Máscaras

CONTACT [email protected] Máscaras, comprised of three Portland music scene veterans is what happens when an off-the-cuff jam session between friends really, really works. Even in its recorded form, “it’s a jam with themes that live and breathe,” the band says, “leaving room for the unexpected.” The trio plays heavy, propellant psychedelic music with surf-rock twang and mathy sensibilities. They call it “maximalist indigenous psych”. These are urgent, intense songs, but they’re also playful. It’s the sound of three homies making exactly the music they want to make, for no one else but themselves. It just so happens that people love it.

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“We’re going to start doing Máscaras stuff again. Rehearsals start in a couple weeks. New record is mastered and we have found it a great ho

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We’re playing the last Rontoms Sunday Session of the decade on December 29th with Marisa Anderson. Words cannot express how honored we are to be sharing the floor with one of our favorite musicians. Come gather around the fire one last time in 2019 and celebrate the beginning of the next revolution.

600 e. Burnside

Free, 8pm, 21+

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10/10 @ Doug Fir Lounge

These homies are the real deal. Sons of Mali, musical refugees, groundbreaking artists, virtuoso performers, survivors. Unforgettable & undeniable. ‪Songhoy Blues‬ are the future of African rock n’ roll.

We’re beyond thrilled to be sharing the stage again with this incredible group! $18 advance tickets / $20 day of show.

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Round up your posse or saddle up for a solo trip to Pendleton with us and Orquestra Pacifico Tropical for the Jackalope Jamboree June 28th & 29th.

OPT kicks off the festivities with a free PRE-JAMBO-REE PARTY Friday night at the Great Pacific and we play the Jamboree the following evening with a ton of pickers and shredders at the Happy Canyon Arena.

Best of all, you can pitch a tent Saturday night and keep those costs down to the ground.

Get your tickets now!

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KPSU presents the fourth annual AMP FEST, a free all-ages music festival! Featuring: Mega Bog Máscaras Layperson ings Cay Is Okay 6-10PM. This is an early show with lots of bands-- come on time! Amp Fest takes place at Parkway North Project, located at Portland State University, Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 101. 

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[W]e’ve been working the old 🍕 press to make 5 small, 5 med, 5 lg shirts and we found 5 out-of-print Máscara vs. Máscara LPs at a very fair price*. I invite you to find us at the merch table after the set.

Next show:

Shannon Shaw with

Máscaras x Plastic Cactus

Friday at Mississippi Studios

*it was the final sale on the closing day of Green Noise Records’ brick-n-mortar. I guess they call that provenance.

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Next Show (All Ages)

We’re headlining Saturday night of the 35th Annual Portland Cinco De Mayo Fiesta (May 3-5). 

We’ll be playing the Fiesta Main Stage in Tom McCall Waterfront Park at 9pm following sets by Mariachi Ciudad de Guadalajara & Ballet Folklórico Mexico En La Piel. The show is all ages. Show up early for authentic foods, drinks, carnival rides, dancing, mariachi, face painting and a ton of other stuff. 

Stick around and chill with us after our set; Papi’s bringing his vinyl to DJ the rest of the night.

You can learn more about the all weekend, all day (noon to 11pm) party and get advance tickets (it’s really the way to go, just get that shit taken care of) at http://www.cincodemayo.org/.

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“[SHAKE AND BAKE] It’s extremely fitting that Máscaras is playing a 4/20 show at Green Noise Records. The Portland trio’s music is ideal for the occasion. Whether they’re bashing out tunes with complex rhythms and punk sensibility or drowning in psychedelia, their music feels like a jam session in a basement where there’s a blunt circulating the room. Hovering in a haze of surf-rock guitar and knot-tight percussion, the Máscaras’ instrumental funk will have you baking and shaking in spaced-out bliss.” LAUREN KERSHNER, Willamette Week

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We’re spending the weekend in Canada to track some new songs with our old homie Jo Hirabayashi of Jo Passed. While we’re there we’re going to play a show with a bunch of rad BC bands. If you’re in the area or in the mood for an overnight in Vancouver we’d love to see you. $12 and no one turned away for lack of funds. Xoxo xoxo

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479 - Funkadelic Maggot Brain - Baron Vaughn

Good luck trying to pin a label on Baron Vaughn, because he is an artist who has built a career out of defying expectations. Learning from a

Our track “Bloodsmoker” is featured on episode 479 of The 500 Podcast with Josh Adam Meyers. The podcast is a nearly 10 year mission to breakdown every album from the Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. “Our episode” is about one of our favorite albums, “Maggot Brain” by Funkadelic. Give it a listen and subscribe to The 500 wherever you listen to podcasts.

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We’re on the new episode of the Judge John Hodgman Podcast. We had maximum fun playing a couple of songs for a sold-out podcast taping at Aladdin Theater last month and we’re stoked to share it with you!

The Honorable Judge John Hodgman and Baliff Jesse Thorn heard cases on stonefruit, witches, wrong names, and two of our most blistering live performances ever put to tape. Stream it now right here or subscribe to the Judge John Hodgman Podcast on Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast player. 

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Stoked to be kicking off 2019 with a pair of stellar shows! First, we’re playing a sold-out live episode of the Judge John Hodgman Podcast at Aladdin Theater on January 17th. Then, we’re opening an all-ages show with OG homies Tropa Magica and King Tuff, February 10th at Wonder Ballroom. Get yo tickets and invite your crew!

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contemporary indigenous sounds, a playlist by Máscaras on Spotify

A playlist featuring Gordon Dick, A Tribe Called Red, Indian Agent, and others

Today and every day we’re grateful today for our homies and our indigenous brothers, sisters, and others. Here’s a playlist of music from indigenous artists. Feel free to send us your suggestions of artists to add to the list. mascarasmusic at gmail.

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Másvana is closing out the annual Hocus Pocus Halloween Party (on actual Halloween night!) at The Liquor Store with our best homie Jem from The Ghost Ease on vox/gtr. Candace is opening with their incredible ZZ Top cover band aka Sharp Dressed Ma’am. DJ El Dorado will be spinning gold records all night!

This is our last show of the year and your last chance to hear us covering one of our favorite bands. $8/9pm

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We were so honored to be invited to open for Pacific Northwest music legends Kinski and Bay Area shredders Feral Ohms. You, bring your friends to High Water Mark and we’ll bring the noise.

Tickets: https://tickets.holdmyticket.com/tickets/322200?tc=soundcontrolpdx&_ga=2.119053001.1771341379.1535659389-997834585.1535659389

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We’re playing St Johns tonight at The Fixin’ To with the incredible lava lounge combo Healing Gems (LA) and Ex-Kids. 9pm / $7 /21+

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Our own Papi Fimbres is XRAY FM’s Featured Artist this month and they posted this beautiful homie’s origin story on the XRAY Blog. “You could say he’s kind of a big deal.”

https://blog.xray.fm/2018/09/18/artist-of-the-month-papi-fimbres/