SUPERNATURE! FUTURE DANCE PARTY!
Copy CD RELEASE
Truckasauras CD RELEASE
DJ E*Rock
DJ BJ
9pm.
$5.00 at the door.


New Event!
Saturday, September 18



Da'rel Junior
The Love Loungers
BDP
Kimosabe
9pm.
$5.00 at the door.


Thursday, September 23



P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S.
Lozen
Sugar Sugar Sugar
Advisory
9pm.
$6.00 at the door.


Saturday, September 25



BLOW PONY
DJ Airick
DJ Kinetic
DJ Yer Momm
DJ Ill Camino
DJ Trans Fat
Jodi Bon Jodi
9pm.
$5.00 at the door.


Sunday, September 26



Ryat
Animal Stitches
9pm.
$5.00 at the door.

Ryat is a producer/singer/multi-instrumentalist, who communicates her studio compositions and improvisations through a live looping set-up featuring composer/multi-instrumentalist Tim Conley. She has performed and collaborated with many including King Britt, Mark Guilliana, DJ Logic, Jniero Jarel, Taylor McFerrin, The Disco Biscuits, Calvin Weston, Billy Martin and many more. She has opened for many including, The Wailers, Flaming Lips, Ursula Rucker, and MEW. When not in a typical venue setting, Ryat will collaborate with multi-media/performance artists, film makers, as well as experimental electronic festivals.


Wednesday, September 29



Threadspinner
John Craig
Olina
9pm.
$6.00 at the door.


Thursday, September 30



Don't (ex-Wipers)
The All Nighters (Bellingham)
Daikaiju (Alabama)
9pm.
$6.00 at the door.


OCTOBER

Friday, October 1



ITALIANS DO IT BETTER PRESENTS:
Glass Candy
Chromatics
Mike Simonetti
9pm.


Saturday, October 2





ANDAZ
Dj Anjali & The Incredible Kid
9pm.
$7.00 at the door.
$3 BEFORE 10PM.


Tuesday, October 5



The Like
The Young Veins
Monarques
DJ Chazz Madrigal
9pm.
$6.00 at the door.

The Like are the band of your dreams. I know this because I’ve met them. Over there you have front-woman, cured delinquent Z Berg, with a brain even sharper than her haircut (blonde bob) whose songs fizz and pop until everyone’s jumping on the bed! Drum duty is deftly taken-care of by the comely Tennessee Thomas (she hits them hard). And introducing new bandmates, swaying bassist Laena Geronimo (she plays said instrument like a hula hoop) and nimble-fingered organist Annie Monroe – who believes the higher the hair, the closer to God. Collectively their mission was to create the lost 60’s girl group record of their dreams, and yours. With a little help from Mark Ronson, Alex Greenwald, and the soul and studio sophistication of Dap-Kings Tommy Brenneck and Homer Steinweiss, The Like have happened upon a sure classic. Their mission: to find out how it would sound if The Supremes fronted The Animals. When they stepped into Dunham Studios in Brooklyn they stepped into another world, another time! Soul recorded soley on analog equipment, with strictly gear from the sixties, the girls made this record like the records they love, LIVE! Get it right or go home! And oh boy, did they get it right! The Like are a live band, no, a FORCE to be reckoned with. Wrong them and you’ll be left “Wishing You Were Dead.” They’re on the brink of something utterly fantastic. You can see it in their eyes! After years on the road with the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Kings of Leon and Muse, they’re finally back, with a new record, their second, Release Me due in June (Gloom-y no more) on Downtown Records. At last released, and so are they, from the shackles of adolescence, and love turned to hate. It’s a record about being heartbroken and breaking hearts, years of feverish living, harebrained schemes, and raving-mad relationships, testing boundaries and breaking them all down. In short, it’s about growing up! It’s everything they had to give, and so here it is: Release Me, by The Like. Set them free!



Friday, October 8





LIVE AND DIRECT
Rev. Shines
Slimkid3
DJ Nature
Hosted by Starchile
9pm.

Two of Portland's finest DJ's Rev. Shines (Lifesavas/Fix) DJ Nature (L.A.B. Life As Beats) team up with one Hip Hop legend Slimkid3 (Of The Pharcyde) to equal a highly unique and creative night. Live production and remixing creates the next level in nightlife preformance. Hosted by Portland Veteran & Official Shadyville Dj StarChile with a live painting by amazing Tokyo based artist Mhak. We will always be having Sacramento's very own Guadalajara Grill cart outside to satisfy your hunger posted directly outside rated #1 in it's region for 5+ years, as well as FREE T-Shirt give aways courtesy of the Compound. Come one come all and witness the sickness!!! 21+ $3 before 11 $5 After.


Saturday, October 9



BEARRACUDA
Tim Mcloone (London)
Freddy King of Pants (Seattle)
9pm.
$5.00 at the door.


Sunday, October 10



GIRLS TO THE FRONT BOOK RELEASE!
Tara Jane O'Neil
Janet Pants Dance Theatre
DJ Snowtiger
AND MORE!
8pm.
$6.00 at the door.


Monday, October 11



P.S. I Love You
9pm.
$6.00 at the door.

S I Love You was originally the solo project for multi-instrumentalist Paul Saulnier who has performed in everything from a country-rock band to an improvised noise duo. PS I Love You was intended to be his experimental, pop music outlet using guitar looping pedals, keyboards with some gadgets and gimmicks. The addition of Benjamin Nelson on drums suddenly transformed PS I Love You’s little songs into mini, soaring rock anthems. This marked a new beginning for the band. What folks are saying about PS I Love You: As the nostalgia for bullshit ’80s dance music seems to be subsiding for a re-appreciation of’90s gritty angst, PS I Love You have emerged at the perfect time. Live, Saulnier is an overwhelming musical force; his sensitive brute vocals are bolstered by ridiculously great guitar shredding. In its Pixies/Archers of Loaf domain, “Starfiled” showcases his penchant for snaky pop beauty, while “Butterflies & Boners” is a gorgeous display of layered guitar virtuosity unseen this side of Dinosaur Jr. – Exclaim! Honest-to-goodness, hard-line indie rock is alive and well in the great white North. “Facelove”– a ferociously catchy single from Kingston, Ontario, duo PS I Love You– was the hiding on the B-side of a shared 7? with “All Yr Songs”, last fall’s Best New Music-approved track from Toronto’s Diamond Rings. Sorry we didn’t catch the flipside sooner. “Facelove” is a towering tribute to art of the build, helmed by juicy, punched-up guitar work that demands to be felt (if not just plain gawked at). – Pitchfork The coolest two-piece in Canada isn’t from Vancouver, Montreal or even Parkdale. They reside in the university town of Kingston and shred like Yngwie Malmsteen. Comprised of two former frenemies with “a quiet, cool, dude thing going on,” PS I Love You formed after the dissolution of singer/guitarist Paul Saulnier and drummer Benjamin Nelson’s previous four-piece, Magic Jordan. Though Saulnier used to play his frenetic ragers solo with multiple Casios, a drum machine, bass organ, four amps and a guitar, he’s happy for the new addition. – EYE Weekly


Thursday, October 14



I'VE GOT A HOLE IN MY SOUL
DJ Beyonda
9pm.
$3.00 at the door.


Sunday, October 17



Mean Jeans
Guantanamo Baywatch
White Fang
9pm.
$6.00 at the door.


Friday, October 22



DESIDERATA PRESENTS:
Eskmo
Sub Swara
Lorn
9pm.

Brendan Angelides is a San Francisco based electronic music producer who records and performs live as Eskmo. His multi-genre compositions have been featured on influential labels like Warp Records and Planet Mu. While Angelides’ tracks encompass a wide range of electronic styles, he avoids classifications. Bleep.com described his tracks as “Masterfully produced… sophisticated, post-Dilla hip-hop funk“. His last single of 2009 entitled “Let Them Sing” on Mu was met with equal praise and described by sites like Boomkat as “[Putting] Eskmo on his own electronic plateau.” In the past five years he’s released over a dozen singles and EPs while touring throughout North America and Europe. He’s also remixed works by diverse artists such as Bibio, Spor, STS9, Bear In Heaven and Bar9, to name a few. Angelides also runs the Ancestor label, which issued his “Hypercolor” and “Angus Dei” singles in 2009 to positive reviews from numerous magazines, blogs and tastemakers. Ninja Tune recording artist and film composer Amon Tobin hailed his work as “some of the best production I’ve heard in recent times.” Angelides’ performance moniker was inspired by San Francisco experimental music icons The Residents’ 1979 album “Eskimo”. Drawn to the album’s character-based stories and shamanistic themes, he dropped the title’s middle “I” and launched his Eskmo project in 1999 in his home state Connecticut. Prior to that, in the mid-90s, he was introduced to renegade funk combo Primus and UK breakbeat techno wizards The Prodigy. The music virus soon took hold. He learned to play bass and formed bands while absorbing ‘90s electronic music from Aphex Twin, Frankie Bones, 187, Dieselboy, The Chemical Brothers and Moby among others. Angelides initially made music to share with friends using a primitive Miracle instructional keyboard, a four-track recorder and a bass guitar. He used a Roland keyboard to record his first formal work, a CD titled “Machines on Task“, for a school graduation project. After high school, between 1999 and 2005, he wrote two full-length albums that he gave away at small shows. During this time he spent two years working on music in a secluded lakeside house in Connecticut. It was there that he also wrote gentler, melodic material released later under his other production alias, Welder. Delving into conspiracy theories and moved by the 9/11 attacks, his music took a darker turn. However, by 2005 he grew tired of his remote outpost and emerged to explore new environments and sounds. “The [conspiracies] were separating me from people,” he says of that period. “I wanted [people] to be motivated to come together and make change, but it had the opposite effect. I realized that music could be a tool to bring people together.” Following a month-long backpacking trip to the UK where he heard emerging electronic sounds at London club Fabric, he began composing and releasing breakbeat tracks on labels like Vertical Sound, Downbeat and Cyberfunk. During this period he began working with other styles, developing his genre-less approach, music that DJ Mag described as “twisted, funky…quite magnificent.” In early 2006 he was invited to play in San Francisco. He fell in love with the area’s culture, art, music and landscape and relocated to the city soon after. He was immediately embraced by SF’s frenetic electronic producer and label community. One track that caught on big in 2009 was the self-released “Hypercolor”. “I wanted to write a tune at 140 bpm,” he says of the beaming, colorful song. “I made [the beat] a triplet pattern and added some Tom Waits-y sounds to it. I wanted it to be a really big sounding track without it being an aggro tune.” The track was featured on the Mary Anne Hobbs‘ BBC Radio1 show and was presented by Bleep as one of the top 100 tracks of 2009 in their catalog. Soon after his remix of Warp’s Bibio was featured in Pitchfork, he was asked by Flying Lotus to perform at the Brainfeeder Sessions in LA alongside Nosaj Thing. Angelides has since joined forces with Amon Tobin in a collaborative music project called “Eskamon” that highlights their love of field recoding and unique take on sound manipulation. His first single on Warp entitled “Lands and Bones” featuring Swan is set for an early 2010 release on a split single with good friend EPROM. Although club and radio DJs readily spin his music, Angelides always performs his Eskmo and Welder work live. His innovative, emotive on-stage performances utilize Ableton Live software with various MIDI controllers to manipulate keyboard work, effects, warping and cueing. Eskmo’s music is stimulating without being overbearing. His tracks offer a vibrant rush of sound and quiet nuances often in the same track. XLR8R describes his work as “science-fiction like..spine tingling stuff.” It’s music that is both exciting and transformative. “I want to bring that out for people, and whatever that might activate for them. If someone is in a transitional phase, going through life difficulties or in a raw space, I want to direct [that energy] to a [more] productive space.”