Hausu
There are lots of movies in this dumb world, but the only one that matters is 1977’s surreal, kooky, blood-drenched Hausu (AKA House). Japanese TV commercial director Nobuhiko Obayashi’s first feature film is a torrent of haunted-house creepiness, surgically imprecise dismemberment, and child-nightmare logic, but it’s bathed in a gooey, soft-focus layer of kitsch and anarchic comedy that makes it utterly unique. Hausu is the only movie. NED LANNAMANN
9:30 pm, NW Film’s Whitsell Auditorium, $8-9
Blossom, Bells Atlas, Amenta Abioto
Any chance to experience Blossom live is worth your time and money—she’s the undisputed queen of Portland soul, and her debut LP Tease (with producer Hot16) was one of the best records of last year. Throughout, Blossom’s velvety voice glides over slow-burning beats (“Superwoman”) and throwback funk breakdowns (“Loves Coming”), and the result is hypnotic, empowering, and sure to make you move. CIARA DOLAN
9:30 pm, Bunk Bar, $10
Orquestra Pacifico Tropical, Chanti Darling, DJ Anjali & the Incredible Kid
Anytime Portland’s Orquestra Pacifico Tropical take over a stage, it’s a reason to party, and that goes double tonight when the sprawling cumbia ensemble pull into Holocene to celebrate the release of their new album, El Tren. It’s a fitting name for the band’s latest collection of locomotive rhythms and soulful psychedelic outbursts, so grab yourself a ticket to ride and hop aboard the dance party of the weekend. CHIPP TERWILLIGER
8 pm, Holocene, $10-12
Alvvays, Frankie Rose
Though they’re probably best known for the 2014 anthem “Archie, Marry Me” (and for severing a perfectly good “w”), Alvvays’ latest album Antisocialites pushes their windswept pop into brand-new waters, especially on tracks like “Dreams Tonite” and the breathless “Lollipop (Ode to Jim).” The Canadian band will be joined by Frankie Rose (Vivian Girls, Dum Dum Girls), whose strangely beautiful 2017 LP Cage Tropical sounds like the Go-Go’s got sent to outer space. CIARA DOLAN
9 pm, Roseland, $17-20, all ages
Puentes, no Muros! Portland Mercado 3 Year Anniversary
Portland Mercado in turning three years old and celebrating in the spirit of community and culture with a full-day of food, drinks, kids activities, and music from Tito Amaya, Cilantro, Ache Son, Salsanova, Dina y Los Rumberos, and DJ Chavez.
noon, Portland Mercado, free
Kate Nash, Miya Folick
Throughout her newest EP, Give It to Me, Miya Folick’s songs tend to bend to the will of her voice, commandeering the mood and style in a way that makes even simple, heavy rock ’n’ roll sound fresh again. Opening track “Trouble Adjusting” is a driving grunge-rocker that recalls early Ours or even Live, with “Aging” and the title track also playing off the solid foundation of these ’90s influences. A potent cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Woodstock” closes Give It to Me, with a pitch-perfect Folick channeling the effortless lilting of an American classic. Tonight she opens for British singer/songwriter Kate Nash, whose new Kickstarter-supported record, Yesterday Was Forever, dropped last month. RYAN J. PRADO
8 pm, Hawthorne Theatre, $22.50-25, all ages
Møtrik, Abronia, Center Pieces
Portland krautrock outfit Møtrik head out to St. John’s to celebrate the release of their new record. Local experimental acts Abronia and Center Pieces round out the proceedings.
9 pm, The Fixin’ To, $7
Dolphin Midwives, Chaga, Multi-Verse Ensemble
Portland-based musician Sage Fisher (AKA Dolphin Midwives) creates enchanting experimental music using layered harp and vocal arrangements.
7 pm, Mothership Music
Shadow of a Doubt
Alfred Hitchcock is best known for being both a silhouette and a shadow: his profile branding some of the sharpest popular entertainment ever filmed, his shadow dwarfing the multitude of directors toiling within it. But Hitch didn’t just cast shadows, he used them, and the ink-black work (both visually and morally) in this 1943 noir is why Shadow of a Doubt is widely considered his first real masterpiece, pitting the unctuous Joseph Cotton against Teresa Wright, whose wide-eyed innocence very quickly turns rancid in a relentlessly tense battle of wills. BOBBY ROBERTS
1 pm, Hollywood Theatre
Hunger, Lavender Flu, Day Dos
Turn! Turn! Turn! presents a special reunion show with Hunger, the short-lived, but influential Portland psych-rock band who gained a following as part of LA’s Sunset Strip psych scene in the late 1960s.
8 pm, Turn! Turn! Turn!, $10
Don’t forget to check out our Things To Do calendar for even more things to do!