This month @ SPACE

We have some fine musical events coming to SPACE Gallery this month. Here's a quick rundown:

On Tuesday, June 10th Blake/e/e/e (pronounced Blake-ey I believe) will be playing a set of psychedelic, trippy folk and other estranged forms of music to stretch your imagination. The band has been described as “The Beach Boys going to church if the church was a mutant disco." In that way, I can see how these guys might share some musical similarities with Animal Collective: Beach Boys meet super-trip deluxe with a nice hint of folk. New Portland project Yeti and Estrella Norte will be opening.

On Friday, June 13th, Damon and Naomi of Galaxie 500 fame will be playing along with supporting duo Helena Espvall (of Espers) and Masaki Batoh (of Ghost).

Friday, June 20th brings a very important and rare music event into town. Brothers Unconnected is a tribute to the late Charles Gocher of the Sun City Girls, an eclectic folk band formed in '81. The two other members of Sun City Girls will be playing a guitar duet accompanied by a video experiment made by Gocher. South Portland's very own Fire on Fire will be opening up.

Portland's own Latin group Grupo Esperanza will be playing a night of dance-powered music for the Summer Solstice Party on Saturday, June 21st.

In a very special musical and magical event, Harry and the Potters will be wizard-rocking the house with friends sock-puppet rock band Uncle Monsterface and spastastic Math the Band on Thursday, June 26th for a special all-ages show. The event is dubbed as the "Unlimited Enthusiasm Expo" and they're touring through all of the US, so you can only imagine what the energy level will be like for that night. I've seen all three bands perform before and believe me, they are incredibly unique acts of entertainment. Save the date!

Wrapping up the month will be Portland punk-rock vets Covered in Bees on Sunday, June 29th for another all-ages show. Prog weirdos Confusatron and theatrical monster Man-Witch both from Portland as well will be opening the show.

For more information on all of these events, please go to the SPACE Calendar page.