AGAINST ODDS—A few short months ago, it seemed the Clientele’s days on this earth were limited. Thankfully, the purveyors of gorgeous English pop have returned for another American tour, giving us a chance to bask again in their sumptuous melodies. NLw/Lay Low, TCTB; Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 9 pm, $12-14WHITE LOTUS—Tonight the Grindhouse Film […]
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LISTED—Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner collaborates with writer Zachary Lipez and designer Stacy Wakefield to create Please Take Me off the Guest List, a snapshot of rock ‘n’ roll hedonism, highlighted by Zinner’s photographs of travels with his band and Lipez’s descriptions of bartending, drugs, and skirt chasing. Zinner, Lipez, and Wakefield sign books […]
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The Artistery—Ninth Anniversary Party: JonnyX & The Groadies, Guantanamo Baywatch, The Memories, Boom, Edibles, Timmy the Terror & The Winter Coats, Sexhair, DJ Bill Portland, 6 pm, free, all ages Centaur Guitar—Best Kissers in the World, The Disciples of Rock ‘n’ Roll, The Hand That Bleeds, Don’t, Drugstore Cowboys, The Fast Takers, Pitchfork Motorway, 2 […]
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GOLD SOUNDZ—Ever since news of the Pavement reunion broke, we’ve been drooling for a Portland show: It’s Stephen Malkmus’ hometown, and the reunion rehearsals took place in SE Portland’s AudioCinema. Well, the day of a local Pavement show has finally arrived, and you can bet we’ll be front and center. NLw/Quasi; Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey, […]
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Dante’s—The Budos Band, The Universal DJ Sect, 9:30 pm, $15-17 Disjecta—Video Musics II: Alexis Gideon, 8 pm, $5, all ages Doug Fir—Garage a Trois, 9 pm, $17-19 Holocene—Strength, Fake Drugs, DJ Copy, DJ Patricia Furpurse, 9 pm, $5 Mississippi Studios—Celilo, Chris Margolin & The Dregs, Kasey Anderson, 9 pm, $5 Plan B—Cobalt Cranes, The Woolen […]
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RE-HUNG!—Portland’s favorite euphemistic billboard, the Hung Far Low sign, disappeared from downtown two years ago when the owners discovered it was about to fall down. Now after over $70,000 in repairs, the 2,000-pound sign is ready to be re-erected! The gift wrap (no, really) comes off tonight during First Thursday. SMCorner of NW 4th & […]
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Be More Funny!
How many times have you read one of our blog posts and said, “OH, BOY! I would really eviscerate these fuckers in the comments… except… except… GODDAMMIT, I’M NOT FUNNY!” Well take it from me, “funny” is a science and a craft, and if you want to learn more about it, here’s a great opportunity […]
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Dante’s—Tumbledown, Michael Dean Damron, Mike Pike, 9 pm, $8-10 Ella Street Social Club—Cars & Trains, Ethernet, 9 pm, $5 The Knife Shop at Kelly’s Olympian—Bombs Into You, Pinehurst Kids, The Oblik, 9 pm, $4 Mississippi Studios—Gulfsongs Gulf Coast Benefit: Chris Robley & The Fear of Heights, Buoy La Rue, Rachel Taylor Brown, Leonard Mynx, 8 […]
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The $25 Tattoo
Ordinarily I don’t recommend you go for the cheapest option when it comes to certain things, like meat or shoes. Tattoos, too (especially after reading this book). That said, you will probably be okay at Icon‘s one-year anniversary in their new location, for which they are offering said $25 tattoo deal on in-house designed flash. […]
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MAKE ‘EM LAUGH—Comedy is OK returns for another bout at the brand-new Helium Comedy Club with a night of hand-picked stand-up from Portland’s comedic darlings Andrew Michaan (who moonlights as a Mercury intern) and Mikey Kampmann. NDHelium Comedy Club, 1510 SE 9th, 8:30 pm, $5SHE BOP—For a girl who just wants to have fun, Cyndi […]
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Doug Fir—Stereo Total, Allister Izenberg, 9 pm, $12 Holocene—Mattress, Thicket, Stag Hare, Actual Magik, DJ Nightschool, 7 pm, free Mississippi Studios—The Angry Orts, Blunt Mechanic, Paper Upper Cuts, 9 pm, $7 (The World Famous) Kenton Club—Eye Candy: VJ Norto, The Phantom Hillbilly, 9 pm, free The Woods—In the Cooky Jar: DJ Cooky, 9 pm, $3 […]
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Crafty Wonderland’s Super Colossal Holiday Sale: It’s Back Already!
If today’s rain hasn’t already driven you into a catatonic depression marked by the conviction that you’ll probably never have a real summer again, ever, in your whole entire life, and you’re still functional enough to absorb information off of a computer screen, good for you! Is it too early to talk about Christmas? No, […]