TRANSCONTINENTAL HUSTLE—Don’t like punk rock? Don’t trust gypsies? You should still attend Gogol Bordello’s colorful, twirling mess of gypsy-punk enthusiasm, because it’s a reminder of why music is fun in the first place. Stop worrying about correctly spoken English, start wearing purple. KOw/Forro in the Dark; Roseland, 8 NW 6th, 8 pm, $23.50, all ages […]
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ART & WAR—Whichever team you’re on in the M.I.A. debate (either she’s an art school dilettante capitalizing on “radical chic” or she’s the only force in Western pop culture suggesting you give a shit about the rest of the world), you can’t deny that she started the most danceable conversation about global politics in our […]
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Old Spice Campaign Masterminds on Live Wire Next Week
Among others appearing at Live Wire next week are the Wieden + Kennedy gurus behind Old Spice’s “Smell Like a Man, Man” commercial: Portland’s own Craig Allen and Eric Kallman. The duo will share some insight into how this campaign blew up so big so fast. You know your ad campaign is a big deal […]
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Branx—Magick Daggers, Cowards, Mattress, 10 pm, $5 Doug Fir—The Ascetic Junkies, Jared Mees & The Grown Children, The Angry Orts, 9 pm, $10 Jackpot Records (Downtown)—Superchunk, 3 pm, free, all ages The Knife Shop at Kelly’s Olympian—Wax Fingers, No Kind of Rider, Empty Space Orchestra, 10 pm, $5 Portland Art Museum—Shine a Light: Guidance Counselor, […]
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The Artistery—White Fang, Gepetto, Oak Rot, Moth Dust, 8 pm, $5-10, all ages Crystal Ballroom—Die Antwoord, 9 pm, $20-25, all agesDoug Fir—Lovers, Third Sex, 9 pm, $7 The Know—Blood Beach, Sex Church, Therapists, 8 pm Music Millennium—The Ascetic Junkies, 6 pm, free, all ages Rotture—I’ve Got a Hole in My Soul: DJ Beyonda, DJ Shannon […]
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Rally to Restore Sanity Viewing Party & Portland Rally
Now that it’s been officially announced that Comedy Central will be live-broadcasting the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert Rally to Restore Sanity on October 30, it seems safe for us to officially announce that we’ll be hosting a viewing party at the Mission Theater from 8 am-noon. After that, we’ll head across town to the Eastbank Esplanade […]
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FUNTOGRAM—Tired of dance music with no heart? Tired of heartfelt music that makes you want to nap? Phantogram knows your pain. The Saratoga Springs, New York, duo takes the dance party into the bedroom, creating lush electronic beats capped by the deep intimacy of vocalist Sarah Barthel. You’ll dance and you’ll cry, just hopefully not […]
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Crystal Ballroom—Manu Chao, 9 pm, $35, all ages Doug Fir—Liz Phair, Ravishers, 9 pm, $22-25 Goodfoot—Garaj Mahal, 9 pm, $12 Mississippi Studios—Phantogram, Josiah Wolf, Mnemonic Sounds, 9 pm, $13Tube—Awesome Racket: DJ Wroid Wrage, 10 pm, free (The World Famous) Kenton Club—Eye Candy: VJ Norto, The Phantom Hillbilly, 9 pm, free Holocene—Floating World Animation Fest: Nice […]
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Backspace—Sound Judgment: Arctic Flowers, Bellicose Minds, Spectres, Grey Anne, Wishyunu, Midnight Callers, 8 pm, $5, all ages Beauty Bar—Bottle Rocket Dancing Club: DJ Napattacks, 10 pm, free Berbati’s Pan—Fall into Darkness: Krallice, Deadsea, Fell Voices, Worm Ouroboros, 8:30 pm, $10-12 East End—Soul Clap Dance Party: Mark Sultan, Pure Country Gold, Robert Scott, The Besties, Jonathan […]
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Aladdin Theater—Greg Brown, 8 pm, $28.50-30 Backspace—AIDS Wolf, Child Abuse, Terraform, Hotface, 8 pm, $7, all ages Berbati’s Pan—Fall into Darkness: Fauna, The Need, Rabbits, Embers, 8:30 pm, $10-12 Dante’s—Valient Thorr, Red Fang, Witchburn, 9:30 pm, $13-15 Mississippi Studios—Typhoon, White Hinterland, Youth, 9 pm, $10 Wonder Ballroom—James, Ed Harcourt, 9 pm, $23-25 Roseland—Eels, Jesca Hoop, […]
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SIT DOWN—Best known for their ’90s Stateside hit “Laid,” Mancunian band James is no one-hit wonder, boasting a long string of impressive albums and smart UK hits to their credit. On the back of the new The Night Before/The Morning After pair of mini-albums, James plays their first Portland show since 1997. NLw/Ed Harcourt; Wonder […]
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Aladdin Theater—Corin Tucker Band, The Golden Bears, 8:30 pm, $16-18 Backspace—Pigeon John, DJ Abilities, Dark Time Sunshine, Sleep, DJ Zone, 8 pm, $10-12, all ages Berbati’s Pan—Fall into Darkness: Black Cobra, Witch Mountain, Stoneburner, Wizard Rifle, 8 pm, free, all ages Crystal Ballroom—Guided by Voices, Times New Viking, 8 pm, $27.50-30 East End—Nucular Aminals, Cat […]