
A Music Discovery List Worth Keeping: New Voices on the Indigenous Music Countdown
From Mercedes Brown to DJ Shub, the October Indigenous Music Countdown is a reminder that Native music refuses one narrow label.

Fruit Bats Bring The Landfill Tour to Missoula Oct. 15
Fruit Bats play The Wilma in Missoula on Thursday, Oct. 15, touring their new full band album The Landfill.

Shakey Graves Brings Fondness, Etc. to Missoula
Shakey Graves plays The Wilma in Missoula on Oct. 23 behind his album Fondness, Etc. His Bozeman show the next night is already sold out.

Tim Montana’s New Album Brings Crow Vocals to Rock
Montana raised country rocker Tim Montana released Entire State of Tim Montana on July 31. One song features pow wow drum group WolfBear and Crow vocalist First Crazy Dog.

Browning Duo Ponoka Is First Firekeeper Alliance Record
The Browning nonprofit Firekeeper Alliance started a record label. Its first release is a live set from Blackfeet doom duo Ponoka.

Vincent Bird Releases Mission Mountain Native
Vincent Bird, a songmaker from the Flathead Reservation, put out his album Mission Mountain Native on Sept. 17 with help from the Billy Conway Artist Fund.

Missoula Punk Trio Minot Releases Third Album
Missoula garage punk trio Minot released its third studio album, Down & Out at the Thunderbird, on Oct. 2 through DragBunt Records. The band plays Bozeman's Labor Temple on Oct. 17.

Stonefruit’s debut Good News Only draws new review
Stonefruit's debut album, Good News Only, came out in June. The music site Start Track reviewed the Bozeman dreamgaze band's record on Oct. 6.