ChickenJam West will present Diego’s Umbrella at the Zebra Cocktail Lounge on Tuesday, April 17th at 9pm. This to this 21+ show are just $5 at the door. Doors at 8pm. 
Consider the Source perform at the Filling Station on Wednesday, April 18th at 9pm. This to this 21+ show are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Doors at 8pm.
The New York City trio defy easy description. If intergalactic beings of pure energy, after initiation into an order of whirling dervishes, built some kind of pan-dimensional booty-shaking engine, powered by psychedelics and abstract math, it’d probably just sound like a Consider the Source tribute band. Drawing from progressive rock, fusion and jazz, with alien sounds soaked in Indian and Middle Eastern styles, the group blends disparate parts into a striking, utterly original whole. Dubbed “Sci-Fi Middle Eastern Fusion,” the band’s music strikes a rare balance between cerebral and emotional, intellectual and primal. A relentless touring schedule has won the band a fervent following from California to Israel, with fans ranging from jam-band hippies and jazz cats to corpse-painted headbangers and prog geeks. Their latest release, World War Trio, Pts. II & III, is available now.
Also at the Filler, Yak Attack and MOTH follow on Friday, April 20th at 10pm. This to this 21+ show are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Doors at 9pm.
Founded in 2013, Yak Attack is a live electronica power trio from Portland. The group’s music is best described as “organic electronica,” using skillful playing, live loops, and tightly constructed songs combined with raw improvisation to build high-energy and uplifting dance music from scratch, with every note played and recorded live. Yak Attack draws influence from a wide spectrum of electronica, including house, drum and bass, and breakbeat, along with elements of jam, funk, and jazz. Their live shows are musically sophisticated and widely accessible.
Inspired by the danceability of DJ music and the musicianship of jam bands, MOTH brings to mind a mixture of Daft Punk and Umphrey’s McGee. The powerhouse electro group has been a staple and a leader in the Montana jam band scene. MOTH is Luke Flansburg, Jesse Barney, Brett Goodell, Joe Kirchner, and Wesley Easton.
Kuinka brings a show to the Filling Station with help from Rainbow Girls and Hawthorne Roots on Saturday, April 21st at 8pm. This to this 21+ show are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Doors at 7pm.
Described by NPR Music as joyous folk pop, Kuinka “laces modern folk and Americana with an electronic jolt, waltzing along the grooved edges of dream-pop, synth-pop, and Brooklyn’s mid-aughts guitar-rock revival” (Vanyaland). Their genre-defying music features several different lead singers, four-part harmony, and eclectic instrumentation including cello, banjo, synthesizers, ukulele and electronic percussion. For all of their sonic experimentation, the Seattle quartet’s songs and live shows are linked by an infectious energy that remains present in everything they do. Their latest EP, Stay Up Late, is available now
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Phutureprimitive returns to the Filler on Friday, April 27th at 10pm. This to this 21+ show are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Doors at 9pm.
Phutureprimitive is the moniker of Bay Area producer and songwriter Rain. His music is best described as dripping wet love drops of nasty mind-melting sonic bliss. Lush melodies drift across intricate rhythms, groove heavy beats and warm, fuzzy bass lines. Often exploring a dark and dense palette, there is also a profound sense of tranquility and beauty, engaging the listener into hypnotic movement and often escalating into a full-on kinetic experience.
Shimmering with cinematic qualities, his music ultimately speaks to the body, mind, and soul. Rain’s latest EP, Flow, is available now. Scott Pemberton Band closes out another month of Filling Station live music on Saturday, April 28th at 9pm. This to this 21+ show are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Doors at 8pm.
Pemberton’s sound is much like the vibe of his native Portland: freaky, fun, and just the right amount of weird. The best way to categorize his music is with the moniker “Timber Rock,” also the title of his 2015 album. Pemberton naturally applies his own lens/stamp to the sounds of the Pacific Northwest, the region he has always called home. The deep jazz, NW rock/grunge, blues roots, and the West Coast funk. It’s all there, and often all in the same song. The mastery of his guitar playing combined with the fun recklessness of his songwriting show that the rules of songwriting and playing the guitar no longer exist for him. Pemberton plays with the uninhibited joy and intensity of someone who recognizes that every time we make music is an honor and a gift.
Advance tickets for these and other shows are available in store at Cactus Records and www.cactusrecords.net. For more information, visit www.chickenjamwest.com.
