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Pipeline is giving away a pair of tickets to see Monarques at Holocene on Thursday, January 5, 2012. To win, comment on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed Thursday, January 5.

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From our sponsors at Holocene:
Monarques w/ Houndstooth, Colin Jenkins, DJ Pretty Ugly
Thursday, January 5
8:30 p.m. | $5 | 21+

Holocene
1001 SE Morrison Street
More Info: www.holocene.org

We’re pleased to welcome back Portland’s own soulful psych-pop outfit Monarques. They’re joined by charming new Americana group Houndstooth (members of Inside Voices) and a solo set by Colin Jenkins (of Rocky and the Proms). Plus DJ Pretty Ugly spinning garage and soul all night!

Willamette Week writes: “We can thank MFNW for the creation of Portland’s Monarques. After agreeing to join the 2009 festival lineup, singer-guitarist Josh Spacek recruited a seven-piece group through Craigslist and recorded a self-titled EP of five retro-pop tracks ripe with piano runs, shimmering guitar effects and vocal harmonies that echo the late-’50s pop stylings of artists like Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison and the Everly Brothers.

The band has since adjusted the lineup, scaling down to five members and bringing in Portland music staples Dave Depper and Scott Magee as a rhythm section. Thankfully, the group has maintained its catchy backup vocals and still delivers rockin’ sounds from a half-century past that make you want to jive. “