Waxahatchee w/ Woods & Toody Cole at Pioneer Courthouse Square
Schedule
Sat Aug 17 2024 at 07:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Pioneer Courthouse Square | Portland, OR
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This Event is All Ages and General Admission
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âTigers Bloodâ by Waxahatchee
One of the hardest working singer-songwriters in the game is named Katie Crutchfield. She was born in Alabama, grew up near Waxahatchee Creek. Skipped town and struck out on her own as Waxahatchee. That was over a decade ago. Crutchfield says she never knew the road would lead her here, but after six critically acclaimed albums, sheâs never felt more confident in herself as an artist. While her sound has evolved from lo-fi folk to lush alt-tinged country, her voice has always remained the same. Honest and close, poetic with Southern lilting. Much like Carson McCullersâs Mick Kelly, determined in her desires and convictions, ready to tell whoever will listen.
And after years of being sober and stable in Kansas Cityâafter years of sacrificing herself to her work and the roadâCrutchfield has arrived at her most potent songwriting yet. On her new album, Tigers Blood, Crutchfield emerges as a powerhouseâan ethnologist of the selfâforever dedicated to revisiting her wins and losses. But now sheâs arriving at revelations and she ainât holding them back.
Crutchfield says that she wrote most of the songs on âTigers Bloodâ during a âhot hand spell,â while on tour in the end of 2022. And when it came time to record, Crutchfield returned to her trusted producer Brad Cook, who brought her sound to a groundbreaking turning point on 2020âs Saint Cloud.
They hunkered down at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texasâa border town known for cotton and pecansâand searched for another turn, waited for a sign. Initially, MJ Lenderman, Southern indie-rock wunderkind (much like Crutchfield when she started out) came to play electric guitar and sing on âRight Back To It.â But as soon as they tracked it, Cook told Lenderman he had to stay for the rest of the album. And he did.
Woods
Woods are in bloom again, inviting you to disappear into a new spectrum of colors and sounds and dreams on Perennial.
Formed in Brooklyn in 2004, Woods have matured into a true independent institution, above and below the root, reliably emerging every few years with new music that grows towards the latest sky. Operating the Woodsist label since 2006 and curating the beloved homespun Woodsist Festival for the musical universe theyâve built, Perennial is the sound of a band on the edge of their 20th anniversary and still finding bold new ways to sound like (and challenge) themselves.
Perennial grew from a bed of guitar/keyboard/drum loops by Woods head-in-chief Jeremy Earl, a form of winter night meditation that evolved into an unexplored mode of collaborative songwriting. With Earlâs starting points, he and bandmates Jarvis Taveniere and John Andrews convened, first at Earlâs house in New York, then at Panoramic House studio in Stinson Beach, California, site of sessions for 2020âs Strange To Explain. With a view of the sparkling Pacific and tape rolling, they began to build, jamming over the loops, switching instruments, and developing a few dozen building blocks.
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Pioneer Courthouse Square, 701 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97204-1410, United States,Portland, OregonEvent Location & Nearby Stays: