THURSDAY 4/28
Acme-Zeitgeist, Of Spiral Arms, 9 pm, free

Aladdin-Al Dimeola, 8pm, $32.50-$35

Alberta St Pub-Bluegrass Invite

Arnada-Electric Band Jam w/Mark

Ash St.-Behalf, I/O, Girth, $5

Beale street NW-Kinzel & Hyde

Berbati's Pan-Mommy and Daddy, Vanishing Kids, Black Horse, Sex With Girls, DJ Sew What, 9 pm, $6

Bitter End-Weather Maker

Blue Monk-Triclops

Buffalo Gap-Brent Rogers, Tracy Klas, 9 pm

C-Bar-Mathew Kendall & Aflame

Conan's-Junior Reid, Reggae Angels, Trinity Soundz & Small Axe

Crystal Ballroom-Pink Martini, The Retrofits, 8 pm, $16-18, All Ages; Cocktail Cabaret: "Diva Las Vegas" (Lola's), 9 pm, $10

Dante's-Low Dough: Groovie Ghoulies, 800 Octane, Blackout Radio, The Jacuzzi Bros., 9:30pm, $5

Doug Fir-British Sea Power, Derby, 9 pm, $9-10

Gemini-Karaoke From Hell

Kells-Cronin Tierney, 9 pm

Kennedy School-Sweet Juice, 7pm, free

Laurelthirst-Storytelling with Gwion, Reggie Houston; Lewi Longmire, 6 pm, $6

Level-Android Lizard King, Lian & Debt Slip Science, free, 10pm

Longhorn-Sumo

Loveland-Dead By Dawn, City Of Churches, The Booths, Surprise Greatful Dead Jam Band, 8 pm, $5, All Ages

Mississippi Pizza-Kate Mann, 6pm; Girlyman w/ Kym Tuvim, 9:30pm

Mock Crest-Claes of Blueprints Open Mic & Jammin, 8:30 pm

Monty's-Kenny Lee and the Sundowners' Open Jam

Noir-John Vecchiarelli, TRE, Tony Barber, Jamie & Becky, Jacob Ray, 8 pm

Poor Richards-Alexa Wiley, 8pm, free

Portsmouth Club-Andy Stokes

Produce Row-Miss Lonely Hearts & Jack the Rabbit, $3

Roc's Bar & Grill-Acoustic guitar night w/Doggett Productions

Rock Creek Tavern-Skye Pixton, 8 pm, free

Roseland-Trill Ville, Bosko, South Clic, J-Mack, 8 pm

Sabala's Mt Tabor-Big Business, No Red Flags, The Phenomenauts, Morgan Grace, 9pm, $5

Sea-Live Hip Hop

Slabtown-Agent Goldfinger

Solid State-RX Bandits, Steel Train, Facing New York, 7 pm, $10

Sweet Oregon Grill-Jon Koonce, 6pm

The Viper Room-Ancestral Community

Three Friends Coffeehouse-Suck My Open Mic w/Tamara J. Brown, 7 pm, All Ages

Tonic-Turbo Perfecto, Mendozza, One Dirty Hand, $4

Vue-Kickenbaque Live, 10pm

Wallbangers-Dueling Pianos, 8 pm

White Eagle-Here Comes Everybody, Sally Tomato, 8:30 pm, $4

Wilf's Piano Bar-John Gilmore

FRIDAY 4/29
Ash St.-Oliver, The Dimes, Train Go Sorry,Exit 51, $6

Beale street NW-Danny Hay Davis, noon; Lee Blake

Berbati's Pan-Lyrics Born, Siren's Echo, Libretto, $12-$15, 9pm; King Fader, 9 pm (barside)

Bitter End-Jacob Merlin

Blue Monk-Original Cats

Buffalo Gap-Kathy Walker w/ Dave Fleschner, 8:30 pm

C-Bar-Sushi Duo

Clinton Street Theater-Ellis Paul, Ashleigh Flynn, 8 pm, $18-20

Conan's-Northwest Royale, Hyperthermia, Missanthrope

cpac-Jam Night, 9pm, $4-7

Crystal Ballroom-Kerosene Dream Trio w/Bart Ferguson, Dave Coey, Alan Toribio (Lola's), 9 pm, $8

Dante's-Bobby Bare Jr., Richmond Fontaine, Tom Heinl, Elvis Huxley, 9 pm, $8

Devils Point-The Girls of Fatal Beauty and Suicide Girls w/DJ Kenoy

Doug Fir-Damon & Naomi, Jackie O Motherfucker, Colossal Yes, DJ Nate Carson, 9 pm, $8-$10; Chop Shop w/ DJ's Izm, Evil One, midnight, $5, 9 pm, $8-10

Green Room-Explone, J Matter, Casey Hurt, 9:30 pm

Grolla-Jim Soloway

Holocene-Mirah, Wet Confetti, Horns&Claws, Two Percent Majesty, 9 pm, $7-8

Hoppers-Marquee Band

Jackpot Records (Hawthorne)-Damon & Naomi, free

Kells-Grafton Street, 9:30 pm

Laurelthirst-Bingo Band, $3; Rainrats, 6 pm

Level-DJ Dig Dug, Larry Phunkman, DJ Tasty, Lil-J, $5, 10pm

Loveland-Diskords, Punch Kick Spit, Scratch, 8 pm, $5, All Ages

Memorial Coliseum-Maroon 5, 7:30pm, $35

Mississippi Pizza-Laura Gibson w/ Taina Rose & Nancy K Dillon, 6pm; The Flat Mountain Girls w/ Curtis Alsobrook, 9:30pm

Mock Crest-Rollie Tussing III, 9pm

Noir-Los Burbanks, More Than Once, Brown Something Brown, 8 pm, $5; Happy Hour w/The Raining, 6 pm, 8 pm, $5

Papaccino's-The Daniel Noland Quartet, 5 pm

Poor Richards-Kenny Lavitz, 8pm, free

Portsmouth Club-My'G, Full Moon

Produce Row-Everything is Fine, $3

Rock Creek Tavern-Sonny Hess Band, 9 pm, free

Roseland-Black Label Society, Zakk Wylde, 9 pm, $25

Sabala's Mt Tabor-Unsane, Ditchliquor, Hellside Stranglers, Diesto, Black Elk, 9pm, $10

Savannah-Steel drums w/Randal Larson, 7 pm; DJ Geo, 9:30 pm

Slabtown-The Invisible Eyes, Demons Claws, Ladies Night, DJ Blackout, 10 pm, $4

The Viper Room-Prime Number, Core 13, Missing Jimmy, 9pm, $5

Tonic-The Misfats, The Gloryholes, The Hot Rollers, The Decibators, $6

Towne Lounge-Jacobin

Wallbangers-Dueling Pianos, 8 pm

White Eagle-The Carolines, Jaycob Van Auken, 9:30 pm, $6

Wilf's Piano Bar-John Gilmore Trio

Wine Down-Dale Morris, 7:30 pm, free

Yola's Foster Road-Open Mic, 7 pm

SATURDAY 4/30
Aladdin-M Ward, David Bazan, Norfolk & Western, 8 pm, $12

Ash St.-TV 616, Inflikt, Debris, $6

Beale street NW-Rick Welter

Bitter End-Jacob Ray, False Positive, The Mellowouts, My Favorite Pill, My Favorite Everything, Etherglow, 7 pm

Bocelli's Restaurant-The Derek Bondy Trio

Buffalo Gap-Intervision 5, 9 pm

C-Bar-Phil and the Blanks

Charlie White-Dan Crothers, 6pm

Conan's-Konnichi Wa, Amara, Quandry

WOW!
Diamond Truck & The Privates
At Devils Point
Like the looks of the heavily tattooed, downtown haunting rocker on the cover of this week's Mercury? Looks like trouble, don't he? A bad sort, someone who'll lead you down to trouble, doesn't he? Find out for yourself tonight with his band and alter ego, and be prepared for a messy aural erotic experience.
w/Frank Furter, The Black Jets Dante's-Auktyon, Kultur Shock, 9:30pm, $10

Doug Fir-Amelia, Miss Michael Jodell, Amoree Lovell, 9 pm,$8-$10; All Night Knotty Disco, 9pm, $8-$10

Dublin Pub-Jessie Rae, 7pm

Duff's Garage-The Buckles, 9 pm, $5

Green Room-Sweet Juice, 9:30

Heathman Hotel-Linda Michelet, 8 pm, free

Hotel-Mustaphamond, The Better to See you With, Siberia, Skin Culture, 9 pm

Jolly Inn-The Fliptops, The Moneychangers, The Slip Its, Joe Silverking One Man Gang, 9 pm

Kells-Grafton Street, 9:30

Kelly's Olympian-No Red Flags

Laurelthirst-Anna Coogan & North 19 Crosseyed Quartet, $3; Jim Boyer Trio, 6 pm

Level-Saturday Night Grooves: JSN B, Mena & Aizlynn, Scottie Soul & Eric, Rithma, free before 11pm, $5 after 11pm

Loveland-Jonathan Jackson & Enation, Kristy Thirsk, John Stevens, Cary Judd, 8:30pm, $12, All Ages

Mississippi Pizza-American Diabetes Association Benefit w/Sketchy Ted, The Lonesomes, 5pm, $10donation ; Eddie Carey, 9:30pm

Mississippi Studios-Adrian Legg, $18

Mock Crest-Blueprints, 9pm

New Old Lompoc-Off-Key Bluegrass Jam (open acoustic)

Newmark Theater, Portland Center for the Performing Arts-Metropolitan Youth Symphony & 3 Leg Torso Benefit Concert, 7:30 pm

Paolas-Crunchy Saturday: Post Punk Rock

Poor Richards-Jhon Girlroy, 8pm, free

Portsmouth Club-Abandon Stage

Produce Row-Vagabond Opera, $6

Rock Creek Tavern-Michael Jodell Trio, 9 pm

Rococo's-Live Hiphop Night

Roseland-Rumble at the Roseland, 7 pm

Sabala's Mt Tabor-Detroit Cobras, Telephone, Nice Boys, Goodtime Gil and the Champagne Cowboys, 9pm, $10

Slabtown-Kuma, Almost Milwaukie, Agent Goldfiner, $3

SMYRC-Marisa Anderson, Mirah, Duck Duck Grey Duck, 8 pm, All Ages

Solid State-4:00 PM In Memory, Brown Eyed Deception, Belmonte Academy, Almost is Nothing, Hatchet Diaries, Oh Captain my Captain, A Fragile Shade, Flee The Century, My Life with the Spaniard, 4 pm, $8

The Viper Room-Infiltrata: Noah D vs the Bassit, Ronin vs No Thing, Tod Hockney, DJ Roomate, Evil One, Alter Ego, $5-8, 11pm

Tonic-Manic D & Fogatron, Clockwerk, Lewee Regal, Santotzin, Village Elliott, Papercuts, Relay, $6

Towne Lounge-Glass Candy, Danaza

Wallbangers-Dueling Pianos, 8 pm

White Eagle-Casey Neill Band CD Release Party, 9 pm, $8

Wilf's Piano Bar-Storm Large

Wine Down-Dale Morris, 7:30 pm, free

SUNDAY 5/1
Aladdin-Shawn Mullins, 8pm, $16.60-$18

Ash St.-Sweetride, The Smokes, $4

Babalu-Border Patrol, 7:30 pm

Beale street NW-Gospel Lunch, 1 pm; Morrison Bridge Jam, 7pm

Bitter End-Open Mic

Candlelight-Andy Stokes

Dante's-Famous Mysterious Actor Show Party, 8 pm, free; Sinferno Cabaret, $6, 9 pm, $6

Devils Point-Strippaoke Ball New w/KJ Pinky

Doug Fir-Snatch, 8 pm, $5

First United Methodist Church-The Portland Symphonic Girlchoir: Annual Jingle Bear Family Concert, 3 pm, $10-$14

Holocene-caught in candy, Sparkleheart, Fleshtone, DJ Beyonda, 9:30 pm, $7

Hoppers-Norman Sylvester Band

Kells-Grafton Street

Kennedy School-May Day Celebration w/Caleb Kauder & Sammy Lind, Blacknotes, Norman Sylvester Band, 2 pm, free

Laurelthirst-Neil Gilpin's Belmont St. Octet, $3; Freak Mountain Ramblers, 6 pm

Liberty Hall-Roxx Religion, 1 pm, $2, All Ages

Loveland-Loch Lomond, Blackbirdred, Horsefeathers, 7 pm, $5, All Ages

Mississippi Pizza-Kentucky Juntion, 7pm

Mock Crest-Fred Stickley, 8 pm

Moon & Sixpence-Foghorn String Band, free

Nocturnal-Swing dancing, 7:30pm, $6

O'Connor's-The Tone Sharks

River Roadhouse-Sinners Club; open jam

Roseland-Moby, Buck 65, 8 pm, $26.50

Sabala's Mt Tabor-The Earaches, The Valley

Sapphire-Mia Nicholson, 11am, free

Solid State-The Rocket Summer, Brandston, A Fragile Shade, Umbrellas, Cartel, 7 pm, $8

Twilight Cafe-Night Owls

Wax-The Cypher:All Element Freestyle and Emcee Battles

White Eagle-Open Mic w/John Vecchiarelli, Ben Bochner, 8:30 pm, free

MONDAY 5/2
Acme-Pete Krebs & the Gossamer Wings

Arnada-Open Mic w/Fat Lil' Ryan

Ash St.-Open Mic, free

Berbati's Pan-Home Before Sundown, I Am the Arm, Trauma le Tron, Ghost Motor, 8:30 pm, $3

Bossanova-Argentine Tango, 8pm, $8

Candlelight-DK4

Dante's-Storytellers: MC Dave "Killer" Queen, Roger Nusic, 6 pm, free; Karaoke From Hell, 10 pm, $2

Doug Fir-The Sun, Rolling Blackouts, Puma Frenzy, 9pm, $7

Green Room-Open Mic w/Mary Dill

It's a Beautiful Pizza-Five Euro Tip

Kells-Peter Yeates

Laurelthirst-Kung Pao Chickens, 7 pm, free

Longhorn-Morrison Bridge Music Jam

Mississippi Pizza-Open Mic W/David McKenzie, 7pm

Mock Crest-Beth Willis, 8 pm

Moon & Sixpence-Johnny Connolly

Produce Row-Ron Steen's Jazz Jam, $3

Tonic-Apollo, Souorce Code, Guyve, $3

White Eagle-Little Sue, Lynn Conover, 8:30 pm, free

Wilf's Piano Bar-Portland Opera "Abduction from SEraslio" Bel Canto Event

TUESDAY 5/3
Acme-Found Footage Night

Aladdin-Damien "Jr. Gong" Marley, 8 pm, $17-$21

Ash St.-DIY Showcase w/Caleb Coffee, Carrie Biell, Nicole Sangsuree, James Sasser, $3

Babalu-Blues/Funk Open Mic, 9 pm

Beale street NW-Ward Stroud Band

Berbati's Pan-Magic Marker Records CD Release Party w/Lucksmiths, Tullycraft, All Girl Summer Fun Band, Andrew Kaffer, 9 pm, $7-$8

Biddy McGraw's-Dylan Vance, Griff Bear, 9 pm, free

Bitter End-The Collective

Blue Monk-Ramsey's Groove Trio, free

Bossanova-Kickstand w/Auditory Sculpture, Soulbotic, 8:30pm, free

Candlelight-Reggie Houston

Conan's-Thorn City Improv, Oldominion, The Chosen

Dante's-Iron City Rock w/Johnny Hickman, Radio Nationals, Moonshine Hangover; Ground Zero Lounge w/ Clyde Lewis, 7pm-9pm, free

Doug Fir-Magnolia Electric Co., Court & Spark, 9 pm,, $8-$10; Raw Power w/DJ Gregarious, free

Green Room-Songwriter Showcase, 9 pm

Haven-Open Mic, 7

It's a Beautiful Pizza-Balkan Music & Dance, 9pm

WOW!
BINARY DOLLS CD RELEASE
At Holocene
Celebrated pop reconstructionists the Binary Dolls unleash another album onto the world, the sagely titled Too Much Thinking Sinks Ships. Indeed if you spent too much time rolling the Binary Dolls' experiments with the palatable and the off-key, you might find your own ship sinking instead of just going with it.
w/Heroes and Villains Kells-Peter Yeates

Laurelthirst-Jackstraw, 6 pm

Loveland-Lower Class Brats, Defiance, Clit 45, The Holy Shiters, 8 pm, $10, All Ages

Mississippi Pizza-Kerry Cambell, 7pm

Mock Crest-Johnny Ward & Eagle Ridin Papas, 8 pm

O'Connor's-Brandy Keehn Jazz Jam Session

Roseland-Snow Patrol, Embrace, 9 pm, $16, All Ages

Sabala's Mt Tabor-Vinegar, The Thieves, 9 pm, $5

Tonic-Atomic Jazz Ensemble, 10 pm (fireside)

Wallbangers-Dueling Pianos, 8 pm

White Eagle-John McMurrians Acoustic Review w/Jon Koonce, 8:30 pm, free

Wilf's Piano Bar-Ron Steen Jam

WEDNESDAY 5/4
45th Street Pub-Open Mic w/Wabba Dave & the Splifftones

Acme-DJ Dickel

Aladdin-The Doves, Mercury Rev, 9 pm, $18.50-$20

Amnesia Brewing Co.-Diggabone

Arnada-Songwriter's Round w/Shina

Ash St.-Final Drive w/Shame Lady, Black Elk, Paranaut, $5

Backspace-Microphone Fiendz MC Cipher, free, All Ages

Barracuda-KNRK New Rock Rumble

Beale street NW-Janice Scroggins, Patrick Minner Duo

Berbati's Pan-Housewarming 2 w/ Pete Krebs & The Gossamer Wings, Junior Private Detective, John Vecciarelli, 9:

Blue Monk-Pendar i Paya

Buffalo Gap-Sidestar, 9 pm

C-Bar-Open Mic, 7:30 pm

Candlelight-Ocean 503

Dante's-Pigface, Sheep On Drugs, Nocturne, Voodou, 9 pm, $13

Devils Point-The Cherry Tarts, 8 pm, free

Dunes-The Old Haunts, On Off Guard, DJ Miggy

Gemini-Morrisson Bridge Music Jam, 8:30 pm, free

goodfoot-Sierra Club Presents Members of Jackstraw, 7 pm, free

It's a Beautiful Pizza-Arabian Music & Dance, 8:30pm

Kelly's Olympian-Psych Ward

Laurelthirst-Pete Krebs and the Gossamer Wings, $3; Little Sue, 6 pm, free

Loveland-Bury Your Dead, Red Chord, A Life Once Lost, It Dies Today, 7 pm, $10, All Ages

Mississippi Pizza-Gypsy Jazz Trio, Amee McCaa CD Release

Mock Crest-John Paul Kelly, 8 pm

Nocturnal-Breakdance lessons, 6pm, $8; Craft Night, 7 pm, free; Tango Dancing, 7:30 pm, all ages

Noir-Looner, Tic Code, Rebecca Hart

Produce Row-June's Open Mic

Rock Creek Tavern-Open Mic w/Billy Kennedy, Lou Lozada, 8 pm, free

Roseland-Jesse McCartney, 7:30 pm

Sabala's Mt Tabor-Last Day to Live, Calico Drive

Solid State-From Ashes Rise, Paint it Black, Coliseum, Thirty3, 7 pm, $8

Sweet Oregon Grill-Rogue Bluegrass Band, 6pm

Tonic-The Fame, Wayland, Dead Spies, $4

Towne Lounge-Mick O Grady Trio

U&I Tavern-Open Mic

Wallbangers-Dueling Pianos, 8 pm

White Eagle-Plumbob, 8:30 pm, free

Wilf's Piano Bar-Ron Steen Jam Session