05/09/2026
Live Music: Half Shadow + Floating Clouds
Free & open to all
May 30th, 2026 | 8pm
The Sou’wester Lodge
Half Shadow:
For the past thirteen years Half Shadow, the songwriting moniker of Portland’s Jesse Carsten, has been unfurling an enigmatic, windswept music: equal parts earthen folk, supernatural rock and roll, and primal pop experiment. This is music made in celebration of life, synchronicity and the pervasive mystery that surrounds us. Half Shadow’s newest EP Wind Inside continues the project’s work, enclosing four new dream-lit songs, which are at once searching, finger-picked poems, and bare-skinned declarations of personal growth. Full of intimate images of real life process, and the archetypal poetry of grief, this brief recording—also Half Shadow’s first 7” record—still echoes with depth, begging for repeat listens across the seasons.
Floating Clouds:
Following in the Pacific Northwest songwriting tradition, Floating Clouds, the musical project of Alexandre Duccini, deftly blends folk, country, and rock sounds with experimental explorations—drone, found sound, even spoken word—creating unusual, welcoming sonic spaces in which gentle songs unfold. Alex sings with a quiet, measured, and meditative presence, up close and in your ear, secrets spilling. “With A Shared Memory,” the first album by Floating Clouds, shepherded into the world via Portland’s premier lo-fi label, Bud Tapes, showcased Duccini’s ability to combine americana and grungier sounds, and was celebrated by listeners near and far.
