POLITIXXX—Here are some things the Seattle-based Blue Scholars rap about: bringing the troops home from Iraq. The labor movement. Eating vegan sandwiches with cannabis. They are smart, smooth political sparkplugs, so get yourself schooled. SMw/Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Bambu, DJ Phatrick; Hawthorne Theatre, 1507 SE 39th, 9 pm, $15-17,all ages AERIAL VIEW—Acrobatic Wonder Women of the […]
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Tomorrow is International Pillow Fight Day, Guys!
I hope you’ve spent this week fluffing your pillow, because tomorrow is INTERNATIONAL PILLOW FIGHT DAY—which means tons of flash mobbish pillow fights breaking out all over the world, and right here in Portland. Our pillow fight is scheduled to kick off at 2 pm in Pioneer Square., but just in case you’re a newbie […]
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LITTLE BLACK ON THE PRAIRIE—Black Prairie has performed only a handful of shows, none of which have been within Portland city limits. That changes tonight as the band—which features three-fifths of the Decemberists—makes its Portland debut. Their album Feast of the Hunters’ Moon is a lovely collection of instrumental bluegrass, sprawling country, and tempered klezmer, […]
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JERSEY BOYS—Since when did Ken Burns’ Civil War series become so influential on pop culture? Titus Andronicus’ flawless sophomore LP The Monitor is a sprawling conceptual recording about the Civil War that’s both confusing and inspiring. You might not spot references to the Confederacy or songs about gangrenous limbs, but you will be hearing one […]
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TACOS/TITS—The two best things you’ll find in California are tacos and breasts. Thankfully, Californian photographer Tony Stamolis has combined the two in his new book, T&T&A. Celebrate the release of this courageous work tonight at (where else?) Mary’s Club. PACMary’s Club, 129 SW Broadway, 6-9 pm, FREECUMPUTER—How has technology rewritten the rules of sexuality? (We’ve […]
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DRUGS—Tobacco is the oddly named frontman for the equally-as-odd Black Moth Super Rainbow. No longer just for hippies or those who sell drugs to hippies, BMSR crossed over in a big way with last year’s gorgeous Eating Us recording. Now Mr. Tobacco is releasing a solo affair entitled Maniac Meat. Expect cameos from Beck, and […]
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PSYCHE OUT—Hey, you! Yeah you, you square. Stop mellowing out to the latest from She & Him and get ready to have your puny mind blown by Acid Mothers Temple, Japan’s legendary psyche rock collective. AMT’s epic, dense, twisting, consciousness-shredding tracks have the potential to make you a new person. Possibly an insane one. EHw/OGOD, […]
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More Moore: The Long Christopher Moore Interview
Thanks to the infinitude of the internets, here’s a more in-depth question-and-answer bit with author Christopher Moore. Behold his stories of UFO grocery-store kites, his “annoying” tweets about the movie Twilight (the highlight being, “Edward’s all: I want to kill you. In the BuTT!), and info about an upcoming comic book and his new book […]
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STRANGLE, SMASH—Xiu Xiu’s success ain’t bad for an act whose sound is as rooted in the strangled cries of emotionally tormented founder Jamie Stewart as it is the dissonant crashes of punishing dissonance, like razors shocking you out of a medicated daze. It’s a beautiful show, though… really. MSw/tUnE-yArDs, Pearly Gate Music, Operative; Holocene, 1001 […]
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SPEAK/DON’T SPEAK—Tonight marks a rare appearance from moody instrumental outfit Grails, who don’t need lyrics to create a pensive mood of sometimes foreboding emotion. They’re joined by Tu Fawning, all the more expressive, if no less complex, with the deployment of spectral male/female vocals. MSDoug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 9 pm, $10 RUMPELTEAZER’S HAIRBALLS—Cats is […]
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Free Ice Cream is Your Only Reason for Living
January Vawter Diabetes for All! America is in ruins. The Commander in Chief sits around LOLing while THE MAN kills rock and roll and you are out of argyle culottes. Well buck up, Nancy! Ben and Jerry’s is inviting you to drown your sorrows (and they are many) in their Punnerific ice cream FOR FREE. […]
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GREAT LITERS—Spin magazine described Canadian dance-rock band Metric’s most recent album, Fantasies, as “tastier than a plate of poutine,” a superlative that’s probably worth more in Portland than all the other accolades the album has gotten, including a Polaris nomination. SMw/Codeine Velvet Club, Nico Vega; Roseland, 8 NW 6th, 8 pm, $20, all ages STUFF—You […]