Global Based presents: NOCHE DE PERREO ft. ROSA PISTOLA (Mexico) + Casual Aztec, DJ Aloso, Mijo – 21+
PLEASE NOTE: For the safety of our customers, we will be requiring proof of full COVID vaccination (or a negative COVID test), to enter the venue until further notice. More details at holocene.org/vaccine A special edition of Noche de Perreo: We welcome la reina del Perreo Pesado Crew, desde Mexico, Rosa Pistola! The only Perreo + Rave experience in the NW Reggaeton, Dembow, Moombahton y mas Sounds by: ROSA PISTOLA (Mexico) Support: Casual Aztec DJ Aloso MIJO $15 ADV – $25 DOOR Voted best Latin night via Willamette Week
Bug Seance (EP Release Show!) w/ Floral Tattoo, Childspeak – 21+
PLEASE NOTE: For the safety of our customers, we will be requiring proof of full COVID vaccination (or negative rapid COVID test), to enter the venue until further notice. More details at holocene.org/vaccine Bug Seance was formed in the Fall of 2018 with an intent to write music inspired by 90’s alternative rock while keeping in the foreground the atmosphere of the Pacific Northwest. After embarking on two west coast tours while navigating the stress and uncertainty of an ongoing pandemic in support of their ep “Erasing”, Bug Seance regrouped to self-produce their latest effort titled “Retracing”, a 3 song EP that finds them revisiting some of the first songs they wrote through a lens of emotive vulnerability, unflinching determination and a newfound sense of identity as an artistic collective.
Crowey (album release show!), Half Shadow (vinyl release show!), Queen Elixabeth – 21+
PLEASE NOTE: For the safety of our customers, we will be requiring proof of full COVID vaccination (or negative rapid COVID test), to enter the venue until further notice. More details at holocene.org/vaccine “A Murder of…” is the second full-length offering from Portland based psych-folk duo Crowey. Originally self-released on Bandcamp on December 4, 2020, it garnered an enthusiastic response from friends and fans and will now be released on vinyl through SDM Records. An exploration of the stresses of modern times through the subconscious lens, the album blends finger-style singer-songwriter folk of the early 1970s with neoclassical and ambient music, taking the listener on a meditative journey through the darkest depths of the heart to find the light within. The album also faces the struggle with one’s own mortality, seeking acceptance and beauty in the cycle of life and death. Densely lush yet delicately intimate, “A Murder of…” is sure to swallow you up in a swirl of darkly gorgeous reverberations. For the better part of a decade Half Shadow, the midnight-blue songwriting moniker of Portland’s Jesse Carsten, has been unfurling an enigmatic, windswept music: equal parts earthen folk and cosmic rock and roll, with a primal pop experimentalism seeping from the edges. Wedding an expansive, transcendent poetics to a fiercely home-spun aesthetic, Carsten creates joyful, eclectic song-collages that embrace the experimental singer-songwriter tradition of the Pacific Northwest while enfolding an array of canonical art-voicings; songs range from abstract finger-picked poems to heart-tugged acapella treaties and repetitive art-rock incantations. The Portland Mercury has praised Carsten’s shows as “invariably powerful, full of wonder, and unlike anything else.” Half Shadow’s third LP At Home With My Candles was released on April 8th via Bud Tapes and Dove Cove Records. An album of mythopoetic paeans to the domestic uncanny, the record’s songs chart the beauty and strangeness that domestic life can conjure, effectively expanding the project’s intimate poetics without ever losing a sense of tenderness. Intimate folk songs magnify into anthemic chant-alongs, lo-fi dirges, and primal pop experiments. Genres blend with a subtly psychedelic grace, with Carsten’s voice delivering dream-laden poems, always at the center of the sound. Listeners are sung into an interiorized sphere: an otherworldly landscape of tension, languor, and mystery. Featuring contributions from such west-coast luminaries as Zach Burba (Iji, Mega Bog, Dear Nora), Jem Marie (The Ghost Ease), Julian Morris (Layperson, Post Moves), and mastering from Kevin Christopher (Oh Rose, Ancient Pools), the album’s songs emerge in vivid technicolor, engaging listeners in a process of seeing our world, our selves, and in this case the homes we haunt, with new, uncanny vision. Queen Elixabeth is the resurrected entity of Portland-based singer-songwriter Lizzy Rose. Blending her training in classical voice with electronic/indie-rock undertones, Queen Elixabeth “sings in her hauntingly beautiful falsetto lilt over melancholy piano and guitar soundscapes, creating startlingly tender and gorgeously crafted dreamlike songs.”
XRAY.FM and Holocene present: Rose Tinted – Live Hip-Hop Band Playing Classic Cuts! With Fountaine – 21+
PLEASE NOTE: For the safety of our customers, we will be requiring proof of full COVID vaccination (or negative rapid COVID test), to enter the venue until further notice. More details at holocene.org/vaccine Calling all hip-hop fans and beat heads! Rose Tinted is the hip-hop project you didn’t know you needed. The Portland-based band is back at Holocene on Thursday, April 28th. This show is part of their Spring residency, celebrating the very best hip-hop artists in the PDX scene. Through their residency with Holocene and co-presented by XRAY.FM, Rose Tinted strives to showcase and collaborate with Portland’s finest MC’s, beat producers, DJ’s, and R&B artists. This month’s edition features Fountaine! Rose Tinted is dedicated to producing live-sampled beats, flipping classic hip-hop joints to pay tribute to the classic boom-bap sound. Rose Tinted provides hip-hop lovers with the nostalgia of their favorite DJ set combined with the incredible musicianship and creativity. If you consider yourself a hip-hop fan, you should get used to making their monthly residency a regular hang.
GOTH PROM! ft. Bad Juju (as Siouxsie & the Banshees), Shannon Entropy (as The Cure), Inhalant (as NIN) + DJ Colin Jones- 21+
PLEASE NOTE: For the safety of our customers, we will be requiring proof of full COVID vaccination (or negative rapid COVID test), to enter the venue until further notice. More details at holocene.org/vaccine Holocene presents: Goth Prom, an immersive tribute event featuring:Bad Juju (as Siouxsie & the Banshees)Shannon Entropy (as The Cure)Inhalant (as Nine Inch Nails) Plus goth bangers all night from DJ Colin JonesCostumes encouraged for the crowning of the Goth prom King and Queen!
Emo Nite at Holocene presented by Emo Nite LA – 21+ event – with special guest set from Glacier Veins
TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR!PLEASE NOTE: For the safety of our customers, we will be requiring proof of full COVID vaccination (or negative rapid COVID test), to enter the venue until further notice. More details at holocene.org/vaccine $1 from every ticket sold will be donated to Living The Dream FoundationSpecial guest live set from Glacier Veins!
The Wrecks: Better Than Ever Tour with Special Guests Girlhouse and Mothe – All Ages- presented by Mike Thrasher
The Wrecks presented by Mike Thrasher!PLEASE NOTE: For the safety of our customers, we will be requiring proof of full COVID vaccination (or negative rapid COVID test), to enter the venue until further notice. More details at holocene.org/vaccine VIP PACKAGES AVAILABLE! THIS INCLUDES: *1 General Admission ticket * Pre-Show Meet & Greet with The Wrecks* Photo Opportunity with The Wrecks * Early Merch Booth Access (1) Exclusive VIP Signed Poster(1) Exclusive VIP Laminate
Haiku Hands, SCHAUS – 21+
PLEASE NOTE: For the safety of our customers, we will be requiring proof of full COVID vaccination (or negative rapid COVID test), to enter the venue until further notice. More details at holocene.org/vaccine Based across Melbourne and Sydney, the core of Haiku Hands is Beatrice Lewis, Claire Nakazawa and Mie Nakazawa. Together, they curate, perform and work as a collective of artists, engaging and exploring social norms with their lyrical and visual content. Their influences range from hip-hop to pop, electronic to dance, and everything beyond. Rebellious, experimental and wildly unconventional, their 2020 debut Haiku Hands was primarily recorded in Melbourne with Joel Ma (Joelistics) and featured collaborations with SOFI TUKKER, Mad Zach, Machine Drum, Mirac, Elgusto of Hermitude and Lewis CanCut. With lead singles “Not About You,” “Manbitch” and “Onset,” the 12-track LP probes themes including technology, relationships, the absurd and social commentary. Live, they’re outrageous and bold and deliver the type of performance that turns a dingy club or festival pit into a heaving sweaty mess. With synchronized dance moves and high energy production, Haiku Hands present an eclectic and energizing live experience like no other.
SNAP! Y2K- ’90s vs ’00s Dance party! – 21+
PLEASE NOTE: For the safety of our customers, we will be requiring proof of full COVID vaccination (or negative rapid COVID test), to enter the venue until further notice. More details at holocene.org/vaccine Join the longest running ’90s night in the NW this month at HOLOCENE on FRIDAY, APRIL 22nd for SNAP! Y2K EXPECT TO HEAR Hip Hop, Rock, West Coast Rap, R&B, Rave House, Pop and everything in between from the early 90s to the early 00s. Join the SNAP! Y2K crew for a nostalgic trip back to all your favorite music from the early 90s to the early 00s. Spanning genres from Hip Hop to House to Alt Rock to Modern re-edits you will feel like you are back in Middle school. Resident DJ’sColin JonesIntrocut “Like” and Follow us!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SNAP90s/Instagram: SNAP90sparty
Spend the Night Presents: Batu, Dave Quam, C Powers – 21+
PLEASE NOTE: For the safety of our customers, we will be requiring proof of full COVID vaccination to enter the venue (or negative rapid COVID test) until further notice. More details at holocene.org/vaccine Spend The Night presents: Batu Timedance, Hessle, XL Recordings – UK https://www.instagram.com/batu_timedance https://batutimedance.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/batuuk https://ra.co/dj/batu-uk Dave Quam PDX https://www.instagram.com/revdrquam https://davequam.bandcamp.com/ https://twitter.com/revdrquam C Powers PDX https://instagram.com/cpowers_mx_mix Timedance owner Batu has carved out a unique sound for himself since his debut in 2013. Subsequent 12″s on a number of labels including XL Recordings, Hessle Audio and his own Timedance imprint have found him grounded in British bassbin principles. His style however is relentlessly forward thinking, and pushing his sound in adventurous, inventive ways that have become something of a signature aesthetic.Batu and his tight-knit Timedance label continue to push the boundaries, putting Bristol firmly at the center of global bass-minded music culture. His efforts have given him a number of critically acclaimed years, including a series of standout EPs, remixes for Sampha and R&S Records, and establishing Timedance as one of the most vital proponents of fresh UK dance music.His DJing is also increasingly respected worldwide. A standout set at Dekmantel’s Selectors festival earned him a place in The Guardian’s ‘Best Mixes of 2018’ list, and Mixmag ranked him as one of their top 20 DJs in 2017. Recent times have seen him tour Asia, America and play a series of the best festivals in Europe (a list including; Field Day, Freerotation, Dimensions, Unsound, Dekmantel Selectors and many more).