Join Sean Steward and special guest DJ Kathleen Heisler as we take a ride on The International Painted Bus Brigade and indulge with FOUR hours of live music and a potluck from 8 to midnight on Friday, December 30. We will also be hosting an ALL Ladies Jam so bring your instrument and some goodies to share.
Institute For Creative Dying is the solo project of Portland-based guitarist/composer Paul Michael Schaefer (Waver Clamor Bellow; Dead Death). His work incorporates bowed guitar, bells, hammered dulcimer, experimental percussion, and electronics to create heavy, beauty-drenched, transportive audio-environments.
https://www.facebook.com/instituteforcreativedying
https://instituteforcreativedying.bandcamp.com
Brandon Conway plays guitar and feedback/no-input mixer and occasionally writes for ensembles. Brandon strives to create compelling sounds using the essential resources of the guitar and idiosyncratic systems design. Among other things, Brandon likes modal melodies, harsh noise, Gene Kelly, saxophones, and Seth Brown. Brandon currently plays with Alma Freer and Halfbird. He lives with his wife and two sons in Portland, makes web apps for a day job, and is a board member of the Creative Music Guild.
https://soundcloud.com/nanrandcowboy
http://www.creativemusicguild.org/
https://www.facebook.com/creativemusicguild
https://creativemusicguild.bandcamp.com/
Gabby Holt started in the Portland music scene in 2010 with Gabby Holt and the Hedges. She has been playing solo and with Holt which she has worked with Daniel John Riddle of King Black Acid and Mazinga Studios.
https://www.facebook.com/Holt-173067186070190/
https://holtmusic.bandcamp.com/releases
The Carotids began in 2015 and play what they describe as crunchy raw rock. The drummer Skip Buhler also owns and operates Lost Wax Records in Forest Grove, OR
https://www.facebook.com/thecarotids
https://soundcloud.com/the-carotids
https://www.facebook.com/lostwaxrecords/
There will be an ALL LADIES JAM and other surprises to be discovered at our Winter2016 Special Live Music and Potluck New Year's edition of The International Painted Bus Brigade.