2022 Biamp PDX Jazz Festival: John Carroll Kirby, Methods Body – 21+ show – presented by PDX Jazz, Soul’d Out and Holocene

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 PDX Jazz, Soul’d Out and Holocene are proud to present John Carroll Kirby at Holocene as part of the 2022 Biamp PDX Jazz Festival. With local support from Methods Body! John Carroll Kirby is an American pianist, producer and composer based in Los Angeles. As a solo artist he has released 6 LPs and an original motion picture soundtrack for the animated feature film Cryptozoo. As a musician Kirby has collaborated with artists including Solange, Frank Ocean, Miley Cyrus, Norah Jones, Bat for Lashes, Connan Mockasin, Sébastien Tellier, Harry Styles, and many more.

Sega Bodega, HYD – 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 Born in Ireland, raised in Glasgow and now based in London, producer, performer and label head Sega Bodega – AKA Salvador Navarrete – has built a reputation as being one of the UK’s most innovative and precocious creative minds. Inspired as much by his close network of peers as his love of cinematic soundscapes, he has made impacts spanning across music, fashion and film, soundtracking some of the most important cultural moments in recent years, as well as building a catalogue of prolific and critically acclaimed solo releases that traverse genre, style and composition. Bodega steps to the fore with his boundary-pushing solo work once again. Announcing his highly anticipated second album, Romeo, set for release in Nov 2021, he has shared the intimate comeback singles “Only Seeing God When I Come” and “Angel On My Shoulder”. These singles, the first taste of the record, allow a glimpse into Sega’s otherworldly production style that has made him such a pioneer within alternative, electronica and hyperpop spaces. Telling the story of a joyous relationship between Bodega and a mythical girlfriend made entirely of light, “Luci”, Romeo channels the whirlwind of emotions in early love through masterful break-beat and experimental electronica production, interwoven with ethereal synths and harmonising choral vocals. He joins up with lauded peers Arca and Charlotte Gainsbourg, who contribute features to the project, and through Romeo, uncovers a new level of intimacy and emotional depth in his songwriting. Appearing bathed in flashes of celestial light and pictured alongside the mystical “Luci” in the album’s accompanying visuals, conceptualised by Bodega himself and close collaborator Aidan Zamiri, the news of Romeo has dedicated fans poised and ready for Sega’s new reckoning, a foot forward into the light for the multi-faceted creative. Bodega has, alongside his groundbreaking solo activity, been a crucial creative hand in countless projects including the A&R and development of artists under his NUXXE label, and acclaimed production for artists including Oklou, Shygirl, Zebra Katz, Caroline Polachek and Dorian Electra. As part of the NUXXE collective he co-founded, Bodega was featured in 2018’s Dazed 100, a list of the most influential artists operating in art and media today. A keen soundtracker, Bodega scored Nike’s 2018 Jumpman advert, contributed music to Rihanna’s Puma x Fenty show at New York Fashion Week, and provided sound design for Brooke Candy and PornHub’s landmark I Love You, the first adult film to feature full-length gay, lesbian and trans scenes all under one title. Bodega’s production on NUXXE co-owner Shygirl’s ‘BB’ also claimed a spot being synched in a global campaign for Rihanna’s Fenty brand. With a fanbase at the edge of a collective seat eagerly awaiting the new album, an ever-expanding list of creative endeavours and more to come for the rest of 2021 and beyond, Sega Bodega is poised to enter the pantheon of pop’s great polymaths.

CANCELED: Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, Paul Jacobs, Mattress – 21+

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 CASES WITHIN THE TOURING PARTY. ALL TICKET BUYERS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REFUNDED.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 message from Ed:In the past few weeks, I’ve made a big decision. I’ve decided to give you the full me. I’ve decided to speak openly about something that I had never spoken to anyone about. The me that I’ve been repressing in hopes of not making other people feel uncomfortable. But that’s not a life—that’s an inhumane purgatory that I am done subjecting myself to. That said, I have always felt like a woman and my pronouns are they/them. The stage and the studio have always been a safe space for me, where I can share my deepest struggles, joys and laughs. In your art, you can’t lie. That’s why I have always chosen riddles and cryptic lyrics in my art. I could never lie, but I could disguise the truth. With ‘Nightclub Daydreaming’ I continued this precedent, essentially telling my autobiography through fictional characters and surreal landscapes. But these are the stories of my fear, my neuroses, my ecstasy and my journey. The first single off of the record, “This Thirst,” is about the thirst for my true self, and features the first time I ever referred to myself as a woman: “Who will rock you to the fire / Who’s the priestess to ordain?” On “Black Pearl,” I sing of two lovers disconnected by an ocean, representing the personal dichotamy between my true self and who I was presenting to the world. In retrospect, you can hear the yearning as I sing “I want to see you really…a foreigner, even home now, I shut in vaults to heal you.” I was the foreigner whom no one had ever met, besides my bathroom mirror. When home alone, I would wear women’s clothing, put on makeup, blast M.I.A. and Yelle, and somehow this felt like a crime that no one would ever accept. You can hear both my euphoria and trepidation on songs like “Berliner.” Deep down, I was beginning to feel my real self emerging in an undeniable way, and I was horrified by it. It felt as if others held the key to my own self worth through their acceptance, or lack thereof. On “European Moons,” which we release today day, I depict myself as a marionette, at the whims of a puppet master forcing me to present a distorted and untrue version of myself. “my posture’s at your strings / too much of coded sighs / I’d like to see you in the night.” It was my true self that I could only see at night. I have always felt like a woman and, moving forward, I will begin following that path one day at a time. Only the future knows where exactly that path will lead me, but I’m doing it my way. I will no longer only see my true self at night.

Valley – ALL AGES – w/ Catie Turner

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 This event has been rescheduled from 2020 – All original tickets sold for the previous date will be honored for this new date!Valley put together alternative pop with the care, adventurousness, and personal touch of a handmade burned CD. Cycling through moods like your favorite throwback Pinterest board, the Toronto quartet—Rob Laska, Michael “Mickey” Brandolino, Alex Dimauro, and Karah James—amplify sticky hooks through eloquent songcraft that’s cognizant of what came before, yet ready for the future. In 2016, Valley formed by accident when a local studio double booked them. During high school, Mike and Karah played in one band, while Rob and Alex played in another. They introduced themselves with self-written, self-produced releases, including the EP This Room Is White [2016] and full-length debut MAYBE [2019]. They joined Lennon Stella and The Band CAMINO on sold-out tours across North America and even picked up a 2020 JUNO Award nomination in the category of“Breakthrough Group of the Year.” Following 2020’s sucks to see you doing better, the single “Like 1999” exploded. Its genesis traces back to a TikTok post of an unfinished version. After Valley completed the tune in under 48 hours, it went on to inspire hundreds of thousands of creates and eclipse 20 million streams while breaking borders, appearing on viral charts in the U.S., Philippines, Korea, Japan, and more. After amassing over 100 million streams and earning acclaim from the likes of Atwood Magazineand American Songwriter, the group transmit this signature style through their forthcoming next release “SOCIETY” for Universal Music Canada and new label partner Capitol Records.

Erika de Casier, Tama Gucci – Early show! – 21+

PLEASE NOTE: For the safety of our customers, we will be requiring proof of full COVID vaccination, plus boosters for those eligible (or negative rapid COVID test), to enter the venue until further notice. More details at holocene.org/vaccine An early show with Erika de Casier! Erika de Casier is a breath of fresh air to anyone with a passion for music in all its genres, who’d bang a ‘90s jungle track and Mariah Carey in the same sitting. With hushed, pillow-soft vocals and production that references turn-of-the-millennium sounds, the Copenhagen songwriter-producer’s sound surveys the past while looking to the future. Newly signed to 4AD, her album Sensational marks a new chapter for Erika, an expansion of her sound that pushes to new creative heights.

CLAUD

Support: KALIThis event is ALL AGES Claude has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 per ticket goes to supporting The Ally Coalition and their work to provide critical support for organizations dedicated to bettering the lives of LBGTQ youth. HOLOCENE VACCINATION + TESTING POLICY: Holocene requires proof of either fully-COVID-vaccinated status or a negative COVID test within the last 24 hours for entry. Specific details can be found at https://www.holocene.org/vaccine/

Jenny Hval, Discovery Zone – Early show! – 21+

HUNNY, Small Crush, Derek Ted – Early Show – ALL AGES

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 An early All Ages show with Hunny!This event Is a rescheduled show from the pandemic – tickets purchased from the previous Holocene show will all be honored at this event.ABOUT HUNNY:Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes., HUNNY’s debut full-length album, opens on “Lula I’m Not Mad”—a bouncy pop track that matches its shimmery synth lines with hopelessly crushed-out lyrics. Produced by Grammy Award-winner Carlos de la Garza (Cherry Glazerr, Culture Abuse, Paramore), Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. came to life in November 2018 during the Woolsey Fire and Camp Fire that devastated 96,949 acres of land in Southern California. At one point, while members Jason Yarger (vocals), Jake Goldstein (guitar), and Joey Anderson (drums) were inside Kevin Grimmett’s (bass, keyboards) home demoing and writing, firefighters were in the backyard stopping the wildfire from encroaching onto the property. “They blocked off all the streets and we had to sneak into my place through this apartment structure,” Grimmet recalls. “Thankfully my house is still standing and the hills are a bright green.” Inspired by their love for ‘80s new wave and ‘90s pop, Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. is an endless back-and-forth between heavy-hearted lyrics and bright-and-shiny melodies, lovesick confession, and addictively dancey rhythms. With the album centered on a narrative Yarger sums up as “I love you and I want to die,” HUNNY wrote most of the songs on acoustic guitar, deliberately channeling a raw vulnerability into every line. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. embodies the wildly frenetic energy of HUNNY’s live show. As Grimmett explains, the band introduced that element with their ever-communal live show in mind. “We really love the emotive aspect of playing a show. For this record, we really took the time to think about what we were going to give them to sing, and made sure that it’s something with real feeling and meaning to it.”

Public Memory & Black Taffy – 21+ show

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 Public Memory (Felte | Brooklyn, NY) Instagram / Spotify / Facebook / Bandcamp / Felte – Public Memory – Ripped Apparition Since 2016, Public Memory has been crafting lo-fi electronica from the darker corners of the psychic landscape. Gritty atmospherics, damaged synthesizers, and unearthly vocals blend with a mixture of electronic and organic percussion, creating a sense of forceful unease. This, when combined with the shadowy production and emotive singing of Robert Toher, creates a singular contrast between power and vulnerability. BLACK TAFFY (Leaving Records| Dallas, TX) Black Taffy (Donovan Jones) is a Dallas based composer and performer currently focused on pairing classical, new age and ambient music with large bass and percussion à la musique concrete. His works have received acclaim from NPR, Pitchfork, BBC, Bandcamp and Resident Advisor. He is signed to Leaving Records out of Los Angeles and is also a chess bum. Videos And They Saw Geraldine Lantern Flies in Mist

THE GREETING COMMITTEE

Support: OSTONDOORS: 7:00pmThis event is ALL AGES HOLOCENE VACCINATION + TESTING POLICY: Holocene requires proof of either fully-COVID-vaccinated status or a negative COVID test within the last 24 hours for entry. Specific details can be found at https://www.holocene.org/vaccine/

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