BEST FEST—Want a festival experience without the lines, the fatigue, and the empty wallet? This! Fest crams nearly 20 bands and DJs (plus enough writers to fill an entire floor of Powell’s) into the Woods and lets them go nuts for two straight days of unscripted and inebriated entertainment. Even better, it’s all local and […]
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DAY ONE—2011’s TBA Festival officially kicks off with The Hidden Life of Bridges, a projection- and sound-based event featuring the Hawthorne and Morrison spans. Then, the Works hosts a bangin’ dance party led by Vockah Redu and Beyondadoubt. MSBridge display, Hawthorne Bridge, Thurs-Sat, 9-11 pm (repeats every 15 minutes), FREE; dance party, Washington High School, […]
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The Heligoats Bunk Bar—MusicfestNW: Crooked Fingers, Sean Flinn & The Royal We, Kelly Blair Bauman, The Heligoats, 9 pm, $10 Alberta Rose Theatre—Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Denver, 7:30 pm, $15-20, all ages Al’s Den—Mike Coykendall, Bill Patton, Neural Sturgeon, 7 pm, free Crystal Ballroom—MusicfestNW: The Kills, Eleanor Friedberger, Mini Mansions, 8 pm, $20, all ages Dante’s—Jucifer, […]
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LABEL LOVE—Kick it with the cool kids at Labelmates, Holocene’s local record label fest, featuring Tender Loving Empire, Marriage Records, Apes Tapes, and other local labels. Browse records while DJs spin PDX tunes and catch up-and-coming rock groups Archers and Adventures with Might. AZHolocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 8:30 pm, FREE KILLING US LOUDLY—Portland’s annual multi-day […]
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GETTIN’ ETTEN—A few days before her MusicfestNW set, the incredible Sharon Van Etten plays a secret show (sshhh, don’t tell!) at Bunk Bar, where you can hear her stunning, meditative folk songs while mawing down a delicious sandwich. Van Etten’s devastatingly great music will be one of the highlights of this year’s fest, so see […]
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‘BURB WATCH: Labor Day Weekend Edition!
“Byeee! Have fun stormin’ the West Side!” So, look, I know it’s the Mercury and I’m supposed to write about Portlandy events like pork belly luncheons and fixie parades, but as a reluctant native of The ‘Burbs, I feel it is my civil duty to stand up for those of you who have yet to […]
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SWEATY—It’s a damp, sticky collision in time and space as five of Portland’s funniest people—veterans of Road House: The Play! and the 3rd Floor—come together to form the sketch comedy troupe Sweat, who debut a new, sure-to-be-hilarious show. AHTheater! Theatre!, 3430 SE Belmont, Fri-Sat 8 pm, through Oct 1, $15-19, sweatysweat.comTOONTOWN—They (literally) don’t make ’em […]
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MGM Grand
As you may have caught wind, tonight Holocene is hosting a roster of entertainment curated by buzzy Portland dance troupe Woolly Mammoth Comes to Dinner, a mélange of dance, music and comedy featuring Linda Austin, Allie Hankins, Why I Must Be Careful, Pool of Winds, Comedy is Ok, Rob Walmart, and E*Rock wearing his DJ […]
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READ LOCAL—It’s a big night for Portland’s bookstores: Floating World Comics proudly hosts the grand opening of a new, expanded space—and shows off art from renowned Brazilians Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon—while the venerable Reading Frenzy puts 17 candles on the cake and hosts a map-themed group art show to celebrate years of keeping it […]
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Backbones
It seems like only yesterday that I wrote, “It used to be that every time you turned around there was a benefit function, corporate anniversary, or some other tenuously related event that featured a fashion show. Much like cupcakes, they had become the party favor du jour.” And now, after a relatively fashion show-free summer, […]
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IT TAKES TWO—With merely a guitar, a drum kit, and a ton of passionate energy, Vancouver, BC, duo Japandroids make music on a monumental scale, with waves of rock bliss pouring off their fuzzy, poppy anthems. They’ll perform a bunch of brand-new tunes from their next record, due out next year. NLBunk Bar, 1028 SE […]
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HUNNY—Invading genre lines all over the map, Sons of Huns mash punk and metal together with lysergic, garage-psych delivery. Critic-speak aside, the trio simply makes badass rock ‘n’ roll, and tonight’s show doesn’t cost a damn thing, so there’s no excuse not to blow out your eardrums tonight. NLw/Motoplane; Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water, 10 […]