Event

THE MUSIC TAPES with Nana Grizol and Brian Dewan

From the heart of the Elephant 6 collective, come indie experimental superheroes The Music Tapes, who's leader, Julian Koster was (and still is as, we all hope) one of the original and founding members of Neutral Milk Hotel. Julian is the saw playing, moog playing, accordion playing, guitar and banjo playing, drumming and just all around swell guy who does everything from making films, to writing children's books. Some of his recent work includes the short film, Major Organ and the Adding Machine, which was premiered at the Elephant 6 Collective's "Holiday Surprise" tour. There were several astonishing performances by Julian and Jeff Mangum, sitting together on two chairs literally in the middle of the audience, doing a Neutral Milk Hotel tune with nothing but a saw and an acoustic guitar. If you watch the youtube footage, you can actually hear people gasping in awe.

Joining The Music Tapes at Backspace will be another Athens, GA band, Nana Grizol, featuring Laura Carter of Elf Power, and also multimedia artist Brian Dewan.

The show is ALL AGES and takes place on Saturday, Feb 21 at 9pm, $10 adv - $12 at door. Backspace 115 NW 5th, Portland.