Midsummer Meltdown w/ Ceres, From Nothing, & Twice A Year
Saturday, July 26 // Door at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Ceres is a 5-piece metal band, based out of Missoula. Formed in 2019, Ceres has had the opportunity to play Flathead Metal Fest several times, as well as travel around the Pacific Northwest playing shows. Ceres has released 2 albums and a few singles on all streaming services, and are currently working on the third album. They bring a high energy and engaging show to the stage, with original metal and occasional covers like Eskimo Callboy’s ‘Hypa Hypa.’ From Nothing is progressive Metalcore out of Great Falls, Montana. Twice A Year is a hard rock band from Kalispell, MT.
Violent Vira Ticketless VIP Upgrade
Friday, August 22 // $100 VIP INCLUDES -Early entry-Early access to merch booth-Individual photo with Violent Vira-Signed poster VIP PACKAGE DOES NOT INCLUDE A TICKET. TICKET MUST BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY.
Ryan O’Flanagan
Tuesday, August 12 // 7:30 PM // Doors 7 PM // $18 ADV // $20 DOS Ryan is a Los Angeles-based comedian and actor. He has appeared on shows like New Girl, Abbott Elementary, American Vandal, Dave, Players, Corporate, and The Orville. He has voiced for American Dad!, The Mighty Ones on Hulu, and Disney Channel’s The Owl House. His sketch group, Dead Kevin, has been featured on Tosh.0 and Comedy Central Digital. Ryan has done stand up on Last Call With Carson Daly, Adam Devine’s House Party, and has recorded a Comedy Central Half Hour special. Starting in 2024, Ryan resurrected his 2017 “Overly Excited Tourist” web series that went viral on Funny or Die.
Connor Racicot: A Farewell Show
Sunday, July 27 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Connor Racicot got his musical start here in Missoula, and it is time to say farewell!. You may be familiar with Connor from Jazzoula, weekly sets around town, or the University where he currently teaches Jazz piano. This night, Connor will be playing a set of Jazz standards and adjacent tunes with a small group of his closest collaborators. Shortly after this show, Connor will be saying goodbye to Missoula before moving to Amsterdam to pursue his musical career. We hope to see you there! Wij zullen jij daar zien!
Cocaine Yogi: My Reluctant Spiritual Journey
Friday, August 29th // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $15 // $25 comes with a poster! Comedian Andie Main guides you through her journey from a coke-dealing punk rocker to an alcoholic stand-up comic, and eventually to a sober, disabled yoga teacher. Along the way, she shares her experiences with bullying in the comedy world, how to practice yoga with a fused spine, and what it means to grow into the person you were meant to be. It’s as gut-wrenching as it is gut-busting.
Hammerhead Jack w/ Hope MacGregor & Daniel Kosel
Friday, July 18 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15 or $20 Artist Supporter Hammerhead Jack is a local guitar driven Blues band. We combine Smooth & Tasty with High Energy & have done over 50 shows since starting in October of 2023, bringing Rowdy Blues to western Montana ! Hope MacGregor is a songwriter, storyteller, artist, and Army Aviation Veteran. After eight years of active duty military service, Hope put down her uniform and picked up her guitar and pen. Since 2020, she has released her debut studio album, the Matriarch, and toured from the Carolinas to Colorado. Hope’s music is a unique blend of Americana, blues, country, and honesty. Her songs speak to honest, genuine life experiences — the kind of tunes that make the lonely feel less alone and find humor in the heartbreak — the kind of music that sounds like home. Join Hope and her band for an unforgettable show! https://www.hopemacgregormusic.com Daniel Kosel is a Seattle-born, Montana-raised musician, poet, guitarist, and singer-songwriter whose music is a blend of Blues, Rock and Country. Built on tight grooves, creative guitar, sultry vocals, and intelligent lyrics, Daniel’s style reflects the influences of artists including Dwight Yoakam, Merle Haggard, ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and AC/DC. Daniel Kosel is a prolific touring musician who has opened for national acts and performed at live music venues of note.www.danielkoselmusic.com
Gorgatron, Casket Robbery, & Frontal Assault
Tuesday, August 4 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $15 Gorgatron is a Death Metal band based out of Fargo, North Dakota. The band released Pathogenic Automation via Blood Blast Distribution in 2020. The new record features Cameron Dewald on bass, who joined the band in 2014, long-time members Matt Johnson on Drums and Paul Johnson on guitar, Karl Schmidt on vocals and Neal Stein on guitar, who re-joined the band in 2018. Gorgatron’s sound is based on a “love of the riff” approach to writing and rooted in the old-school stylings of Death Metal and Thrash. For fans of Suffocation, Morbid Angel, Necrophagist, Hate Eternal, Sepultura, Megadeth, Origin, Municipal Waste, Vile, Skinless, Goatwhore, Razor, Nile, Slayer, Etc… The idea for the band started sometime around 2006. After a couple demos and lineup changes, the first record Torturtorium was released independently in 2010. The lineup changed again for the sophomore LP Inner Supremacy, and was released independently in 2015. Gorgatron has completed multiple DIY tours all over the States, from north to south, east to west, and preformed at multiple Metal Fest. From 2006-2020 Gorgatron has shared the stage with many notable bands, Anthrax, Testament, Black Dahlia Murder, Goatwhore, Skeleton Witch, Anal Cunt, Defeated Sanity, Anal Blast, Origin, Pathology, Machine Head, Vital Remains, Havok, Weedeater, Devourment, Eat The Turnbuckle, Beyond Creation, Mortician, Gorgasm, Visceral Disgorge, Jucifer, Unmerciful, and many more. CASKET ROBBERY is a death metal act with an industrialized edge from Wisconsin, USA. The band delve into occultist themes and the horrors of the human condition which has been masterfully captured on their sophomore album ‘Rituals Of Death’. The album was mixed and mastered by Cryptopsy guitarist Christian Donaldson (The Agonist, Ingested, Get The Shot) and received critical media acclaim and features through Metal Sucks, Decibel and Metal Injection. With supports alongside acts such as Cannibal Corpse, Psycroptic, Immolation and Suffocation and 2 performances at the outstanding Milwaukee Metal Fest with the band sharing the stage with acts such as Anthrax, Lamb Of God, Fear Factory and many more, the path of brutal conquest for Casket Robbery is unstoppable. Frontal Assault is thrash metal band from Cedar Rapids Iowa and have been together since 2016. Members are William Hall: Bass and Vox. Anthony Thomas: Guitars and Vox. Kyle Templeton: Drums.
Jenn Taiga, S.C.G., Panic Boner, & Bjork Stalker
Wednesday, July 9 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15 or $20 Artist Supporter Panic Boner is an experimental music trio based out of Missoula, Montana. As they don’t rely on categorization or genre for their band, they have been described by audiences as heavy jazz psychedelic or now wave resembling bands like Wolf Eyes, Black Dice, and a more freeform Hella. P.B. has recently released an album on the chocolate monk label based out the U.K. Sucks Girl Cock (S.G.C.) is a harsh noise wall/powerelectronics project that explores the intersection of sincerity and vulnerability in composition. Known for unforgiving walls of crashing electronic static, S.G.C. directly challenges listeners with xeir noise. exploring themes of trans liberation, disability advocacy, and expressionist anti-music through distorted oscillation. Bjork Stalker is a goth doom jazz duo from the depths of the Missoula underworld. Pittsburgh-via-Mass musician Jenn Taiga combines an array of synthesizers with a background in classical music and inspired ear for the phantasmal to create eerie soundscapes and blistering melodies. Combining influences from Berlin School, Dungeon Synth, Prog Rock, Noise, and more, Jenn conjures forth an overwhelming sonic assault that penetrates deep into one’s psyche.
Mechanical Canine w/ J.A.D.E. & Poverty Porn
Sunday, July 6 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter The devotedly DIY Philly emo-punk band are on their third effort, following 2020’s Good Photography and 2022’s Walls Covered In Mildew. The debut was a Radiohead-indebted take on indie-punk by a new college band testing its capabilities, and its follow-up trimmed down the fat into a whirlwind of Walsh’s inner dialog set to zany rock music, unconstricted by any preconceived notions of the emo tag’s boundaries.To My Chagrin is a further sharpening of the band’s sound. Thirteen tracks fly by in 23 minutes, and the first 11 are an assortment of 30-second intrusive thoughts blurted into mini-songs, and two-minute bangers squeezing multiple compelling ideas — maybe a country strut or a folksy outro — into the songs’ anti-structures that inevitably revert to punk meter. It’s all over the place. If you hear a catchy hook, don’t expect its return. J.A.D.E. is a high-energy band hailing from the mountains of small-town Western Montana. Their wide variety of influences shines brightly in their songs. This unique, not quite rock, not exactly pop sound with an edgy punk rock twist is addictive. They send driving rhythms, interwoven melodies, and powerful vocals straight through your ears deep into your heart and soul. When on stage they are focused on bringing a sound that inspires everyone to get on their feet and dance like the universe depends on it. Poverty Porn is a three-piece punk rock band from Missoula, Montana. Their queer and BIPOC backgrounds also shape their unique perspective. The band’s guitarist and vocalist, Kye, is a member of the Meskwaki First Nation from Iowa, while their bassist, Anthony, is Puerto Rican. The band has had several drummers in their rotating cast, some of whom are also people of color. Their music is characterized by buzzsaw guitars, heavy bass riffs, and gruff vocals, with deeply personal and raw lyrics exploring addiction, frustration, and the struggles of life. With their latest EP, “Upper-Middle-Class-Softcore,” produced by Nataanii of the Missoula rock band Fuuls, the band showcases even more sonically punishing and emotionally charged songs than their previous releases. Their high-energy live shows create a sense of community among fans and make them a force to be reckoned with in the punk scene. Poverty Porn has a bright future ahead of them as they continue to tackle complex and uncomfortable topics with self-deprecation and humor.
Jenny Haniver w/ Perfect Blue & Tephra
Monday, July 21st // Door at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Jenny Haniver is the Portland-based instrumental, post-everything union of Randall Taylor (Amulets) and Eric Nyffeler (Bus Gas, Publicist UK). Taylor and Nyffeler have spent years crafting darkly-hued ambient and drone music, both together and separately, and have brought these influences and experiences to this new undertaking. Pulling from their love of post punk, art rock, experimental electronic, and post hardcore, they merge tight song-writing with the palette of the experimental, conjuring forth intense landscapes and stories. They do all of this, of course, without singing a word. Taylor’s cassette tape loop based project Amulets is one of the most well regarded names in the genre, having played and toured with Alessandro Cortini from Nine Inch Nails, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and This Will Destroy You, while Nyffeler is more well known for his work with the effects pedal pioneers Chase Bliss Audio, known for making devices used by Radiohead, Aphex Twin, and Stereolab. Despite only forming in 2022, they have already shared stages with the likes of Have A Nice Life, Xiu Xiu, Liturgy, Pile, and Big | Brave, amongst others. Despite their pedigrees in experimental music, the duo initially found that their approaches didn’t fully gel together, necessitating explorations into new realms of sound. Indeed, it wasn’t until they started introducing more aggressive dynamics into their songwriting, including programmed beats, that they discovered a path they wanted to follow. Haunt Your Own House, their debut album from Landland Colportage, is an intricate and sophisticated collection of songs in which, as A Closer Listen noted, “the ghosts are not dispelled, but accepted, integrated, and embraced.” Dense, genre-blind, and at times euphoric, the album palpably exudes a restless yet convivial spirit, revealing new details with each listen. Perfect Blue is a genre-bending, instrumental post-rock quartet from Missoula, Montana. Their music blends elements of post-punk, psych, shoegaze, folk and black metal for an eclectic spectrum of sounds moving between somber, intricate passages to dark, heavy soundscapes. The band’s debut album, “Empress,” is now available everywhere. Tephra plays slow-burning doom with a focus on atmosphere and melody. Thick guitars and brooding synths drag everything down into a heavy, hypnotic haze, with haunting female vocals floating somewhere above the wreckage. Like everything you’ve ever known, it builds, it crushes, it fades. Featuring members of Shramana, Nightwitch, and other Missoula heavy acts, Tephra makes music for an impending long, slow collapse.
