Ought, Flasher, Ora Cogan
You ought not to miss Ought. The Montreal art-punkers wield a rigid, tightly coiled sound that has echoes of new wave and post-punk, particularly in Tim Darcyâs arch vocal delivery, but theyâve smartly and successfully reframed those tropes for the 21st century. Their new album (and first for indie powerhouse Merge Records), Room Inside the World, has echoes of Morrissey, Scott Walker, and James, but Oughtâs sound is entirely their own. NED LANNAMANN
9 pm, Mississippi Studios, $13-15
Superorganism, Helena Deland
The mysterious Maine/London-based indie pop collective bring their experimental sounds out west for a headlining show at the Doug Fir Lounge.
9 pm, Doug Fir, $12-14
A$AP Ferg, Denzel Curry, IDK
A$AP Ferg shares stories about home and family without losing his signature edge (âHungry Ham,â an ode to his neighborhood, is a banger in the truest sense of the word), and raps about navigating the lifestyles of the rich and famous. The A$AP Mob oozes coolness, so itâs nice to hear a member of the hip-hop collective reminding us that heâs just a normal guy who used to work day jobs before he started donning Alexander Wang and meticulously curating his Instagram account. EMMA BURKE
8 pm, Roseland, $29.50, all ages
Demetri Martin
Demetri Martin's Let's Get Awkward tour returns to Portland, giving the comedian and former Daily Show correspondent the chance to showcase his eccentric brand of stand-up and his fabulous mop-top haircut all weekend long at Helium Comedy Club.
8 pm, Helium Comedy Club, $35
The Woolen Men, XDS
Portland DIY punk and indie rock staples the Woolen Men split a co-headlined bill with XDS (FKA Experimental Dental School), the long-running experimental psych-pop duo spearheaded by guitarist/vocalist/sampler Jesse Hall and drummer Shoko Horikawa.
9:30 pm, Bunk Bar, $10
Annihilation
Today is probably your last good chance to catch a theatrical screening of this powerfully thought-provoking piece of freakish work from writer/director Alex Garland. Is it a treatise on depression? A musing on the futility of finding a larger purpose in life? An allegory for fighting cancer? Just a fucking weird river of nightmarish imagery drowning your senses like drinking a whole bathtub of moonshine as prepared by H.R. Giger and Lisa Frank? Maybe it's all those things, shot through a kaleidoscope and metastasizing in your imagination as you experience it. But it's certainly not gonna be the same on a smaller screen. See it big while you can.
Various Theaters, see Movie Times for showtimes and locations
Mujahedeen, Motherhood, Cry Babe
Ali Muhareb's Mujahedeen has come pretty far over the past few years. What started out as a solo project has since brought in more members and completely revamped its sound. Muhareb's vision began as a reverb-heavy outburst of electronic noise, but has since transitioned into jazzier psych territory. It also experiments with post-hardcore thatâs as emotive as Mewithoutyou, with much groovier rhythms than Jawbox. CERVANTE POPE
8 pm, The Fixin' To, $7
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