Tomorrow Chicago Band Maps & Atlases bring their math rock/indie/German pop? to SPACE Gallery. They just finished playing a few shows with Minus The Bear who also came through Portland recently. Local openers Brenda and Dead Man’s clothes make their first visit to SPACE. Doors at 8pm.

Check out some recent videos of Maps & Atlases below.

After a year of being left to his own devices traversing the wilds of Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, India, China, and many more, Henry Rollins is spending 2010 doing what he does best:

Talking, and traveling, and talking about traveling!

The 2010 Frequent Flyer Tour has arrived and Henry is embarking on a tour around the world which will take in more than 100 shows.

To commemorate this occasion and whet the collective appetite, we’ve culled some choice clips from Henry’s past speaking tours (see below to listen) and present them here scrubbed up and sanitized (i.e. swear free) for public consumption.

Enjoy these clips and feel free to spread them around on the internet and radio for everyone to hear.

Click Here to Listen.

For more information on the FREQUENT FLYER TOUR visit www.henryrollins.com

Enjoy some other Henry Rollins clips below.

Catching up on photos from some recent events here at SPACE, in no particular order:

New Year’s Eve ICING Party, 12/21/09 (by Jon Donnell)

Eternal Otter Records 7″ Release Show, 1/29/10 (by Bryan Bruchman)

Aserela Maine Youth Chorus, 12/19/09 (by Dennis Stein)

Words & Images Event, 1/25/10 (by Jon Donnell)

Portland Music Foundation: Learn To Think Like A Talent Buyer, 1/20/10 (by Dennis Stein)

Jeff Platz’s Nude Saviors with Birdorgan, Mambo Mantis hosted by id m theft able , 1/30/10 (by Jon Donnell)

Free For All 2 Opening, 1/22/10 (by Bryan Bruchman)

This month’s posters are for Dead of Winter and Stand With Haiti. Dead of Winter is a 3 color screen print designed and printed by Kris Johnsen. Stand With Haiti was designed by Sean Wilkinson and is a 2 color screen print, also printed by Kris Johnsen.

Here’s some process shots of the Dean of Winter poster being created.
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Local illustrator Ryan LaMunyon created this amazing poster for Eternal Otter Records Record Release show on January 29th.
Here’s a few process shots of Ryan’s work. He also had an ongoing art blog here.

Ocean is Theory from Atlanta, GA passed through town last night for one of our ALL AGES shows with John Nolan, Pinsky & Gabriel The Marine. Ocean Is Theory is giving away a free download of 2 songs off of their new album, In My Blood Again.

Check them out Here.

This post is a little late seeing as the guys in Pinsky posted these songs a few weeks ago, but for all of you that have not heard their 2 new songs that they just posted, heres a LINK over to their website where you can purchase these songs, and also check them out on their Myspace for free!

Pinsky play an ALL AGES show here at SPACE Gallery this Friday along with John Nolan of Straylight Run, Garbriel The Marine & Ocean is Theory. 7:30pm doors, $8

Also check out this brand new interview with the boys in the Portland Press Herald.

Nick Poulin and Krister Rollins have got a pretty great thing going on with their local music documentary video project, [dog] and [pony] show. They recently celebrated the release of their first season of episodes on DVD with a huge party at SPACE, featuring artists they’ve done pieces on, including some first-time collaborations. Jacob Augustine headlined the show that also included Marie Stella, Wesley Hartley (and The Traveling Trees), Jesse Pilgrim (with an excellent country-punkish full band), plus special guests Chriss Sutherland, Samuel James, D. Gross, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, Kris Rodgers (of Highway Jackson) and The Loblolly Boy. Read on for the photo gallery! [Read more →]

On December 11, WCYY held their annual Class Of… show at SPACE. Eric Bettencourt, Grand Hotel, Holy Boys Danger Club, and Sun Gods In Exile played. Check out Jon Donnell’s photos below:

On December 19, DJ Jonathan Toubin turned out one of the biggest dance parties we’ve seen at SPACE for the New York Night Train SOUL CLAP Dance-Off and Soul Party. The competition was fierce, but in the end our panel of judges picked a worthy winner in the dance off.

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