Matthew–Jack + Devon Heavenshire + Caleb ‘Neutrino’ Yeatts + Nyon & Ravi Marsolek
Sunday, April 28 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 Advance // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Matthew-Jack is a solo guitarist and sing-songwriter from Wales, UK. MJ specializes in ancient English folk music, playing in the fingerstyle of the 60’s folk revival, often with an environmental theme. His key influences include John Renborne, Bert Jansch, and John Martyn. The more psychedelic music of the same era also impacted his approach to time signatures and musical discipline. As a philosopher and anthropologist by trade, Matthew-Jack’s finds in old music a point of reflection upon the human condition and its deep relation to nature. Devon Heavenshire is the queen of cottagecore, singing that old music you were sad to have forgotten about. Caleb ‘Neutrino’ Yeatts is a multi-instrumentalist whose primary musical discipline is playing handpan. With instruments crafted by Harper’s Handpans (Lake Havasu, AZ) and Celestial Sound (Melbourne Australia), Neutrino suspends haunting melodies over layers of rhythmic complexity, freely moving between composition and improvisational choice.Nyon & Ravi Marsolek are two up-and-coming Missoula area musicians each exploring their own unique musical style and artistic expression. They’ve been creating and performing music since they were very young and have a large repertoire of original songs and compositions written over the last decade. Multi-instrumentalists both, Nyon and Ravi were raised in an environment of music-making, rhythm workshops, and numerous road trips with the world fusion group, Drum Brothers. Since 2021, they have been performing and touring with the band, contributing greatly to the group’s new sound with bass, electric guitar, percussion, and vocals. Inspired by many artists in the singer-songwriter tradition, they bring to the stage a wide set of influences ranging from Joni Mitchell, CSNY and Jeff Buckley, to Phoebe Bridgers and The Tallest Man on Earth. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Walking Corpse Syndrome Farewell Show
Saturday, May 25 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 8 PM // $10 Advance // $15 DOS As Walking Corpse Syndrome prepares to take the stage for their final performance, the Missoula metal band leaves behind a legacy of haunting melodies and gripping storytelling. With a fusion of melodic death metal and atmospheric elements, they’ve captivated audiences, weaving dark tales through intricate instrumentals and powerful vocals. As they bid farewell, their final show promises to be a poignant journey through the realms of the macabre, marking the end of an era in Missoula’s metal scene.Blessiddoom began in the fall of 2005 on a mission to shine a light on social norms that often label people, places, and things as being unwanted or ugly in some way but hold their own inner beauty. Showcasing an oxymoron even in the name, that our doom would indeed be blessid. Having come from modest means Blessiddoom aims to be a voice for the shunned, the societal outcasts or the metal head that was always told they would grow out of it. With lyrics that can be seen as quite serious, Blessiddoom does not take themselves too seriously, ultimately just wanting to have the best parties we can while we are still here. “We don’t have a lot of time on this earth, we weren’t meant to spend it this way.” At Home in Hell blazes a trail through the metal scene with their explosive sound, fusing elements of thrash, groove, and hardcore into a relentless sonic assault. Hailing from Great Falls, their music embodies raw intensity and unapologetic authenticity, carving out a niche as a powerhouse in the metal underground. Based out of Missoula, Elephant Graveyard formed as a band in 2020. With roots in several genres of extreme metal, they carved their unique sound from the culmination of the band members talents, and influence. Their fans recognize their presence as “highly energetic” “raw” and “brutal”. Checkout “Doombringers” on all platforms!For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Jeff Rosenstock
Friday, July 26 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 8 PM // $25 Advance ticket purchase strongly encouraged. Jeff Rosenstock makes increasingly chaotic albums for an increasingly chaotic world. With each passing year, it feels like the temperature of the universe boils five degrees hotter, and with each new album, Rosenstock’s music grows more unwieldy and lawless. Louder, faster, more feral. Which brings us to 2023 — a planet on fire, a mere 90 seconds to midnight on the doomsday clock, and the release of Rosenstock’s appropriately titled, anarchic record, HELLMODE. (Ok yeah it’s 2024 now but chill cause it’s still too hot.) “To me, the album feels like the chaos of being alive right now. We’re experiencing all these things at the same time that trigger our senses, and emotions that make us feel terrible. We’re just feeling way too much all at once!” But for all its textured turmoil, there are also surprising glimpses of clarity and grace to be found in HELLMODE, when Rosenstock deliberately slows things down in places that are prettier and more delicate, rare moments of shelter in the storm. Which only makes it more rewarding when. these moments unexpectedly unravel and spiral back into extreme, manic chaos, like abruptly being flung into a Nintendo game on level 99. HELLMODE marks the fifth studio album the prolific Rosenstock has released in the last ten years under his own name, following the dissolution of his beloved cult projects Bomb the Music Industry! and The Arrogant Sons of Bitches. Also tucked into his rapidly expanding catalog is a live record, a ska reimagining of his 2020 album NO DREAM, and various dumps of stray songs and loose singles. And somewhere on the side, he has found time to score the Emmy-nominated animated series Craig of the Creek. Rosenstock’s rising profile and critical acclaim over the last decade have been something of an anomaly. He’s a proud torchbearer of the punk sonics, aesthetics, and ethos of his youth, leaning into pop punk and ska sensibilities that were deemed Decidedly Uncool by the gatekeepers of the time. (On any given day at a big outdoor music festival, he is likely the only musician who will bust out a saxophone solo.) But when Rosenstock celebrates these styles, he somehow ends up getting praise from tastemakers and landing on prominent year-end lists. Maybe it’s because his appreciation doesn’t feel like cheap nostalgia or surface-level cosplay. Everything he does is just so damned sincere. That success is something Rosenstock has been conflicted about, and fuels some of the anxiety that runs through HELLMODE. “It’s weird feeling success at the worst possible time, while the world falls apart,” he says. “These things I’ve been unintentionally working towards for the last two decades have come to fruition now, when everything is on fire.” To record HELLMODE in the summer of 2022, Rosenstock once again enlisted his longtime studio collaborator, Jack Shirley, the Grammy-nominated master of heaviness who has recorded all of Rosenstock’s studio albums. But this time, they took a slightly more ambitious approach, booking time at the legendary EastWest Studios in Hollywood. They recorded to tape in Studio 2, the same hallowed ground where System of a Down recorded Toxicity, and where Whitney Houston laid down vocal tracks for The Bodyguard soundtrack. The newfound studio resources produced the biggest and most expansive Jeff Rosenstock record to date. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Los Toms w/ Hot Milk and the Flower Pallets & Minot
Monday, May 20 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 Advance // $15-$20 Artist Supporter From out of the chaos emerges Los Toms, a psychedelic desert fuzz trio from Fort Collins, Colorado. Oscillating between surreal psychedelia and heavy psychrock, the band is dynamic, punchy, and provocative. Spanish and English lyrics intertwine across a patchwork of driving bass and post-rock fury. A musical collective focused on live-performance, Los Toms are said to appear unto the well-initiated acolytes across the American West.Formed in 2017 with their origins in late-night, heavy jam sessions in a poorly-wired, abandoned airplane hangar, Los Toms sank their teeth into psychedelia with The Sticker EP (2019), best characterized by the song “Ziggurat”. This early era is lo-fi, guitar drenched in reverb and digital delay. Lyrics appear more as sporadic, hypnotic chants, punctuating the band’s grooving rhythm section. Plans are now in motion for the release of a fourth album, Tube Theory, in 2024 – a milestone representative of the evolving and maturing style of Los Toms. With a quicker, more deliberate approach to songwriting, these long-awaited tracks have become the staple core of live performances. The band continues to present new material, taking inspiration from modern psychedelic rock outfits like King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Weeed, and Kikagaku Moyo, as well as from progenitors like Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd. Hot Milk and the Flower Pallets is an Instrumental Progressive Psych Rock band from Bozeman MT. Featuring Harley Everhoney on bass, Cooper Tedford on drums, and Brandon Briere on guitar and synth. This trio brings a high energy performance each set. Hot Milks debut album released in April on all streaming platforms. Minot is a lo-fi garage punk baking mixture made of two parts Midwestern and a dash of Northern New England. The shortest distance between two sonic points is made by leaving no room for lengthy melodic banter. Drenched in reverb to cover their inadequacies; This band has a driving rhythm of Mo Tucker’s brother and the belief that less is always more. Minot because….Why not?For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Lung (Ohio) + Rob Travolta + Panic Boner
Wednesday, May 15 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Outerwaves showcases experimental, fresh and different sound art incorporating unconventional instrumentation and electronic processes. Sound art is an artistic activity in which sound is utilized as a primary medium or material. Like many genres of contemporary art, sound art may be interdisciplinary in nature, or be used in hybrid forms, such as dance and performance. Powerhouse art-punk, cello-core, Lung, consists of Kate Wakefield, a classically trained opera singer and cellist, and drummer Daisy Caplan, formerly the bassist of Foxy Shazam. Fierce, ethereal, and heavy as hell, Lung rocks with the intensity of early grunge, layered with sinister undertones. Described as “loud, dissonant, innovative, and fearless” (Fair Shakes and Just Dessert). Wakefield runs her cello through distortion pedals and big amps, and Caplan pounds out earthquaking beats on epic horn-shaped, vintage drums. A relentless touring machine, the duo has played over 800 shows across North America and Europe, on bills with Brainiac, Screaming Females, Big Business, Chat Pile and so many more. Rob Travolta is the ideal soundtrack for road trips through space and time. Drummer / beat producer Cole Bronson creates dynamic shifts within bassist Rob Cave’s bass lines. Rob Travolta’s aim is to create thought provoking / heart-felt compositions that keep you on your toes. Panic Boner is an experimental music project based out of Missoula Montana. Their live shows incorporate elements of improvisation, noise, and psychedelia. Panic Boner was founded by Dusty Shriver and he plays with an ever evolving lineup of collaborators in the span of its three year existence. File under heavy jazz. All tickets are general admission. Artist Supporter Tickets are a way for patrons to provide more financial support to performers.For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Missoula Collective Music Ensemble
Monday, May 13 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10-$30 Sliding Scale Tickets w/ Bill Kautz, John Wicks, Ed Stalling, Jessica Catron, Jeremy Drake, Johan Eriksson, Beth Youngblood, Tommy Sciple, Loren Stillman, Naomi Moon Siegel, MJ Williams, Tanner Fruit, Natalita, & Jesse Dochnahl The Missoula Collective Music Ensemble brings together an exciting ensemble of Missoula-based improvisers with guest artist Wayne Horvitz leading the band. The first set is a quartet featuring Naomi Moon Siegel, Jessica Catron, Jeremy Drake, and Wayne Horvitz. The second set features the entire ensemble, under conduction/direction by Horvitz. These collective improvisations and compositions feature “conduction”, a jazz technique utilized to organize, expand and inspire improvisation in a large group setting. “Conduction” was created but the late Lawrence “Butch” Morris, and is now used throughout the world. Mr. Horvitz and Mr. Morris were friends and colleagues, and Horvitz learned the technique as a member of many of Butch’s early groups. Wayne Horvitz continues to use conduction frequently in his ensembles The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble and Electric Circus, and as a guest artist throughout Europe and North America. Featuring: Bill Kautz – Trumpet John Wicks – DrumsEd Stalling – Drums Jessica Catron – Cello Jeremy Drake – Guitar Johan Eriksson – Alto Saxophone Beth Youngblood – Violin Tommy Sciple – Bass Loren Stillman – Saxophone Naomi Moon Siegel – Trombone MJ Williams – Vocals/Trombone Tanner Fruit – Saxophone Natalita – Vocals Jesse Dochnahl – Saxophone For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
E.T. (Minneapolis) w/ Order of the Static Temple + Sarah Frazier
Sunday, May 5 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Minneapolis-based synthpunk duo E.T. is inspired by peace punk and darkwave, a combination they have come to call peacewave. They make music about aliens and alienation, decolonization and abolition. Ultimately, E.T. is a form of creative catharsis for themselves and other theyliens. Negative Gain recording artist ‘Order of the Static Temple’ is a music/performance art collaboration headed by Rob Robinson (ohGr, Kevorkian Death Cycle, BOL, Hate Dept.). OotST combines dark synths, harsh percussion, dystopian samples, EBM and noise to personify the aptly titled ‘Electronic Cult Music’ description. The live show is a visual spectacle, with all the high energy of a demonic mass, complete with the seductive theatre of collaborator and performance artist Damsel In The Dollhouse. Become one of us… hail to the Order! “Sarah Frazier’s unique brand of electronic music is composed of ethereal and melodic vocals, layers of looped instruments, and undeniable pop sensibilities. Her music feels like a journey with songs that swell only to fall away again. Her performance at Humble Burger earlier this year was absolutely breathtaking to watch.” — Nate H Wolf (Modest Music Festival, Moscow, ID) All tickets are general admission. Artist Supporter Tickets are a way for patrons to provide more financial support to performers. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Rock, You Must: Donkey Island + Motorhome + The Selsun Blues
Saturday, May 4 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter More than an isolated land mass, Donkey Island is a state of mind. Founded by former members of Blessiddoom, Juveniles and the Bowie tribute band Glass Spiders, this trio of Missoula dads needed a space to unwind. Saxophone player Nathan Hoyme birthed this trio when he was finally ready to share a trove of songs for guitar which he had been secretly writing for decades. He called on power groovster Al Gooday to lay down some bass in order to electrify Nathan’s secret angsty ballads. Paul Rosen plugged in some heavy beats and brought his own secret songs which had been trying to escape his head since he was a teenager. With hints of sounds from classic Minnesota 80s Rock to alt-country and even grooves that’ll get you shaking that ass, a visit to Donkey Island is sure to quench anyone’s thirst for electric noise. Reconstituted from the fevered pitch of late-wave noisepop and early ‘90s fuzz, Missoula’s Motorhome mimics a nitrous-fueled Winnebago that’s dropped its muffler. Vibraphone and synthesizer chime and swoon atop twin-guitar attacks, stuttering drums. and propulsive bass. Layered vocals weave tales of hope, regret, and tangled relationships. As graduates of indie scenes in Albany, San Francisco, Chapel Hill, and Missoula, today’s Motorhome incites a sonic swirl of melodic chaos and a churning tide of noise. Formed in Missoula in 2015, The Selsun Blues is an eclectic woman-fronted band featuring some of Missoula’s bedrock talent. Riding a wave of sounds from Dick Dale-inspired surf instrumentals, all the way to 90s indie, riot grrl, garage rock, and an occasional alt-country song just because, they are a rollicking good time. Jake Knudsen and Dan Strachan on guitars and vocals, drummer LeRoy Menahan on drums, and Krispen Nelson on bass and lead vocals. All tickets are general admission. Artist Supporter Tickets are a way for patrons to provide more financial support to performers.For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Margo Cilker / Summer 2024
Thursday, July 11 // Doors at 7 PM // Show at 8 PM // $18 Advance // $22 DOSARTIST PRESALE STARTS AT 10 AM, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10PUBLIC ONSALE STARTS AT 10 AM, FRIDAY, APRIL 12Margo Cilker’s sophomore album, Valley of Heart’s Delight, refers to a place she can’t return: California’s Santa Clara Valley, as it was known before the orchards were paved over and became more famous for Silicon than apricots. In this 11-song follow-up to 2021’s critically acclaimed Pohorylle, family and nature intertwine as guiding motifs, at once precious and endangered, beautiful and exhausting. Cilker and Pohorylle producer Sera Cahoone brought most of that record’s highly-acclaimed crew (studio players for The Decemberists, Band Of Horses, and Beirut) back to the studio with additional contributions from acclaimed Northwest traditionalist Caleb Klauder. Valley of Heart’s Delight, Cilker’s second record on Portland, Oregon label Fluff & Gravy Records, follows a year busily reaping the fruits of Pohorylle’s success, with festival appearances at Pickathon, Treefort, and End Of The Road, and tours supporting American Aquarium, Hayes Carll, Drive-By Truckers, and Joshua Ray Walker.Margo Cilker lives near the Columbia River in Goldendale, Washington with her husband, songwriter and working cowboy Forrest VanTuyl, as well as their dog and some horses.https://www.margocilkermusic.com/At the junction of sparse folk, pop, and cosmic country you’ll find Junior, helmed by three Missoula, MT-based songwriters. Listeners might have heard members of Junior play in groups including: Butter, Stellarondo, Burlesco, Broken Valley Roadshow, Shahs, Hermina Jean, The Cigarette Girls, Caroline Keys, Worst Feelings, Danny’s Dilemma, Travis Sehorn and the Pebble Light, The Best Westerns, and Patsy Grime.Each member of Junior packs a quiver of instrumental skills and is constantly acquiring more to add to the group. Junior has been compared to Sibylle Baier, Karen Dalton, and The Roches. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
The Pop Rocks of Sussex School
Thursday, May 2 // Door at 5:30 PM // Show at 6 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter We are an ensemble called the Pop Rocks from Sussex School, an independent progressive school here in Missoula. We are a group of seven members in grades fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth and we play the bass, guitar, drums, vocals, and keys. We have been working together for seven months now. We will be performing eight songs during our performance at the ZACC. The songs will vary from slow, to upbeat, to fast and include different arrangements of pop and rock songs (Pop Rocks hehe). This show will be our culminating performance for all of the work we have done this year. We really hope to see you there! Watch out, because the Pop Rocks are about to start rockin’! All tickets are general admission. Artist Supporter Tickets are a way for patrons to provide more financial support to performers. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
