My, What a Busy Week!

Get your ass out there this week.

Fun for every day.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 22 Fronted by Portland’s Former Best-Known Stripper (pre-Malice) and sometime Mercury contributor Viva Las Vegas, Coco Cobra and the Killers are out of hiding, having reintroduced their slut rock at a handful of recent shows. Miss ’em no more. MS w/Stumblebum; Kelly’s Olympian, 426 SW Washington, 10 pm, $4 Bartenders from Portland’s trendiest […]

THURSDAY, JANUARY 15 EARFUL—I’m pretty sure that David Lynch’s sweeter, kinder brother would be a fan of Shelley Short’s enchanting folk. She’s got a way of comforting with her beautiful voice—yet there’s an amputated ear lurking in the backyard of her deceptive strums and vocals. Let her lull you into her lovely web. CF w/Ilyas […]

THURSDAY, JANUARY 8 After canceling his September performance in Portland, Neil Diamond is back and ready to blow us out of our seats! Fine, maybe he won’t “blow us,” but I bet he’ll come to the stage locked and loaded with hits such as “Cherry, Cherry,” “Sweet Caroline,” and “I’m a Believer.” And does anybody […]

THURSDAY, DEC 25 Poor Danny Norton, VJ of the Eye Candy nights-he shares a birthday with Jesus, so you can only imagine the rivalry he must feel every year. This year his ventriloquism dummy, Lester, is throwing him a dummy-duet karaoke party in honor of his special day. So make a sock puppet, grab your […]

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18 So hirsute is our community of young men that there usually seems to be at least three ‘stache bashes all claiming to be the “real one.” If you go to just one this year, bear in mind tonight’s Mustaches for Kids benefits DonorsChoose.org. MS w/Emcee Nicholas Kessler of the Liberators, DJ Short […]

A week’s worth of events that will not be ignored!

A week’s worth of events that will not be ignored!

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27 SHOEGAZIN’—Finally, something to be thankful for: the lush, dark electro-scapes of M83. Their latest album, Saturdays = Youth, grafts together dance-y, head-nodding beats, ethereal vocals, and enough synthy goodness to impress Jan Hammer. (In a good way.) EH w/School of Seven Bells; Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 9 pm, $15 CHOP SOCKY—Thanks […]

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 On their records, epic indie poppers Of Montreal create exhilarating, hallucinogenic mixes of soaring, orchestral compositions—upbeat, Beatlesque harmonies; melancholy lyrics; and melodies so catchy you’ll be singing them for weeks on end. Live, they do all that too—only much more loudly, and with frontman Kevin Barnes‘ glam theatrics thrown in for good […]