Event

RTX, Two Ton Boa, Titans of Oblivion, and Valet

RTX rocked itself loose from the legendary Royal Trux pile-up in 2001, when Jennifer Herrema pulled herself out from under the burning wreckage of Neil Hagerty and assembled a new band of rock-and-roll crusaders to build a new hot rod: THE RAD TIME XPRESS. Continuing to release records on Drag City, the label founded with the first Royal Trux album, Ms. Herrema is out on the road right now and forever, living between nightclubs and recording studios. Producer, singer, model, madwoman, and American original.
http://www.truxrox.com
http://www.myspace.com/rtx

TWO TON BOA
Two Ton Boa, the heaviest snake since Bob Fosse, coils around Weimar waif Sherry Fraser as she coos and moans her bracing ballads of nursery nightmare. Summoned by Ms. Herrema, the Boa flexes one last time around the City of Roses before embarking on a US tour with Dresden Dolls.
http://www.twotonboa.com/
http://www.myspace.com/2tonboa

VALET is a showcase project centered upon psychedelic chanteuse Honey Owens, who fronted the sprawling experiment Jackie-O Motherfucker as it put Portland on the musical map and continues to lend her magic to the irregular Nudge ensemble whenever its members can be in the same city. The last Valet show at Rotture sported a five-piece line-up of the Oak Street Building's finest freaks, weaving a throne for Her Excellency to recline in.
http://www.kranky.net/artists/valet.html
http://www.myspace.com/honeyowens

TITANS OF OBLIVION are a perfect muddy bloody mess of sheer rock-and-roll strut-and-stomp, led by unhinged vocalist Steven Swaja by its oft-broken nose.
http://www.myspace.com/titansofoblivion