ChickenJam West presents Dirtwire with the help of Moontricks on Sunday, December 2nd at 8pm. Tickets to this 21+ show are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Doors at 7pm.
Dirtwire sits on the back porch of Americana’s future, conjuring up a whirlwind of sound using traditional instrumentation, world percussion, soundscapes, and electronic beats. Comprised of David Satori (Beats Antique), Evan Fraser (The Dogon Lights, Bolo), and Mark Reveley (Jed and Lucia), each performance presents a mysterious crossroads of beats, blues, African, Asian, and South American sounds. The result is a rebirth of Americana and a post-millennial psychedelic journey to downhome goodness. The group’s latest album, Blaze, is available now.
World’s Finest and Chain Station follow on Friday, December 7th at 9pm. Tickets to this 21+ show are $9 in advance and $12 at the door. Doors at 8pm.
With a songwriting style rooted in Americana, World’s Finest banks on their ability to transcend genres of all kinds. String-centric and bluegrass-inspired compositions seamlessly transition into three-dimensional psytrance, funk, and dub soundscapes. Their appreciation for punk and ska can be found peppered throughout their shows and albums, made evident by up-tempo, high-energy offerings. The group leaves their audience with a full-circle experience of emotion and dance. Their latest album, Chromatophores, is available now.
Hailing from Denver, Chain Station is a high-energy, get ‘em out on the dance floor string band. Their music is well-steeped in Americana roots, with vocal harmonies that are high, lonesome, and tight. Their picking ranges from lightning-fast to mountain mellow. Chain Station is a bluegrass band that would satisfy a picky old-timer and delight fans of newgrass. They win over crowds with creative, fun original songs that flow from the mountains, through them and right back to you. Pure Mountain Music! Their latest album, Where I Want to Be, is available now.
Hellbound Glory performs with help from Jackson Holte & The Highway Patrol on Saturday, December 8th at 9pm. Tickets to this 21+ show are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Doors at 8pm.
Barreling through the gates of country music, Reno’s Hellbound Glory is distilled of equal parts melody and barroom-thump. Founding frontman and songwriter Leroy Virgil’s songwriting consistently tests the boundaries of conventional country music’s lyrical playing field. The band’s songs resound with equal parts wit and humor, an unabbreviated and honest statement of the world we live in today. Hellbound Glory music is as honest and reflective in a frantic urban metropolis as it is on a lost and desolate byway. Their latest album, Streets of Aberdeen, released in May.
On Friday, December 14th, 710 Ashbury bring a Grateful Dead Tribute to Bozeman. The Helena-based tribute will lay down all your classic Dead favorites at 8pm. Tickets to this 21+ show are $9 in advance and $12 at the door. Doors at 7pm.
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.
