Mercury Staff

PWR BTTM, Bellows, Lisa Prank While most of Oliver Kalb’s music released under the moniker Bellows conjures the acoustic intimacy of Elliott Smith or Sufjan Stevens, “Orange Juice” (from his September release Fist & Palm) is a game-changer—here the Brooklyn musician/producer sings through heavily auto-tuned vocals over electronic backbeats. “Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter” resonates with […]

The Great Dictator So there’s an election coming up, apparently? Did you hear? Or maybe you’ve been hearing about it for years and years and years and are now at the point where you want to ram a screwdriver into your ear so you can stop hearing about it. DON’T DO THAT. Here’s a better […]

Lit Crawl Portland A boozy jaunt to literary parties all throughout downtown’s bars and other nontraditional venues for readings, including stops at Literary Arts, Powell’s, Sentinel, Tug Boat Brewing, Aesop, Boys’ Fort, The Cleaners at Ace Hotel, Oregon Ballet School, and more. 6 pm, Various Locations Women’s Flat Track Derby Association World Championshps This is […]

The Thesis: Karma Rivera, I$$A, DMarx, Verbz This month’s lineup of local hip-hop talent includes a headlining performance from Chicago-born and Portland-based rapper Karma Rivera, along with sets from I$$A and DMarx. As always, resident DJ Verbz will be holding it down on the tables. Kelly’s Olympian, 9pm, $5 Friends & Friends of Friends 9 […]

NOFX, Pears, Useless ID Fat Mike and his long-running punk rock band out of Los Angeles return to Portland in support of First Ditch Effort, the band’s thirteenth studio album in their three decade plus career. Crystal Ballroom, 8 pm, $25-89, all ages Mike Love, Kent Hartman Mike Love comes to Powell’s Cedar Hills to […]

La Femme, Wet Dream While Parisian experimental pop project La Femme has been releasing unabashedly weird dance music since 2010, the group broke into American consciousness with 2013’s Psycho Tropical Berlin, closing the album with their only English title, “Welcome America” (a synth-punk song sung in rapid-fire French). Think The Big Lebowski’s artistic love interest […]