THURSDAY 7/21

Abou Karim Restaurant-Jazz ‘m

Acme-Stars of Track & Field, Jef London, Brother Lunch, 9 pm

Aladdin-Sufjan Stevens

Alberta St Pub-Monty Green’s Bluegrass Invite, 9 pm, free

Arnada-Electric Band Jam w/Mark

Ash St. Saloon-Precursor, Trick Sensei, Fells Acres, $4

Beale Street NW-Kinzel & Hyde, 8 pm, free

Biddy McGraw’s-John Ross

Bitter End-Sadu, Bachelors of Science

Blue Monk-Triclops Organ Trio, 9:30 pm

Boons Treasury-Richard Day Reynolds & Friends, 8 pm, free

Brasserie Montmartre-Rick McNutt Duo

Bridgeport Village-Tom Grant, 6 pm, free

Buffalo Gap-Brian Copeland Band

C-Bar-Carlton Oaks

Clyde’s Prime Rib-Jim Mesi, Steve Bradley

Dante’s-Hana’s Hiphop Happy Hour, 4 pm, free; Low Dough: The Briefs, Street Dogs, Clorox Girls, The Gallows, 8:30 pm, $5

Doug Fir-The Minus 5, Derby, Junior Private Detective, 9 pm, $8

Duff’s Garage-Turn-Ups

Food Hole-Autistic Youth, The Insaniacs, Plain R, The Commies

Grand Lodge-Johnny B. Connolly, 6 pm, free

Green Room-Jaycob Van Auken, 6 pm; Earl & The Reggae All Stars, 9 pm

Holocene-PDX Pop Now! CD Release: Copy, Dat’r, Super XX Man, Sleepyhead, DJ Nightschool, 9 pm, $7 (includes CD)

Imbibe-Blacknotes, Ray Frazier, Taj Kelley, 9 pm

It’s A Beautiful Pizza-Bill Coomes & Larry Adair, 8 pm

Kells-Pat Buckley, 9 pm

Laurelthirst-Lewi Longmire, 6 pm

WOW!
Tartufi

AT MISSISSIPPI PIZZA Performed with an urgency that suggests the political–though with lyrics obtuse enough to obscure any direct intention–San Francisco power pop trio Tartufi tour in support of their recently released debut full-length, So We Are Alive.
w/The Secrets of Family Happiness, Sarah Dougher Loveland-The Strhess Tour: Bleeding Through, Zao, Darkest Hour, Misery Signals, Fight Paris, 7 pm, $13

Mississippi Studios-Two High String Band, 8 pm, $10

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

Noir-Singer Songwriter Showcase: Cindy Woolfe, Erin Adkisson, Sean Flinn, Jerin Falkner, Everything is Fine, 9 pm, $5

Produce Row-Brother Lemon

Red & Black Cafe-Stephen Inglis, 6 pm

Red Room-Pat McDonald, 9:30 pm, free

Rock Creek Tavern-Lynn Conover & Friends, 8 pm, free

Rock N Roll Pizza-Shortie, Ashasha, 7 pm, $5, All Ages

Sabala’s Mt Tabor-Origin, Malevolent Creation, Divine Empire, Animosity, 8 pm, $13-15

Sea-Live Hiphop

Sweet Oregon Grill-Jon Koonce, 6 pm

The Know-Robojam: Yard, Ainu, Snickers The Horse, 9 pm, donation

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

Tonic-Rosa Noir, Amara, E-Lie, 9:30 pm, $4

Towne Lounge-Pteradactyls

Vue-Courage of Eastern Sunz, Adam O Suna, Colleague

White Eagle-Armadillo Speedbump, Minor Thirds, Per Se, Santi Holley, 9 pm, $4

FRIDAY 7/22

Abou Karim Restaurant-Cam & Jack Newton

Aladdin-Live Wire!: Laura Love, Trashcan Joe, Klezmocracy, 7 pm, $7-8

Alexander’s Lounge-Ron Steen Jazz Jam w/Shirley Nanette, Randy Porter, Ed Bennett, 8 pm, free

Arnada-The Hickmans, Erlking, Schneiders List

Ash St. Saloon-Submarine Fleet, The Divided, The Gentry, Home Before Sundown, $6

Beale Street NW-Danny Hay Davis, noon; Kenny Lavitz Band, 9 pm

Berbati’s Pan-Kinski, Master Musicians of Bukkake, Davis Redford Triad, 9:30 pm, $8-10; King Fader, 9:30 pm, free (barside)

Billy Reed’s-Jay Purvis Band, Blue Mountain Boys, 7:30 pm

Bitter End-The Buds of May

Blue Monk-Dusty York Trio w/Michael York

Boons Treasury-John Shipe Band, 9 pm, free

Bossanova-Portland Mercury 5th Anniversary Party: Pedro The Lion, Crosstide, The Blow, 8:30 pm, $10

Candlelight-Ken DeRouchie Band, 10 pm

Corner Saloon-Anything Goes

Dante’s-Caesars, The Sights, The Golden Republic, 9:30 pm, $8

Devils Point-800 Octane, The Casketeers, River City Rebels, 10 pm, $5

Doug Fir-Nicolai Dunger, The Minders, Nick Jaina, 9 pm, $8-10; Chop Shop w/DJ Izm, DJ Evil One, midnight-3 am, $5

WOW!
Old Haunts

AT FOOD HOLE
Kill Rock Stars’ hometown heroes the Old Haunts hit Portland once again from up North, bringing with them the shadowy, cobweb-cornered garage ramshackle they so favor.
w/The Strangers Duff’s Garage-Rachel Taylor Brown

Edgefield-Timothy Hull, 7 pm, free

Gemini-Ward Stroud

Glenn & Viola Cultural Center for the Arts-Acoustic Guitar Summit w/Mark Hanson, Doug Smith, Terry Robb

Grand Lodge-American Music Fest: Dickel Brothers, Dr Theopolis, Scott Fisher, Chris Robley, 4 pm, free

Green Room-Stuart Davis, 9:30 pm

Haven Coffee-Henry Weeks, Moggy, 7:30 pm, free

Hotel Oregon-Great NW Music Tour w/Freak Mountain Ramblers, 7 pm, free; Kirby Swatosh, 7 pm, free (Cellar)

Imbibe-Happy Hour, 6 pm; Cross Eyed Rosie, 9:30 pm, $6

Kells-Eric Amadan, 9:30 pm

Kelly’s Olympian-Pre Cursor, Phorx

Laurelthirst-Yascha Noonberg, 9:30 pm

Loveland-The Thermals, The Kingdom, Wet Confetti, 8 pm, $8

LV’s Uptown-Dave Frishberg, Rebecca Kilgore

Mississippi Pizza-Shicky Gnarowitz, 6 pm; Anna Coogan, N19, 9:30 pm

Mississippi Studios-Chris Cotton; Jamie Stillway, 10:30 pm

Music Millennium NW-Caesars, 6 pm; Carol Bui, 7 pm

North Star Ballroom-Dance Party w/Norman Sylvester & The Boogie Cats, 9 pm, $6

Orange Room-Thanksgiving, Mount Eerie, Karl Blau, $5

Oregon Zoo-Marc Cohn, Suzanne Vega, $17

Paradise Ballroom-Porkpie, 9 pm, $10, All Ages

Paragon-Birds of War, Brainhole, Backseat Teachers, 10 pm, free

Paris Theater-Jack vs. The Ice Cream, 7 pm

Poor Richards-Stevi Marie & Jackson Road

Produce Row-Libretto, Risky, DJ Wicked, 10 pm, $4

Pudding River-NW Reggae Fest: Heart Life & Soul, Axe Dide, JuJuba, Raks Mara, Luminous Fog w/Jaga, Sarah Christine

Red & Black Cafe-Marc Brenton, Michael Rockstar, 8 pm

Red Room-The Rev. Glasseye, Mirumir, 9:30 pm, $5

Rock Creek Tavern-Chuck & Dave Show, 9 pm, free

Rock N Roll Pizza-Better Left Unsaid, Fail Safe, Apollo, Grandeurs of Delusion, Moose Knuckle, 6 pm, $8, All Ages

Roseland-West of Nowhere, The Bastard Saints, Strenuus, Even in Paradise, Farewell, 7 pm

Sabala’s Mt Tabor-Bloodbath & Beyond, Seppuku

Slabtown-The Hunches, The Blowtops, Tractor Sex Fatality, DJ noFader, 10 pm

Tonic-The Dirty Lowdowns, Lozen, Shevil Kneivel, Jacuzzi Bros., 9:30 pm, $5

Towne Lounge-Prick & The Burn, Die Capitalist Pig

Twilight Cafe-The Crackertones, The Stood-Ups, 9 pm, $3

Tyron Life Community Farm-Thrive Benefit for TLC Farm: MarchForth Marching Band, Luminous Fog, 7 pm, $12-25 donation

White Eagle-Johnnie Ward & The Eagle Ridin’ Papas, 5:30 pm, free; Left Hand Smoke, 9:30 pm, $6

Wilf’s Piano Bar-Sandy Dennison

SATURDAY 7/23

Alexander’s Lounge-Ron Steen Jazz Jam w/Shirley Nanette, Randy Porter, Tom Wakeling, 8 pm, free

Ash St. Saloon-Sequoia, The Kinder Scale, Waylaid, $5

Beale Street NW-Nobody’s Bizness, 9 pm

Berbati’s Pan-Guru, Ramsey Brothers, Clockwerk, Default, DJ Wicked, 9:30 pm, $15

Billy Reed’s-Christmas in July w/Sea & Sky, 9 pm, $5; Aric Riley, 11 pm

Bitter End-NW Paper Showcase: Shoeshine Blue, Laurel Lee & The Escapees, Goodtime Gil & The Champagne Cowboys, Jacob Ray & The Dirty Angels, Fruit of The Legion of Loom

Boons Treasury-Michael Jodell Combo, 9 pm, free

Bossanova-Empty Room, Bugs of Lightning, Giant Baby, DJ Pretty Electric, 9 pm, $5

Buffalo Gap-John Bunzow & Band

C-Bar-Cara Cature, Kate Mann, 10 pm

Candlelight-Ken DeRouchie Band, 10 pm

Casa Colima-Cubaneo, 7 pm

Corner Saloon-Anything Goes

Crystal Ballroom-Free the West Memphis Three Benefit Concert: Art Alexakis, Fitz of Depression, Jeremy Wilson & Eric Lovre, The Gallows, 8:30 pm, $12 (Lola’s)

Dante’s-The Imprints, Jonah, DeHaviland, 9:30 pm, $6

Doug Fir-Brendan Benson, Crystal Skulls, 9 pm, $10-12; Knotty Disco w/DJs Mr MuMu, Barrett Paul, midnight-3 am, $5

Duff’s Garage-Los Cowtones

Edgefield-Hamilton & Edwin, 7 pm, free

Fez-Here Comes Everybody, Empty Set, 8 pm, $6

Food Hole-Lacoste, Hott Beat, Sex With Girls, Jonny X & The Groadies, Billy Hot Chocolate

Gemini-Terry Robb, Bil Rhoads Blues Band

goodfoot-Dr Theopolis

Grand Lodge-American Music Fest: The Knitters, Jon Koonce, Freak Mountain Ramblers, Django’s Tiger, Government Issue Orchestra, 1 pm, free

Green Room-Sweet Juice, 9:30 pm

Hoppers-Jim Mesi

Hotel Oregon-June Rushing, 7 pm, free

Imbibe-3 Leg Torso, 9:30 pm, $5

Kells-Eric Amadan

Kelly’s Olympian-The Guitar Outlaws

Laurelthirst-James Low & The Medicine Show, 6 pm

Liberty Hall-Fuck Death Fest: Two Oboes, Dead/Bird, The Sunken, 20 Foot Man, Yuma Nora, Bob Bellerue, Diatric Puds & The Blobettes, Sixes, Slam Dunk, Mikaela’s Fiend, My Little Red Toe, Bunny, 5 pm, All Ages

LV’s Uptown-Dave Frishberg, Rebecca Kilgore

Mississippi Pizza-Lorna Miller’s Little Kid Jamboree, 4 pm; Blackwood Hymnal, 6 pm

Mock Crest-Blueprints, 9 pm

Music Millennium NW-Golden Republic, 2:30 pm; The Imprints, 5 pm

Paragon-The Atomic Bomb Audition, Girth, Sean, Deterrorformed, free

Poor Richards-Stunt Poets

Pudding River-NW Reggae Fest: Prez Brown & The Solid Foundation, Everton Blender w/Isha, Blen Dem Band, Mikey General, Ras Midas, & more

Red & Black Cafe-Michele Payne, John Magnifico, 8 pm

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

Rock N Roll Pizza-Vintegas, Stonecreep, Tallboy Shotgun, Miss Ann Thrope, 7 pm, All Ages

Roseland-Alkaline Trio, Rise Against, Death By Stereo, 8 pm, $16.50

Sabala’s Mt Tabor-Evening at the Black House, Blair Bitch Project, Holy Shitters, Born Losers

Tonic-Hair Metal Tribute Night: Morgan Grace, Lovely, Kleveland, Amoree Lovell, Seppuku, Myrrh Larsen, Cougar, Mullethawk, 9:30 pm, $5

Towne Lounge-LodgeClub, Metropolitan

White Eagle-Celilo, James Low, 9:30 pm, $6

Wilf’s Piano Bar-Barbara Lusch Trio

SUNDAY 7/24

Ash St. Saloon-Some by Sea, Summer Ono, Winfield, Less Than Hero, $4

WOW!
Drats!!! Presents “Over the Edge”

AT BERBATI’S PAN
The tremendously ridiculous art poppery of Drats!!! hit a new high (low?) early last month with the official premiere of their 30-minute rock opera based entirely on late ’70s teen cult film/anomaly Over the Edge. Beginning at 4:30 this afternoon, Drats!!! repeats the performance–but not before the screen they movie in its entirety. Did I mention it’s totally free? Beale Street NW-Gospel Lunch, 1 pm; Terry Robb Jam, 7 pm

Berbati’s Pan-Church of Psychedelia #6: Silentist, Deep Skin, DJ Mordechai, 9 pm, free

Brasserie Montmartre-Creighton McGrath

Cannons Rib Express-The Blacknotes, 5 pm

Crystal Ballroom-Poison The Well, Norma Jean, Terror, Throwdown, Himsa, Thirty3, 6 pm, $13-15; Hive: DJ Blackout, 9 pm, $3 (Lola’s)

Dante’s-Pat McDonald, 9 pm; Sinferno Cabaret, 11 pm, $6

Grand Lodge-American Music Festival: Dirty Martini, Moonshine Hangover, Bart Ferguson, 1 pm, free

Holocene-A Farewell to Andrew Ox w/House of Cunt, Garland Ray Project, Trigger Kids, Hott Pink, Koto y Soto, 9 pm, $1-50 donation

It’s A Beautiful Pizza-The Urban Shaman Experience, 8 pm

Kells-Eric Amadan, 9 pm

Loveland-Blindside, Showbread, The Showdown, 8 pm, $12

Mississippi Pizza-Trauma Le Tron

Mock Crest-Kate Mann, Bernardo Gomez, 8 pm

Moon & Sixpence-Foghorn String Band, free

Music Millennium NW-Tim Siniscalchi, 1 pm

Nocturnal-Swing Dancing, 7 pm, $6

Noir-The Subterranean Beat Revival: Mr Romo, Tomo Nori, Chris Cottrell, 7 pm, free

PGE Park-Nike’s Run Hit Wonder Featuring Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

Pudding River-NW Reggae Fest: Mikey Dread & The Dreads at the Controls Band, Clinton Fearon, Obeyjah, Wisdom, Everyday Prophets, & more

Sabala’s Mt Tabor-Clutch, Every Day I Die, The Mos Generator

Waverly Heights Congregational

Wax-The Cypher: All Element Freestyle and Emcee Battles

MONDAY 7/25

Beale Street NW-Jessie Samsel, 8 pm

Berbati’s Pan-Housewarming: Yuma Nora, Nut Brown, I Am The Arm, Per Se

Bossanova-Argentine Tango, 7 pm, $8

Brasserie Montmartre-Lee Reinoehl

Candlelight-D.K. Stewart & the DK4, 9 pm, free

Dante’s-Storytellers w/Dave Queen, 6 pm, free; Karaoke From Hell, 10 pm, $2

Dunes-Glass Candy, Danava, 9 pm, $2

Imbibe-Solovox, 9 pm, free

It’s A Beautiful Pizza-Five Euro Tip, 8 pm

Loveland-Team Sleep, Idiot Pilot, Scene Index, 8 pm, $13

Produce Row-Ron Steen Jazz Jam w/Phil Goldberg, Kevin Dietz, 9 pm, $3

Red & Black Cafe-Rasp Thorne, 8 pm

Sabala’s Mt Tabor-Rapid Fire, Skin Culture, Buried Blood, DJ Pussyface

The Know-Six Floot Sloth

Tiger Bar-Mattress Mondays w/The Out Crowd, DJ Makeout, $3

Tonic-Neverland, Racine, Nathan Detroit, Matt Machine, 9:30 pm, free

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

XV-Just Alice, Deanne Rhymes

TUESDAY 7/26

Arnada-Jordon Feathers & Acoustic Knights

Ash St. Saloon-The Mixed Social w/Casey Hurt, Tash & Shina, The Midwest Dilemma, Evan McDonnell, 9 pm, free

Bar of the Gods-Acoustic Night, 10 pm, free

Beale Street NW-King JuJu & The Beats, 7 pm

Berbati’s Pan-Sad Panda, Son of Rust, Copy, 9:30 pm

Biddy McGraw’s-Dylan Thomas Vance, Griff Bear

Bitter End-Skoolyard, The Collective

Clyde’s Prime Rib-Johnny Martin

Dante’s-Ground Zero Lounge w/Clyde Lewis, 6 pm, free; Iron City Rock, 9:30 pm, $3

Doug Fir-Quiet Countries, The Village Green, Empty Set, 9 pm, free

Dunes-The Peppermints, Marfa, NE, The Cells, 9 pm, $3

Edgefield-Irish Tuesdays w/Johnny B. Connolly, Caleb Klauder, Sammy Lind, 6 pm, free, All Ages

Food Hole-Bones Brigade, Forced March, Robot Eyes, Prepare for War

Green Room-NW-Radio Songwriter Showcase, 9 pm

Imbibe-Paul Brainard, Billy Kennedy, 9 pm

In Other Words-Harry & The Potters, 7 pm, free

It’s A Beautiful Pizza-Balkan Music & Dance, 9 pm

Kelly’s Olympian-H.O.G. w/Caught in Candy, CatHole, 9 pm, $3-5

Laurelthirst-Bingo Band

Loveland-Kaddisfly, Ever We Fall, Scene Index

Mississippi Pizza-Folkrum, 7 pm

Mock Crest-RCMP, 8 pm

Moon & Sixpence-Kung Pao Chickens, free

Music Millennium NW-S.J. Tucker, 6 pm

Nocturnal-Blues Practica, 7 pm, $5

Old Town Pizza-Acoustic Songwriter Spotlight

Paris Theater-Helen Stellar & The Distortions, 7 pm

Produce Row-Bluegrass Jam

Roseland-Hieroglyphics w/Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Souls of Mischief, Pep Love & Casual, Non Phixion, O.C., Boom Bap Project, 9 pm, $18

Sabala’s Mt Tabor-Honky-Tonk Tuesday: McGovern-Goldwater Ticket, James Sasser

The Know-Dada Swing, Paradise Island, Six Foot Sloth

Tonic-Atomic Tuesdays, 9:30 pm, $3

Vue-Listen In Tuesdays w/DJ Bigz

White Eagle-Joe McMurrian’s Acoustic Review, 8:30 pm, free

WEDNESDAY 7/27

Alberta St Pub-Zydeco Dance Party

Alexander’s Lounge-Ron Steen Jazz Jam w/Tom Grant, Kevin Deitz, 8 pm, free

Arnada-Songwriter’s Round w/Shina

Ash St. Saloon-Happy Hour w/Mods vs. Rockers, 6 pm, free; King Hen, Call Sign Cobra, Shatterville, New Mexican Revolution

Beale Street NW-Paul DeLay & Friends, 7 pm

Biddy McGraw’s-Bob Sopes

Bitter End-West Side Jazz Jam

Blue Monk-Pendar i Paya

Boons Treasury-David Andrews, 8 pm, free

Brasserie Montmartre-Charlie Doggett Duo

C-Bar-Jessica Helmke

Dante’s-Famous Mysterious Actor Show, 7 pm, free; The Distortions, Helen Stellar, Easterly, 9:30 pm, $3

Doug Fir-Vagabond Opera, Heroes & Villains, Stolen Sweets, 9 pm, $7

Dunes-Travellers & Locals w/Bryan Eubank & John Krausbauer, Drop Node, Matt Marble, free

Edgefield-Skip Van Kuske Diva Series w/Ariel Tebben, 7 pm, free

Gemini-Morrison Bridge Blues Jam, 8:30 pm, free

goodfoot-Melvin Seals & JGB, Big Island Shindig

Green Room-Stephen Ashbrook, 9 pm

Headquarters-Hustler White, The Peppermints, Mika Miko, 9 pm, $5

Holocene-Fleshtone, 9 pm

Hoppers-Deep Wood

It’s A Beautiful Pizza-Arabian Music & Dance, 8:30 pm

Level-Uniting Souls, Jon Lemmon, Jeromy Nail, Scottie Soul, Mena & Aizlynn

Mississippi Pizza-Justin Carroll, 7 pm

Mississippi Studios-Robbie Fulks, Ed Haynes, 8 pm, $10

Music Millennium NW-The Fewel Project, 5 pm; The Vanity Project, 6:30 pm

Night Light Lounge-Atomic Jazz Ensemble, 9pm, free

Noir-Chris Corbell, Davis Cain, 9 pm, $2

Oregon Zoo-Norton Buffalo & The Knockouts, $9.50

Paola’s-Ezra Meredith, 9 pm

Red & Black Cafe-Shicky Gnarowitz, 8 pm

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

Roseland-Reel Big Fish, Catch 22, El Pus, Punchline, Zolof The Rock Destroyer, 6 pm, $15

Slabtown-Other Men My Age, Sweet Heart, 9:30 pm; DJ Blackout

Solid State-Haste the Day, Stretch Armstrong, Still Remains, Kane Hodder, Genghis Tron, 7 pm, $12

Sweet Oregon Grill-Rogue Bluegrass Band, 6 pm, free

Tonic-Enchanted Forest, Stark, MC Vagina, Chickenhed, 9:30 pm, $4

White Eagle-Cotton Jenny, 8:30 pm, free

Wine Down-Dale Morris, 8 pm, free