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02/11/2010 • 8pm (doors open at 7pm).   Buy Tickets   Monqui Presents Anvil Ancient Age Rogue Shot 21 & Over. $17.00 advance. $18.00 day of show. Forged in Fire Anvil: Rock and film circles have been buzzing about Anvil! The Story of Anvil ever since the movie premiered at Sundance. The '80s hard rock outfit is perpetually cited as crucial forerunners to modern metal superheroes, and with the arrival of this new film portrait, the band's stock is on the rise again.

02/13/2010 • 9pm (doors open at 8pm).   Buy Tickets   The Kama Sutra Carnival! The Vagabond Opera Pepe & the Bottle Blondes Shanghai Woolies 21 & Over. $20.00 advance. $25.00 day of show. This Valentine's weekend the Wonder Ballroom celebrates love like no other place in town. Three of Portland’s most beloved ensembles – Vagabond Opera, Pepe & The Bottle Blondes, and The Shanghai Woolies – deliver a full night of music, dancing and lovemaking, complete with the famous kissing salon and Lulu's delicious chocolates. Whether you want to dance, smooch or revel in the bittersweet pangs of heartbreak, the Kama Sutra Carnivale invites you to come celebrate love, both naughty and nice. The Vagabond Opera: Incorporating trained operatic tenor and soprano vocals, accordion, tenor saxophone, two cellos, musical saw, stand-up bass, drums and lyrics in fourteen languages, a Vagabond Opera show delivers flawless musicianship and theatrics reminiscent of vaudeville's glamour and drama but with a contemporary edge. The May 2009 release of The Zeitgeist Beckons marks the third full-length release from the band to date. Having performed across the USA and in Europe, Vagabond Opera have shared stages and players with Pink Martini, Devotchka, The Decembrists, and the Oregon Symphony, proving their easy crossover appeal. Pepe & the Bottle Blondes: Pepe & The Bottle Blondes successfully blends dance, opera and musical theatre together to deliver a fresh and innovative performance. This is 'Copacabana style' dinner theater enhanced with the costuming, make-up and percussion and beat of Latin rhythms to create a strong and stimulating visual stage performance not to be missed. Their repertoire includes popular songs from the 30's to the 60's, plus a strong selection of Tangos, Boleros, Rhumbas, Sambas and many other exciting Latin American rhythms. An eclectic ensemble of instruments and three-part harmonies combines the talent and visually arresting performance that echoes the indulgence of the 1950's nightclub chic. Shanghai Woolies: The Shanghai Woolies play 1920's and 30's pop and jazz of Chicago and New York City. This eight-piece ensemble, led and arranged for by Pink Martini trumpeter Gavin Bondy, showcases top-drawer, classically-trained rock and jazz musicians including three horns, two guitars, and singer Mel (Melanie) Kubik, playing moody and extreme sounds perfect for dancing in a Harlem speakeasy.

02/18/2010 • 8pm (doors open at 7pm).   Buy Tickets   Dashboard Confessional Adam Shearer (of Weinland) All Ages. $25.00 advance. $28.00 day of show. Dashboard Confessional: Led by the therapeutic vocals of Chris Carrabba, Dashboard Confessional have earned a fair amount of popularity with heartfelt, unplugged emo for those who can do without the genre's typically hard-hitting guitar theatrics, but value the music's sincerity. And sincerity is where Dashboard Confessional excel: Carraba's heart-on-sleeve vocals and songwriting exude feeling and melody, much to the delight of melancholy teens in search of a like-minded voice. It's a long way from Rites of Spring (or even Sunny Day Real Estate), but it's obvious why so many take this to heart.

02/19/2010 • 8pm (doors open at 7pm).   Buy Tickets   Alkaline Trio Cursive The Dear & Departed All Ages. $18.00 advance. $20.00 day of show. Alkaline Trio: This Chicago band owes more to the shifting rhythms, undulating crunchy guitars and sung/shouted vocals of emo than to influences of hardcore punk. Formed in 1997, Alkaline Trio features ex-members of Midwestern bands Jerkwater, 88 Fingers Louie and Slapstick. Their formative years were fueled by booze and heartache, resulting in the bleary hangover lyrics of "Crawl." Those emotionally careening motifs persisted, fueling newer singles like "Mercy Me," an anthemic hum-along packed with self-hatred and ennui. Founded by vocalist/guitarist and former bike messenger Matt Skiba, the Alkaline Trio put out two albums on Asian Man Records. This was shortly followed up with a self-titled collection of early singles and EPs. In 2001, Alkaline Trio shuffled band members and signed to Vagrant for the release of From Here to Infirmary. Two years later they followed it up with Good Mourning, which made an appearance in Billboard 's Top-200 charts. There were a few more internal breaks in 2004, not fortunately within the band -- but due to Matt Skiba's adventures in skateboarding. First, he fractured his wrist, delaying the release of their fifth album to May 2005, and then as soon as that healed, he jumped back on his board and broke his left arm. Healed up Skiba and the latest lineup (drummer Derek Grant and bassist Dan Andriano) embarked on a near-sellout tour in support of Crimson, complete with an orchestral accompaniment. Perhaps in response to this, they've released a "deluxe edition" of the album with an additional disc of rougher hewn originals to please both their angry youthful admirers along with their more recently acquired pop-oriented fans.

02/23/2010 • 7pm (doors open at 6pm).   Buy Tickets   We The Kings Mayday Parade A Rocket to the Moon There For Tomorrow Stereo Skyline All Ages. $16.00 advance. $19.00 day of show. We The Kings: Hailing from Bradenton, Florida, We The Kings is a power pop band whose success can largely be attributed to websites like MySpace and PureVolume. Travis, Hunter, Drew and Danny originally met at Martha B. King Middle School (the inspiration for the name We The Kings), but didn't write music together until they were in high school. Influenced by the sounds of pop-punk forerunners Blink-182 and New Found Glory, they add their own flavor to the genre with punchy intros, rickety guitars and big beat drums backed by big harmonies. Signed to S-Curve Records, their self-titled debut was produced by Sam Hollander (Gym Class Heroes, Boys Like Girls, Coheed and Cambria) and dropped in October 2007. Since then, WTK has toured extensively -- including headlining stints on the Long Hair, Don't Care and Warped tours -- sharing the stage with acts that include Metro Station, Boys Like Girls, Cute Is What We Aim For and Paramore.

02/27/2010 • 9pm (doors open at 8pm).   Buy Tickets   Monqui & KUPL 98.7 Legends & Outlaws Show Present Drinking Doubles, Shooting Singles The Legends of Country tribute 21 & Over. $9.87 advance. $10.00 day of show. The Legends of Country tribute: A raucous celebration of all things legendary country, a tribute to them all! featuring Lewi Longmire, Darren Craig, Bingo, Lil Sue, Adam Shearer (of WEINLAND), Justin Powers, and Many More. Tickets only $9.87!

03/06/2010 • 9pm (doors open at 8pm).   Buy Tickets   Monqui Presents Midlake Matthew and the Arrogant Sea 21 & Over. $13.00 advance. $15.00 day of show. Midlake: The lo-fi rock quintet Midlake was formed in Denton, TX, in 2000 by a group of musicians who had attended the North Texas School of Music together: Paul Alexander (bass, keyboards), Eric Nichelson (keyboards, guitar), Eric Pulido (guitar, keyboards, background vocals), Tim Smith (vocals, keyboards, guitar), and Mckenzie Smith (drums). They issued their own EP, Milkmaid Grand Army, in 2001, and sold 1,000 copies at their Texas gigs. They attracted the attention of Simon Raymonde, who signed them to his Bella Union label in the U.K., leading to European concerts and the recording of their first full-length album, Bamnan and Slivercork, which was released in July 2004. For their next album, the band changes gears and moved away from the psychedelic leanings of their debut toward a more '70s-influenced sound. 2006's The Trials of Van Occupanther featured the same lineup and a sound reminiscent of harmony-rich soft rock bands like America and Laurel Canyon troubadours like Neil Young and Gene Clark.

03/07/2010 • 8pm (doors open at 7:30pm).   Buy Tickets   Monqui Presents Black Rebel Motorcycle Club The Whigs All Ages. $20.00 advance. $23.00 day of show. Aint No Easy Way Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Named after the gang in the Brando-centric film The Wild One -- meander along in a world seemingly ruled by simple rock 'n' roll riffs, snatches of psychedelia, words sung in a bored and lazy manner and, quite possibly, heavy downers. That said, their music is as addictive as the drugs they may or may not be on, with expert builds, solid musicianship and a consistent mood throughout.

03/12/2010 • 8pm (doors open at 7pm).   Buy Tickets   New Found Glory Saves The Day Hellogoodbye Fireworks All Ages. $19.99 advance. $23.00 day of show. New Found Glory's high-test punk-pop is typified by massive guitars and Green Day-inspired vocals that thankfully come minus the fake British accents. These Drive-Thru Records stable-dwellers formed in Coral Springs, Fla., in 1997 and promptly released an EP, It's All About the Girls, that same year. Their 2000 EP, From the Screen to Your Stereo, a collection of creative and uncharacteristic covers of songs from movies, was well received and gave the band something of a distinctive identity among the legions of like-minded punk-pop scrubs operating at the time. By 2004, their fourth proper record, Catalyst, was holding down the No. 3 spot on the Billboard Album charts. The band has steadily toured and released studio and live albums since. An expanded, full-album sequel to From the Screen, suitably titled Part II, appeared in 2007.

03/13/2010 • 8pm (doors open at 7pm).   Buy Tickets   KMRIA 21 & Over. $12.00 advance. $12.00 day of show. KMRIA: K.M.R.I.A. is a Portland tribute band honoring the "virtuosity, song craft and spirit" of the Pogues that takes its name from a passage in James Joyce's "Ulysses," that's also a brash phrase included on the Pogues' introductory song, "Transmetropolitan," -- "kiss my royal Irish ... " -- well, you can guess at the, um, end. The Pogues were radical, revolutionary and remain revered.The band's fiery spirit lives on in the likes of Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly and likely a zillion cover and tribute bands, including K.M.R.I.A. Which wouldn't make for much of a story if K.M.R.I.A. was not a bona fide Northwest supergroup: Chris Funk and Jenny Conlee of the Decemberists; Ezra Holbrook of Dr. Theopolis; Scott McCaughey of the Minus 5 and Young Fresh Fellows; Hanz Araki of Paperboys fame; Jesse Emerson of Amelia; vocalist Casey Neill; and Derek Brown from Eels. And K.M.R.I.A. has even earned the endorsement of the Pogues' accordion player, James Fearnley, who stated, "I heartily subscribe to this effort."

03/15/2010 • 8pm (doors open at 7:30pm).   Buy Tickets   Monqui Presents Gomez Buddy 21 & Over. $20.00 advance. $22.00 day of show. Gomez: British guitar bands that offer more than expensive haircuts and fancy trousers can be a rare find. Enter North England's Gomez. Their 1998 debut, Bring it On, beat out the Verve's Urban Hymns and Massive Attack's Mezzanine (both fine albums in their own right) for the U.K.'s prestigious Mercury Music Prize Album Of The Year. Their music braids vines of organic roots music with strands of bubbly dance production, but their songs tend to stick closer to the soil than the dancefloor. Three singers and two drummers mean a lot of ground can be explored, and Gomez are always willing to go where no Brit has gone before. They've garnered many comparisons to the Band thanks to their innovative take on Americana (MOJO magazine even put them on a cover aping the cover art of The Basement Tapes). One singer barks out lyrics with a warm Eddie Vedderesque rasp, while a second adds your standard, shy-voiced English indie kid, and a third inflects like a very young Tom Waits. Since each one is also a songwriter, the band's best moments feature three different personalities coming together on one soaring vision. And that, good people, is what you call musical chemistry (in it's most pure and dynamic form). With the energy, enthusiasm and passion of young people seeing the world for the first time, they weave in and out of Beatle-inspired power pop, bluesy laments, triumphant rockers or extended cosmic jams -- all the while retaining the kinetic Gomez sound.

03/27/2010 • 9pm (doors open at 8pm).   Buy Tickets   The Devil Makes Three All Ages. $15.00 advance. $15.00 day of show. The Devil Makes Three: With a slightly punky perspective on vintage American blues, The Devil Makes Three is a breath of fresh musical air. Laced with elements of ragtime, country, folk and rockabilly, the critically praised, drummer-less trio -- consisting of guitarist/frontman Pete Bernhard, stand-up bassist Lucia Turino and guitarist Cooper McBean -- brings forth a genuine approach to acoustic music that is deeply steeped in rhythm.

04/09/2010 • 9pm (doors open at 8pm).   Buy Tickets   Monqui Presents Rogue Wave All Ages. $14.00 advance. $15.00 day of show. Lake Michigan Rogue Wave: Before forming Rogue Wave, Zach Rogue was in a San Francisco band called the Desoto Reds who really liked Guided By Voices -- so much so that their early demos were often panned as derivative. When 90% of the new businesses by the Bay went belly up, Rogue was one of thousands laid off, so he went to New York City with a head full of songs and nothing but time to put them down on tape. Apart from drums, he played every instrument and sang every song on what would become the debut album of the band he put together with four friends after moving back to San Francisco. Rogue Wave worked their asses off at the grassroots level, garnering a dedicated following and the momentum of a giant avalanche until Sub Pop had no choice but to sign the band before another label picked them up. Live, the group effortlessly approximates the stellar arrangements found on their debut, but they also add their own trademark flair and style, changing instruments every other song much like the Coctails did in their heyday. While the songs still display vestiges of a love for G.B.V. (as well as Built To Spill), Rogue's soaring inflections and song structures elevate the listener to unpredictable plateaus. Winding guitars, pulsing rhythms and lovelorn lyrics pull from a myriad of genre influences (folk, psychedelia, post-punk), while sustaining what is fast becoming a trademark sound.

04/10/2010 • 8pm (doors open at 7pm).   Buy Tickets   Monqui Presents Hockey The Constellations The Postelles All Ages. $10.00 advance. $12.00 day of show. Hockey: Merging the studied cool of the new wave revivalist movement with the sleek textures and commanding rhythm of electronic pop, Hockey burst out of the Portland, OR music scene in 2009 to become cult favorites in the United Kingdom on the strength of a handful of live appearances and a self-produced demo EP. Vocalist and guitarist Ben Grubin and bassist Jeremy Reynolds formed Hockey in 2007 while they were both students at Southern California's Johnston Center for Integrative Studies, a free-form college affiliated with the University of Redlands. The Johnston Center allows students to establish their own curriculum, and Grubin and Reynolds used the opportunity to focus their attentions on music. They began writing songs and playing out as Hockey accompanied only by a drum machine, and a demo recorded by this early incarnation of the band attracted the attention of A&R executives at Sony Music. Hockey were signed to a record deal, but communication between Grubin and Reynolds and Sony soon broke down, and attempts to cut an album with producer Jerry Harrison (ex-Talking Heads) came to a halt when Sony dropped the band. Grubin and Reynolds left California for a creative environment where they could start over, and after a spell in Spokane, WA, they found it in Portland, OR. Hockey expanded to a four-piece with the addition of percussionist Anthony Stassi and guitarist Brian White during the band's stay in Spokane, and they started playing clubs and college parties as soon as they hit Portland. Home-recorded versions of the songs "Learn to Lose" and "Work" found their way to Zane Lowe, a disc jockey at BBC Radio 1, and airplay generated a demand for the group in the U.K.. After being invited to play the London club Water Rats, and a showcase hosted by the influential music magazine New Musical Express, Hockey were once again being courted by the major labels, and they signed with Virgin for the U.K. and Europe and Capitol for the United States. Hockey's album Mind Chaos, featuring revised versions of the songs from their demo, was released in fall 2009.

04/11/2010 • 9pm (doors open at 8pm).   Buy Tickets   King Khan & The Shrines The Fresh & Onlys All Ages. $15.00 advance. $15.00 day of show. King Khan & The Shrines: Brewing up a heady mixture of high-spirited rhythm & blues, real-gone psychedelia and middle-finger-flipping garage rock, King Khan has earned an international reputation as one of the wildest showmen in underground rock.

04/12/2010 • 8pm (doors open at 7:30pm).   Buy Tickets   Monqui Presents La Roux All Ages. $13.00 advance. $15.00 day of show. La Roux: La Roux roughly means "red-haired one" in French. But this is a duo, not just a front for sharp, ginger-tressed lead singer Elly Jackson. Jackson and her bandmate Ben Langmaid met through mutual friends in 2006. Each brought a distinctive musical background to the table: Jackson was raised on folk artists like Nick Drake and Joni Mitchell (and in fact, La Roux started out making acoustic music under the name Automan). Meanwhile, Langmaid was a music scene veteran, having done much of his earlier work with best friend Rollo Armstrong (Faithless mastermind and brother of Dido). After working for a number of years to hone their aesthetic and their debut, La Roux settled on a sleek '80s synth-pop style. A handful of buzz-worthy singles ("Quicksand," "In for the Kill" and "Bulletproof") preceded the duo's debut, which dropped in June 2009.

04/13/2010 • 8pm (doors open at 7:30pm).   Buy Tickets   SiA 21 & Over. $18.00 advance. $20.00 day of show. SiA: It was inevitable that Sia's unique vocal talent would find a significant audience outside her native Australia. In 2000 her debut album, Healing Is Difficult, was championed by critics -- the lead single, "Taken For Granted," even made the U.K. Top 10 -- but sales were relatively poor. The record did, however, bring Sia to the attention of London studio assistants Henry Bins and Sam Hardaker, who invited her to record vocals for two tracks on a CD they were making in their spare time. The resulting recordings -- "Destiny" and "In The Waiting Line," on Zero 7's world-conquering Simple Things (2001) -- are two of downtempo's high water marks. After touring with Zero 7 (a process she credits with broadening her musical horizons), Sia stepped back from the scene to regroup. Her back-to-basics LP, Colour the Small One (2006), features "Breathe Me," a song used to powerful effect in the closing scene of the finale of TV series Six Feet Under, as well as "The Bully," a song cowritten with Beck. Sia's next major release came in early 2008 with Some People Have Real Problems.

04/16/2010 • 8pm (doors open at 7pm).   Buy Tickets   Monqui Presents Trampled By Turtles Sallie Ford Danny Barnes 21 & Over. $15.00 advance. $15.00 day of show. Trampled By Turtles: Trampled by Turtles is an acoustic quintet from Duluth, MN. Based on their instrumentation, the initial instinct is to view the band as a bluegrass or new-grass outfit, but spend more than a cursory moment with their music and it is clear this tag doesn't really fit. For those who are simply fans of music, not bound by rules or forms, Trampled by Turtles take pieces of it all and just play from the heart. Call it alt-bluegrass, nontraditional string, indie-folk, rock-grass, punk-grass or anything else, they don't care what name you put on it, just show up with an open mind and it won't be long until you fall under their spell. Like all of us, where they were raised has influenced what they are and these guys didn't grow up in southern roots country, they come from way up north where folks do it a little different. When was the last time you saw crowd surfing brought on by an acoustic string band without any drums?

04/19/2010 • 9pm (doors open at 8pm).   Buy Tickets   Yeasayer Sleigh Bells All Ages. $15.00 advance. $18.00 day of show. Yeasayer is four Brooklynites who combine global rhythms, infectious vocal lines, and a futuristic brand of mysticism into one heady brew. The band won early acclaim after 2007 performances at the South by Southwest music festival, swiftly becoming a favorite of the ever-fickle blogosphere. The eclectic quartet cites everyone from Cyndi Lauper to Prince and Leonard Cohen as an influence, and the end result is a melange of pop references. While they have certain affinities with fellow New Yorkers in Animal Collective or Gang Gang Dance, Yeasayer favors an organic approach--serving up tribal rhythms with a dense, psychedelic flair--relying on old-fashioned instruments in addition to the synthesizers and electronics. Anand Wilder handles keys and intricate guitar fretwork, backed up by Luke Fasano on a futuristic drum kit and Ira Wolf Tuton on bass. Live, charismatic front man Chris Keating hollers and swoons, arms outstretched like he's beseeching the heavens to bring more cosmopolitan disco funk. Yeasayer is surrounded by a veil of mystery--they appeared seemingly from thin air, determined to inform the masses that 'by 2080 only enlightenment can prevent terror.' But of course.

04/23/2010 • 8pm (doors open at 7pm).     Monqui Presents Dr. Dog Sean Bones All Ages. $15.00 day of show. Dr. Dog: In the early 21st century, America has produced two truly great pop bands: Animal Collective and Dr. Dog. But where the former takes Brian Wilson's sound into a global psychedelic future torn from the pages of a sci-fi novel, the latter drives it further into the annals of pop history. In fact, it's hard to even call Dr. Dog indie, which is how music critics generally describe their music. Even on early, homemade releases like Toothbrush and Easy Beat, the Philadelphia outfit exhibited a knack for refined melodies and classic composition that's far more in debt to Tin Pan Alley and the Brill Building than, say, the rudimentary hooks of the Velvet Underground's third and fourth records (indie pop's double helix). By 2007's We All Belong, the Dog had shed all those nagging comparisons to Beachwood Sparks and all those Elephant 6 acts, crafting a funky fusion of blue-eyed soul (hey, they're from Philly) and intricate, multilayered harmonies. "My Old Ways" even sounds like a Broadway tune. Indie kids simply don't emote like this. The band grooves and bubbles and loves and romances the way pop groups used to. Blatant nostalgia never sounded so darn sweet.

05/06/2010 • 8pm (doors open at 7pm).   Buy Tickets   Needtobreathe Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers Seabird All Ages. $15.00 advance. $18.00 day of show. Needtobreathe: Guitar-playing brothers Bear and Bo Rinehart formed Needtobreathe in their hometown of Seneca, South Carolina, in 2002 as a musical outlet for their Christian beliefs. The four-piece, rounded out by bassist Seth Bolt and drummer Joe Stillwell, has had songs appear in film soundtracks and on TV, released a pair of records (Daylight in 2006 and The Heat in 2008) and garnered two Dove Award nominations, both in 2008, for Rock Song of the Year and Album of the Year. While the bulk of their material toes the line of straight-up alternative rock (think a lighter version of Pearl Jam), they occasionally drop cues suggesting an interest in classic rock Americana a la the Band.

05/15/2010 • 9pm (doors open at 8pm).   Buy Tickets   Monqui Presents Kaki King An Horse All Ages. $14.00 advance. $16.00 day of show. Kaki King: Known for her elaborate experimentalism on the acoustic guitar, Kaki King initially crafted her musical style not via strings but via drumsticks. Her experience and passion for the drums became a tool for her guitar work, which blends blazing-fast finger-picking with percussive fret-tapping, slapping and layering. Originally from Atlanta, King attended New York University and began playing at open-mike nights and on subway platforms before catching the attention of the head of Velour Records while performing at the Knitting Factory. Her debut album, Everybody Loves You, released in 2003, garnered comparisons to guitar greats like Preston Reed, John Fahey, Michael Hedges and Alex de Grassi. While her first outing focused strictly on her guitar prowess, King branched out on 2004's Legs to Make Us Longer, incorporating instruments including bass, violin, piano and cello. With each following release, the virtuoso would continue to evolve in her musicianship, adding vocals and a post-rock flair with the production help of Tortoise's John McEntire on ...Until We Felt Red and continuing along a more singer-songwriterly path on 2008's Dreaming of Revenge.

05/28/2010 • 9pm (doors open at 8pm).   Buy Tickets   Monqui Presents Why? The Donkeys Josiah Wolf All Ages. $15.00 advance. $15.00 day of show. Why?: A key member of the oddball coalition known as Anticon, Why? began recording in his hometown of Cincinnati, eventually hooking up with burgeoning weird-rap hero Dose One and champion DJ Mr. Dibbs while attending art school. He performed with a live improv group called Apogee and started putting out tapes under the name greenthink. In addition to releasing solo albums, Why? has recorded and toured extensively with his critically acclaimed group cLOUDDEAD. Like his Anticon peers, he boasts a musical style that's challenging and unconventional -- you either love it or hate it.

05/29/2010 • 9pm (doors open at 8pm).   Buy Tickets   Monqui Presents Nada Surf Telekinesis 21 & Over. $16.00 advance. $18.00 day of show. Nada Surf: Though they practice restraint by not letting the vocals and guitars explode with the edgy energy that's clearly present, Nada Surf's songs are tightly wound balls of nervous electrons, constantly moving, buzzing and colliding. The hushed vocals and swarming guitars build an added anxiousness that make it impossible to turn away once you let yourself become engulfed in their music.

06/03/2010 • 8:30pm (doors open at 7:30pm).   Buy Tickets   Killing Joke All Ages. $20.00 advance. $25.00 day of show. Killing Joke: At the dawn of the 1980s, Killing Joke forged a new, forceful sound. They are as heavy as metal, as politically barbed as Punk, and as abusively cynical as Industrial. Their rhythms are so hypnotic and primal they can drive a dance floor, yet their songs are so full of art and intellectual politics they require attentive appreciation. They continue to be a profoundly influential band, still unmatched in perfectly produced raw aggression.

Artists that have appeared at Wonder Ballroom include:
Peeping Tom, The Raconteurs, Eagles of Death Metal, Squeeze, Fountains of Wayne, Blitzen Trapper, Breeders, Colin Meloy, Daniel Johnston, Deerhoof, The Eels, The Gutter Twins, Ingrid Michaelson, Jamie Lidell, Kate Nash, The Kooks, Ladytron, Blonde Redhead, The Melvins, Melissa Ferrick, The Mountain Goats, The Old 97s, Pinback, Reverend Horton Heat, Silver Jews, Stars, Stereophonics, Tom Morello, Tiger Army, Was (Not Was), The Zombies, Roky Erickson, Viva Voce, Mason Jennings, Vagabond Opera, Devotchka, El-p, Lyrics Born, Meat Puppets, Dead Prez, Dashboard Confessional, Rogue Wave, Architecture in Helsinki, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Dengue Fever, Sparklehorse, and many more.

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