Glitterfox w/ Miller Campbell
Sunday, June 8 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $15 The Portland based band Glitterfox has releasedfive singles in just six months undertheir new record label Kill Rock Stars, with two more arriving this Spring. The band’sbeen growing steadily since “Drive” came out in August 2023, with their indie rock recipethat deftly balances Southern songwriting shine and nostalgia-fueled anthems.The four-piece band’s songwriters and front persons, married couple Solange Igoa andAndrea Walker, have always channeled their personal struggles as well as experiencesas queer, neurodiverse individuals into their songwriting.Bassist Eric Stalker and drummer Blaine Heinonen bring a love of Americana, grunge,and dance music into the mix. All of these influences can be heard on the band’s latestsingles, produced by Chris Funk of The Decemberists, and in their spirited live shows asthey prepare for their full-length album debut in 2025. One part gritty, heartland rocker and one part coastal cool, Miller Campbell is a Washington-grown, Montana-based singer-songwriter known for delivering intimate confessionals disguised as anthems. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest and cousins with the famed songwriter, Glen Campbell, Miller has shared the stage with a variety of acts including Bones Owens, Courtney Marie Andrews, and Brandi Carlile. Her debut LP, Sweet Whiskey, written in Battleground, Washington, and Nashville, Tennessee, received praise from outlets like American Songwriter Magazine and earned Campbell her first Billboard Heatseekers Award. On this latest effort, Miller found herself working with musician/producer Matt Drenik (Battleme) at his studio in Hollywood, pulling in various musicians to experiment and ultimately shape Campbell’s best work to date; a timeless rock record wrapped in new wave swagger, Bakersfield sway, coastal cowgirl grit, and torch song sighs. From feeling “stuck in the middle of a heart that’s breaking” to being “built like your idol, forever 10 feet high”, these songs explore the dynamic nature of human emotions in a way that is familiar, complex, expressive, and undeniably her own.
Jason Scott & the High Heat
Thursday, August 28th // Doors 7PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $15 Caught halfway between amplified Americana and heartland roots-rock, Jason Scott & the High Heat create a sweeping, dynamic sound that reaches far beyond the traditions of their Oklahoma City home. Too loud for folk music and too textured for Red Dirt, this is the sound of a genuine band rooted in groove, grit, and its own singular spirit, led by a songwriter whose unique past — a Pentecostal upbringing, years logged as a preacher-in-training, and an eventual crisis of faith — has instilled both a storyteller’s delivery and an unique perspective about life, love, and listlessness in the modern world. Case in point, in 2018 Scott earned critical acclaim as a songwriter when the second track “She Good To Me” off his DIY EP Living Rooms (2017 landed on NPR World Cafe’s Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can’t Stop Playing alongside songs by MGMT, Moby, and Jade Bird. It was only the beginning of a new life on a new kind of stage. A multi-instrumentalist, producer, engineer, and session musician, Scott spent a year balancing life on the road and life in the studio, where he produced albums for Americana artists like Carter Sampson, Ken Pomeroy, and Nellie Clay. Things began to expand as he assembled the High Heat, a band of multi-faceted musicians and roots-rock Renaissance men who, like their frontman, juggled multiple artistic pursuits. Together, Jason Scott & the High Heat have since become a self-contained creative collective whose talents include songwriting, music production, photography, video direction, and more. A multi-instrumentalist, producer, engineer, and session musician, Scott spent a year balancing life on the road and life in the studio, where he produced albums for Americana artists like Carter Sampson, Ken Pomeroy, and Nellie Clay. Things began to expand as he assembled the High Heat, a band of multi-faceted musicians and roots-rock Renaissance men who, like their frontman, juggled multiple artistic pursuits. Together, Jason Scott & the High Heat have since become a self contained creative collective whose talents include songwriting, music production, photography, video direction, and more. Jason Scott & the High Heat are: Jason Scott (lead vocals, guitar), Gabriel Mor (guitars), RyanMagnani (bass), Bobby Wade (drums), Garrison Brown (guitars, keys), Taylor Johnson (guitars,keys, aux).
KBGA Staff Show w/ Contraband, Aspen Nord, Malcolm Contreras and Soup D’jour, & The Sasha Bell Band
Wednesday, May 21 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15 or $20 Artist Supporter Contraband is a country cover band made up of members from KBGA’s staff, made exclusively for this event! Aspen Nord is a singer/songwriter from Missoula, MT, mixing folk, pop, and indie vibes with just her guitar and voice. She grew up playing music with her dad and writes songs about life, love, and the weird little moments in between. Aspen has played around Missoula and is excited to bring her tunes to the ZACC Show Room stage this May. Malcolm and his band are a 4 piece consisting of Lane Ulberg, Llwyn Clark-Gaynor, and Cooper Godfried. These fellas put on a spectacular spectacle, only seen about once every two months that ranges from indie rock to shoegaze to ambient music, folk, and bedroom pop. Known for her work with New York baroque ensemble Ladybug Transistor and Elephant 6 psych pop group, The Essex Green, Sasha Bell is a multi-faceted performer and musician most heralded for her sweetly melodic vocals and lithe instrumentation. She currently lives in Missoula. MT with band members John Fleming, Bryan Ramirez, Chris Bacon and Colin Johnson.
Gaytheist w/ Itchy Kitty & Serpentina
Wednesday, May 28 // Door at 7:30 PM // Show at 8:00 PM // $15 Gaytheist is a 3-piece noisy rock band based out of Portland, OR. Circa 2011 to present. Songwriter/guitarist Jason Rivera and bassist Tim Hoff have been friends since high school. Rounded out by the ridiculously explosive drumming of Nick Parks (Great Falls, High on Fire), Gaytheist’ music is filled with huge loud riffs played a million miles a minute with sincere crooning blathering over the top of it all. It’s a little different from everything else. Their latest release, “THE MUSTACHE STAYS” was released on Feb 21, 2025 via Hex Records. Itchy Kitty is a band from Spokane, Wa. They specialize in a hyperkinetic blend of punk traditionalism and a sort of mangled glam rock pageantry. Their music careens from whiplash inducing riffage to flash delirium freak outs. They’re fast, they’re loud, they’re the hardest working band in showbusiness™. Serpentina is a new Missoula rawk band. Big drums, big fuzz, big guitars, big vocals. No big deal. Punk-metal-other-stuff influenced if you need to split hairs
Run4Kids Comedy Fundraiser
Wednesday, May 7 // Door at 7:30 PM // Show at 8:00 PM // $25 Run4Kids is a fundraising effort associated with the Missoula Marathon. Each year the Run4Kids Team raises funds to ensure kids in care with Youth Homes have the help, care, and support they need to heal and become healthy.
Laura Hickli w/ Syrinx Effect
Thursday, May 29 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Laura Hickli (Mohkínstsis/Calgary) is an internationally touring progressive art pop songstress known for her tightly arranged dreamy soundscapes, exquisite vocals, evocative lyrics, and emotionally powerful performances. The classically trained pianist was homeschooled in a conspiracy-laden religious household where she honed her ability to reflect deeply felt emotions through dynamic, textured, and technical songwriting and production.Hickli’s highly-anticipated upcoming album, ‘stranger to myself’ tells her compelling story of survival and human resilience after a serious motor vehicle accident on her 2023 tour left her with PTSD and a traumatic brain injury. Released through Ba Da Bing Records (Sharon Van Etten, Hawksley Workman), this lush, genre-spanning record showcases Hickli’s captivating songwriting, vivid production, and even intimate clips from her exposure therapy sessions.Recipient of numerous Top Album of the Year awards, nominations, glowing accolades for her growing collection of impactful works, live and recorded spotlights on CBC, BBC, and an expansive tour this summer, Hickli offers a fresh and inviting look at what life can be, while carrying the foundations of her spellbindingly intimate, yet explosive brand of dark process-music. An acoustic-electric duo with expansive possibilities, Syrinx Effect plays their own brand of interstellar folk punk jazz. They blend dreamy ambient loops, catchy pop riffs and sampled drum sounds, all the while paying homage to their experimental roots. Naomi plays trombone with guitar pedals and Kate plays soprano saxophone with laptop and other toys.
Dylan Running Crane, “Wailing” Aaron Jennings, Judith Gap, and Stiff Jeans
Thursday, May 8 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Judith Gap plays original dark folk and Americana in Missoula. Started in 2014 with Bill Saylor on violin and mandolin and D.L. Johnson on guitar and vocals, they expanded to a trio with Dead Ed on bass banjo. Everyone sings, because there’s nothing quite like a night of harmonizing with the boys! Dylan Running Crane is a singer-songwriter from Browning, Montana, a place that remains the subject of most of her work. Her vibe is country meets rez-folk meets tender and silly. Check out her work with Cry Baby – https://crybabymissoula.bandcamp.com/track/missoula A third-generation Montanan who had the good luck or bad timing to be born in Texas, Wailing Aaron Jennings is a singer and songwriter living in Missoula. Inspired by a book of songs and poetry written by his great-grandfather, a singing cowboy in the 1920’s, and the words “Yodel Here”, this young punk unplugged his guitar and started hooting and hollering in the mountains, valleys, and tunnels. Jennings’s songs champion the traditions of Honky Tonk and Western Swing while giving a knowing wink and a nod to the modern world. Every song is a story whether it’s a rambling waltzing exposition, a dance tune punctuated with acrobatic yodels, or a rockin’ boogie woogie – the ghosts of the past are jumping, shouting and dancing right along with Wailing Aaron Jennings (and YOU!). Fresh off their world tour, Stiff Jeans needs no introduction. Their covers of your favorite 90s alternative songs will take you to heaven tonight, tomorrow, and always.
Ashley Young w/ Taylor Burlage & Heart Machine (Solo)
Friday, May 9 // Door at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15- $20 Artist Supporter Ticket Just below the Arctic Circle, in the heart of her Ancestral land in Alaska, songwriter Ashley Young captivates with her fiery, lush vocals. With a warmth that feels like a conversation with an old friend, she invites listeners into her world of honesty and infectious laughter. Her music defies genre, driven by an unquenchable curiosity and a desire to explore vulnerable truths that many shy away from discussing. From whispered confessions to powerful, soaring belting, her dynamic performances are best described as “journal rock,” where every note tells a personal story. Her melodies can silence a room, while her laughter fills it with life. After years of being a bedroom songwriter and guitar player, Taylor was launched rather unceremoniously into his first band in 2019 and began to explore the power and possibility of playing for other people. Over the years his songwriting has taken on a texture reflective of the mountains he grew up in, using their power and imagery to craft songs that navigate life, loss, and joys and heartbreak of the human condition. His debut album “I Might Be Gone” was released May 2023 Heart Machine is an Indie Americana act from Fairbanks, AK. A deep dive into the sacred and profane, their sound has been described as “Northern Gothic”, with a gravitas and humor that ranges from spoken confessional to howled exorcism. Spring of 2025 Heart Machine will dropping their first LP “Rites” wherever you stream your music, as well as on compact disc, for the dads.
Now That’s What I Call the 2000’s with Hot Stepdad & MP3
Tuesday, May 6 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // Free and Open to the Public! **$10 Suggested Donation The University of Montana School of Music Commercial Music Ensembles are proud to present Hot Step Dad and MP3, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 7:30 pm at the ZACC. Admission is free for all, but there is a suggested donation of $10. The Commercial Music Ensembles at the University of Montana are dedicated to teaching students the skills necessary to be in a pop band and to be gigging musicians. Most songs they perform are covers, but they also perform original songs written by students of the group. Each semester, the students collaborate within their band to create a setlist for their end of semester performance. Each student is able to suggest a song, and throughout the semester they learn each song. This semester, the bands have the theme of Y2k. Each song of their setlist is from the early 2000s. “I really love playing in CME because John and Bryan are not only teaching us about how to make the music sound good, but also how to perform to a professional caliber.” – Danger Gersh (Hot Stepdad) “I’m looking forward to wearing a funny outfit and playing Britney Spears for all my friends.” – Sam Haveron (MP3)
Icarus w/ TBA & J.A.D.E.
Thursday, May 15 // Door at 7:30 PM // Show at 8:00 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Ticket Icarus is a Rock band based in Bozeman, MT. The band shares a deep passion for jamming and creating unique art. Their influences include Kyuss, Primus, and a hint of Bob Marley. Icarus has a knack for conjuring diverse soundscapes, described by some as a thrashy Black Sabbath. Their first album Elysian Sun was released in April of 2025. 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. TBA is a Ska/Punk band from Missoula, MT. Relatively new to the scene, the guys are getting the party started!!
