Sleeping Beauties, Bombay Beach, Mope Grooves, Cool Schmool
Recommended
If you’re looking to steer clear of over-inflated entry fees and still have a rip-roaring good time this New Year’s Eve, Turn! Turn! Turn! is the place to be. The cozy Northeast Portland record store/vintage outpost that moonlights as a cafe and bar is cramming some of Portland’s best rock outfits onto their corner stage and dialing the amps up to 11. Arrive early for Cool Schmool: the up-and-coming slacker pop and punk trio who wear their Bratmobile-influence on their sleeves, and who were responsible for one of the year’s best local releases in their debut EP, Catchy Not Sketchy. Stick around for Sleeping Beauties; the basement-lurking rock group comprised of members of the Hunches, Eat Skull, and The Hospitals play a frantic blend of garage punk and knotty pop music that’s sure to get your body twisting and leave your ears ringing well past the midnight countdown and into the new year. CHIPP TERWILLIGER