Urban Honking

Saturday, October 23

9:00pm Little Wings, Breathe Owl Breathe, Graves @ The Woods

$10 Advance

$12 Day of Show

Doors @ 8.  Show @ 9.

6637 Milwaukie Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97202

Little Wings
Little Wings was formed in San Luis Obisbo, CA, and the music of Little Wings carries the landscape of its place of origin like clouds carry water vapor, to release it in a myriad of forms over a changing landscape. Little wings is a project that revolves around frontman and songwriter Kyle Field, sometimes with drummer Adam Selzer, keyboardist Rob Kieswetter, bassist Mark Leece, and others. His debut album, “Discover Worlds of Wonder”, was released in 1999 by Walking Records, and later in 2000 by K Records. It has been called “a dreamy, balladic tribute to the surreal aspects of the contemporary Californian landscape.” Moving to Portland, Little Wings followed up this first release with “The Wonder City” and “Wonderue” to complete their “Wonder Trilogy”, which consists of three albums released on K and Knw-Yr-Own Records. In 2003 Little Wings released “Harvest Joy”, followed by “Magic Wand” in 2004 and Glow in 2005. He released Soft “Pow’r” in 2007. Kyle Field has played with the likes of Grandaddy, Lee Baggett, and Devendra Banhart, and is also a talented visual artist. A book of his drawings was published by the label Ahornfelder.

Breathe Owl Breathe
“As Breathe Owl Breathe, Michigan trio Micah Middaugh, Andra Moreno-Beals andTrevor Hobbs sound as intimately familiar with woods and wild as their band name suggests, but there’s an air of cosmopolitan sophistication, too. Their forest-paced, guitar-and cello-grounded ‘Playing Dead’ has the careful, modern approach to folk production of rustic post-rock ensemble Califone, and Middaugh’s weary vocal also braves Palace Brothers‘ Southern haints. “I got you, didn’t I,’ Middaugh repeats in harmony with Moreno-Beals, as cymbals splash across some delicate acoustic plucking. The verses reflect nostalgically on playing dead as a child by the swing set, so this chorus comes to tell everyone they’re just fooling. At the same time, the joke may be getting played on us, too: ‘When I was alive…’ Middaugh begins one line. What, is he dead? Still, like North Carolina’s similarly verdant Bowerbirds, Breathe Owl Breathe keep their lyrics earnest and un-showy (‘Your hair is gray…the light is black’) and then bask in organic splendor. They got me, didn’t they?” – Pitchfork Forkcast review For “Playing Dead”