Lose Yr Mind
Brace your brain for the fifth annual Lose Yr Mind Fest, the beloved two-night music festival that brings together some of Portlandâs favorite things: vinyl DJs, arcade games, liquid light show projections, food trucks, and psychedelic music. This yearâs jam-packed lineup includes the pummeling punk of Mean Jeans, rock ânâ roll coven LA Witch, and daydream pop experimentalists Sugar Candy Mountain. (Fri-Sat 8 pm, Vitalidad Movement Arts Center, $15-25) CIARA DOLAN
All Jane Comedy Festival
Admit it, you are fucking fed up with male comics. If itâs not the complaining-about-my-girlfriend or lazy dick jokes, itâs the stories of âgood guyâ comics sexually assaulting/harassing women that should seal the deal. Let me offer you an alternative: female comics! All Jane Fest offers a cornucopia of brilliant stand-up shows that donât feature a single dude. Get your laughs out this week with local favorites, like Caitlin Weierhauser and Corina Lucas, and national powerhouses, like Fortune Feistier, Lizzy Cooperman, and Marlena Rodriguez. (Curious Comedy Theater, Through Sept 30, click here for a complete list of performers and showtimes) ALEX ZIELINSKI
Portland Queer Film Festival
The Portland Queer Film Festival offers a grab bag of queer-centric documentaries, dramas, and comedies, including Ideal Home (starring Steve Coogan and Paul Rudd), Transmilitary (about transgender people serving in the US military), and The Very Best of HUMP!, which collects some of the best amateur porn shorts from the Mercuryâs HUMP! fest. (Cinema 21, Through Oct 4, click here for a full list of titles and showtimes) ERIK HENRIKSEN
My Brother, My Brother and Me
After selling out Revolution Hall in a flash last year, brothers Justin, Travis, and Griffin McElroy make their way to the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall for another live taping of their goof-driven advice podcast for the modern era. (7 pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, $39.50 Good Luck at the Ticket Resale Sites)
Eleanor Friedberger, Pill, Deathlist
Itâs hard to believe itâs been nearly 15 years since the Fiery Furnaces polarized the indie rock world with the labyrinthine prog-pop of their sophomore album, Blueberry Boatâa work that made relative stars out of brother-sister duo Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger. They would go on to make six more albums in the wild and woolly â00s before putting the Furnaces on the shelf for good (so far, at least) in 2011. The current decade has brought four solo albums from Eleanor, each imbued with her quirky songwriting style and stylish alto. This past May brought the release of Rebound, which finds Friedberger trading in her traditional rock palette for drum machines and synthesizers, while retaining her gift for a sneaky earworm melody. In doing so, she pulls off a nifty trick: Rebound offers both a new sound and a familiar feel from an artist who just keeps getting better. (9 pm, Doug Fir, $15-18) BEN SALMON
Throwing Shade
On the podcast Throwing Shade, not to be confused with the English DJ of the same name, self-described âhomosensualâ Bryan Safi and âfeminastyâ Erin Gibson take it to the limit, all while they addressâand make fun ofââissues important to ladies and gays.â Theyâre socially conscious improv loudmouths playing sold-out shows across the nation, and youâre about to be seeing a whole lot more of them. (9 pm, Revolution Hall, $20-24) SUZETTE SMITH
Def Leppard, Journey
I have a confession: In sixth grade, I still thought Led Zeppelin and Def Leppard was the same band. My parents had a copy of Pyromania, and I forced myself to listen to it on repeat, thinking this would give me something to vaunt in the cafeteria. Maybe Iâm just sentimental about an album that found me in my formative, less discerning years as a listener, but I still like Pyromania more than Physical Graffiti, and I still think Def Leppard occupies this weird blind spotâthey lack the Star Bar DJ cred bestowed unto other likeminded groups like Slade and Thin Lizzy, and theyâre disdained by fans of ârealâ metal for being overtly commercial. Def Leppard is somewhat overdue for critical reclamation; every song on Pyromania is a banger, and âPhotographâ ranks among that era's best pop-rock songs. (7 pm, Moda Center, $47.50-177.50, all ages) MORGAN TROPER
Hercules & Love Affair
For those who love the clubs, 2008âs âBlindâ by Hercules and Love Affair was the retro, post-disco salvo we didnât know we needed. Driven by propulsive beats, horns, and the voice of Antony and the Johnsonsâ Anohni, âBlindâ was a Yazoo-inspired dancefloor jammer that soared to the top of lots of year-end lists. But time and dancefloors change, and with the ascent of EDM, Hercules creator/producer Andy Butler has grown as well. While his 2017 record Omnion may be darker and filled with subtler touches, thereâs still plenty here with which to shake oneâs bottom. Skanky â80s electro-pop easily sidles up with the master/slave roleplay of âController,â while the albumâs title track (with vocals from Sharon Van Etten) is a gorgeous, moody soundscape of swirling horns and beats. For Butlerâs Portland appearance he promises all the hits from his 10-year career, remixed and with video accompaniment for your aural, visual, and ass-wiggling pleasure. (9 pm, Star Theater, $20) WM. STEVEN HUMPHREY
Chief Keef, Karma Rivera
Chicago-based rapper and producer Keith Farrelle Cozart, better known by his stage name Chief Keef, returns to the Hawthorne Theatre for an all-ages Portland show. (9 pm, Hawthorne Theatre, $25-28)
Mudhoney, The Scientists, Eat Skull
The Scientists got their start in 1978, walking the line between power pop and punk rock before morphing into something darker and murkier in the â80s. Either way, theyâve always done their own thing. You could point to grunge as a possible byproduct of the Australian band and their countrymen Cosmic Psychos, who mightâve otherwise slipped through the cracks. Now the Scientists are embarking on their first-ever US tour, with two Pacific Northwest dates opening for Mudhoney. Some like to say rock is dead, but tonight itâs very much alive and kicking. (9 pm, Dante's $20) MARK LORE
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