WEDNESDAY 4/6

STAR TREK: THE ULTIMATE VOYAGE: OREGON SYMPHONY
(Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway) Read our story on the Oregon Symphony Presents Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage.

OPERATORS, BOGAN VIA
(Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside) Dan Boeckner has recorded under a lot of names over the years, from his breakthrough band Wolf Parade, to Handsome Furs, to Divine Fits, his project with Spoon's Britt Daniel. Regardless of the name on the album cover, you can tell it's Boeckner the second he opens his mouth. The guy has one of the most distinctive voices in indie rock—a nervous, marble-mouthed snarl that has inspired plenty of imitators. Boeckner's crooked croon is once again front and center on Blue Wave, the debut full-length from his new band Operators. As always, he takes taut, propulsive guitar-rock, spikes it with synthesizers, and finds a gritty dance-punk groove that'll make you shimmy 'til your tattoos fall off. BEN SALMON Also see My, What a Busy Week!

STRATEGY, RAICA, VISIBLE CLOAKS
(Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison) Most musicians listen to a broad collection of genres, but few are able to successfully explore those interests in their own work. That's just one reason why Paul Dickow is such a local treasure. The producer and artist records and performs under the name Strategy, dabbling in his musical obsessions—dub, house, and ambient among them—with an impressive degree of success. On his latest release, Information Pollution (out on Seattle label Further Records), Dickow aims for pure experimentalism, using shortwave radio broadcasts and effects pedals to create unhinged soundscapes that expand on the strange, eerie beauty of The Conet Project or the more unnerving moments in Faust's catalog. ROBERT HAM

BARNA HOWARD, SNOWBLIND TRAVELER
(Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi) "People have said that it sounds like something that was written in the '70s," Barna Howard told the Mercury in an interview last summer. "I don't mind that comparison." Howard's referring to his sophomore album, Quite a Feelin', and those people aren't wrong at all. But the truth is actually one step further: Quite a Feelin' doesn't just sound like something written in the '70s—it looks and feels like an old LP that you stumbled upon in a musty cardboard box at a garage sale. From the faded cover photo and outmoded typography to the vintage production and the stark Townes Van Zandt-style country-folk, Quite a Feelin' could easily pass for a lost classic by a beloved cult artist. Except Howard lives in Portland, his album came out just last year, and tonight he plays Mississippi Studios. BS

THURSDAY 4/7

NORTHWESTERN BLACK CIRCLE FESTIVAL: ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, PALE CHALICE, BARROWLANDS & MORE
(Ash Street Saloon, 225 SW Ash) The seventh annual Northwestern Black Circle Fest is upon us, brimming with a bombardment of metal for all tastes. Looking for some depressive doom and black metal? Barrowlands have you covered on Thursday. More keen on classic heavy-metal riffage or mythological occult metal? Then Friday's bill featuring Christian Mistress' fist-clenching heavy-metal rock 'n' roll and Absu's mind-molesting magick-metal is right for you. Interested in savage, shape-shifting beasts? Saturday, see the brutal, blackened death metal of Weregoat and the technical thrash attack of Weresquatch. Saturday also features an appearance from New Wave of British Heavy Metal kings Grim Reaper, who will no doubt grace Portland with timeless cuts from their 1983 debut, See You in Hell. Preemptive neck stretching prior to each show is strongly recommended. ARIS HUNTER WALES

ALI MUHAREB, MOON TIGER, DRECKIG
(Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water) Electro-psych maestro Ali Muhareb added to his already impressive catalog with the January release of the Existentially Wasted EP. His tempered yet expansive approach to creating wonderfully energetic beats and melodies drives the collection, beginning with the airy "I Will Write a Song," a horn-layered tune floating on a lo-fi groove. The title track is a percussive affair, showcasing Muhareb's sometimes dissonant tendencies, even when he's on the cusp of unleashing a line as potent as "I'm existentially wasted/I've never actually tasted the fruit of my labor." Tonight's show will also feature performances by Moon Tiger, who are celebrating the release of their debut EP, Sweaty Bangs, and Latin-electronica husband-wife duo Dreckig, AKA Papi Fimbres and Shana Lindbeck, who'll do a victory lap for their triumphant return to the States. RYAN J. PRADO

TINASHE, BLACKBEAR
(Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside) Costume changes! Backup dancers! Unreleased music! Smoke machines! R&B hitmaker Tinashe will reportedly bring all of this and more to Portland. For the past two years, the internet has been abuzz with the 23-year-old's self-produced mixtapes, her 2014 debut, Aquarius, and tour spots supporting Nicki Minaj and Katy Perry. With her sophomore album, Joyride, on the horizon, the multitalented artist is now headlining her own tour. Tinashe's pop star grooming is likely to play a big role in her live show, and if you're still not convinced that she's a well-rounded performer, just watch the rigorously choreographed "All Hands on Deck" video for a preview. ANNA McCLAIN

NIGHT BEATS, HOLLOW SIDEWALKS, CALISSE
(Dante's, 350 W Burnside) Astute followers of the national garage rock scene might already be familiar with Night Beats. Ever since the Seattle trio took eardrums by storm with 2010's sensational "H-Bomb" single, they've maintained critical momentum with their infectious brand of soul-tinged psych-rock. The highlight of their cavernous blues is Danny Lee Blackwell's reverb-drenched vocals, which cut through bass-heavy trances like a molten branding iron. These pained arguments are underscored with a sharpened guitar attack that screams with such a blackened rattle that you can feel the string coils rub over the fretboard from inside your brain. On their newest LP, Who Sold My Generation, Night Beats expertly recall influences from the most obscure corners of their record collection, while still eschewing mind-altering apparitions that are uniquely their own. Rock 'n' roll shamanism is alive and well in the Northwest. CHRIS SUTTON

FRIDAY 4/8

NORTHWESTERN BLACK CIRCLE FESTIVAL: ABSU, CHRISTIAN MISTRESS, UADA, SHROUD OF THE HERETIC & MORE
(Ash Street Saloon, 225 SW Ash) See Thursday's preview.

SECRET CITY VOL. 1 RELEASE: THE WOOLEN MEN, LITHICS, MOPE GROOVES, & MORE
(American Legion, 2104 NE Alberta) Read our story on See My Friends Records.

XRAY RECORDS LAUNCH PARTY: SUN ANGLE, THE GHOST EASE
(Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water) Wow, this is going to be wonderful. Portland's amazing community radio station XRAY.fm started a record label. Founded by the shining and capable Maryam Hanafi Troncelliti (co-owner of Northeast Portland's Beech Street Parlor) and Summer Cannibals bassist Jenny Logan, XRAY Records' first release is, appropriately enough, a super funny Best of Volume 1 from eccentric/existential XRAY.fm show Heavy Breather. Croony, psychy pop-punk band Sun Angle (whose members include Charlie Salas Humara and Marius Libman from Heavy Breather) and slow grunge chillers the Ghost Ease will fill up Bunk Bar pretty quick. Get tickets or be early—the first 100 people through the door get a free, stylin' Best of Volume 1 download code. SUZETTE SMITH Also see My, What a Busy Week!

MOUNT JOY, MUTT, LEE ALLSTAR
(Turn! Turn! Turn!, 8 NE Killingsworth) A cursory listen to Portland's Mount Joy reveals four-part harmonies at the heart of the melodically savvy quartet. Less obvious is their affinity for soulful subtlety, masked in the guise of a folk-rock foundation. "Centerpiece" could essentially be an a cappella tune, a beautiful symbiosis of vocals from Aubrey Ament, Madi Becker, Emily Jacob, and Leslie Robert. This isn't to say the band is some one-trick pony: Mount Joy revels in that subdued songcraft that makes them as dynamic as they are inherently harmonious, with flecks of jazz, R&B, folk, and pop dipping in and out of their oeuvre with ease. Check them out before they head into the studio to track a new three-song EP. RJP

SATURDAY 4/9

SWEATS, HEAVY HANDS, MACHO BOYS, STEEL CHAINS, DJ MATTY BUTTCAKES
(Black Water Bar, 835 NE Broadway) See All-Ages Action!

MASCARAS, BITCH'N, ORO AZORO
(High Water Mark, 6800 NE MLK) Read our story on Bitch'n.

NORTHWESTERN BLACK CIRCLE FESTIVAL: GRIM REAPER, WITCHAVEN, WEREGOAT, WERESQUATCH & MORE
(Ash Street Saloon, 225 SW Ash) See Thursday's preview.

ALLISON MILLER'S BOOM TIC BOOM, BLUE CRANES
(Alberta Street Pub, 1036 NE Alberta) Allison Miller's concert calendar is, like most in-demand jazz players', packed, and includes gigs backing Natalie Merchant, laying down grooves for Dr. Lonnie Smith to vamp over, and holding workshops teaching percussion and composition. But this year, her schedule is booked with performances by her band Boom Tic Boom, including tonight's stop in Portland. The modern jazz group is touring in support of a brilliant new album, Otis Was a Polar Bear, which showcases a playfulness and poignancy that makes great use of pianist Myra Melford's colorful playing and the haunting, scraping details added by Jenny Scheinman's violin. Through it all, Miller dances and splashes along on her trap kit, and adds melodic counterpoints via a tasteful use of xylophone and vibraphone. RH

THE MINDERS, SUICIDE NOTES, TIGERBOMB
(Turn! Turn! Turn!, 8 NE Killingsworth) The Minders are one of the most underrated musical vestiges of Old Portland. Though originally Denver-based, the band's creative architect and only consistent member, Martyn Leaper, moved the project to Portland in the late '90s following the release of their debut LP, Hooray for Tuesday—a pitch-perfect callback to '60s prog-pop forebears the Move and the Left Banke. Over the years, Leaper has enlisted a rotating cast of some of the city's most coveted musicians, like the Thermals' Hutch Harris, the Shaky Hands' Mayhaw Hoons, and the Jicks' Joanna Bolme. The Minders have released a bevy of excellent 7-inches and LPs, specifically 2006's It's a Bright Guilty World, which features the gorgeous and bereaved should-have-been-a-hit, "Jenny." Following a five-year hiatus, the group formally reunited in 2011. They're making strides toward becoming one of Portland indie's most distinguished acts, and are currently putting the finishing touches on Into the River, their first full-length in 10 years. MORGAN TROPER

ELEPHANT REVIVAL, MANDOLIN ORANGE
(Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell) When they say less is more, you have to wonder if they're talking about Mandolin Orange. The understated North Carolina duo draws an awful lot of beauty out of not much sound. Music that's quiet and pretty isn't new or novel, of course—but Mandolin Orange's 2015 album, Such Jubilee, is just so quiet and pretty, it feels like a new frontier in minimalist, melodic Americana. Instrumentally, Mandolin Orange's songs usually subsist on the gentle chop of something stringed, an elegant fiddle part, the gorgeous vocal harmonies of Emily Frantz and Andrew Marlin, and that's about it. At last year's Pickathon, Mandolin Orange's two cool-breeze sets were welcome respites from the scorching sun. Tonight, they return to town on a West Coast tour with Elephant Revival, another catchy folk act from the jam-band hotspot of Nederland, Colorado. BS

OREGON SYMPHONY, AUSTIN HADELICH
(Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway) Even if you have to scram at intermission and miss out on Edward Elgar's pompously circumstantial Symphony No. 1, the first half of tonight's setlist is alone worth the price of a balcony ticket: Augustin Hadelich and his 293-year-old violin return to the Schnitzer stage for some absolutely spellbinding fiddlework. This evening's concert is first in a three-night homestand that features our Oregon Symphony and Hadelich collaborating on Concentric Paths from British composer Thomas Adès—an utterly fascinating 21st-century concerto of ethereal grandeur guaranteed to captivate all listeners willing to open themselves up to pure, sonic transcendence. As if that weren't enough, Portland's biggest band kicks things off with Felix Mendelssohn's brilliant overture inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream. Mischievously orchestrated and melodically buoyant, the work was a big hit back in 1826 and, I'm happy to report, its charming joy remains completely intact. BRIAN HORAY

SUNDAY 4/10

TWIZTID, BLAZE YA DEAD HOMIE, BOONDOX, LEX THE HEX MASTER, DAVEY SUICIDE, TRILOGY, DS8
(Hawthorne Theatre, 1507 SE César E. Chávez) See All-Ages Action!

OREGON SYMPHONY, AUSTIN HADELICH
(Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway) See Saturday's listing.

SIX: DRIFTWOOD ORCHESTRA, PATRICIA & CAMERON, JUSTINE HIGHSMITH, ANITA SPAETH, AMOXTLI, MIKE JEDLICKA, RELIQS, MONTGOMERY WORD, MARK HENRICKSON
(PNCA, 511 NW Broadway) SIX is a surround-sound performance series in its 10th installment, celebrating experimentalism in electronic music with an array of artists from Portland and beyond, spotlighting several multidisciplinary artists who utilize various combinations of sound, video, and performance art as a medium for presenting an audible equation. This relies on an improvisational relationship between sound and the perception of the audience to create an interactive experience. Among the eight artists performing are Justine Highsmith, who is interested in the performative possibilities of sound as sculpture, and Anita Spaeth, an experimental artist who works with vocal looping and effected objects. CHRISTINA BROUSSARD

HALEY HEYNDERICKX, BRIANA MARELA, LILAC
(Rontoms, 600 E Burnside) If you made the horrendous mistake of skipping Waxahatchee's revelatory show at the Old Church with Globelamp and Briana Marela earlier this month, here's your chance to redeem yourself. Marela is back in town, and tonight brings her expertly looped, heavenly-harmonied chamber folk to Rontoms. One of the highlights of Marela's Old Church performance came when she ditched the looping pedal to sing the goosebump-inducing "Dani" with only piano accompanying her eerily soaring vocals, like a bird that somehow flew to space. Also performing is Portland's own pride and joy Haley Heynderickx, whose dark, smoky folk captivates live audiences, turning onlookers into bated kindergarteners at storytime. CIARA DOLAN

ELEVEN POND, FORCE PUBLIQUE
(Star Theater, 13 NW 6th) New York's Eleven Pond recorded 1986's Bas Relief in an abandoned swimming pool and promptly broke up, leaving the melodic and synth-driven post-punk LP unnoticed until its 2009 re-release by Dark Entries Records. Taking cues from the dreamy sounds of early 4AD releases and the minimalism of synth-pop groups like Depeche Mode, Eleven Pond's song "Watching Trees" became a club anthem during the recent coldwave revival, spurring releases of forgotten masters and a national tour. Portland's own purveyors of electronic dreariness Force Publique make music that inhabits the space where the ethereal bleakness of shoegaze meets the dark rhythms of trap. DANIELA SERNA

MONDAY 4/11

ASTRONAUTS ETC., HARRIET BROWN, MINDEN
(Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi) See My, What a Busy Week!

OREGON SYMPHONY, AUSTIN HADELICH
(Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway) See Saturday's listing.

MIIKE SNOW, KANEHOLLER
(Roseland, 8 NW 6th) Swedish superproducers Bloodshy & Avant are no strangers to the parameters of pop perfection. Primarily known for supplying the studio magic for such ubiquitous gems as Britney Spears' "Toxic," they've perfectly honed a crystalline hit machine that has been highly sought after by the loftiest dance mavens for years. When they join forces with American songwriter Andrew Wyatt, they become Miike Snow, and the resulting vibes become moodier and more sonically experimental when meshed with Wyatt's libertine aesthetic. Their newest single "Genghis Khan" stands as a shining example of the group's collective sensibilities. In it, stabbing pulses cradle Wyatt's sexy tenor as it hypnotically takes over your cerebellum, a saccharine mind control that lasts for hours. Mini-masterpieces like these take on a different dimension when Miike Snow add horns and drums for their fevered live shows, where the digital surgeries finally get to stretch into physical revelations. CS

BENOÎT PIOULARD, ANT'LRD, ILYAS AHMED
(Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison) Former Portland denizen Thomas Meluch, AKA Benoît Pioulard, first garnered notice about a decade ago as a Nick Drake-like figure for the post-IDM set, shading his delicate songs with the sort of muted faded-rainbow gauze favored by electronic dreamweavers like Fennesz and Tim Hecker. In the last couple of years, though, songs (in the traditional sense, anyway) have receded into the background—recent releases like last year's Sonnet give over to crackling, calmly assertive instrumental miniatures inspired by sounds from the natural world. Surprisingly, this more abstract approach has made for some of the most engaging shows of Meluch's career, and Holocene's well-equipped environs are sure to help conjure new layers of sound for him, and you, to explore. DUSTIN KRCATOVICH

NEO G YO, AMANDA EVE SLOANE, JONNY COOL, LAMAR LEROY
(Church Bar, 2600 NE Sandy) Tonight celebrates the release of the newest mixtape from the founder of the Futro multimedia collective, Neo G Yo. The mixtape, Foolin.wise, was created as part of the February Album Writing Month challenge in which participants are tasked with creating 14 songs in 28 days. Using collaboration with other artists around town—11 guest producers and 11 guest vocalists—as a springboard to completion, Neo G Yo not only met the challenge but exceeded it with an impressive 16 tracks total. It's a testament to Neo G Yo's skills that the mixtape is both kaleidoscopic and cohesive. Whereas a less talented emcee might end up with something disjointed, Foolin.wise flows seamlessly throughout. Arrive early to catch two of the project's guest vocalists, Amanda Eve Sloane and Jonny Cool, performing solo sets alongside Lamar LeRoy DJing throughout the night. RYAN FEIGH

TUESDAY 4/12

EAR CANDY: ANDREW ENDRES COLLECTIVE, THE CRENSHAW, AMANI
(Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi) See My, What a Busy Week!

THE RESIDENTS
(Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie) See My, What a Busy Week! and All-Ages Action!

THIRD EYE BLIND, BAD BAD HATS
(Roseland, 8 NW 6th) If you're thinking, "Third Eye Blind? Those sips-of-it-through-my-nose, sand-beneath-my-toes guys are still touring?" you're probably not alone. While the chart-topping group has released four solid efforts since their popular debut, they're heavily doused in nostalgia for '80s and '90s babies. If, like some of us, you're a connoisseur of mid-'90s post-grunge pop rock, you know that this band has accomplished more than just getting an entire country to sing along to a song about crystal meth—what about hits like "Jumper" or "How's It Going to Be"? Don't even get me started on "Never Let You Go." Whether you rode the 3EB train into 2016, or you're just looking to tap into some of that sweet millennial nostalgia, this could be your last chance to see these guys do their thing live. AM