ELM acts electrify Bozeman audiences with upcoming shows
State of the art live music venue The ELM continues to bring touring artists from the national stage to Bozeman as summer settles into the valley. Take a look at these upcoming shows and plan your outings accordingly.
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Their catalog features big ideas and universal emotions wrung from the seemingly plainspoken details of small-screen and often highly personal stories. All this set to music that reaches way, way back to old-timey folk and bluegrass, travels through everything from country, psychedelia and soul to prog, garage and metal, indulges gloriously in the classic rock of the ‘70s and ‘80s, and makes occasional side trips into hip-hop, skewed pop and noisey freakouts. Their latest release, Holy Smokes Future Jokes, is available now.
Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kishi Bashi follows with a performance on June 18th. Tall Tall Trees will get the night started at 8pm. Advance tickets range $22–$35.
Marking the tenth anniversary of his debut album 151a, the man also known as Kaoru Ishibashi visits Bozeman for a one-night-only performance. A decade later, he uses the album as a vehicle to explore his cultural background and celebrate his heritage with earnestness. Japanese phrases and couplets are sung as the response to Kishi Bashi’s resplendent calls, offering listeners a conversation that dovetails with the album’s themes of love, sentimentality and self-discovery. His latest release, the Emigrant EP, is also available now.
Catch the long awaited return of Shook Twins on June 25th. Opening the show is the Madeline Hawthorne Band at 8pm. Advance tickets range $18–$25.
Central to Shook Twins’ sound is their wide range of instrumentation: banjo, acoustic and electric guitars, electric bass, mandolin, electronic drums, face drum (beat-box), glockenspiel, ukulele, banjo-head drumming and their signature Golden Egg. Beautiful twin harmonies, layered upon acoustic and electric instrumentation – coupled with Laurie’s inventive use of percussive and ambient vocal loops, and Katelyn’s re-purposed telephone microphone – set their sound apart, creating a unique and eccentric blend of folk, roots, groove and soul. Their recent album, Some Good Lives, is available now.
Brass sensation The Soul Rebels are set for June 30th. The music begins at 8pm with advance tickets available for $22.
The Soul Rebels started with an idea – to expand upon the pop music they loved on the radio and the New Orleans brass tradition they grew up on. They took that tradition and blended funk and soul with elements of hip-hop, jazz and rock all within a brass band context. The band has built a career around an eclectic live show that harnesses the power of horns and drums in a deep pocket funk party-like atmosphere. Their latest album and claim to fame, Poetry in Motion, is available now.
The ELM is located at 506 N 7th in the heart of Bozeman. Peruse current happenings and buy advance tickets at www.logjampresents