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Behind the Mic: Meet Joshua Justice

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This interview is part of our new weekly series, “Get to Know Your DJs.”

How did you first get involved with Freeform Portland, and what does being part of the station mean to you? I began volunteering in the summer of 2016 filling in for shows. That autumn I applied for a show and have been a part of Freeform Portland ever since! Being part of the station means creating and maintaining a diverse, caring, inclusive environment, and also sharing the music we love with our community!

  • DJ Joshua Justice with Bobbie

What inspired you to become a DJ? I’d been DJing at KPSU (Portland State University) prior, and still felt like too much of an amateur for a “real show.” After my first volunteer meeting with Freeform Portland, I felt so welcome and encouraged by the folks at the station!

Who are some of your favorite artists or bands? Nina Simone, Bobbie Gentry, Karen Dalton. The three greats!

What record can you listen to over and over and never tire of?
Nina Simone’s Live In Paris.

Tell us about your show! My show Static + Distance has evolved over the years, but one thing you can count on is me never sticking with one genre long. I primarily play music from the 60s/70s, but not always. I also usually play from my record collection, but curate the occasional all digital show for stuff I don’t own.

What advice would you give to aspiring DJs? Go for it! Don’t get stuck in the idea of what a DJ “should” be. One great thing about Freeform Portland is there’s room for all types!

Most memorable live show? During my 100th episode, I had a bunch of Freeform folks come down and play records with me. I love collaborating with other DJs, so this was a special treat! You can hear the episode on Mixcloud.

Outside of radio, what are your other interests or hobbies? I love tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) and I write/publish content for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG. I also enjoy playing guitar and going to shows! Of course, record collecting is at the top of my list of favorite things to do too.

Tune in to Static + Distance every
other Sunday from 10 am – 12 pm.

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“It’s a Nice World to Visit”: Eight Years at Freeform Portland

Posted on by Jeff Ross

When Freeform Portland first broadcast eight years ago, at the beginning of April 2016, it changed the Portland radio landscape for the better. My first show was April 5 that year, and I’m happy I was part of the initial schedule.

I chose “It’s a nice world to visit” as my radio show name because it reflects a less cynical nature. Over the years I’ve tried my best to honor that ideal. As circumstances in my personal life have changed, my show has moved to a few different days and time slots. You can hear it now every Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.

Jeff Ross in the studio

I’ve made a commitment to the station and more importantly, the listeners: I endeavor to do a new show every week. When you tune in at 2 p.m. on Saturdays, you’ll hear two hours of music selections that aren’t the same as the prior week. The show I present has no higher purpose than to be entertaining. If you happen to tune in to my show, and crack a smile, tap your foot to the beat, enjoy a segue from one song to next, or hear a song you might never have heard before and are intrigued by that song, well then, I’ve done a good job.

Freeform Portland broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and has a full schedule of all sorts of music, presented by a number of volunteer DJs—emphasis on “volunteer.” Everyone at Freeform Portland volunteers their time, energy and knowledge by choice, because they want to.

My time at Freeform Portland has been my best experience in radio because of the people who are dedicated to making great radio, and a great radio station. The volunteer nature of the station is one of the best aspects, as it helps to ensure that there are always new voices and ideas coming to the station, adding new shows and diversity of sounds for our listening audience.

I’m among a handful of people who were a part of the first schedule and remain with the station. And I hope that years from now I’ll still be a part of Freeform Portland. I’ve loved music since I was a small child. And as I collected music, I learned the joy of sharing music. Thank you everyone who has listened to my show and supported Freeform Portland over the years. It’s truly you who makes it possible for me to do my weekly show, and for that I’m extremely grateful and appreciative.

Listen to Jeff Ross’ “It’s a nice world to visit”
on Saturdays from 2 – 4 p.m.

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Portland Show Calendar: March 31 – April 7

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Here is another local show guide brought to you by dj zen_hound. Enjoy!

SUNDAY 3/31

King Woman, Riki

Wonder Ballroom (128 NE Russell St)

For Fans Of: doom metal, drone, post-metal, new wave, artpop, post-punk, synthpop

NÜ GØDD (fka Wacko), Kill Michael, Shell Shock, Cereal, Versus Parade, Zlobber

Speed’s Auto Body (50 SE Main St)

FFO: hardcore punk, powerviolence, sludge, grunge, nü metal, noise rock

MONDAY 4/1

The Body, Clique, Luster

High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)

FFO: doom metal, power electronics, experimental, hardcore punk, noise pop

TUESDAY 4/2

Kid Coast, Less Than Zero, Career Moves, Dead Wheeler

No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)

FFO: indie rock, math rock, post-hardcore

WEDNESDAY 4/3

Mortuous, Cemetery Filth, Dripping Decay, Myconid

Dante’s (350 W Burnside St)

FFO: death metal, doom metal, thrash metal, grindcore, crust punk

Meth Math, Deejay Chainwallet & Penpointred

Polaris Hall (635 N Killingsworth Ct)

FFO: emo, reggaeton, techno, gabber, breakcore, jungle

Asymmetric Sonic Warfare, Iron Sheep, Mighty Lonely, Rheumatoid Trapezoid

Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)

FFO: post-hardcore, post-metal, mathcore, punk rock, sludge, power pop

THURSDAY 4/4

Amnesia, Sunset the Machine, Dark Oz

High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)

FFO: heavy metal, doom metal, stoner metal, psychedelic rock

Ogre, Machine Country, Unspeakable Carnage, Kill Michael

Mission Theater (1624 NW Glisan St)

FFO: noise rock, post-punk, math rock, grindcore, black metal, powerviolence, death metal, sludge, grunge

Ghost Feet, Death Doula, Dead Nettl

Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)

FFO: alternative rock, shoegaze, post-punk, art rock, noise rock

FRIDAY 4/5

Facet, Inny, Old City, Red Pine

Bridge City Sessions (1140 SE Powell Blvd)

FFO: noise rock, post-hardcore, alternative rock, melodic hardcore, hardcore punk, anarcho-punk

Pike Vs The Automaton, Tigers On Opium, Wizzerd, LáGoon

Dante’s (350 W Burnside St)

FFO: doom metal, sludge, stoner metal, desert rock, heavy metal, garage rock

Yuvees, Anthers, Only Only (Lonely God Fest early show)

The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)

FFO: noise rock, post-punk, no wave

Yuvees, Cherry Cheeks, Zookraught (Lonely God Fest later show)

The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)

FFO: alternative rock, no wave, punk rock, noise rock, post-punk

Nixil, Peste Umbrarum, Catal Huyuk, Blut Auf Dem Eis

High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)

FFO: black metal, progressive metal, psychedelic metal, folk metal

Jenny Haniver (album release), U Sco, Folian, August

Mano Oculta (1420 SE Powell Blvd)

FFO: post-punk, post-hardcore, industrial, experimental rock, sludge, black metal, drone, ambient, post-rock, slowcore, free jazz, noise, progressive metal

Federale, Sun Atoms, Darkswoon

Star Theater (13 NW 6th Ave)

FFO: indie rock, psychedelic rock, krautrock, shoegaze, dream pop, goth rock

SATURDAY 4/6

Saints & Sinners Fetish Ball: Bestial Mouths, I Speak Machine, Sine

The Coffin Club (421 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: darkwave, synth pop, electronic body music, goth rock, dark electro

Leather Jester, Obedient, Nochmal w/ Road Hog B*tch Karaoke

The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)

FFO: harsh noise, power electronics, experimental noise

AAN, Shadowgraphs, Dog Daughter

The Lollipop Shoppe (736 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: alternative rock, pop rock, experimental rock, dream pop, indie pop, shoegaze

Fatoumata Diawara

Revolution Hall (1300 SE Stark St)

FFO: folk pop, folk punk, folk rock, Wassoulou, Mali blues

Racoma, Swinging, Alex Crowson

Swan Dive (727 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: folk rock, alt-country, indie rock, chamber folk, post-country

Bastard Salt, Bad Notes, Found Footage

Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)

FFO: punk rock, hardcore punk, post-punk, sludge

SUNDAY 4/7

Behind the scenes with the Christopher Brown Quartet

beer brats & beats (8826 SE Stark St)

FFO: jazz

Night Club, Rose Garden Funeral Party, Orkis, DJ Jpeg

The Coffin Club (421 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: darkwave, goth pop, synthpop, new wave, post-punk, electro pop

Lesser Demons, Cranefist, Rheumatoid Trapezoid

The Lollipop Shoppe (736 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: punk rock, post-punk, alternative rock, industrial rock, pop punk

Torpedo (Switzerland)

Mano Oculta (1420 SE Powell Blvd)

FFO: noise rock, post-punk, post-rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock

Devours, Total Chroma, Runoti

No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)

FFO: electro pop, synthpop, electronic body music, synth punk, experimental, industrial, noise

TOC Moon Series Presents: New Moon w/ Gregory Allison & Slow Meadow

The Old Church (1422 SW 11th Ave)

FFO: modern classical, chamber music, new age, neo-classical, ambient, instrumental

  • dj zen_hound, host of WHOA THIS IS HEAVY Friday 2-4pm on Freeform Portland Community Radio
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Portland Show Calendar: March 10 – 17

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Hello! I’m dj zen_hound, and it’s time for another Portland show guide. Everything listed below with an underline is a hyperlink, taking you to a place where you can either preview an artist’s music or see a local venue’s events calendar. Click around and find out!

SUNDAY 3/10

1876, The Familiar Names, From The Ages, As It Was

The Hallowed Halls/The Bomber (4420 SE 64th Ave)

For Fans Of: punk rock, indigenous music, Native American punk, pop rock, psychedelic rock, heavy metal

La Cerca, Heirloom Monsters, Nite Hike

High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)

FFO: indie rock, psychedelic rock, shoegaze, garage rock, experimental rock, disco rock, dance rock

Nadah El Shazly, Moss Wand (TOC MOON SERIES: New Moon)

The Old Church (1422 SW 11th Ave)

FFO: Egyptian music, Arabic music, neofolk, modern folk, experimental folk, neoclassical, ambient, electronic, sound bath

Transient, Shifting Harbor, Sean Hølt

Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)

FFO: live electronics, ambient, avant-garde, drone, industrial, experimental

MONDAY 3/11

Xylyn Hathaway, George Colligan, Quinn Walker

Atlantis Lounge (3552 N Mississippi Ave)

FFO: jazz, modern jazz, avant-garde jazz

TUESDAY 3/12

Noah Simpson & Mike Gamble Duo, Noah Bernstein & Tim DuRoche Duo

No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)

FFO: jazz, free jazz, free improvisation

WEDNESDAY 3/13

Taj Church, Orkis, So Lately, DJ Sappho

Holocene (1001 SE Morrison St)

FFO: electropop, avant-pop, synthpop, darkwave, ambient electronic, downtempo

Drinking.Bleach, Myriads, Nite Sprites

Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)

FFO: folk rock, psychedelic rock, alternative pop, punk rock

THURSDAY 3/14

Tim DuRoche, Shao Way Wu & Michael Moss

13th Moon Gravity Well (4513 SE 41st Ave)

FFO: jazz, new jazz, free jazz, avant-garde, improvised music

Red Hoof, Kumite, The Last Responders, Ravine

Dante’s (350 W Burnside St)

FFO: heavy metal, groove metal, stoner metal, punk rock, street-punk

Off-World, Gnat Hatcher, A Fish In The River

High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)

FFO: grunge, shoegaze, post-hardcore, noise rock, post-punk, art punk, folk rock, doom metal

Mel Brown B3 Organ Group

Jack London Revue (529 SW 4th Ave)

FFO: jazz, blues, soul

Romie Romak & The Turquoise Lemonade, A.S. Valentino, Grant Brett

No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)

FFO: darkwave, synthpop, synthwave, electronic body music, industrial, goth

FRIDAY 3/15

Brown Calculus, Zyanna

Atlantis Lounge (3552 N Mississippi Ave)

FFO: jazz, R&B, soul, hip hop, avant-garde, new jazz

Sara J Presents: Willie Waldman Project, Horwood Fisher, Tony Austin, Cameron Morgan, Vinnie Paternostro, Half Bird, Chibi

Azoth (NE 87th and NE Sandy)

FFO: jazz, jazz fusion, free jazz, free improvisation, experimental jazz, jazz punk, noise jazz

Beatmaker Showcase with Foliage Beats

beer brats & beats (8826 SE Stark St)

FFO: hip hop instrumentals, lofi hip hop

Mnemonic Pulse, Hearse Mechanic, Nathanael Hill

High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)

FFO: dark ambient, post-industrial, space drone

June Iida

Jack London Revue (529 SW 4th Ave)

FFO: contemporary jazz, hip hop instrumentals

Sun Angle, Blesst Chest, Nochmal

The Lollipop Shoppe (736 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues rock, stoner rock, progressive rock

Jonah Parzen-Johnson, Mike Gamble & Logan Strosahl, Xylyn Hathaway

Megalith (2730-32 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)

FFO: jazz, free improvisation, electroacoustic, experimental rock, nu-jazz, avant-garde

Yuvees (album release!), Ogre, Guitar

Mississippi Studios (3939 N Mississippi Ave)

FFO: post-punk, noise rock, no wave, math rock, punk rock

Champagne Mirrors, Bakantez, Siege Engine, Terror Apart

Seizure Palace (526 SE 6th Ave)

FFO: electronica, industrial, techno, modular synth, experimental electronic, drone ambient, death industrial, devotional

Voltwielder Presents: Oopsy Dazey, Ray Ramano, Strawberry Shoe

The Six Below Midnight (3341 SE Belmont St)

FFO: alternative rock, grunge, shoegaze, slowcore, sadcore, garage rock, punk rock

Big Soft Punch, Moth Kit, Pale Violet

Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)

FFO: indie pop, indie rock, dream pop, alternative pop, acoustic rock

SATURDAY 3/16

Vacant, Frenzy, Nu-Kle-Ar Blast Suntan

Black Water Bar (835 NE Broadway)

FFO: hardcore punk, crust punk, d-beat

Thor 50th Anniversary Set, Wraith Knight

The Coffin Club (421 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: heavy metal, muscle rock, power metal, dungeon synth, black metal

Isenordal, Occult Blood, Alum Occulta

High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)

FFO: black metal, doom metal, neofolk, blackened punk, post-metal

Allison Miller Trio ft. George Colligan

Jack London Revue (529 SW 4th Ave)

FFO: jazz

Blister, Blissfoxx (album release), Left On Read

The Six Below Midnight (3341 SE Belmont St)

FFO: death rock, post-punk, stoner goth, indie rock, power pop

Shadowhouse, Not Haunted, Kaoss Planet

Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)

FFO: post-punk, synthpop, darkwave, goth rock, new romantic

SUNDAY 3/17

Keddies Resort, Surprise Privilege, Happy Death Men, Teardown

Bridge City Sessions (1140 SE Powell Blvd)

FFO: punk rock, garage rock, hardcore punk, noise rock

Lucia Luna, DMN, Cloud Stokely

The Lollipop Shoppe (736 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: darkwave, synthpop, industrial techno, goth, electropop, hip hop

Møtrik, Lowfires

Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)

FFO: psychedelic rock, krautrock, progressive rock, space rock

Thank you for reading and listening. Please comment below to point out any errors I may have made. KEEP PORTLAND FEARED!

  • dj zen_hound, host of WHOA THIS IS HEAVY Friday 2-4pm on Freeform Portland Community Radio
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Portland Show Calendar: February 20 – 25

Posted on by Zen Hound

Hello! I am dj zen_hound, returning with another Portland show calendar, this time covering many (but by no means all!) of the interesting shows happening in Portland the night of Tuesday the 20th running through Sunday the 25th. Once again, the live performance schedule is dominated by events related to the 2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz. The festival runs through March 2nd, and brings just about every flavor of jazz you could imagine to our fair city. But if jazz ain’t your bag, there’s plenty else going on for you to consider. Click around and find out!

TUESDAY 2/20

Reggie Houston and Friends featuring Mike Elson (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

Alberta Street Pub (1036 NE Alberta St)

For fans of: jazz

Moon Music presents Moon Jazz: Chelsea Luker and Dan Duval (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

Inn at Northrup Station (2025 NW Northrup St)

FFO: jazz, space music, neo-soul, rock

Noah Bernstein Quartet (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

Jupiter NEXT (900 E Burnside St)

FFO: jazz, experimental, improvisation

WEDNESDAY 2/21

Michelle Medler Quartet (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

AC Hotel Downtown (888 SW 3rd Ave)

FFO: jazz, funk, R&B, soul

E. Ellison (FKA Cardioid), Sama Dams, Arden Drane Breshears III

Holocene (1001 SE Morrison St)

FFO: art pop, avant-pop, art rock, synthpop, experimental pop, noise rock, post-rock

Farnell Newton & The Sexual Chocolate with Vanilla Sprinkles (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

The Hoxton (15 NW 4th Ave)

FFO: jazz, funk, hip hop

Chris Azorr Trio (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

Jupiter NEXT (900 E Burnside St)

FFO: jazz

Battle Hymns & Gardens, Frank Irwin Sextet

Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)

FFO: jazz, jazz fusion, improvisation

THURSDAY 2/22

Vader, Origin, Inhuman Condition

Bossanova Ballroom (722 E Burnside St)

FFO: death metal, black metal, doom metal, thrash metal

Dave Fleschner Trio (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

The Hoxton (15 NW 4th Ave)

FFO: jazz, blues, soul-jazz

Saroon (album release), Sheers, Terrehaunt

The Lollipop Shoppe (736 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: neo-classical, contemporary instrumental, psychedelic, folk, new age, dark pop, avant-pop, art pop, dark ambient, synthwave

KMHD’s Bryson Wallace DJ set (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

Multnomah Whiskey Library – The Green Room (1122 SW Alder St)

FFO: jazz, soul, funk

Nicholas Payton, Cyrus Nabipoor (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

Newmark Theatre (1111 SW Broadway)

FFO: blues, jazz fusion, funk, experimental rock

Diositopes, Percolator, Kuma, Agariik

Swan Dive (727 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: doom metal, sludge metal, trap, drone, harsh noise, crust punk, grindcore, powerviolence

Blesst Chest, Dragging an Ox Through Water, The Potatoes, DJ KM Fizzy

Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)

FFO: progressive rock, psychedelic rock, instrumental rock, folk, alternative folk, drone, noise

Otoboke Beaver, Drinking Boys and Girls Choir

Wonder Ballroom (128 NE Russell St)

FFO: punk rock, hardcore punk, pop punk, skate punk

FRIDAY 2/23

BETRAY.EVERY.GOD, Dildox, Ex-Heir

The Coffin Club (421 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: electroclash, synthpop, electronic pop, darkwave, dark pop, electropop, electronic body music, industrial

Divers, Vulture Feather, Talking Contest

High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)

FFO: punk rock, alternative rock, art rock, indie rock, post-punk

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Kahil El’Zabar, Ernest Khabeer Dawkins, Corey Wilkes (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

(Early and late shows, 8:00pm and 10:30pm)

Jack London Revue (529 SW 4th Ave)

FFO: jazz, spiritual jazz, afrocentric jazz, improvised soul, spiritual groove

Shabaka with Charles Overton, Chris Sholar, Esperanza Spalding, Burniss Travis and Austin Williamson (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

Newmark Theatre (1111 SW Broadway)

FFO: jazz, jazz fusion, experimental jazz, spiritual jazz

Eldon T Jones (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

The Old Church (1422 SW 11th Ave)

FFO: jazz, soul, gospel

Salo Panto, Young Hunter, Lo-Res

Swan Dive (727 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: dream pop, psychedelic pop, alternative rock, psychedelic rock, stoner rock, doom metal

Sir Richard Bishop, Mae Starr, Gresham

Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)

FFO: experimental folk, avant-garde

Captured! By Robots, Old Machine

Twilight Cafe & Bar (832 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: grindcore, hardcore, d-beat, sludge

“The Age of Influence” Shaun Keylock Company featuring Methods Body, World Premiere Commissioned by PDX Jazz (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

Winningstad Theatre (1111 SW Broadway)

FFO: jazz, improvisation, experimental rock, avant-garde

Protect Me!, Letras, Avola, Unity Garnish

Xhurch at Lloyd Center Mall (2201 Lloyd Center Set B216)

FFO: hip hop, house, punk, experimental electronic, harsh noise, industrial, synthesis

SATURDAY 2/24

CHK!DSK, Faraday Ribcage, Greystar, Nanode, Jackson From Online, DJ Chainwallet

Azoth (NE 87th and NE Sandy)

FFO: breakbeat, breakcore, chopped & screwed, black metal, computer music, digital hardcore, harsh noise, cybergrind, drum & bass, sludge metal, dubstep, braindance

Die Robot, Fading Signals

The Coffin Club (421 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: electronic rock, industrial rock, post-punk

The Mercury Tree, Everything Oscillating, Law Boss

High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)

FFO: math rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, jazz fusion, noise rock

Presented by PDX Jazz and Jazz Is Dead: Ronnie Foster (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

(Early and late shows, 8:00pm and 10:30pm)

Jack London Revue (529 SW 4th Ave)

FFO: jazz, funk, soul

Back From Death, Burnt Symphony, Soda, Cisters

Mano Oculta (1420 SE Powell Blvd)

FFO: death metal, goregrind, punk rock, hardcore punk, crust

Feed Fatigue x Casey Adams

Mother Foucault’s Bookshop (523 SE Morrison St)

FFO: harsh noise, free improvisation

Bob James Quartet + Lee Ritenour (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

Newmark Theatre (1111 SW Broadway)

FFO: jazz, free improvisation

Christopher Woitach Duo (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

Portland’5 Centers for the Arts – Artbar & Bistro (1111 SW Broadway)

FFO: jazz

Dark Oz, Trouble Cuts, Manx

Railside Pub (5301 NE Portland Hwy)

FFO: indie rock, alternative rock, pop rock, glam rock, garage rock

Combobox, Found Found Footage, Yeti Set Go

The Six Below Midnight (3341 SE Belmont St)

FFO: alternative punk, post-punk, punk ska, pop punk, emo, indie rock, progressive rock

Jakki & the Pink Smudge, Laska, Worry Wart

Swan Dive (727 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: alternative rock, folk rock, indie rock

Stephen Malkmus, Roselit Bone, DJ Hisham Mayet

Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)

FFO: alternative rock, indie rock, folk rock, apocalyptic folk, gothic country, americana

Petrification (album release party), Altered Dead, Diabolic Oath, Casket Flesh

Twilight Cafe & Bar (832 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: death metal, doom metal, black metal, war metal, noise, thrash metal, hardcore punk

“The Age of Influence” Shaun Keylock Company featuring Methods Body, World Premiere Commissioned by PDX Jazz (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

Winningstad Theatre (1111 SW Broadway)

FFO: jazz, improvisation, experimental

SUNDAY 2/25

Bassekou Kouyate + Vieux Farka Touré (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

(SHOW IS SOLD OUT)

Aladdin Theater (3017 SE Milwaukie Ave)

FFO: jazz, blues, desert blues, world music, Afro-rock

Chance Hayden’s Desert Room All Stars feat. Shaymus Hanlin (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

Al’s Den (303 SW 12th Ave)

FFO: jazz, jazz funk, soul jazz, swing

Colescott & His Red Hots (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

Artichoke Music (2007 SE Powell Blvd)

FFO: jazz, swing

Sunday Jam Session with the Jack Radsliff Trio

Atlantis Lounge (3552 N Mississippi Ave)

FFO: jazz, improvisation

CONTACT: Cicatrice, Flesh Vomit, Jen Void + Kill, Kuma

Azoth (NE 87th and NE Sandy)

FFO: harsh noise, power electronics, industrial, sludge, experimental noise, glitch

Risk, Fools Game, Slime, Street Policy, These Fucking Hands

Bridge City Sessions (1140 SE Powell Blvd)

FFO: hardcore punk, thrash metal, beatdown, slam

Keyon Harrold with special guest vocalist Portland’s own Ashley Jayy and opening act Tyrone Hendrix‘s PDX Soul Collective (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

The Get Down (615 SE Alder St Ste. B)

FFO: jazz, soul, hip hop, R&B, funk

Rank and Vile, Netherrealms, Fatal State, Prager Youth, Shell Shock

The Hallowed Halls/The Bomber (4420 SE 64th Ave)

FFO: death metal, grindcore, powerviolence, hardcore punk, post-punk, d-beat, crust

Knoll, Nightmarer, Magdalene, Spit Locket

Twilight Cafe & Bar (832 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: black metal, death metal, grindcore, hardcore punk, post-hardcore, metalcore

Thank you for reading and listening. See you out there. KEEP PORTLAND FEARED!

  • dj zen_hound, host of WHOA THIS IS HEAVY Friday 2-4pm on Freeform Portland Community Radio
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Station Top 30 – Week of 2/12/24

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1. Actress – LXXXVII (Ninja Tune)
2. Nailah Hunter – Lovegaze (Fat Possum)
3. The Umbrellas – Fairweather Friend (Slumberland)
4. Sleater-Kinney – Little Rope (Loma Vista)
5. Juliana Hatfield – Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO (American Laundromat)
6. The Bug Club – Rare Birds: Hour Of Song (We Are Busy Bodies)
7. Astrid Sonne – Great Doubt (Escho)
8. Analogue Monsta – BOOM (Young Art)
9. Ty Segall – Three Bells (Drag City)
10. Mol Sullivan – GOOSE (s/r)
11. MJ Lenderman – And The Wind (Live and Loose!) (Anti-)
12. Bombino – Sahel (Partisan)
13. Mint Field – Aprende a Ser (felte)
14. Tapir! – The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain (Heavenly/PIAS)
15. Vanishing Twin – Afternoon X (Fire)
16. Mary Halvorson – Cloudward (Nonesuch)
17. Anna Hillburg – Tired Girls (Speakeasy Studios SF)
18. Lalalar – En Kötü Iyi Olur (Bongo Joe)
19. Slowdive – everything is alive (Dead Oceans)
20. NOBRO – Set Your Pussy Free (Dine Alone)
21. Bill Ryder Jones – Iechyd Da (Domino)
22. June McDoom – With Strings (Temporary Residence)
23. DVTR – BONJOUR [EP] (Lisbon Lux)
24. The Smashing Times – This Sporting Life (K/Perennial)
25. SPRINTS – Letter to Self (City Slang)
26. Tamar Berk – tiny injuries (s/r)
27. Packs – Melt The Honey (Fire Talk)
28. bar italia – The Twits (Matador)
29. Leslehee Smucker – Breathing Landscape (Beacon Sound)
30. HEALTH – RAT WARS (Loma Vista/Concord)

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Portland Show Calendar: February 12 – 18

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Hello, dj zen_hound is here again to present to you a Portland show guide for this coming week. Without a doubt, the list is dominated by events related to the 2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz. While of course including the names of some big name jazz artists, the festival also features performances from the student jazz combos of local universities, like Clackamas Community College, Mt. Hood Community College, and Portland Sate University. That’s pretty neat! Outside of that, you can expect a familiar blend of a little something for everybody coming from all sorts of Portland venues, from concert halls to holes-in-the-wall.

If you see a link, click on it! It will either take you to an artist’s music page, or to a venue’s events calendar. I hope you discover something cool!

Monday 2/12

Zyanna with George Colligan, Robert Rodriguez, Dae Bryant

Atlantis Lounge (3552 N Mississippi Ave)

For Fans Of: avant-garde jazz, spoken word, new jazz, modern jazz, poetry

Turtle Spine, Barb & Cobly, Booked By Mistake

High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)

FFO: synth, rock, pop, funk, glam rock, hair metal, comedy rock

Tuesday 2/13

Romare, Natasha Kmeto (DJ set)

Holocene (1001 SE Morrison St)

FFO: techno, house, downtempo, electronica, R&B, soul, dance, electronic

Wednesday 2/14

Sea Moss, Palmas Del Sol, Public Pleasure (100% of the Door Benefits PDX Pop Now!)

The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)

FFO: noise rock, punk rock, experimental, electronic, post-punk

The Black Doors, Bridal Veil, Night Creatures (LUPERCALIA)

The Six Below Midnight (3341 SE Belmont St)

FFO: goth rock, psych rock, dream pop, ambient rock, shoegaze, garage rock, power pop

Thursday 2/15

Has/Will, gnat hatcher, Sauna

The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)

FFO: noise rock, post-punk, screamo, post-hardcore, drone, ambient, new age

Mondo Drag, Møtrik

High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)

FFO: progressive rock, psychedelic rock, space rock, krautrock

Father Four, Delmonico, Great Mist, Risu (Joel Nelson)

Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)

FFO: indie folk, alternative folk, electroacoustic, free improvisation

Koffin Kats, Hans Gruber And The Diehards, Los Mal Hablados

Twilight Cafe & Bar (832 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: punk rock, streetpunk, oi!, psychobilly, hardcore punk, ska punk, ska core

Friday 2/16

David Kim, Eddie Parente, Joey Aloia, Bren Follis (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

AC Hotel Downtown (888 SW 3rd Ave)

FFO: jazz, improvisation

[SOLD OUT] Jon Batiste (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (1037 SW Broadway)

FFO: jazz, R&B, soul, hip hop, pop

Tony Pacini Trio with Tim Rap and Ed Bennett (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

The Benson Hotel (309 SW Broadway)

FFO: jazz, improvisation

Billy & the Kidz, The Upkeeps, Keddies Resort, Wizard Cage

The Coffin Club (421 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: rock’n’roll, punk rock, pop punk, power pop, garage rock, garage punk, alternative rock, glam-metal, goth rock, doom metal

Nick Normal, TV Star, Spiral XP, Conspire

The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)

FFO: pop rock, garage pop, new wave, indie rock, jangle pop, shoegaze, slowcore

lespecial, Spunj, High Gain Theory

The Get Down (615 SE Alder St Ste. B)

FFO: progressive rock, alternative metal, jam band, fusion

Juniper Honey, Kid Ferris, Worry Wart

High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)

FFO: indie rock, dream pop, chillwave, psychedelic pop, hip hop, indie folk, singer-songwriter

Mount Hood Community College Jazz Combo: Mason Mauer, Braden Richey, Ryan Lund, Anthony Martinez (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

Inn at Northrup Station (2025 NW Northrup St)

FFO: jazz, improvisation

greaterkind (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

Jack London Revue (529 SW 4th Ave)

FFO: jazz, jazz fusion, funk, R&B

Edward, Back From Death, Spill

Kenton Club (2025 N Kilpatrick St)

FFO: black metal, death metal, grindcore, goregrind

Atomic Terror, When Empires Fall, The Cetra, Truuz

Mano Oculta (1420 SE Powell Blvd)

FFO: heavy metal, speed metal, thrash metal, crossover thrash, metalcore, progressive metal, hardcore punk, post-hardcore, anarcho-punk

Blue Knots, Airabout, Office Products

Megalith (2730-32 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)

FFO: ambient, drone, experimental electronic, free improvisation, live electornics

Corner Left, Crazy Snake, Stuffed Shirts

No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)

FFO: alternative rock, grunge, garage rock

Dae Bryant’s Hang at the Bpub

Rose City Book Pub (329 NE Fremont St)

FFO: jazz, improvisation

Wonderhorse, Lonesome Cowboy Iz, Mini Blinds

Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)

FFO: rock’n’roll, alt-country, indie pop, dream pop

Sidewalk Slam, The Last Responders, Burn The Stage, Bazooka Sharkz

Twilight Cafe & Bar (832 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: punk rock, street punk, oi!, ’77-punk, thrash

Clackamas Community College Jazz Combo: David Asuncion-Agustin, Micah Scothorn, Celia Collofello, Tyrus Friedstrom (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

University Place Hotel (210 SW Lincoln St)

FFO: jazz, improvisation

Saturday 2/17

Dan Gaynor Trio (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

The Benson Hotel (309 SW Broadway)

FFO: jazz, improvisation

B.L.I.S.S., HIVE, Open Veins, Netherrealms

High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)

FFO: hardcore punk, d-beat, crust, post-punk, black metal

Braxton Cook (8pm early, 10pm late show) (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

Jack London Revue (529 SW 4th Ave)

FFO: jazz, soul, bebop, R&B

Gamma Knife, From the Ages, Somna, DJ Lordifre Giant

Kenton Club (2025 N Kilpatrick St)

FFO: psychedelic rock, stoner rock, doom metal

Mike Van Liew (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

The Nines (525 SW Morrison St)

FFO: jazz, improvisation

Cirith Ungol, R.I.P., I AM THE INTIMIDATOR (METALMANIA V: Live Pro Wrestling & Underground Metal Chaos)

Star Theater (13 NW 6th Ave)

FFO: heavy metal, doom metal, epic doom, proto-metal, thrash metal

Panthervision, Lost Counts, Holy Denim

Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)

FFO: rock’n’roll, garage rock, indie rock, punk rock, power pop

Mémoire, Four Dead Seasons, Bury Your Burdens, Dying In Salem, Bloom Within

Twilight Cafe & Bar (832 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: heavy metal, hardcore punk

Portland State University Student Combo: Dae Bryant, Robert Rodriguez, Owen Evans, Nathan Gleason (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

University Place Hotel (210 SW Lincoln St)

FFO: jazz, improvisation

CCUM, Coffin Apartment

Unlimited IPA (6350 SE Foster Rd)

FFO: death metal, hardcore punk, noise rock, progressive metal

Collate, Whisper Hiss, Perimeters

Zer0 Wave (720 N Killingsworth St)

FFO: post-punk, art punk, no wave, garage punk, new wave, indie pop, shoegaze, synth pop

Sunday 2/18

Sunday Jam Session with the Jack Radsliff Trio

Atlantis Lounge (3552 N Mississippi Ave)

FFO: jazz, improvisation

Marco Benevento ft. Reed Mathis & David Butler with special guest Threedom (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

The Get Down (615 SE Alder St Ste. B)

FFO: experimental rock, jazz fusion, piano rock, improvisation, jam band

The Brass, Soccer Babes, Gasp., Flying Whammy

The Hallowed Halls/The Bomber (4420 SE 64th Ave)

FFO: punk rock, melodic hardcore, hardcore punk, post-hardcore, art punk

Master Splinter, Fantastic Flying Foelschs, Amnesia

High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)

FFO: doom metal, stoner metal, sludge, heavy metal, stoner rock, punk rock, party punk

The Fourth Wall, Tremor, Ten Million Lights

Holocene (1001 SE Morrison St)

FFO: indie rock, shoegaze, melodic noise rock, psych rock, dream pop, krautrock

Avola, Personality Test, Kole Galbraith, The Tenses

Leaven Community (5431 NE 20th Ave)

FFO: experimental electronic, harsh noise, industrial, synthesis, ambient, drone, improvisation, musique concrète

Julie Collura & Neil Mattson Duo (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

The Nines (525 SW Morrison St)

FFO: jazz, improvisation

Big Business, Monsterwatch, Robots Of The Ancient World

Star Theater (13 NW 6th Ave)

FFO: heavy rock, sludge, doom metal, desert rock, heavy psych, stoner metal, stoner rock, punk rock, garage punk, noise rock

Mike Horsfall Trio with Laurent Nickel & Tim Rap, ft. John Moak (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)

St. James Lutheran Church (1315 SW Park Ave)

FFO: jazz, improvisation

Killmer (FKA Bored Condor), Bitchin Barnacles, Exceptional Failures

Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)

FFO: indie rock, psych rock, surf rock, garage rock

Boss’ Daughter, Here’s Your Warning, Streetwalker Barbie, Whunder Thighs

Twilight Cafe & Bar (832 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: pop punk, skate punk, hardcore punk

Alright, that will do it for this week. I hope you all do well and remember to take care of yourselves and each other. And as always, Keep Portland Feared!

  • dj zen_hound, host of WHOA THIS IS HEAVY Friday 2-4pm on Freeform Portland Community Radio
Blog

Station Top 30 – Week of 1/29/2024

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1. Juliana Hatfield – Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO (American Laundromat)
2. André 3000 – New Blue Sun (Epic)
3. Actress – LXXXVII (Ninja Tune)
4. Lalalar – En Kötü Iyi Olur (Bongo Joe)
5. The Bug Club – Rare Birds: Hour Of Song (We Are Busy Bodies)
6. @ – Are You There God? It’s Me, @ (Carpark)
7. Family Worship Center – Kicked Out of the Garden (CorpoRAT)
8. Yussef Dayes – Black Classical Music (Brownswood/Cashmere Thoughts/Nonesuch)
9. Sam Gendel & Marcella Cytrynowicz – AUDIOBOOK (Psychic Hotline)
10. L’Rain – I Killed Your Dog (Mexican Summer)
11. The Exbats – Song Machine (Goner)
12. DJ Shadow – Action Adventure (Mass Appeal/Liquid Amber)
13. Mitski – The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
14. Pharoah Sanders – Pharoah (Luaka Bop)
15. Jamila Woods – Water Made Us (Jagjaguwar)
16. Vanishing Twin – Afternoon X (Fire)
17. Laurel Halo – Atlas (Awe)
18. Nihiloxica – Source of Denial (Crammed Discs)
19. Goat – Medicine (Rocket)
20. Nailah Hunter – Lovegaze (Fat Possum)
21. Laura Misch – Sample the Sky (One Little Independent)
22. Polo & Pan – Carrossel Do Tempo EP (Ekler’o’shock/Hamburger/Virgin)
23. MUNYA – Jardin (Luminelle)
24. SPRINTS – Letter to Self (City Slang)
25. Osees – Intercepted Message (In The Red)
26. Slaughter Beach, Dog – Crying Laughing Waving Smiling (Lame-O)
27. Le Couleur – Comme Dans Un Penthouse (Lisbon Lux)
28. HEALTH – RAT WARS (Loma Vista/Concord)
29. Deena Abdelwahed – Jbal Rsas (InFiné)
30. Mukqs – Stonewasher (Hausu Mountain)

Blog/Festival Coverage/Portland Local/Uncategorized

Portland Show Calendar: February 3 – 11

Posted on by Zen Hound

Hello! This is dj zen_hound. In the past I’ve published some local events calendars, to give Freeform Portland listeners and blog readers an idea of what sort of things are happening in our city a week or so at a time. Well, after a bit of a hiatus, I figured it was time to start it up again. So here’s a list of shows occurring through Sunday the 11th of February. Scroll around and click wherever you want – I hope you find something cool to listen to!

Saturday 2/3

Body Shame, Diositopes, {[(gang radio)]}

ADX (Art Design Xchange) (417 SE 11th Ave)

For Fans Of: experimental noise, industrial, noise, no wave, doom, sludge, trap, drone, ambient, instrumental

Collate, Lizard Skin, Noxeema, Cut Piece (Benefit for It Did Happen Here Spring Book Tour)

Black Water Bar (835 NE Broadway)

FFO: art punk, post-punk, no wave, death rock, noise rock, goth rock, hardcore punk

A Hope For Home, Bug Seance, Bashface, Jade Dust

Bridge City Sessions (1140 SE Powell Blvd)

FFO: post-hardcore, post-metal, post-rock, shoegaze, indie rock, math rock, emo

The Secret Light, Wire Spine, DV8R, Ringfinger (Sinth: PNW Dark Elektro Music Fest Day Two)

The Coffin Club (421 SE Grand Ave)

FFO: darkwave, synthwave, synth pop, post-punk, electronic body music, industrial, electro, shoegaze, coldwave

Nasalrod, Tacos!, Black Shelton and the American Dream

Mississippi Studios (3939 N Mississippi Ave)

FFO: art rock, art punk, experimental rock, heavy rock, heavy metal, hard rock, rock’n’roll

Crucified Class, Vueltas, Death Ridge Boys, Temple, All Out (Fast & Loose Fest)

The Six Below Midnight (3341 SE Belmont St)

FFO: anarcho-punk, hardcore punk, death rock, gothic rock, post-punk, punk rock, street punk, oi!, darkwave

Sunday 2/4

Dead Friends, First Class Martians, Glen & The Sunshine Gang, Get Down Moses

The Hallowed Halls/The Bomber (4420 SE 64th Ave)

FFO: pop punk, garage rock, pop rock, power pop

YARDSSS, Glacial Fall, Ellipsism (Self Group Collective 14th BDAY Bash/Benefit for Outside In & Sisters of the Road)

Holocene (1001 SE Morrison St)

FFO: ambient electronic, drone, synth, post-metal, sludge, post-rock, art punk, experimental

Bland Accent, Bitter Camari, Omo, Knablinz, Sapsucker!

Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)

FFO: hip hop, lofi hip hop, underground hip hop, hip hop beats, experimental rock, country rock

Tuesday 2/6

Smoking Data Guns (CA), Fell Off (WA), Bory, Conspire

Black Water Bar (835 NE Broadway)

FFO: indie rock, alternative rock, heavy rock, power pop, pop rock, post-punk

Poison Ruïn, Alienator, Reek Minds

Mississippi Studios (3939 N Mississippi Ave)

FFO: hardcore punk, punk rock

Twans

No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)

FFO: experimental jazz, jazz rock, ambient rock

Superchunk, F*cked Up

Revolution Hall (1300 SE Stark St)

FFO: hardcore punk, psychedelic punk, indie rock, punk rock

Thursday 2/8

Clambait, Ex-Intelligence, None

The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)

FFO: experimental rock, psychedelic rock, alternative rock, indie rock, cow punk, country rock, noise rock, post-hardcore

Friday 2/9

Contact Cult, Mnemonic Pulse, Spiritual Exit

Azoth (NE 87th and NE Sandy)

FFO: drone, ambient, experimental electronic, industrial, post-industrial, new age, noise

Full Metal Jackson, Nihilist Nation, Spill, Leader-1

Dante’s (350 W Burnside St)

FFO: death metal, power metal, Michael Jackson, grindcore

Left To Rot, Rank And Vile, Gaspack

High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)

FFO: hardcore punk, powerviolence, death metal, grindcore

Gondos, Machine Country, Happy Death Men

The Six Below Midnight (3341 SE Belmont St)

FFO: garage rock, punk rock, psychedelic rock, alternative noise, noise rock, experimental rock

B|_ank, Sea Moss, Eric Schlappi

Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)

FFO: experimental noise, harsh noise, avant-garde, improvisation, noise punk, industrial

Saturday 2/10

Atomic Terror, Sweater For An Astronaut, Hangfire, Set In Stone, These Cursed Hands, Within The Pyre (Wacken Metal Battle 2024)

Dante’s (350 W Burnside St)

FFO: thrash metal, speed metal, crossover thrash, grunge, alternative metal, hardcore, metalcore

Darkswoon, Medejin, Shadowlands

High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)

FFO: darkwave, post-punk, shoegaze, goth rock, indie rock, dream pop

Synths & Gadgets, Cosmonox, Etxera

No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)

FFO: ambient electronic, experimental electronic, chillwave, drone, glitch, dance music

Bedlum, Hovering Shrikes, Splendor

Shanghai Tunnel (211 SW Ankeny St)

FFO: new wave, post-punk, alternative rock, indie rock, melodic metal, crust

  • dj zen_hound, host of WHOA THIS IS HEAVY Friday 2-4pm on Freeform Portland Community Radio
Interviews/Musician Interviews/Portland Local

RUNOTI interview

Posted on by Shan St. J0NES
Artist Runoti with a stone background, cloak, & smoking ornament with logo in the corner

featuring Jet Shea by Shan St. J0nes

Freeform Portland presents PDX local Jet Shea, the innovative force behind RUNOTI, offering an exclusive glimpse into their solo musical project

RUNOTI is formulated with a diverse array of genres including Dark Wave, Industrial, EBM, Synth Punk, Noise, & experimental electronic music to produce a sonic statement that is [almost] joyously agonizing [like an empathetic wrath met with a pleasure resurrection through dance]

Jet’s work exemplifies a commitment to pushing artistic boundaries. In this interview, Jet sheds light on upcoming releases & a forthcoming tour following their latest release “Libra Moon” EP [obtainable in digital format, alongside cassette]

Sitting Down with Runoti

When, & how did you become a musician?
As a kid, I would organize my friends on the playground to sing & dance together [like the pop stars of that era.] I sang in the school choir, learning to cultivate my voice into an instrument. Once I moved out of a rural area I fell into the punk scene

As I’ve developed my solo project into RUNOTI, I started digging into playing hardware synthesizers & producing in Ableton to shape my raw vulnerability into danceable, cathartic songs

Can you describe the progression of how you came to the sound you perform today?
When I sang for punk bands, I didn’t use any effects – just my raw shouting, yelling, singing. I relied on the melody in my heart to carry everything out. I still follow that ethos now… Like, I do not know how to play piano, or really any instrument. I turned to using software instruments & looped my voice in layers. From there I got a Casio keyboard, Alesis QS6 & microKorg. I layered them all together until it felt right

At that time, I didn’t know anything about production or music theory. It was all heart. I sound design all of my samples & drums in Ableton Live since learning MIDI. When I play live, I manipulate it in a more tactile way on my Roland SP404 & Elektron Digitakt

What majorly influences your music pieces?
My personal life. My internal world. I struggle with sensory overload & emotional processing. Music has always been an outlet for me to really reflect to the world my internal experience & exorcise it in that way. I’m always daydreaming about the possibilities of the next piece

Is there an ambiance &/or mood to your music?
Urgency, pain, pulsing, grief, beauty, pleasure. I feel & transcribe my experience sonically

What is the most fulfilling part of producing your creative vision?
After I lay down the basics of a good drum beat & a bass or vocal loop, I start to feel this rhythmic sense in my body. From there, I sing a melody that comes straight from my chest [no specific words.] This is usually my seed for a song to build on the energy cultivated from there

Is there any piece of music equipment you stand by? What equipment?
My Roland SP 404

Are your live performances multimedia based?
Yes, I usually include visuals to my performances if the space allows. My early visuals were videos recorded with my phone, edited together with iMovie. Lately, I have been experimenting with visual synthesis on Critter & Guitari’s Eyesy

What sort of experience can we expect when we come to see your performance?
An exhibit of raw emotion, but also songs meant to cultivate pleasure & thriving. I want my performance to draw people in with my vulnerability & feel connective in the universality portrayed

Would you say you have established a community with other artists in Portland?
Yes, I have been playing music in some capacity here since 2010. It takes a long time to build community & I think consistently showing up has helped me connect with people. [Music has been my social icebreaker] Performing in front of people with your soul bare allows other people to connect, or feel safe to share themselves too

What seems to drive the success of a thriving Portland music scene?
There is something for everyone, every micro genre has a scene here to dive in. It takes going to shows & keeping an eye for fliers. If you dream it up you can seek it out here

Are there other Portland musicians you play shows with you would like to mention?
Killeen Dolan is my closest musical collaborator, we have recently joined forces with Kora Link & Maggie Jane to create a new & unique performance project

I have always enjoyed playing music with Lucia Luna, Xibling, Jen Void, Trust Anchor, Billy, Dancing Plague, Graveyard Gossip, Perimeters, & Production Unit Zero

Are there Portland musicians you have not played with, but interested to connect with?
Plenty! Physical Wash, Glori, Hexteria, Light Asylum, Orkis, Sweet Love Under Tyranny, & more

Are there specific venues you really enjoy booking with?
I heavily relied on others to ask me to join shows up until recently, so I’m relatively new to booking venues. I host shows at Blackwater Bar too

Do you book house shows, or performances outside established venues? Where?
I would like to organize some battery powered outdoor shows to make it more COVID friendly & explore creating space to perform & dance outside

Do you play benefit shows? What causes have you supported with your music?
Yes, in December 2022, Trust Anchor, Lucia Luna & I raised $300 for Club Q survivors

Is there any advice you could lend to other musicians starting out in Portland?
Go to lots of shows, tell people you play music, be fearless in your execution & share yourself generously

What future do you hope for in the Portland music scene?
I would love to see more Goth, Dark Techno club culture emerge

I want intentional space for queer & disabled folks [mask required events.] Places to sit down, lay down, stand & dance while experiencing music. Spaces that deeply consider sensory issues & provide a place of respite from sensory input. The scene here has always been so fertile & ever growing, I’m hopeful we’ll create or see some of these things emerge

Outro & Info

With a decade-long history of contributing vocals to punk bands & synthesizer expertise to dark wave projects, Jet Shea’s impact on the local landscape is evident.

You can check out RUNOTI [on their upcoming tour] in PDX Friday 11.24 at Azoth on the bill with Jen Void, Odd Person, & Haato. Stream Runoti online here Runoti Bandcamp
Check out photos & merch & more here Runoti Cargo

Upcoming Tour Dates

Runoti laying on sand on the edge of water with the city in the distance. Tour dates are listed across the image logo in the left corner
Runoti 2023 Tour Dates

Fri 11.24 Portland at Azoth w/ Jen Void, Odd Person, Haato
Sat 11.25 Olympia at Cryptotropa w/ Static Ghost & Military Bass
Sun 11.26 Tacoma at Real Art Tacoma w/ Pentacles, Tim Held & David Lutz
Mon 11.27 in Bellingham at Karate Church w/ Immanuel Kunt, August & Jennifer What

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