Bug Seance w/ Hibernator & Rob Travolta
Wednesday, May 22 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Bug Seance is a five-piece heavy and dreamy band based in Portland, OR. In its five years of existence, the project has evolved to become a thoughtfully crafted blend of emo, post-rock, and shoegaze elements which is highlighted on their latest EP release “I Am Right Here”. The music of Bug Seance brings to you a gripping sound— one that feels visceral, packed with emotion, and urgent. Hibernator hails from southwest Montana. Hibernator began in 2016 with Phillip Yanzick on guitar and lead vocals and Zachary Jurcich on lead guitar, Anthony Vesco on drums and Hannah Skiles on bass. The sound of the band includes elements of post rock with flares of american shoegaze and early 2000s emo. For fans of Balance and Composure, Citizen, and Movements, Hibernator has its own way of catching listeners’ attention through heavy rhythm sections and melodic vocals. With their most recent three releases, “Dead Wrong,” “Moxie,” and most recently “Phantom Pain”. Hibernator is on track to be your new favorite band. 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. Fresh from releasing their new record “Landscapes and Soundscapes” Rob Travolta’s aim is to create thought provoking / heart-felt compositions that keep you on your toes. 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/.
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/.
Pay No Mind + Try Again + Damnthebadluck
Saturday, April 20 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter 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. Try Again is hardcore based out of Missoula. DAMNTHEBADLUCK is a hardcore/post-punk band from Missoula, MT composed of Luke Harmon (vocals), Cody Sumner (guitar), Mars Sandavol (bass), and Chris Ostheimer (drums). Sounds like Idles, Turnstile, and Amyl and The Sniffers. 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/.
Box Elder (WY) w/ The Western States & Cory Fay
Wednesday, April 17 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter “Arrows” is the debut full band release by the Jackson Hole, Wyoming based indie punk outfit Box Elder. Box Elder was started in the spring of 2021 by Christopher Archuleta (vocalist, primary songwriter and guitarist) as his solo project for musical catharsis during the Covid pandemic. Chris independently released a handful of singles and two EPs before realizing it was time to take these songs on the road. In early 2023, Chris recruited a handful of longtime friends to get involved in his project; Claire Holden on synth, Oscar Garcia on drums, Ian Tompkins on lead guitar and Wil Zeigler on bass. Since 2023, Box Elder has toured relentlessly and made appearances at Treefort Music Festival (Boise), Crucial Fest (Salt Lake City) and shared stages with bands such as Agent Orange, The Black Lips, Teenage Halloween, Red Fang and many more. 2024 looks bright for the band with stacked back-to-back spring tours in the Pacific Northwest and Midwest, more new music on the horizon and showcase spots at Treefort Music Festival and the Denver Underground Music Showcase. The Western States is a punk rock band from Missoula, MT. The band just released their full length “Heavy Pours” in 2021. The album is full of anthemic songs featuring classic punk gang vocals and old school pop punk hooks. Cory Fay is a cosmic lullaby-core songwriter, record producer, sex advice personality, and emotional support animal. Just kidding. But not about a few of them. 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/.
Pale People + The Naked Limbs + Arrowleaf
Sunday, April 14 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Pale People is an aggressive piano rock quartet from Missoula. Assembled in 2015 by music-school refugees. Recorded five albums in five years. Toured the Pacific coast. Members left. More members joined. Grew lonely during the plague. Took the vaccine. Wrote thirteen new songs. Mack Gilcrest, Kurt Skrivseth, Saje Johns, and Lexi Vine will answer the question “What happens when you throw 4 music degrees at a song about ghosts watching a divorce unfold?” The Naked Limbs play music with rocks in it. Arrowleaf is an indie rock band from Missoula. Arrowleaf pairs washy guitar work, humming bass, and the occasional riotous trumpet with delicate anecdotes; dreamy conversations are carried by wistful harmonies. Arrowleaf’s 2021 album Getting By tacitly and pleasantly reconciles the unfolding of shared events with specific stories and feelings. Featuring the songwriting of Sarah Marker, the band is filled out by the thoughtful work of Brady Schwertfeger, Jake Whitecar, Peter Puczkowskyj, Amanda Ceaser, and Jon Filkins. 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/.
WARPONY & the Troubadours + Jolene Green & the Order of the Sunshine Deity
Wednesday, April 10 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Enjoy the sound of the mountains with Montana’s finest, WARPONY and The Troubadours. This soul/funk/blues fusion “super band” is Missoula’s newest rizz on the street. The band lead, WARPONY, (a Montana native) recently moved back to the motherland to gather her favorite musicians into one explosive ten-member band. With the help of these talented musicians, her booming vocals have been taking the locals by storm. WARPONY sings and writes all her original music inspired by jazz roots and the love we all share for Montana. They are known for being quite the entertainers. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you damn well better boogie! Come see WP&TT to help spread the love and grooviness that lives within us all! Jolene Green, and her neo soul/fusion band Order of the Sunshine Deity, are based out of Missoula, MT. The band has Connor Racicot on keys, Llwyn Clark-Gaynor on drums, Evan Nesbitt on bass, Cameron Kinney on guitar, Cade Chastain on alto sax, Sean Stineford on trombone and Jolene Green on vocals/tenor sax. The band was started by its frontwoman, Jolene, and plays her original music which is a blend of jazz, low-fi, soul, hip hop, and metal. The band members are all former or current top music students at the University of Montana and use their formal training to create a sound that is new, unique, and informed. 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/.
Edhochuli (PA) w/ Damnthebadluck & Perfect Blue
Thursday, March 28 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Ticket Forged in the flames of post-industrial America and quenched with the sweat of a thousand basement shows–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Edhochuli has spent the past nearly decade and a half showcasing their unique brand of passionate and thought provoking angular, riff-drenched post-hardcore. DAMNTHEBADLUCK is a hardcore/post-punk band from Missoula, MT composed of Luke Harmon (vocals), Cody Sumner (guitar), Mars Sandavol (bass), and Chris Ostheimer (drums). Sounds like Idles, Turnstile, and Amyl and The Sniffers. Perfect Blue is an Instrumental, Experimental Post-Rock band from Missoula, Montana. 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/.
STiLGONE w/ Shark Buffalo & Twelve Clouds
Friday, March 8 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist SupporterSTiLGONE is a Bozeman based band that plays a unique fusion of genres, spanning funk, soul, hip hop, reggae, psychedelic rock and more. While covering so many styles they manage to create a cohesive sound that is uniquely their own. Their live shows are an immersive trip through detailed soundscapes, danceable grooves, and the lyrics of songwriter and guitarist Symon Palmer, who founded the band originally In 2016. Since then STiLGONE has gone on to play many of their own events, and supported nationally touring acts like Deltron 3030, Nappy Roots, Kyle Hollingsworth Band, and Michal Menert. Who the hell is Shark Buffalo, that mysterious übergroup from a long-forgotten Missoula music scene of yore? More importantly, what the hell IS a shark buffalo? Do you picture a buffalo’s body with a shark’s head, like some kind of aquatic centaur? Or do you prefer to envision an elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton fused with the head and torso of a bearded bovinae? I digress. Shark Buffalo is comprised of a holy musical trinity: Keys, Drums, and Trumpet, with Cove Jasmin, Emmet Ore, and Nathan Crawford.Twelve Clouds is The Sound God from Montana, bringing you experimental Hip-Hop. 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/.
Minot + Calamity Cowboy + Billywhips
Saturday, March 2 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter SHOWCASING LOCAL AND REGIONAL TALENT IN MISSOULA, MT @DAISYCHAINPRESENTS Minot is 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 Instagram: @minot_winecop Billywhips, a portmanteau of Coachwhips (the infamous San Franciscan garage punk group of the early noughties) and hillbilly, is a garage psych band with folk sensibilities. Borrowing the groovy ear worm garage rock of Frankie and the Witch Fingers and the melodically intricate guitar work of Joni Mitchell, Billywhips teeters on an obscure line between folk musings and freak-out cow punk. Frontman Will Stoskopf enlists the help of drummer Caleb Tutty and bassist Colin Merrick to make this esoteric dream a reality, with hopes to tantalize and polarize. 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 them tens of fans. It’s the real deal! 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/.
