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Next show: Sun, Mar 12 – Bug Incision in Calgary, AB

Hi friends, we’re very excited for our next show coming up! It’s our first Bug Incision presented performance since 2015 and we are playing with some great guests.


SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2023
High Line Brewing: 1318 9 Ave SE, Unit #113
(access via Minh Chau parking lot off 9th Ave SE)
7-10pm, 18+, $10 cover at the door, CASH ONLY

Pigeon Breeders (alone and with guests Waters and Dadge) + Nate Waters solo

PIGEON BREEDERS
We are very excited to have Edmonton’s Pigeon Breeders (Myles Bartel and Will Scott) back after too-long of an absence. The last time they graced a Bug Incision stage was back in 2015, but they’ve been busy ever since. Most recently working as a trio with fellow Edmontonian Matt Belton’s Ghost Cars project, they released Stasis last fall on the Pseudo Laboratories label.

This group has been active since the early ’10s, and when I say active, I mean active: they’ve played tons of shows around Alberta (they were in Calgary not too long ago on a juicy double bill with Jung People) and have released an impressive pile of cassettes and CDRs over the years, all documenting their increasingly refined vision of bric-a-brac-laden, electro-acoustic improvised music. As we wrote in an earlier write-up about them, “Edmonton’s kings of drift, this trio has honed in on a compelling mixture of liberally-effected guitars, assorted amplified junk and household objects, and electronics.”


They will perform a set on their own, and then another joined by Nate Waters and Chris Dadge.



NATE WATERS
One of the city’s busiest and consistently excellent musicians, Waters spends equal amounts of time in Calgary’s jazz and indie rock scenes. He fronts his own angular art-pop project Eye of Newt, plays in Temps, Victrix, Ryan Bourne & The Plant City Band, and Samantha Savage Smith’s backing band. In the jazz world, he gets around equally mightily, and can be seen most Tuesday nights at Betty Lou’s Jazz Library with his own quartet. Aside from ripping on most members of the woodwind family, he can also handle most rhythm section duties with equal aplomb. His solo set on this night will likely involve saxophones, pedals, and other electronic goodies.


For more information on Bug Incision, visit their website.

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Pigeon Breeders & Ghost Cars album release – Calgary

Pigeon Breeders & Ghost Cars / Jung People collaborative show
November 5th
90 min set
ALL AGES
50 seats
Experience the individual and collective expression of two celebrated Albertan experimental rock acts, Calgary’s Jung People and Edmonton’s Pigeon Breeders & Ghost Cars. The two bands will be presenting a special 90 minute* sonic experience, with Pigeon Breeders & Ghost Cars opening and closing the performance, and Jung People performing in the middle, and the two acts crossing over on both sides.
*Approximate time.

Calgary’s Jung People and Edmonton’s Pigeon Breeders have been artistic partners for over a decade. Since 2012, the two acts have been performing on bills together and this kinship was cemented by the development of “crossover” sets where the two bands would collaborate during the transition between each of their sets. The two bands went on a mini-tour to promote Jung People’s third album, Gold Bristle, which included a lush wintry performance at Calgary’s Lantern Church.

This show will be 90 minutes approximately.
Doors at 8:00 PM^
Performance begins at 9:00 PM^
$20 advance tickets available in-person at The Next Page book store
1217A 9 Avenue SE, Calgary
Limited capacity — [50] tickets available only.
There will be coffee & non-alcoholic beverages available.
The Next Page will be open to shop before and after the show!

Aug 10 @ SMF

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The Sewing Machine Factory presents

Friday August 10th
9562 82 Ave | Alley Entry
Doors 8pm | Music 9pm

| PIGEON BREEDERS | Original lineup!
http://pigeonbreeders.ca/
https://pigeonbreeders.bandcamp.com/album/concrescence

| ZEBRA PULSE |
https://zebrapulse.bandcamp.com/album/sleep-culture

| KELLY RUTH |
kellyruth.ca

| FAMILY INJERA |

$10 at the door
18+

|This show is intended to be safe and comfortable for all. Respect one another. Respect the venue. This event takes place on treaty 6 land|

https://www.facebook.com/events/195192284495985

July 8 @ The Aviary

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July 8 @ The Aviary
9314 111 ave
$10 at the door
$7 (plus fees) advance at:
https://yeglive.ca/events/pigeon-breeders/jul-8-2018/aviary

Doors 6:30pm
Show 7:30pm
All Ages & licensed

Not one but THREE experimental acts from out of town are performing with locals Pigeon Breeders + Smokey.
They are all performing at this year’s Sled Island music festival in Calgary, AB.


Alder & Ash (Montreal) * Edmonton debut
http://alderandashmusic.bandcamp.com/
https://www.sledisland.com/2018/alder-ash

Alder & Ash is a counterpoint of two extremes. The music lies in stillness, introversion, and penitence. It lies in violence, cacophony, and angst. Alder & Ash plays solo cello with loop pedal to create improvised minimal classical music, with influence of doom metal, ambient, post-rock and noise.

Alder & Ash recently performed a European tour with Calgary’s FOONYAP.

Sled Island’s FFO: Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Chelsea Wolfe, Swans
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Touching God (Lethbridge, AB) * Edmonton debut
http://touchinggod.bandcamp.com/
https://www.sledisland.com/2018/touching-god

New electronic noise rock project from members of Advertisement and An Ant And An Atom.

Sled Island’s FFO: Suicide, Lightning Bolt, Death Grips

Redress (Calgary)
https://redress.bandcamp.com/
https://www.sledisland.com/2018/redress

“We believe in the terror of love, and its ability to transfigure eternally.”
Featuring members of Jung People, Not I, Sigil, and The Oceania Tenor.

Sled Island’s FFO: Tim Hecker, Kranky Records

Pigeon Breeders + Smokey
https://pigeonbreeders.bandcamp.com/
https://smokeysings.bandcamp.com/

Pigeon Breeders were formed in 2011 by Will Scott, Myles Bartel and Tyler Harland. Following Tyler’s departure from Edmonton to Halifax in 2016, the band has been exploring the project as a duo as well as with guest collaborators. They are happy to be joined by frequent collaborator Smokey (Smokey & The Feelings, Field & Stream, Boy Church).

Coming up @ The Aviary

April 21 @ The Aviary:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1547502282036404

Jung People / Pigeon Breeders (ft. Smokey) / Fitness / Tab C.A. Poetry & Tension Collectors
Doors 8pm
Show 9pm
$12 advance at yeglive.ca
$15 at the door

May 2 @ The Aviary:

https://www.facebook.com/events/325172334671290

Stephen Ferris art show w/ live music from Pigeon Breeders (ft. Smokey)

Doors at 7pm
Music at 9:30pm
$10 advance at yeglive.ca

Night Cuts

March 3 2018 - Night Cuts

New work from Artistic Director Gerry Morita. A performance that combines improvised dance, live music, and haircutting/aesthetics across Jan 27, Mar 3, and Apr 21.

In collaboration with Tony the Venetian Barber and Lisa DeHoog who’ll bring good grooming to our audiences. Other services may be available at a discounted price.

The March edition features dancers Gerry Morita and Jeannie Vandekerkhove, and live music from Pigeon Breeders.

$15 members, $20 non-members
Pre-cuts 7:30 PM to 8 PM
Dance 8 PM to 11:30 PM

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/night-cuts-dance-music-hair-tickets-41357762180?aff=es2