Heartwood Center to host first DJ event

Psy-Sister recording artist DJ Coral to headline psy-trance show

By Reader Staff

The Heartwood Center has been on fire lately, hosting several well-attended live music shows from touring artists who each bring their own special flavor to the scene. Now, Mattox Farm Productions’ Robb Talbott introduces the first DJ night at the Heartwood with Psy-Sister recording artist DJ Coral on Friday, March 17.

Sandpoint local DJ Mercury at 8 p.m., followed by headliner DJ Coral. The party will last until 11 p.m. or later, with tickets available for $15 in advance from Eichardt’s or mattoxfarm.com, or $20 at the door.

DJ Coral at The Heartwood

Friday, March 17; doors at 7 p.m., DJ Mercury at 8 p.m. and DJ Coral to follow. The Heartwood Center, 615 Oak St., 208-2638699. Get tickets at mattoxfarm. com. To listen to DJ Coral, visit psysisters.com/artist/coral.

The doors will open and Eichardt’s will start serving at 7 p.m., then the party will start with

DJ Coral began her music career in 1999, when she was introduced to the irresistible sounds of Psy-Trance.

Psy-Trance is characterized by layered melodies and rhythms dominated by high-tempo riffs and cerebral breaks. The subgenre has a distinctive, energetic sound that often uses layering techniques to add new musical ideas and directions every four or eight bars until a climax is reached, then the song usually breaks down and starts a new rhythmic pattern over a constant bass line. It’s fun, intense and atmospheric, providing a perfect soundtrack to dance with wild abandon.

DJ Coral’s insatiable appetite, energy and joy for the music has naturally evolved into the world of production, where she has enjoyed several successful releases on various labels, including Psy-Sisters Music and Spacewarp Records. Coral’s infectious energy and enthusiasm behind the decks has seen her perform on some of the biggest psy-trance stages around.

A snapshot of notable live music coming up in Sandpoint

Blird and Harold’s IGA, 219 Lounge, March 18 Tom Catmull, Pend d’Oreille Winery, March 18

Local music lovers can enjoy a two-for-one gig at the Niner on Saturday night, courtesy of the indie rockers behind Harold’s IGA, who have started a new project exploring the sonic realm of lo-fi electronic music.

That project, known as Blird, will kick off the first half of this 219 set. It features Cadie Archer on the pedal-driven electric guitar, our own Ben Olson on the bass and synth effects, and Josh Vitalie on drums. Blird delves into a shoegaze style — a type of rock known for its ethereal quality and emphasis on distortion and reverb. The band plays a mix of originals and covers from bands like Thievery Corporation, Ruby Haunt, Cigarettes After Sex and more.

For the second half of the set, Archer, Olson and Vitalie will don their Harold’s hats to close out the night. Sponsored by Montucky Cold Snacks, the band will also be giving out free shirts and hats periodically to concertgoers. That’s a win-win-win.

— Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey

9 p.m.-midnight, FREE, 21+. 219 Lounge, 219 N. First Ave., 208-2635673, 219.bar. Listen at haroldsiga. com/listen.

According to The Missoulian, singer-songwriter Tom Catmull “straddles genres like a bow-legged cowboy on a mountain bike.” It’s an apt description for the longtime music man, originally hailing from Gulf Coast Texas and now based in western Montana.

Catmull’s catalog sounds like the bow-legged cowboy rode that mountain bike all the way from the Gulf and picked up every influence along the way, resulting in a style laced with the sounds of what it means to

This week’s RLW by Zach Hagadone

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Anybody who’s even passingly familiar with MAD Magazine knows the work of Al Jaffe, whether they know his name or not. He’s the guy who invented “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions” and, critically, the iconic MAD “Fold-in” on the back page. He turned 102 on March 13 and, to commemorate, writer Mike Sacks has published an in-depth interview with the artist on New York Magazine’s “Vulture” site. Find it at vulture.com.

be a well-traveled artist.

Listeners at the winery will take in everything from pure country to flavors of folk to possibly the occasional waltz or pop number. A Catmull show is many things, and boring isn’t one of them.

— Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey

5-8 p.m., FREE. Pend d’Oreille Winery, 301 Cedar St., powine.com. Listen at tomcatmull.com.

Listen Watch

The Internet was supposed to deliver up a boundless mass of information and education, democratizing the academy so that even the humblest of us could have the accumulated learning of the world at our fingertips. Obviously it’s mostly done the exact opposite, except in little nooks and crannies. One of those is the Odyssey channel on YouTube, which pulls together hundreds of high-quality documentaries (from real academics and experts) on ancient history. No aliens building the pyramids here. You could just as easily watch these, but I prefer to listen to them. Choose your own adventure.

It’s been 42 years since Mel Brooks released his satirical film History of the World — Part I.Now, the farcical retelling of the inglorious past is getting its sequel in the form of a series on Hulu. Released in episodic chunks of about 25 minutes each, History of the World — Part II features bawdy, silly sketches on everything from Jesus and Mary Magdalene to the Kama Sutra, American Civil War, Russian Revolution and Alexander Graham Bell. Seeing Jack Black as Josef Stalin is worth a watch alone.

From Northern Idaho News, March 16, 1915