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.