August Greene
Fresh off their NPR Tiny Desk Concert, the hip-hop and R&B supergroup headed up by Common, Robert Glasper, and Karriem Riggins make their Portland debut in support of their debut self-titled album. (8:30 pm, Roseland, $45-65)
David Sedaris
If you think youâre too cool for David Sedarisâthe first of his name, brother of Amy, author of NPRâs old reliable holiday mainstay (câmon, the Santaland Diaries is GOOD) and such humorist delights as Me Talk Pretty One Day and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denimâyouâre lying to yourself and you need to stop. Sedarisâ dry wit is indispensable in trying times. Go get some! (7:30 pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, $32.50-57.50, all ages) MEGAN BURBANK
Live Wire! Radio
The latest installment of Portland's own nationally-syndicated variety show features appearances from author and humorist John Hodgman, award-winning journalist RJ Young, and She Shreds founder Fabi Reyna, along with live music from SĂĄvila. Hosted by Luke Burbank. (7:30 pm, Alberta Rose Theatre, $20-35)
Smokey Brights, Dan Dan, Los Mundos, Prism Bitch
Go to this set. Do it. Do it for Smokey Brights, who are the kind of crackly and warm guitar-driven rock that you already know and love, even if youâve never heard it. Itâs that warm blanket that you throw over your head to avoid dealing with your uncleâs off-color rants about refugees. Do it for yourself. (8 pm, The Fixin' To, $8) KATHLEEN TARRANT
Steady Holiday, Tomemitsu, Laura Palmer's Death Parade
The LA-based indie pop outfit headed up by Dre Babinski come up the coast for a headlining show supporting their Barsuk Records-issued sophomore album, Nobody's Watching. (9 pm, Mississippi Studios, $10-12)
The Annual Beaujolais Nouveau Festival
The annual Beaujolais Nouveau festival transforms St. Jack, with notable winemakers bringing their best versions of Nouveau to the restaurant, and they get paired with culinary miracles via some of the city's best chefs. Proceeds benefit Pueblo Unido. (6 pm, St. Jack, $55)
David Koechner
The actor and comedian who came up in Chicago under the teachings of Del Close and rose the ranks of Second City Northwest before eventually breaking out as Champ Kind in Anchorman puts a big ol' whammy on the Helium stage. (8 pm, Helium Comedy Club, $22-28)
The Garden, LE1F, Machine Girl
The Garden used to be my favorite band. Twins Fletcher and Wyatt Shears make weird, aggressive new wave punk with just drums, bass, and sometimes an 8-bit video game synth beat. Songs like âWe Be Grindinââ are repetitive, but with catchy hooks dramatically contorted as if to see whether dancers can still keep up with the spikes in energy, like a hardcore game of musical chairs. I was obsessed, but after the Garden signed to major punk label Epitaph Records for their sophomore LP, 2015âs Haha, the Shears twins did something unforgivable: They started dressing like French clowns. The Orange County bandâs alliance with one of the most objectively creepy things in the world made me feel a little betrayed, but Iâll just listen at home, because their new single âStallionâ (from their 2018 album Mirror Might Steal Your Charm) is still so good. (6 pm, Bossanova Ballroom, $16-18, all ages) CAMERON CROWELL
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