Saturday, October 31, 2009

free, live music bonanza : nov 2-8 : the cribs, mission 5, very international love, olina, tori sparks

Issue No. 9 : November 2 – 8, 2009

Mmmmhmmm. This week is delightful.

02 Monday
Twangy jazz with The Kung Pao Chickens at LaurelThirst Public House, 7 PM. 21 and over.

Flowing indie/americana with Olina at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon, 8:30 PM. 21 and over.

03 Tuesday
P-p-p-powerpop with End Transmission at Music Millennium, 6 PM. All ages.

Folk and americana at LaurelThirst Public House with Kelly Blair Bauman, Al James, and Mike Coykendall, 9 PM. 21 and over.

04 Wednesday
Low-fi, electro-experimentation with Mattress and surf rock from Orca Team at Berbati's Pan, 10:00 PM. 21 and over.

Catchy acoustic rock with Josh Nielsen at Twilight Cafe, 9 PM. 21 and over.

And in Bend, didgeridoo, harmonica and drums. Ruins of Ooah jams experimental roots rock at McMenamins Old St. Francis School, 7 PM. All ages.

05 Thursday
Knockout, story-telling blues from Tori Sparks at Music Millennium, 6 PM. All ages.

Funky, jazzy Seven Year Tango rock at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon, 8:30 PM. 21 and over.

06 Friday
Scat, blues, roots, americana and The Reverb Brothers at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon, 5:30 PM. All ages.

Relax to James Low at LaurelThirst Public House, 6 PM. 21 and over.

Acoustic roots with Kate Mann at McMenamins Edgefield, 7 PM. 21 and over.

07 Saturday
Mission 5 came home to rock Dante's at 9PM. 21 and over.

Banging Solid Gold electro night at Berbati's with Nathan Detroit, Very International Love, and Freaky Outy, 10 PM. 21 and over.

PDX Jazz At The ArtBar presents Blue Cranes at the Antoinette Hatfield Hall Rotunda Lobby, 8 PM. All ages.

08 Sunday
The Cribs with Johnny Marr in tow play an instore performance at Jackpot Records as well as release the limited edition disc of their new album Ignore the Ignorant: The Roses Edition, 2 PM. All ages.

Jazzy piano tunes from Rachel Efron in the lounge at the Hawthorne Theatre, 9 PM. 21 and over.

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It is my mission to provide a comprehensive listing of free, local performances in Portland. Please help this compilation grow by contributing your favorite free shows and by spreading this list around.

For more free shows check out the Portland Concert Co-Op.

Dance, dance, dance.

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

a starfucking scary halloween at wonder ballroom


Get dolled up for Starfucker's spunky
Halloween costume party.

Some things haunt you for the rest of your life. Haunts of "SELL-OUT" shouted at shows, or despondent, isolated devotees wandering the moonless night in shock, never to find peace again. Haunts like changing the name of your band from Starfucker to Celine Dion's Shaggy Penis.

Or some things aren't scary at all. They just make sense. So congratulations to the hometown boys who are able eke a living out of an artistic passion.

Whatever you wanna call them, Starfucker/PYRAMIDDD plays a spooky Halloween show at the Wonder Ballroom. We all know the boys love to don drag and stage dive so try to outdo their kinky costumes as the band will be personally judging a costume contest.

Enter the gymnasium on Saturday, October 31st like you're attending some haunted prom where alcohol is no longer taboo (eerie, huh?).

On a stage crammed with gadgets, Starfucker presents a low-fi, digital indulgence plump with candied beats, sweet and sour drum machines, and chocolate turntables. Somehow their smorgasbord of audio, from echoing voices to bleeps and zaps, sped up, slowed down, is so precisely pieced together that you wanna get topsy-turvy.

And as ever, this year's treat is sprinkled with the delectable double-drummer technique known to kick ass at Starfucker shows.

So whether you're restless or confused or pissed they "sold-out," get off your high horse. The music is still the same even if this is their last show under the Starfucker moniker. As Josh Hodges, SF general and commander, believes: making music should be fun so if you can make money doing it... fuck it.

Drinks, decadence and dance music prevail. Get all three treats this Halloween.

Trick or treats : Get your mitts on Starfucker's "German Love" and download opener Deelay Ceelay's album Thank You here.

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Saturday, October 31, 2009
Starfucker / PYRAMIDDD
Deelay Ceelay
Nice Nice
Wampire
Wonder Ballroom : 128 NE Russell St, Portland, Oregon 97212
Doors at 8 PM, show at 9 PM
Cost : $14 advance and day of show
All ages

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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free : hockey + natalie portman's shaved head warm up halloween wkend at u of o


Hockey bring audacious dance
rock to the EMU in Eugene.

It's just an excuse for slutty costumes and drunken lewdness. Why not make that debauchery a university sanctioned event with an on-campus concert?

As Halloween descends upon the University of Oregon, so does the best dance music of the Northwest: PDX new wave rockers Hockey in cahoots with hip Seattle electronica from Natalie Portman's Shaved Head on Friday, October 30th.

Prepare for waves of luxurious, bouncy beats from Hockey who will blaze through tracks from their debut album Mind Chaos released this month. Singer Ben Grubin dances with wild flair to synths and rapid drumbeats breathing energy across the stage and into dance-rock rhythms like "Too Fake" and "Song Away."

As noted in "Wanna Be Black," Hockey's been making dance music since 2002 when "we wanted to make music that people could have fun to at the parties we played," says Ben.

"We wanted to make dance music that was infectious," says bassist/artwork guru Jerm Reynolds. "Almost like: this is a band but it might as well be a DJ." Infectious it is, but Hockey is much more than a DJ with a combined live presence full of stamina and dance mojo.

Seducing synths sugared with handclaps spell Natalie Portman's Shaved Head with hipster lyrics and lo-fi, electro-beats. The co-eds will jiggle and wiggle to NPSH's salutes to side ponies ("Sophisticated Side Ponytail") and love for facial hair ("Beard Lust"). And I'm willing to bet the Halloween crowd will be sporting a few of the aforementioned epidermic trends.

Beware ladies!! Don't be bewitched by the shaking maracas and tambourines. NPSH was strictly formed to get chicks as they sing on "Iceage Babeland," "And if you wanna shack up after show / Girl, just let me know / I don't get star struck anymore." Take a ride on this broomstick if so enticed.

Come costumed and ready to get sweaty. There's nothing scary about dance music.

Trick or treats : Download Hockey's "Too Fake" and "Wanna Be Black" from their most recent tour sampler with Portugal. The Man.

Check out NPSH's "Me + Yr Daughter" here.

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Friday, October 30, 2009
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
Hockey
Chilly Willy
University of Oregon EMU Ballroom : 1228 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403
Doors at 8 PM, show at 9 PM
Cost : FREE
All ages

pink martini allures and awes at album release party

"Dazzling!" cheered the Diário de São Paulo.

"Exquis!" boasted the Le Monde.

"Encore! Encore! Encore!" roared the crowd.

Well, they would've said all that and more if they'd attended Pink Martini's CD release party last night at the Crystal Ballroom.

Entering a wonderland, thousands of balloons were scattered across the ballroom ceiling like jellybeans and their sparkling, rainbow tails dangled catching the stage lights just right to glimmer magnificently.

With 19 members on stage, the band took us from Napoli ("Ninna nanna") to "Brazil" bursting with tracks from their previous 3 albums and 11 of the 13 cuts on their new disc Splendor In The Grass.

China Forbes seduced in French, Italian, Spanish, and English while Thomas Lauderdale exuded boyish enthusiasm on the piano accompanied by a menagerie of strings with violins and cellos, a booming percussion section, a harp, a trumpet and trombone, and of course a whistle.

The pair bantered onstage with Lauderdale reading from his "menu," a poster-sized program that guests received along with a flower (or five) from the lovely hosts.

Ranging in elegance to simply cheeky, from dripping love songs to stories of dogs, the tunes traveled to the outskirts of Mexico City on "Piensa en mi" (sung on the album with Mexican lesbian and Frida Kahlo's ex-lover Chavela Vargas), to Sesame Street with "Sing" (originally written in 1971 for the children's program, popularized by The Carpenters, and recorded with Emilio Delgado aka "Luis" on Sesame Street), and back home to the view from Forbes' window overlooking the Tualatin Valley on "Over the Valley."

Couples chasséd, the audience chuckled to the "Tuca Tuca" touching dance between Forbes and Lauderdale, and naturally cheered the barbershop quartet on the album's most "controversial" song: an ode exposing Billy's alter-ego "Bitty Boppy Betty" with a moral that transgender soirées are just more fun.

Badda-bing, badda-boom, the band thanks you, sticking around to sign autographs and bask in Portland's love.

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Monday, October 26, 2009

omn launch

Oregon Music News launched sometime in the wee, gloaming hours with me on board as Associate Editor.

Your source for anything that's happening in the Oregon music scene, it's sounds kinda like this :




Sunday, October 25, 2009

the sounds electrify hawthorne theater oct 28

This is not the first time, nor will it be the last, that The Sounds are dubbed the modern reincarnation of Blondie. It just works.

A sexy, blonde diva? Check. Backed by her skinny, new wave boys? Check. Sewing infectious synthesized dance jams between the occasional romance-laden ballad? Check. Live at the Hawthorne Theater on Wednesday, October 28th? Check.

Following the tradition of explosive Swedish rock acts, The Sounds, lead by knockout Maja Ivarsson, radiate vivacious heat on stage. Chic and feisty, Maja's powerful voice provides the soul behind the group's peppy indie blend.

2009 marks a decade together, their third album Crossing the Rubicon, and Maja's continued challenge to all the Blondies out there: "I want to be the best female vocalist around... of at least this century."

Crossing the Rubicon sees The Sounds mellow out their frenetic pace with a few moody, melancholic tracks like the album's first single "No One Sleeps When I'm Awake." But don't fear, the downtempo will give you a breather and time to get lubed up with another Champagne of Beers before blowing an effervescent cork as the band rips through another sweaty, hyperactive dance set.

So you decide who will be remembered: NYC's originator Debbie Harry or new school, Swede Maja Ivarsson? My vote goes to Maja's looks and moxie today while she lays the legacy for tomorrow.

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
The Sounds
Foxy Shazam
Semi Precious Weapons
Hawthorne Theater : 1507 SE 39th Ave, Portland, Oregon 97214
Doors at 7 PM, show at 8 PM
Cost : $15 advance, $18 day of show
All ages

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Saturday, October 24, 2009

oct 26-nov 1 : free, live music bonanza : pink martini, madgesdiq, monarques, mark twain indians, terracoustic

Issue No. 8 : October 26 – November 1, 2009

Free + Concerts + Halloween = Bliss.

26 Monday
Chill to some uplifting reggae/hip-hop with Yogoman Burning Band, Madgesdiq, and The C4 Influenza and Reggae Rockers at Peter's Room @ Roseland Theater, 9 PM. 21 and over.

Tap your toes to the twang with country from Emily Herring at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon, 8:30 PM. 21 and over.

27 Tuesday
Punk, rock the DJ at the PNCA Halloween Party at Berbati's Pan with C.O.C.O., LSD&D, and DJ Paula B at 8 PM. 21 and over.

More punk, punk, punk with Stash Black at Ash Street Saloon, 9 PM. 21 and over.

28 Wednesday
A veritable menagerie of electro-goodness on Labelmates night at Holocene at 8:30 PM, 21 and over, featuring DJ sets:
Selector Dub Narcotic
DJ Selector Demonic
E*Rock
DJ Hot Air Balloon
And live performances from Congratulations and Rob Walmart.

Ambient, electro-pop from Kotogoto at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon, 8:30 PM. 21 and over.

When in Bend, check out wicked guitar work from Gavin Wahl Stephens at McMenamins Old St. Francis School, 7 PM. All ages.

29 Thursday
Lullaby Celtic strings from Terracoustic at McMenamins Rock Creek Tavern, 7 PM. All ages.

Dance to the darkwave at the Fez Ballroom's Shadowplay while DJ Ghoulunatic, DJ Horrid, and DJ Paradox spin starting at 9 PM. 21 and over.

30 Friday
PDX sweethearts Pink Martini record release party! Music Millennium, 6 PM. All ages.

Eclectic rock from The Quick & Easy Boys at LaurelThirst Public House, 6 PM. 21 and over.

Blues rock with Sonny Hess and Lisa Mann at McMenamins Hotel Oregon, 7 PM. 21 and over.

31 Saturday : Halloween
Indie electro at Camellia Lounge @ TeaZone with Naming Names and Monoliths, 9PM. All ages.

Leaves Russell plays sentimental rock in the lounge at the Hawthorne Theatre, 9 PM. 21 and over.

November
01 Sunday
Smooth funk-rock from Jacob Merlin at Music Millennium, 3 PM. All ages.

Pop, rock with Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside, Monarques, and Sean Flinn at Rontoms, 9 PM. 21 and over.

Portland Makes Music presents indie from Throwback Suburbia and Mark Twain Indians at Someday Lounge, 9 PM. 21 and over.

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It is my mission to provide a comprehensive listing of free, local performances in Portland. Please help this compilation grow by contributing your favorite free shows and by spreading this list around.

For more free shows check out the Portland Concert Co-Op.

Trick or treat.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

lcd leaked / remixed

No surprise, it leaked.

So get your free Alan Vega remix of LCD Soundsystem's new track "Bye Bye Bayou."

Only 20,000.

this gossip's been around the block

Beth Ditto has an icy, trilling prowess. Wooing and coaxing, jarring and brassy.

A succulent, orgasmic voice that swirls high wails against raspy lows backed by Brace Paine's burly guitar and dance-ready, thumping drumbeats from Hannah Blilie.

They call this Gossip. But it's no secret that it's coming to the Wonder on Saturday, October 24th.

Beth, a self-proclaimed "fat, feminist lesbian from Arkansas," and her crew call the NW home but are tromping around the world with their circus show. Ms. Ditto's presence is immense in more ways than one with shrieks stacked on top of her already feral stage show known for disappearing garments and wild bouts of agitation.

Touring in support of their fourth album Music for Men, released this June, the kids finish off the west coast this month before colliding with sweet Paris.

Bending gender with delightfully outspoken lyrics and intermixing synths into their dance-punk formula, Beth's passionate voice sends chills down your spine as she gracefully bawls.

Behind the kicking dance beats, this babe can belt it out with the best.

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Saturday, October 24, 2009
Gossip
MEN
Boy Joy
Wonder Ballroom : 128 NE Russell St, Portland, Oregon 97212
Doors at 8 PM, show at 9 PM
Cost : $20 advance, $20 day of show
All ages

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

the cribs all but ignore portland

I'll forgo the warning since most people sit while using the internet.

The brothers Jarman of the The Cribs teamed up with the potentially post-Modest Mouse/ex-The Smiths' guitarist Johnny Marr for their fourth studio album Ignore the Ignorant.

Old news, yeah.

Okay, well now that the boys call Portland home, they've chosen to sell their limited edition Ignore the Ignorant: The Roses Edition in only three thorny cities in the world. Our fair Rose City included. (The others being Yorkshire and Lancashire, the Jarman's and Marr's respective home counties.)

Tell me something I don't know.

Here's your cue to stand up and jump around: The Cribs, with Mr. Marr in tow, crash Jackpot Records for an in-store set on Sunday, November 8th. Also your one of about three chances to see them in the western hemisphere this year. And it's free.

Come ready, in Marr's words, for "a two-headed beast" with double the guitar.

Ignore the Ignorant: The Roses Edition includes a live disc of The Cribs at The Ritz in Manchester, a DVD documentary of the album's recording, and The Serpent and the Peach–a silent short mostly filmed on a hand-held camera.

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Sunday, November 8th, 2009
The Cribs
Jackpot Records : 203 SW 9th Ave, Portland, Oregon 97204
Show at 2 PM
Cost : FREE
All ages

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

may ling rings rotture oct 23

"What do you about think when you are onstage?" asked SOMA Magazine.

"What Gwyneth Paltrow's severed head must have looked like in Se7en."

Sounds like my kinda Chinese pop star. Or at least the kinda girl I'd like to clap my hands to as she vibrates like a Mexican jumping bean around the stage at Rotture on Friday night.

May Ling stirs up home stewed electro-pop with two-thirds of the electro-rockers Reporter in tow: May Ling (Alberta Poon) on voicebox and Dong Ning (Dan Grazzini) playing electrician.

May Ling's cool, hexing voice lulls you under her spell engineering lovely music for when you're slogging through a rainy Portland afternoon but with just the right pinch of pizazz to make you drool and dance.

Hypnotic beats, breathy vocals and luscious synths combine ringside with everything from Lee's Lion Dance Team to fur covered hula hoops. When you're not on the floor shakin' it like a seizure, you can have this much fun at a May Ling show shakin' your ass.

Bring your glow sticks and drinkin' pants because this little bouncing bundle is joined by a slew of PDX party machines including Breakfast Mountain, DJ Copy, DJ E*Rock, DJ BJ.

May Ling's debut effort Threats dropped on August 28th and you can snatch the Threats Remix album for free.

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Friday, October 23, 2009
Supernature
May Ling
Breakfast Mountain
DJ Copy
DJ E*Rock
DJ BJ
Rotture : 315 SE 3rd Ave, Portland, Oregon 97214
Cost : $5 day of show
21 and over

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Monday, October 19, 2009

praise for pretty lights at the crystal

"Sunday School" started right on time and I wasn't late.




But as the beat dropped and the drum kicked, this sabbath day gathering was not about praising a ritual deity but rather about reviving musical lore.

The instantly recognizable drone from Biggie coupled with the raging, harsh lyrics "Fuck Him, I didn't wanna go to Heaven anyways" let everyone know what kind of church we were in.

This Sunday's best included short skirts, sparkly face paint, and fanny packs congregated in the nave of the Crystal Ballroom under impish frescoes and colonnades topped by cackling jokers all to exalt the Pretty Lights.

Derek Vincent Smith of Pretty Lights beamed life back into old vinyl cuts but not just by spinning and sampling. Hunched over the glowing lights on his Monome 128, he organically mixed and meshed delicate sounds with deft accuracy.

Complemented by live drummer Cory Eberhard, the pair resurrected hammered beats while forging new material and playing with osmotic precision as Smith manipulated the electronics and Eberhard the sticks. The duo simultaneously, continuously changed tempos and transformed rhythms fueled by the bouncing crowd.

Backed by a multimedia show teeming with acidic oscilloscope visualizations, blinding strobes, and yes, a rainbow of pretty lights. He took the audience for a zooming joy ride strapped to the fender of the big red PL bus cruising through the city lights of Chicago, NYC or maybe even Denver—showing us the companioning cityscapes to his immense soundscapes.

The west coast was not neglected as the kids grinded to snippets of "Shake, shake it baby" from "California Love" buzzing to afros and disco hustle above.

Stating there'd be no encore, Pretty Lights continued to smash through cut after cut of tantalizing dance anthems with the crowd sweating along and the Crystal's windows clouded by a moist haze like after a steamy shower.

Absorbed in the keypad before him, a Rubik's Cube of color and rectangles blipped behind the band, and a classic Jordan finessed his way along the baseline and onto the screen for a flash on "More Important Than Michael Jordan."




The finale of Wreckx-N-Effect's "Rump Shaker" vs "Paper Planes" by M.I.A. tastily blended the choral lyric "All I wanna do" to the delight of manic mob.

At the close, Smith humbly thanked Portland for coming out and asked the people to buy a t-shirt or hat to support the free music.

Check out all of Pretty Lights' tracks for free on his website.

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Sunday, October 18, 2009
Pretty Lights
Chicharones
DJ Rootz
Crystal Ballroom : 1332 W Burnside Portland, Oregon 97209

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Saturday, October 17, 2009

oct 19-25 : free, live music bonanza : the angry orts, true margrit, the fix djs, the glyptodons, mike pardew, the physical hearts


Get your weekly Fix on
Thursday at Someday Lounge.

Issue No. 7 : October 19 – 25, 2009

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 days of free, live music.

19 Monday
Bob Shoemaker plays blues at McMenamins Rock Creek Tavern, 7 PM. All ages.

Jazz guitar with Chance Hayden at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon, 8:30 PM. 21 and over.

New Band Night at Kelly's Olympian, 9 PM. 21 and over.

20 Tuesday
Get bluesy/funky with Steve Kerin on piano at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon, 8:30 PM. 21 and over.

Funk and jazz at LaurelThirst Public House with Sean "The Shag" Nowland at 9 PM. 21 and over.

21 Wednesday
Mellow indie rock with The Physical Hearts, Tortune, and Rainbow Jive Hammer at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon, 8:30 PM. 21 and over.

Sweet acoustic, folk rock from Kelly Brightwell at McMenamins Edgefield, 7 PM. 21 and over.

22 Thursday
Someday Lounge presents The Fix with Ohmega Watts, Lifesavas's Rev. Shines, DJ Kez, and DJ Dun Diggy at 9 PM. 21 and over.

Ryan VanDordrecht plays solid rock'n'roll tunes at McMenamins Edgefield, 7 PM. 21 and over.

23 Friday
NYC's Bowery Boy Blue rock at Music Millennium, 6 PM. All ages.

Catchy rock with The Angry Orts and lovable indie from The Glyptodons at In Other Words, 7 PM. All ages.

24 Saturday
Latin and rock infused jazz at Wine Unwind with Mike Pardew, 7 PM. 21 and over.

Smooth folk rock with Scott Gallegos at McMenamins Rock Creek Tavern, 9 PM. All ages.

25 Sunday
Poppy piano rock from True Margrit at Music Millennium, 5 PM. All ages.

Reggae Night at Berbati's Pan, 9:30 PM. 21 and over.

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It is my mission to provide a comprehensive listing of free, local performances in Portland. Please help this compilation grow by contributing your favorite free shows and by spreading this list around.

For more free shows check out the Portland Concert Co-Op.

Bottoms up.

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Thursday, October 15, 2009

throw back guster... happy birthday

Guster gears up for their Lost and Gone Forever Ten Year Anniversary Tour where they will be playing two sets, one showcasing Lost and Gone Forever in its entirety.

In anticipation the band gives us the Pasty Tapes, bootlegs by Guster's former manager. To kick it off we have Portsmouth, NH from April 19th, 2000.

And more to be released over the coming months. Enjoy.

pretty lights passing thru the crystal oct 18

Half man, half machine. Organic and electro DJ coexisting. Beautifully.

Like so many opposites, these not only attract but blend seamlessly into a mind-blowing oblivion of flowing rhythms and soulful noise that will make you tingle and smile.

Derek Vincent Smith is Pretty Lights out of Colorado but he combines forces on Sunday, October 18th with drummer Cory Eberhard at the Crystal Ballroom.

The two communicate through a kind of clairvoyant sign language where drummer and electrician navigate from breakbeats to jazzy snares constantly manipulating the music while feeding off the crowd's aura.

Sampler extraordinaire, Pretty Lights is no petty pickpocket. This artist presents deftly crafted tracks ranging from laid-back ambiance to banging club jams, fusing "obscure old vinyl, analog synthesizers, and vintage dub gear," as Smith states on his MySpace.

His latest Passing By Behind Your Eyes, released on October 6th, is album #3 and available for free (along with his others) on his website. This one's replete with the PL trademark vivacious soundscapes, blended so sweetly that you'll soar, and meshed with hip-hop undertones, all sealed by vocals from Biggie on "Sunday School."

With a name inspired by a 1966 Pink Floyd concert poster, Smith is stepping up the multimedia show orchestrating a full sensory experience as you feel the bass bang in your bones, bounce your head and look around yourself. All the fine, moist people will be drenched in neon oranges and reds and blues, just vibing to the ubiquitous beat.

Just bathing in the oh so pretty lights.

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Sunday, October 18, 2009
Pretty Lights
Chicharones
DJ Rootz
Crystal Ballroom : 1332 W Burnside Portland, Oregon 97209
Doors at 8 PM, show at 9 PM
Cost : $15 advance, $20 day of show
All ages

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

bodyrock y'all, moby live at crystal oct 19

Although smaller in physical stature, a legacy of dependable dance music and raw, live energy precede this descendant of the great white sperm whale, author that is.

Moby brings his sweat-soaked vivacity to the Crystal Ballroom on Monday, October 19th supporting his ninth studio album Wait for Me, released this June.

You're guaranteed hits spanning Moby's extensive career from electronic rave anthems pulsing with techno beats to chilled out ambient that seeps through your warm body.

Emerging from his hideout behind the massive keyboards and electrical gadgets, Moby will also strap on a guitar to blast you with catchy alternative tunes and an occasional punk rock yowl.

Leading up to the release of his next single, Moby will be giving away a remix per week. Check out "One Time We Lived (Matrix & Futurebound Remix)" posted today.

Opening for the bald Little Idiot is the mellow Brooklynite Kelli Scarr. Download her free digital EP here.

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Monday, October 19, 2009
Moby
Kelli Scarr
Crystal Ballroom : 1332 W Burnside Portland, Oregon 97209
Doors at 8 PM, show at 9 PM
Cost : $25 advance, $28 day of show
All ages

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Monday, October 12, 2009

grizzly bear casts its spell on the crystal ballroom oct 15

This Brooklyn quartet is not ferocious. They do not growl or snarl. Rather, these indie rockers will snare you with their soothing acoustic guitars, complex arrangements and layered vocals.

Grizzly Bear will awe all those who attend their Thursday, October 15th show at McMenamin's Crystal Ballroom with instantly infectious melodies and lovable, laid-back tunes like "Two Weeks."

Their latest release Veckatimest features vocals from all four band members and adventurous arrangements including choral ("Cheerleader") and orchestral backing on several tracks.

During the past few years of persistent touring, Grizzly Bear has garnered some high profile exposure opening for Radiohead and Feist as well as playing five shows with Paul Simon in Brooklyn. In 2008, the band even played a set with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and recently Michael McDonald of The Doobie Brothers helped revamp "While You Wait for the Others" with the boys in the band singing swirling backups on their own song. (Check out a live version, albeit without McDonald, from the Morning Becomes Eclectic.)

Amongst all the concerts, the foursome found time to build a truly collaborative album, their first effort where all members have contributed song ideas. And they succeeded in building a cleaner, more complete Grizzly Bear with stronger lyrics, vocals and drums.

Expect a dramatic performance full of highs and lows, like the mounting intensity heard on the album's opener "Southern Point," and climaxing with Grizzly Bear at their unified finest.




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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Grizzly Bear
The Morning Benders
Crystal Ballroom : 1332 W Burnside Portland, Oregon 97209
Doors at 7 PM, show at 8 PM
Cost : $22 advance, $25 day of show
All ages

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Saturday, October 10, 2009

free, live music bonanza : oct 12-18 : the pragmatic, stephanie schneiderman, ohmega watts, brothers young, the punk group, garage fest


The Pragmatic get electric at
Ash Street Saloon on Tuesday.

Issue No. 6 : October 12 – 18, 2009

12 Monday
Folk diversions with Band of Annuals, Brothers Young, and Run On Sentence at Kelly's Olympian, 9 PM. 21 and over.

Someday Lounge brings Felabration with Lifesavas's Rev. Shines and DJ Santo at 6 PM. 21 and over.

13 Tuesday
Mellow out with electronics from The Pragmatic, The Volt per Octaves, and Tatse at Ash Street Saloon, 9 PM. 21 and over.

The Sale strum pop at Camellia Lounge @ TeaZone, 9PM. All ages.

14 Wednesday
Guitars and synths and stuff at the Doug Fir with The Punk Group, Mark Mallman, and Buzzy Shyface at 9 PM. 21 and over.

Folky love songs from Leonard Mynx and Kelly Blair Bauman at Berbati's Pan, 10 PM. 21 and over.

Rusty Starz jam psych-rock at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon, 8:30 PM. 21 and over.

15 Thursday
Someday Lounge presents The Fix with Ohmega Watts, Lifesavas's Rev. Shines, DJ Kez, and DJ Dun Diggy at 9 PM. 21 and over.

Blues/roots/americana with Redwood Son at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon, 5:30 PM. All ages.

Catchy pop at East End with B and Not B, 9 PM. 21 and over.

16 Friday
PDX Jazz At The ArtBar unveils smooth and sultry love songs from Stephanie Schneiderman at the Antoinette Hatfield Hall Rotunda Lobby, 8 PM. All ages.

Shane Tutmarc & The Traveling Mercies rock Music Millennium at 6 PM. All ages.

McMenamins' Great Northwest Music Tour plays on with indie folk from Samantha Crain & The Midnight Shivers at McMenamins Edgefield, 7 PM. All ages.

James Faretheewell plays folk rock at McMenamins Rock Creek Tavern, 9 PM. All ages.

17 Saturday
Scion Garage Fest begins at 3 PM and spreads indie-rock love across PDX featuring:
Dutchess & The Duke
Black Lips
King Khan & BBQ Show
Jay Reatard
Roky Erickson
The Dirtbombs
The Deadly Snakes
The Almighty Defenders
And many, many more come to Someday Lounge, Satyricon, Berbati's Pan, and Dante's. Some venues 21 and over.

Little Sue croons over her acoustic guitar at LaurelThirst Public House, 6 PM. 21 and over.

Elizabeth Nicholson and Bob Soper pluck strings at McMenamins Hotel Oregon, 7 PM. 21 and over.

18 Sunday
Roots rock with Factory Girl at McMenamins Edgefield, 5 PM. 21 and over.

The standard Sunday gig with Freak Mountain Ramblers at the LaurelThirst Public House at 6 PM. 21 and over.

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Yum.

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Thursday, October 8, 2009

rodrigo y gabriela dazzle the schnitz oct 12

Take one part heavy metal and mix with two parts classical Spanish guitars and you've got a recipe for the world's most stunning uproar of flamenco-metal fusion: Rodrigo y Gabriela.

The Mexican duo brings their fast-paced, rhythmically vibrant, acoustic sound to Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Monday, October 12.

After more than 15 years of playing together, Rodrigo y Gabriela's live performances are unparalleled. The pair exudes an intense energy that will make your heart race in tune with Gabriela's lightning fingers on rhythm guitar.

Each dexterous strum of Rodrigo's lead guitar sends a barrage of tonal messages, a powerful musical bond unfolding before you eyes. You will feel synapses sparking as increasingly complex arrangements and sheer speed awe you. Mouth agape in a crooked grin, you will be enchanted by the ease at which they play.

Rodrigo y Gabriela released their highly anticipated second album 11:11 in September, three years after their self-titled studio debut. With 11 tracks, the album pays homage to 11 artists who have inspired their work. Their debut saw spectacular covers of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway" and Metallica's "Orion" but we're left to speculate a bit about these 11 original tributes.

It's safe to say that the album's "Buster Voodoo" praises Jimi Hendrix while the title track "11:11" hails Pink Floyd. In honor of Paco De Lucía, the duo formed a quartet playing with Grammy-nominated Strunz & Farah on "Master Maqui."

11:11 takes flamenco to meet the East, featuring new strings like the sitar and oud. And the pair even introduces an electronic component to their routine with Testament's Alex Skolnick contributing an electric shred on "Atman."

Amongst the additional ingredients, the simple, steadfast formula remains the same. Watch the majesty and grace of two souls fluttering swift hands across guitar strings with clairvoyant precision. And get ready, because this one goes to 11.


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Monday, October 12, 2009
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Rocco DeLuca
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall : 1037 SW Broadway, Portland, Oregon 97205
Doors at 7 PM, show at 8 PM
Cost : $35 advance, $40 day of show
All ages

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Saturday, October 3, 2009

oct 5-11 : free, live music bonanza : love trucker, boy meets club, bottles/cans, poncho luxurio, richmond fontaine

Issue No. 5 : October 5 – 11, 2009
October whips up treats. Free treats. Live treats.

05 Monday
Music Millennium presents acoustic melodies at Community Day/Songwriters Circle with Audie Darling, John Vecchiarelli, and Jack McMahon, 7 PM. All ages.

Love Trucker rocks alongside The Yardbirds' tribute The London Flush at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon, 8:30 PM. 21 and over.

New Band Night at Kelly's Olympian, 9 PM. 21 and over.

06 Tuesday
Bluegrass, string band Foghorn Duo at McMenamins Edgefield, 7 PM. 21 and over.

Steve Kerin plays piano blues at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon, 8:30 PM. 21 and over.

07 Wednesday
Portland's Richmond Fontaine album release party at Music Millennium, 6 PM. All ages.

McMenamins' Great Northwest Music Tour comes to Bend with indie folk from Samantha Crain & The Midnight Shivers at McMenamins Old St. Francis School, 7 PM. All ages.

Psychedelic jams from Mars Retrieval Unit and dub style with The T Club at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon, 8:30 PM. 21 and over.

08 Thursday
Funky R&B with Poncho Luxurio at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon, 8:30 PM. 21 and over.

Royal Codfish Society Orchestra featuring Johnnie Ward, Turtle VanDemarr, Tim Acott, and Big Shorty makes noise at LaurelThirst Public House, 9:30 PM. 21 and over.

09 Friday
DC rockers Bottles/Cans in the lounge at the Hawthorne Theatre, 9 PM. 21 and over.

Bluesy rock at LaurelThirst Public House from Woodbrain, 6 PM. 21 and over.

Americana with Ian McFeron at McMenamins Rock Creek Tavern, 9 PM. All ages.

Richly picked blues from Joshua Slamp at McMenamins Edgefield, 10 PM. All ages.

10 Saturday
McMenamins' Great Northwest Music Tour continues with indie folk from Samantha Crain & The Midnight Shivers at McMenamins Grand Lodge, 7PM. All ages.

Sky in the Road harmonizes Celtic folk at McMenamins Edgefield, 7 PM. 21 and over.

DJ's, electro-beats and hip-hop clash at Bass Boom! with Cory O, Boy Meets Club, and DJ Chase Manhattan at Branx, 10 PM. 21 and over.

11 Sunday
Afternoon powerpop/rock with Throwback Suburbia at Music Millennium, 3 PM. All ages.

Soulful blues with Mary Flower at McMenamins Edgefield, 5 PM. 21 and over.

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It is my mission to provide a comprehensive listing of free, local performances in Portland. Please help this compilation grow by contributing your favorite free shows and by spreading this list around.

For more free shows check out the Portland Concert Co-Op.

Rock'em, sock'em.

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