Tagged: tonight

BAT FOR LASHES, HOTT MT ( Wonder Ballroom , 128 NE Russell) The new Bat for Lashes album, The Haunted Man , is brimming with beauty, a tangle of shrouded woods and tarnished glamour. The uncanny voice and music of Natasha Khan is a joy to behold, hooky and joyous and mysterious. It's probably in your best interest to bat your dancing lashes all over the Wonder tonight. COURTNEY FERGUSON Read our article on Bat for Lashes. [...]

JOHNNY MARR, ALAMAR ( Aladdin Theater , 3017 SE Milwaukie) Read our article on Johnny Marr . THE TELESCOPES, LSD AND THE SEARCH FOR GOD, NIGHT BEATS ( Dante's , 350 W Burnside) In the late '80s and early '90s, UK band the Telescopes challenged Spacemen 3 and Loop for space-rock supremacy. Stephen Lawrie and company veered more toward Loop's Stooges-esque savagery than S3's more devotional, stellar hymns: Their early songs seesawed between [...]

• Nick Jaina - Strawberry Man

SAVAGES, NO BRA ( Bunk Bar , 1028 SE Water) Their record isn't out yet, but the buzz around British girl post-punkers Savages is deafening. With their angular skronk (which seems designed to make music writers use words like "angular" and "skronk"), this four-piece makes sheets of sound that are violent, hectic, and flat-out awesome. NED LANNAMANN [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Back From The Moon b/w I Don't Care About Friday Night by BIG EYES BENDER: BIG EYES, BLACK BANANAS & MORE ( Star Theater , 13 NW 6th) The Bender has left its home at Slabtown, but all else for the annual punk-garage-rawk fest remains the same. For three solid days—including a matinee show on Saturday and a special exclusive show on Sunday for those with weekend wristbands—stuff your ears with the likes of Monoshock, the Cheater Slicks, Black Bananas, the Cynics, and tons more. NED LANNAMANN Read our [...]

THE SHIVAS, MISTER TANG ( Bunk Bar , 1028 SE Water) If you still haven't heard the Shivas, tonight's Bunk Bar set is liable to provide one of the Portland-area garage-pop group's more rollicking performances. After all, their LP Whiteout receives a vinyl re-release April 30 on venerable Northwest imprint K Records, and it's nearly spring! That's important, because Whiteout is pure summertime fun from start to finish (it works for spring, too), with fuzzy, reckless bouts of surf-punk that transcend the calculated cool of genre saboteurs and inject a well-translated love for rock [...]

• Novosti - Marry The Grave (feat. Luz Elena Mendoza)

King Louie's Missing Monuments - Another Girl from flatland on Vimeo . BENDER: CHEATER SLICKS, MISSING MONUMENTS & MORE ( Star Theater , 13 NW 6th) The Bender has left its home at Slabtown, but all else for the annual punk-garage-rawk fest remains the same. For three solid days—including a matinee show on Saturday and a special exclusive show on Sunday for those with weekend wristbands—stuff your ears with the likes of Monoshock, the Cheater Slicks, Black Bananas, the Cynics, and tons more. NED LANNAMANN Read our [...]

• punisher - Pun In The Sun 2

8PM. Ottobar. Remington, Baltimore. 2549 N. Howard St. King Khan & BBQ Show Bloodshot Bill The Gold Bug Shark Week plus Save Your Soul DJs Rob Macy & Brandie Jefferson! "Brewing up a heady mixture of high-spirited rhythm & blues, real-gone psychedelia and middle-finger-flipping garage rock, King Khan has [...]

ALICE DAY 7" (HC41) by Nucular Aminals NUCULAR AMINALS, GALLONS, HAUNTED HORSES ( The Know , 2026 NE Alberta) Nucular Aminals spent most of March touring Europe, and tonight's homecoming show also doubles as the release show for their latest 7-inch single, out on Hovercraft. The A-side, "Alice Day," and the B-side, "Come On," are two of a kind—mellow but miffed minor-key rock with the band's serious pop chops tempered by their macabre artiness. Nucular Aminals' last album, November's terrific Start from an End , was their best work [...]

SOUL'D OUT MUSIC FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT GHOSTFACE KILLAH, ADRIAN YOUNGE'S VENICE DAWN ( Mississippi Studios , 3939 N Mississippi) DĀM-FUNK, STARSHIP CONNECTION, SUZANNE KRAFT ( Star Theater , 13 NW 6th) The long and lovely Soul'd Out festival debuts tonight with an eclectic lineup that encompasses soul, reggae, funk, jazz, and beyond, clear through April 21. Pick your poison among tonight's competing openers, but if it were down to us we'd go with Ghostface Killah backed by a live band [...]

Brooks Reynolds Alexander Fairchild is more prolific than your average up-and-coming artist. The singer-songwriter from Ontario, Canada, touted as a one-man band, just released his second EP in a month, called Where Do You Go . We've got your first look at what Fairchild's recent flurry of activity with an exclusive premiere of his video "Tonight." "I'm beyond excited to share these new songs with everyone so I can get on with my life and write more new ones," Fairchild tells Spinner. "Such is a life of slavery to [...]

LITTLE GREEN CARS, THE YOUNG EVILS ( Doug Fir , 830 E Burnside) Little Green Cars will inevitably earn some comparisons to bands like the Lumineers and Of Monsters and Men. The five Dublin 20-year-olds traffic in the same kind of gently rumpled, harmony-laden folk rock that has the potential to appeal to the masses and rankle the snobs. But there's something really exciting about Little Green Cars, something that deserves to grab the ears of those who consider themselves immune to the jaunty, Mumford-y strums of the mainstream. First of all, maybe it's because they're Irish, but [...]

PHOSPHORESCENT, STRAND OF OAKS ( Doug Fir , 830 E Burnside) Read our article on Phosphorescent . SOUL ASYLUM, THROWBACK SUBURBIA, CELLAR DOOR ( Hawthorne Theatre , 1507 SE César E. Chávez) If all you know about Soul Asylum is "Runaway Train," there's much for you to learn. Prior to becoming huge during the grunge era, the Minneapolis band was raw, punky, and great, one of the titans in a crowded '80s Twin [...]

JEFF BRIDGES AND THE ABIDERS ( Aladdin Theater , 3017 SE Milwaukie) When he's not being "The Dude" or ending child hunger, he's alt-rocking the country world. From twangy Willie Nelson-style love ballads to rocking guitar riffs, Jeff Bridges and the Abiders know how to throw down the down-home jamz. Just make sure you don't forget his White Russian. ROSE FINN Settling Down by Charts CHARTS, WEEK OF WONDERS ( Rontoms , 600 E Burnside) Charts' new EP, Vacation [...]

BUBBLE CATS, WOODEN INDIAN BURIAL GROUND, BILLIONS AND BILLIONS, LITHOPEDIAN ( Troubadour Studio , 1020 SE Market) Read our article on Bubble Cats . SHOVELS AND ROPE, DENVER ( Doug Fir , 830 E Burnside) Husband-and-wife duo Shovels and Rope are perpetually on the road. That fact shakes out into their music—dusty country ditties drenched in rock 'n' roll grease. These South Carolinians keep it simple: guitars and drums, making some big [...]

• Kinski - Conflict Free Diamonds

Just in time for tonight's show at the Aladdin Theater, here's a new remix of an Unknown Mortal Orchestra song. Norwegian producer Lindstrøm took apart UMO's excellent track "Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark)" and turned into a dizzying dance track that turns Ruban Nielson's tight songwriting into something expansive. The nine-minute track locks into an established groove for the first half, then starts toying with the boundaries, turning down corners and following intriguing threads. You won't hear much Unknown Mortal Orchestra in here, to be honest, but that's just fine. You can get [...]

• Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Swim & Sleep (Like A Shark) (Lindstrom Remix)

UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA, WAMPIRE ( Aladdin Theater , 3017 SE Milwaukie) Earlier this year, Unknown Mortal Orchestra dropped their second album of brain-melting underwater psych-funk, and now the Portland trio plays its first hometown show since the record's release. They've been setting alight stages across the country, and are ready to do the same for a hometown crowd. NED LANNAMANN Also, read our article on UMO . [...]

Middle of the Map Fest officially starts tonight, but the best show in town is about seven miles northeast, at Starlight Theatre, where the Icelandic post-rock titans in Sigur Ros is performing. The group has a well-earned reputation as one of the finest live acts in the world.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Gross Deathbeds by The We Shared Milk THE WE SHARED MILK, AAN, YOURS ( Doug Fir , 830 E Burnside) For a snapshot of explosive civic-mindedness, look no further than this lineup for Portland's best of-the-moment indie rockers. They have learned the secret: play whatever you like, challenge listeners all you want, but do it with friends—especially important when your music defies categorization, when it sounds like nothing any audience has ever heard. The We Shared Milk famously recorded their glam-garage History of Voyager & Legend Tripping with [...]

LISTEN: Nick Jaina - "Don't Come to Me" NICK JAINA, PAPER BIRD, PONY VILLAGE ( Doug Fir , 830 E Burnside) Read our article on Nick Jaina . WILD ONES, ASH REITER, STEPKID ( Holocene , 1001 SE Morrison) Ash Reiter's melodies go a long way in the world of golden-pop sounds. Her gentle vocals are immediately compelling and distinct, with an aggressive punch thrown in here and there. Part [...]

TALIB KWELI, CORY MO, LOS CHICHARONES, DJ BIGGZ ( Hawthorne Theatre , 1507 SE César E. Chávez) Despite working alongside a list of hiphop's A-listers—including, um, Kanye and Jay-Z—Talib Kweli's never found the recognition he deserves. That doesn't stop him from putting on fantastic shows—and tonight should be no exception, since Kweli, the muscle behind Black Star and Reflection Eternal, will be backed by a live band. ERIK HENRIKSEN ESBEN AND THE WITCH, HELIOTROPES, NIGHTMARE FORTRESS [...]