The Aces: Hot Fruit
It’s always a treat to see the Aces, the infinitely inventive, disarmingly handsome, buoyantly goofy sketch duo of Shelley McLendon and Michael Fetters. Amid chaos and uncertainty, we can always count on them to make us laugh by pretending to be gorillas. Or sloths! Or rich bird enthusiasts speaking in soothing tones while their male model houseboy serves snacks! Whatever the Aces are up to—in their latest outing, Hot Fruit, that’s “fire, intrigue, and of course, produce”—it’s worth seeing. MEGAN BURBANK
8 pm, Siren Theater, $12-15


Typhoon, Wild Ones, Amenta Abioto
After a five-year hibernation, Typhoon finally released their fourth record Offerings last month, and now the 11-piece indie rock band is rolling back into Portland for a hometown show at the Crystal Ballroom. Across 14 tracks, frontman Kyle Morton illustrates the struggle of a character who’s losing his memory. Though this existential dread lingers in every dark corner, the band still manages to coax out those catchy, orchestral melodies that helped their last album, 2013’s White Lighter, hit No. 2 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart. Despite Typhoon’s past mainstream success, Offerings is deliberately experimental; the record opens with Morton’s warning, “Listen: Of all the things you’re about to lose, this will be the most painful,” and it’s often unclear where one song ends and the other begins, adding to the sense that Offering is meant to be ingested as one whole body of work. Sometimes the album’s dip into dystopia can feel a bit forced, but it’s a welcome return from one of the city’s most successful bands. CIARA DOLAN
9 pm, Crystal Ballroom, $25-30, all ages

Girlpool, The Hotelier, Special Explosion
Singer/songwriters Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad bring their shapeshifting folk-punk project back to Portland for an all-ages show at the Wonder Ballroom. Worcester, Massachusetts-hailing outfit the Hotelier open the show with their beloved blend of emo-tinged indie rock and post-hardcore.
9 pm, Wonder Ballroom, $15-18, all ages

Burger-A-Go-Go: Night 1
For more than a decade, Southern California’s Burger Records has been releasing cassette tapes for greasy, grungy, bubblegummy bands the world over. Burger-A-Go-Go is the label’s annual concert featuring lineups with exclusively female-fronted groups (in the past, that’s included Best Coast, the Julie Ruin, and Kate Nash). For the first time ever, they’re taking the show on the road, and this weekend the festival-on-wheels stops in Portland for two nights at Dante’s. The Atlanta punks of the Coathangers headline Friday, with support from self-described “occult glam” band Death Valley Girls, old-school rockers the Flytraps, and Feels, whose excellent 2017 debut was produced by Ty Segall. With nary a dude band in sight, Burger-A-Go-Go is a rare unicorn of a festival that moves girls to the front. CIARA DOLAN
9 pm, Dante's, $20-35

WHY?, Florist
Born out of the northern Appalachian region of New York known as the Catskill Mountains is the sleepy lo-fi folk of Florist. The recording project of Emily Sprague is fresh off the sophomore release of If Blue Could Be Happiness, a collection of many delicately crafted parts that only when woven together are full and unbreakable. Sprague uses gentle finger-picked guitar chords, sparse snare and cymbal drumming, and dreamy piano and synth melodies that draw up a groggy half dream world felt when just waking up alone a little later than you intended despite not having anything you needed to do in particular. Whereas their 2016 debut The Birds Outside Sang told a linear story of the isolation and recovery Sprague went through after being hit-and-run while riding their bike, If Blue Could Be Happiness is a rumination on the sort of subtle childhood memories that sneak up and suddenly flash back on a slow day spent alone. It’s melancholy—the fears of growing up, death, and depression feel at a distance, as Sprague’s cool voice takes center, and ponders feeling unsure of what things they forgot. Despite the uncertainty, this is music to truly get lost in because often Sprague’s worlds are full of idyllic imagery, rolling hills and stark vistas, a world so vast it’s impossible to fully take in. CAMERON CROWELL
9 pm, Revolution Hall, $17-20, all ages

The Dollop
When the world is in turmoil, it can be soothing to look back at equally wackadoodle moments in history, if only to be reminded that this horror show isn’t new. But actual history texts can feel like dry homework. The Dollop podcast never does. Each week, charming hosts Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds explore strange, discomfiting moments from our deeply flawed history. It’s just what we need. MEGAN BURBANK
7 pm & 9:30 pm, Aladdin Theater, $27.50-50, all ages

Whitney Rose, Chuck Westmoreland
To get a sense of what kind of artist you’re dealing with when it comes to Whitney Rose, just take a look at the cover of her most recent album, Rule 62. Against a purple backdrop, the Canadian singer/songwriter sits in a wooden chair, wearing white-fringed pants and a white tank top, her legs akimbo in manspread fashion. She stares straight at the camera, a look of pure defiance on her face. Once that chill running down your spine subsides, dive into the music found pressed into each copy. Recorded with the assistance of the Mavericks leader Raul Malo, the album is a swaggering, lucid collection of blues-flecked country that hits all the main stops on the thoroughfare: breakup ballads, stomping anthems of independence, and love songs that will have your toes curling with joy. ROBERT HAM
9:30 pm, Bunk Bar, $12-14

The Mads from Mystery Science Theater 3000
Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu bring their live movie-riffing tour back to the Alberta Rose Theatre for two nights of shows and Q&A sessions.
Feb 23-24, 8 pm, Alberta Rose Theatre, $25-35

The Blasters, Roselit Bone
The Blasters call their brand of electrified throwback roots rock "American music," but the truth is that they were always too weird to represent the country as a whole. They are punks, first off, but they were too obsessed with blues and rockabilly to catch on with the LA crowd who idolized their label-mates the Germs and Fear. They are insider musicians; members of the band have played with X, the Flesh Eaters, and the Gun Club, and most of them can be seen in the weirdo cult classic flick Border Radio. In spite of this, the Blasters stand out in the fray of the early '80s Los Angeles underground. Their first two records played off a lexicon of proto-rock 'n' roll with punk speed, professional chops, and mountains of charisma, and they still invigorate to this day. MAC POGUE
9 pm, Doug Fir, $19-20

Mac Sabbath, Galactic Empire
Portland's a place where burgers are worshipped and Black Sabbath is everyone's savior. While a Quarter Pounder may not stand up to the city's artisanal burgers, Mac Sabbath satiates our hunger for satirical metal holiness. Mixing only the finest parts of McDonald's fast food foolery with the brazen influence of the heavy metal legends, Mac Sabbath transforms classic anthems into comedy. "Iron Man" becomes "Frying Pan," "Never Say Die" becomes "Never Say Diet," and who could resist taking a big bite out of "Sweet Beef" ("Sweet Leaf")? Watch Ronald Osbourne belt out with Slayer MacCheeze, Grimalice, and Catburgler in all of their sardonic glory. CERVANTE POPE
7 pm, The Analog Cafe & Little Theatre, $20

Mic Capes, Rasheed Jamal, Glenn Waco, Gifted Gab
It’s become pretty clear Mic Capes' is going places, so you may as well enjoy him live while he’s cheap. For the lucky souls who do show up, you’re gonna hear these “Razor Tongue” bars loud and clear. JENNI MOORE
8 pm, The Fixin' To, $8

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