notfavve, Lil Jane, Aydin Ray, & Ben Das
Tuesday, July 23 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 Advance // $15-$20 Artist Supporter notfaave also known as David Williams is a singer, songwriter, engineer and producer from Reno Nevada. David’s music discography mainly consists of melodic/emo rap with deep lyrics and catchy flows. David’s album “Interstellar” amassed over 28 thousand streams with “Trust Issues” gaining over 11 thousands streams alone. David found solace in music from a young age. From the age of 15, David was experimenting with producing beats and writing lyrics in his bedroom inspired by artists like Josh A, iAmJakeHill, Convolk and Lil Peep. Artist lil jane is a rapper who comes from the small city of Missoula, Montana. Rising from an underground scene, jane first began making music when he was in the 6th grade, starting off with making music in the program FL Studio. He continued on writing and producing music, dropping his first rap single “Deeper Than Blood” in 2020. Years later, while crafting his musical career, lil jane released his latest full-length album, “Life 3.0” in 2023. Follow lil jane on all social media @liljanerecords Aydian Ray formerly known as “MLYB Studios” is a singer, songwriter and producer from Missoula Montana. Aydian has a wide variety of music with deep and catchy lines. Aydian had dreams of making music from a young age. Throughout high school Aydain would make songs inspired by artists from all different genres, although his main inspiration comes from XXXTentaction. Ben Das is a producer, singer, and engineer from Philadelphia PA. His discography mainly consists of hyperpop and ambient psychedelic rock. Ben’s most popular song amassed over 8 thousand combined streams on his hit song “internet protocol!” 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/.
*CANCELED* – Windier (Maine) w/ The Waddlers (Seattle) & Cactus Cuts (Bozeman)
THIS PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO ILLNESS. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE. Monday, July 15 // Doors at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Windier is foggy electric folk music from Portland, Maine, made up of cello, drums, guitar, bass, and three voices. They are touring across the US with a new album of lyric-forward songs about place, dreams, the life of mountains and towers, and strange birds overhead. The Waddlers are an alt-country band formed in Seattle, WA, made up of two young phrase-turners and three other finger-users. Just like how one candle doesn’t lose anything by lighting another, Jack has the kind of luck that’ll spread if you get close enough. The best-parking-spot-at-a-funeral kind of luck. And like water waiting to find its level, Kelsi is patient and powerful. She can lasso the whole room and pull them in tight with an ease that makes the herd trust the loop. Playfully authentic and hard to pin down, The Waddlers are an adventure to watch. Cactus Cuts is a captivating five-piece Americana folk band. Drawing inspiration from the harmonious melodies of the Milk Carton Kids and the virtuosic guitar stylings of Doc Watson, Cactus Cuts are quickly making waves with their fresh and unique sound. Formed in 2022 in Bozeman, MT, Cactus Cuts weaves together acoustic arrangements, storytelling, and simple vocal harmonies that are the perfect combination of modern bluegrass and old-time Americana. With their heartfelt delivery, the band invites listeners on a sonic journey, with beautiful ballads, foot-stomping hoedowns, and everything in between. Cactus Cuts has shared the stage with The Last Revel, and Laney Lou and The Bird Dogs along with many other groups from SW Montana and beyond. They’ve headlined venues around Montana, like Pine Creek Lodge and The Rialto. Whether performing in intimate venues or commanding larger stages, their passion for the music and genuine camaraderie shines through, creating an unforgettable experience for their audience. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Beautiful Freaks w/ Crash Monroe & Riley James
Monday, July 22 // Doors at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Beautiful Freaks are a hardcore glam pop band ready Formed in 2013, Peter Bryson and James Bonaci came together over their love for metal, jazz & punk. Crash Monroe is a 5-piece heavy, melodic, hard-rock band based out of Humboldt County, CA. Forming together in 2022, they have consistently blended their style into new exciting areas. Their sound combines intricate melodic riffs with heavy rhythms that create a dark but energizing atmosphere. These aspects of their song writing are matched by invigorating vocals that work to create a storytelling experience for listeners.Riley James is a multi-instrumentalist who creates music from his own life experiences. Often ranging from deep blues to experimental psychedelic pop, he has a style uniquely his. With a message of Love he strives to create an uplifting atmosphere, even when the story he is sharing is filled with pain. From electric solos to danceable rhythms, he truly has a style that is suitable for everyone. If you enjoy unique, expressive music that has soul, you will enjoy Riley James.For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Martha’s Children w/ Fritz Road & My Finest Hour
Wednesday, July 10 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Martha’s Children is a rock band formed last winter in Missoula, Montana. This three piece band combines punk aesthetics with new wave and is not afraid to incorporate free form jams into their songs. Fritz Road is a hard rock band formed late last year in Bozeman. Supported by their recently-released EP Cold Shoulder, Fritz Road brings many exciting songs and jams to shows.My Finest Hour is a scrappy new band from Missoula, singing about the joys of song and friendship. They’re not gonna yuck your yum.For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Deep Recess (Bellingham, WA) w/ Turtle Tuesday & Poverty Porn
Sunday, July 14 // Door at 7:30 PM // Show at 8 PM // $15 The twisted and surreal sounds of Deep Recess began in the crevices of Bellingham, Washington in autumn 2023. Their grimy sonic landscapes invoke in the listener images of a tower that refuses to fall. Listen to the debut cassette “A Looking Glass of Imminent Decay” on Bandcamp here: https://deeprecess.bandcamp.com/album/a-looking-glass-of-imminent-decay Formed in 2022, and based out of Missoula MT, wearing their influences and hearts on their sleeves, strides Turtle Tuesday. Your new favorite local band. Meeting and forged in the blazing hot fires of heartbreak, raising reptiles, and playing 20+ year old video games. This electric and exciting DIY basement/garage punk/emo/folk/whatever group is hard focused on delivering you the best possible sounding method of receiving tinnitus. They’ll have you fumbling over your words when asked by your friends as to what genre they play, before you inevitably retire the effort and answer “uhh, rock”. Featuring frontman Kage, drummer Griffin, guitarist Collin and John on bass, expect electrifying performances with tracks whose lyrics detail a splendid range of topics. From whaling about death, to finding happiness, to the woes of public transportation infrastructure. Keep an eye out for their upcoming performances and debut project on the horizon. And in the meantime, they’d love for you to swing by the Hellgate Elk’s Club on Tuesdays to play Super Smash Bros Melee for the Nintendo Gamecube. 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. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
‘AmalgaNations’ w/ Pineapple Inc, Senterline, Calamity Cowboy + Chelsea Helsinki & the Delusion
Friday, July 12 // Artwork Exhibiting from 5-8 PM // Show at 8 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter (Art can be viewed during First Friday, purchase tickets to stay for Music)Pineapple Inc. is an alternative band that has been making music together since 2022. They are lyric heavy that tell stories along side a variety of instrumental live loops. Currently working on their first EP. Senterline is a punk/rock band that has been tearing up stages around Missoula and the surrounding area for years. They have created a huge following with their strange presence and incredible energy. Get ready to head bang! Calamity Cowboy is a rock n roll band founded in 2022. Their unique blend of country and psychedelic rock has garnered them tens of fans. They’re the real deal! Chelsea Helsinki infuses a sultry, sorrowful voice with some grunge and noir. Then add a certain dreaminess, and you get the Delusion. Together they form Chelsea Helsinki and the Delusion. Jules Lucero’s work centers around the mediums of relief printing and textile work, utilizing fabric, paper, linoleum and wood as her primary materials. Her process involves a deliberate approach, as each piece is carefully crafted through a combination of traditional and contemporary techniques. By utilizing the versatile medium of printmaking, she creates multi-layered visual narratives that convey a sense of depth and tactility. Through her work she brings to life intricate images of creatures that inhabit her surroundings. Lucero’s prints depict the diverse life cycles of these creatures, highlighting the delicate balance of existence. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Gnat Hatcher (OR) + Pay No Mind + Poverty Porn
Sunday, June 30 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 GA // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Formed in Portland in 2022, Gnat Hatcher is Jamie Brito, Chance St George, and Gray Hunter. After releasing the single Obliterate/Woozy, the trio began work on their upcoming album, today is close (due out June 2024). Their blend of noise rock and post-hardcore is unapologetic in intensity. The music takes notes from the standard bearers of the past – Unwound, Shellac, and Slint, while delivering a contemporary sound that is uniquely their own. Poverty Porn was born in 2016, after bass player Anthony and guitarist Kye’s previous incarnation, Deadbeats, was ruthlessly made fun of for being the same name as local Grateful Dead rap cover artists in the Chicago area while on tour. With the new name came a newer sound, faster and more aggressive than Deadbeats, with lyrical changes shifting from personal experiences with addiction to the general fed-up-ness with the world around them. The band has only gotten tighter and more sonically punishing with age, although most recordings were bootleg, practice space quality. This finally changed in 2022 when Nataanii (of Fuuls) professionally put together the latest EP, “Upper-middle-class-softcore”, finally matching up the bands attitude on stage and in recorded media. Upper Middle Class Softcore was released on Jan 6th, 2023, and can be found on all streaming services. Poverty Porn is a BIPOC centered band, Kye belonging to the Meskwaki First Nation (Iowa), Anthony being Puerto Rican, and a drummer or two in the rotating cast of drummers also being of color. Pay No Mind is a skate punk band with hardcore and thrash influences consisting of former members of Stoned to Death and Super Sport (Great Falls). They have taken Missoula by storm opening for touring bands and supporting the local music scene. Two of their members are students at the U of M and have played shows on campus and supported headliner acts throughout town.For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Diaphane & Dexter J w/ Calamity Cowboy & Shane Coburn
Saturday, June 29 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 GA // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Diaphane is an indie-rock band currently in its high concept era, cosplaying as an ensemble of queer cowpokes who make country music… kinda. They give it their best anyway. The band is the brainchild of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kyle Blessing (he/they), a Long Island native who exiled himself to South Dakota in 2020 amidst the urban diaspora of the covid pandemic. Originally forming the band in Philadelphia in 2016, Blessing recorded an EP of noise-folk tunes, the Red Shift EP, which he released in May of 2018, followed by the full-length LP, Portraits, released in 2022. Recorded, re-recorded, and mixed over 4 years with a sprawling cast of Philadelphia musicians, Portraits is an indie-rock epic, spanning everything from free-jazz, to emo, to punk, tied together by the concept of painting portraits of those around us, only to find ourselves in the end, reflected in every facet of what we decide the important details of our muses are. Moving out West was intended by Blessing as a journey into the wilderness, a solitary search for a voice he felt he had lost along the way in his sojourns with various bands up and down the east coast. This happened to coincide with a self-realization of identity and queerness in a place seemingly hostile to such things. Set against a picturesque western backdrop, it set the scene for the country record he’d always wanted to make.Dexter J (@therealdexterj) is a singer – songwriter, film maker, and constant seeker based in the Black Hills of South Dakota by way of Portland, OR. With introspective lyrics that explore the human condition juxtaposed against muscular, driving guitars, Dexter J draws from the influence of bands such as The Beatles, The Mountain Goats, Neutral Milk Hotel, Weezer and Bleachers to weave a high energy, yet moody and atmospheric indie/alt-rock tapestry defined by glimpses of both blustering confidence and crippling self awareness. Calamity Cowboy is the colloquial name given to a group of viscous homunculi believed to have originated sometime in the early 19th century. After aimlessly wandering for a couple hundred years, they decided to start a rock and roll band together. They play a blend of country and psychedelic rock that has garnered tens of fans. It’s the real deal! Shane Coburn is a songwriter and performer in Missoula, MT. Coburn is active in the Missoula open mic scene, and performs songs he’s written about life in Western Montana. His solo music is often described as “Alt-Country” and “not too bad”. The music shoots for clever and skewed, and was designed to make people giggle and sometimes dance. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Western Union
Friday, June 28 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 GA // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Louie and Kimberlee are founding members of Montana’s hottest Texas swing band Western Union Swing Band (Texas Swing) with bandmates David Horgan and Beth Lo from one of Montana’s most renowned jazz and R&B bands-the Big Sky Mudflaps. They have the distinction of being the only Montana band to play at the Montana Folk Festival (July 2016) in addition to opening for Marty Stewart (Sept 2015) and Colorado’s renowned Hot Rize (July 2015). Where jazz meets country, Western Union is Montana’s favorite “countrypolitan” western swing band, specializing in classic Texas Swing & Honky Tonk music. With electric and acoustic guitars, standup bass, pedal steel guitar, and drums – plus sharp-as-a-tack lead vocals and vocal harmonies — Western Union delivers the true-blue sound of grassroots America. 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/.
The Benevolents w/ Galactic Axis & Austin Britton
Friday, June 21 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Based out of Missoula, Montana, The Benevolents are a groovy folk-rock five-piece that blends ripping guitar and fiddle solos, catchy vocal harmonies, and a driving rhythmic flow into funky, meter-crossing tunes. The band primarily plays the globally-influenced compositions of John Kratz, lead singer and finger-style electric guitarist, who writes and sings in English and Spanish about nature, beauty, love, and loss. Holly Riley animates the music with her precise harmonies and energetic fiddle playing. Michael Calucchia adds his powerful voice and rhythmic mandolin technique. Holding down the rhythm section are Daniel Kiely, who brings a bit of Alabama soul to his driving drum beats, and Ryan Stiles, groovemaster extraordinaire on the bass. Galactic Axis is a new rock-fusion band in Missoula, Montana, featuring PanMan on drums, Rau D. on bass, and Matty J on lead guitar & vocals. A galaxy of original music awaits concert goers seeking energetic, dynamic, interstellar jams! Austin Britton has been playing music his whole life, and has been doing it in Missoula the past 4 years. He has just released a new single ‘Make A Friend’ on all streaming platforms. You can follow him on instagram at @austinbrittonmusic and visit his website austinbrittonmusic.com. He continues to write, record, and play shows all over and loves having Missoula as his homebase. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
