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Prior to day of show, tickets may be purchased at Under the Wonder Ballroom, open show nights only, 5pm to midnight. Starting Saturday Dec 13 tickets can also be purchased at the Wonder Box Office on Saturdays from Noon to 5pm. Cash Only. All tickets subject to $2 surcharge. Sales based on availability.

Day of show ticket are only available 1 hr prior to show at the Wonder Ballroom Box Office located on street level, CASH ONLY. All tickets subject to $2 surcharge. Sales based on availability.

01/10/2009 • 8pm (doors open at 7pm).   Buy Tickets   Stolen Sweets Sassparilla Sneakin' Out Burlesque show 21 & Over. $10.00 advance. $12.00 day of show. Stolen Sweets: The Stolen Sweets formed in 2005 with the intention of reviving the songs of 1930s sister act, The Boswell Sisters. Comprised of vocalists Jen Bernard, Lara Michell and Erin Sutherland, guitarists Pete Krebs and David Langenes (both of whom sing) and double bass player Keith Brush, The Sweets' repertoire has expanded to include material from the 1920s -1940s. Their arrangements are still inspired by the Boswells' tight 3-part harmonies, frequent tempo changes and "knowing shrugs and raised eyebrows," as noted by the Oregonian's A&E. Unlike the original Boswell arrangements that featured piano, clarinet, and horns, the Sweets incorporate gypsy jazz accompaniment, reminiscent of Django Reinhardt. The Boswell Sisters were popular harmony singers in the late 20s and early 30s, keeping company with the likes of the Dorsey Brothers, Bunny Berigan, Eddie Lang, and Benny Goodman -- partnerships that provided the jazz world with some of its most influential recordings. The nature of the music was auspicious and good-humored, providing a ray of hope to listeners during a truly dispiriting economic depression.

01/16/2009 • 9pm (doors open at 8pm).   Buy Tickets   Monqui Presents Fountains of Wayne (Acoustic) Jon Auer 21 & Over. $18.00 advance. $20.00 day of show. Fountains of Wayne: Former schoolmates Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood formed Fountains of Wayne in 1996 as a vehicle for their mutual love of pop songcraft, after having played together in a series of precursor bands. They enlisted ex-Posies drummer Brian Young and lead guitarist Jody Porter, formerly of The Belltower, just before the release of their self-titled debut album, which had been recorded largely as a duo. The band's line-up has remained constant ever since. Their second album, 1999's widely-heralded Utopia Parkway, featured all four members in the recording studio, as did 2003's breakthrough Welcome Interstate Managers. By now, the band has developed a sixth sense for arranging Schlesinger and Collingwood's songs, and Young's muscular backbeat and Porter's endlessly inventive riffs and countermelodies are integral parts of the FOW sound. And while the records have gotten progressively more detailed and nuanced, FOW live remains a lean, loud guitar band with a decade's worth of singalong faves to pick from.

01/23/2009 • 9pm (doors open at 8pm).   Buy Tickets   The Walkmen Beach House All Ages. $15.00 advance. $15.00 day of show. The Walkmen: The Walkmen formed in 2000 and consist of Fire Eaters Walter Martin (vocals, organ, etc.), Paul Maroon (guitars), and Matt Barrick (drums) and ex-Recoys Hamilton Leithauser and Peter Bauer. They released a self-titled, four-song EP in 1999 through the small Brooklyn label Startime International and played their first concert at Joe's Pub in the East Village in September of 2000. In 2002, the Walkmen made their proper full-length debut with Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone. It was a favorite among most indie crowds and the album led them to tour the world in support of it. Bows + Arrows, the band's first for Warner Bros.' appeared two years later. Along with touring and appearing in a cameo on the Fox TV series The O.C., the Walkmen began writing a novel, John's Journey, together. The band returned to the studio in 2005, working with Don Zientera at Arlington, VA's Inner Ear Studio on their third album, A Hundred Miles Off, and at their own Marcata Studio on a song-by-song cover of Harry Nilsson's Pussy Cats. A Hundred Miles Off was released in spring 2006, and Pussy Cats arrived that fall. The Walkmen recorded their fourth album in New York's Gigantic Studio and the same Oxford, MS, studio in which they recorded Bows + Arrows, releasing You & Me in 2008 on Gigantic Music.

01/27/2009 • 8pm (doors open at 7pm).   Buy Tickets   Monqui Presents Adele James Morrison All Ages. $18.00 advance. $20.00 day of show. Chasing Pavements Show is SOLD OUT! thanks for your support Adele: When the U.K. press began dubbing Adele "the next Amy Winehouse" in late 2007, the hype didn't touch upon the heavy singer/songwriter influence found in the Londoner's music. Influenced by Suzanne Vega as much as Jill Scott, Adele first made an impression in 2006 when she toured as an opening act for Jack Penate. She had graduated to headlining status by the end of 2007, thanks to BBC Radio 1 playing her single "Daydreamer;" another song, "Hometown Glory," was also released as a single on Jamie T.'s label, Pacemaker. An appearance alongside Paul McCartney and Björk on the BBC 2 television show Later with Jools Holland came next, and a recording contract with XL Recordings was finalized soon after. Early 2008 brought similar luck as Adele found herself atop the BBC's new music talent list, which was compiled from the votes of 150 music critics. That same January, XL issued a new single, "Chasing Pavements," along with her debut album, 19. The title reflected Adele's age at the time of the album's release.

02/03/2009 • 8pm (doors open at 7pm).   Buy Tickets   Amy Ray Arizona Packer (Jenny Hoyston, Kaia Wilson, LKN) All Ages. $12.00 advance. $13.00 day of show. Amy Ray is the founder of the indie label Daemon Records, one half of the Indigo Girls, and a solo artist in her own right. After almost a decade of putting out other people's music, she decided to put out some of her own solo records, too. Where the Indigo Girls are stripped-down, Amy's solo albums are urgent, loud, and defiant. This appears to be constantly a source of surprise to critics, who seem shocked they're comparing one-half of the Indigo Girls to a riot grrrl. Her debut solo album, 2001's Stag, was a manifesto, more overtly political and punk influenced than her Indigo Girls output. 2005's Prom, which explored the eternal dance between gender and sexuality, youth and adulthood, deftly wove together both her own experience as a teenager with what she sees as the new challenges for a younger generation. Her live album, Live in Knoxville, is a testament to how electric her concerts can be. Cast aside any notions of these albums as just one woman's effort--they're anything but solitary. Se asked some of her favorite musicians to record or tour with her: Joan Jett, The Butchies, Rock-A-Teens, Josephine Wiggs of the Breeders,...

02/04/2009 • 8pm (doors open at 7pm).   Buy Tickets   Monqui Presents Broken Social Scene All Ages. $20.00 advance. $23.00 day of show. Shoreline Stars and Sons Broken Social Scene: Broken Social Scene materialized when K.C. Accidental's Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, formerly of By Divine Right, bonded their friendship into a band. They spent the next few years honing an atmospheric rock sound in their native Toronto. Feel Good Lost marked their debut album in 2001 and introduced a revolving cast of Canadian indie musicians. By the time their guitar-fueled sophomore effort, You Forgot It in People, was released in fall 2002, Broken Social Scene had become an 11-piece collective. Jason Collett, Andrew Whiteman, Justin Peroff and Leslie Feist fulfilled the band's bombastic, orchestrated sound and critics loved it. You Forgot It In People was a buzz among indie cohorts and plans for a stateside release on Arts & Crafts was slated for the following summer. A surprise, however, coincided those plans in spring 2003 when Broken Social Scene won a Juno for "Alternative Album of the Year" for You Forgot It In People. In order to maintain praise from critics, the band issued their first ever b-siders & rarities collection, Bee Hives, in spring 2004. For the band's 2005 self-titled studio album, Broken Social Scene once again joined producer David Newfeld. Their latest Something For All of Us was released last summer.

02/06/2009 • 8pm (doors open at 7pm).   Buy Tickets   Cherry Poppin' Daddies Throwback Suburbia Oxcart All Ages. $16.50 advance. $20.00 day of show. Cherry Poppin' Daddies: The eight-piece ska/swing revival collective Cherry Poppin' Daddies formed out of several groups around the University of Oregon in Eugene. Vocalist/guitarist Steve Perry (aka MC Large Drink) and bassist Dan Schmid originally played in the Jazz Greats and the Hucks, then formed Cherry Poppin' Daddies in 1989. The group released their debut album, Ferociously Stoned, in 1990 on Sub Par Records and followed it up four years later with Rapid City Muscle Car. The Pacific Northwest was in the grips of the grunge wave during the early '90s, though, so the Cherry Poppin' Daddies' live show puzzled quite a few fans of alternative rock. By the mid-'90s, the fascination with formerly neglected musical styles (including easy listening and swing) had increased the band's prominence, along with bands like Squirrel Nut Zippers and Royal Crown Revue. After third album Kids on the Street was picked up for distribution by Caroline Records, the group compiled the most swing-oriented tracks from their back catalog for release on Zoot Suit Riot. Following up to their 1997 multi-platinum Zoot Suit Riot, Soul Caddy was released in mid-2000. Now in their 19th year, the Cherry Poppin' Daddies are poised for a whole new phase, with a brand new record Susquehanna, and national tours.

02/14/2009 • 8pm (doors open at 7pm).   Buy Tickets   Starfucker Strength Explode Into Colors Dirty Mittens All Ages. $10.00 advance. Starfucker: Sharing their name with a punky Belgian girl group resembling the Donnas and one of the raunchiest Rolling Stones songs on Goats Head Soup (which was changed to the title "Star Star"), Starfucker are an indie pop/indie electro band comprised of Sexton Blake's Josh Hodges, Junkface's Ryan Bjornstad, and Mr. Fredrick's Shawn Glassford. After chief songwriter Hodges returned to Portland, OR, following a four-year stint in New York City, he released two Sexton Blake records on Expunged Records with the help of Bjornstad, including Plays the Hits, a breezy but glum lo-fi album of '80s covers. Looking to convert his musical endeavors into a more lighthearted project, Hodges recruited Glassford and formed a new group with Bjornstad. With notable live performances that featured some instrument swapping, dual drumming, and stage diving, as well as some outlandish costumes, Dylan Magierek's attention was drawn to their set and he signed the band to Badman Recording Company. Hodges and Magierek took some of their home recordings to the Type Foundry to round out the record with some intricate layering, and in September 2008 the album was released to the public and hailed by critics for its abundance of dance-friendly hooks.

02/27/2009 • 9pm (doors open at 8pm).   Buy Tickets   KINK & Monqui Present Donavon Frankenreiter Gary Jules All Ages. $18.00 advance. $20.00 day of show. It Dont Matter Free Donavon Frankenreiter: The first thing that strikes a person when they meet Donavon Frankenreiter is that they've probably never met a person quite like him before. From his genuine nature, to his big heart, to his all-around charisma, once you connect with his vibe you realize that he is truly unique. First and foremost, you have Donavon the husband and father Next you have Donavon the pro-surfer. And of course, you have Donavon Frankenreiter the musician, who is about to release his third, and probably most important album to date titled Pass It Around (Lost Highway). Donavon's first record, 2004's Donavon Frankenreiter was made with the aid of his long time friend Jack Johnson, and spawned the AAA radio hit "Free". In 2006, Donavon signed with Lost Highway and began to find his own musical voice with the appropriately titled Move By Yourself. On Pass It Around, Donavon collaborates and injects new sounds in ways he had not attempted prior. "On Pass It Around, I definitely had a lot of ideas and it was fun putting trust in other people.

03/11/2009 • 9pm (doors open at 8pm).   Buy Tickets   Dan Auerbach (of The Black Keys) Hacienda Those Darlins All Ages. $18.00 advance. $20.00 day of show. Dan Auerbach: With his Black Keys bandmate Patrick Carney, Auerbach has recorded five critically acclaimed full-length albums, beginning with 2002's The Big Come Up. 2008's Attack & Release debuted on the Billboard Top 200 chart at #14, marking The Black Keys' highest position to date. The New York Times called it a "savage, bitter concoction built on a snarling punk-rock riff," while the Los Angeles Times called it "without doubt the Keys' most dynamic effort yet." Auerbach also has been busy with his own record label, Polymer Sounds, for which he produced the 2008 debut from Jessica Lea Mayfield With Blasphemy, So Heartfelt; Pitchfork praised Mayfield's album as "fascinating and endlessly listenable." On November 18, 2008, Nonesuch will release a DVD produced and directed by Lance Bangs titled The Black Keys Live at the Crystal Ballroom.Nonesuch Records releases Keep It Hid, the solo debut from singer/songwriter/guitarist Dan Auerbach--best known as half of The Black Keys--on February 10, 2009. While working on and touring in support of The Black Keys' most recent album, Attack & Release, Auerbach also was writing songs that would become Keep It Hid. "This record is a mixture of things I like to listen to, psychedelia, soul music, country harmonies, " says Auerbach. In February Auerbach will begin a national tour with performances in New York City, Boston, and Washington, DC. Opening acts for the tour will include Those Darlins and Hacienda--the latter also lending support as Auerbach's backing band (please see below for details).

03/27/2009 • 9pm (doors open at 8pm).   Buy Tickets   OK GO All Ages. $15.00 advance. $17.00 day of show. On Sale Sat 12/20 at 10am OK GO: OK Go is: Damian Kulash: Vocals, Guitar Tim Nordwind: Bass Dan Konopka: Drums Andy Ross: Guitar, Keyboards Anyone who has witnessed the exhilaration of the band's live show will recognize the frenetic drive at the heart of Oh No. "We wanted to make an album that sounds like our band, and not a heady, self-conscious studio project," says lead singer Damian Kulash. "Everyone tells us rock and roll is a shadow of itself - a sad old milk cow smiling at the farmer every morning. We still see a bucking bull smashing around the stable." The band's energy doesn't stop at the edge of the stage or the end of the disc. From the influential how-to guide they published for bands hoping to unseat President Bush (you should have seen the avalanche of hate mail that won them), to the monthly column they wrote for a Japanese rock magazine, to their tour of America as house band for public radio program This American Life, OK Go always seems to find a new corner of the world to explore and make their own. With Oh No, they're coming after yours.

Artists that have appeared at Wonder Ballroom include:
Metric, Beth Orton, Feist, Quasi, March Fourth Marching Band, 3 Leg Torso, The Gossip, Eisley, Mates of State, Over the Rhine, Femi Kuti, Kiki and Herb, Echo and the Bunnymen, Stereolab, Foghorn String Band, Metric, Hot Buttered Rum, Ray LaMontagne, The Dandy Warhols, Animal Collective, New Pornographers, Pussycat Dolls, Hem, Calexico, Team Dresch, Mogwai, Gomez,
Charlatans UK, The Streets, Japanther, Blackheart Procession, Rev. Horton Heat, Lions of Batucada, Zero 7, Matt Costa, The English Beat, The Thermals, Phoenix, TV on the Radio, Cold War Kids, Futureheads, N. Mississippi All Stars, Storm and the Balls, Citizen Cope, BRMC, KMFDM, SIA, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Frank Black, The Rapture, Jenny Lewis, Michael Ian Black, The Klezmatics, Augustana

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