Hail, comrades. I’m dj zen_hound, and here’s another week’s worth of Portland shows worth your consideration. I say it a lot, but I’ll say it again, because saying something again and again doesn’t make it less true: this week, there’s something for everyone!
Click on the band names for bandcamp links, and the venue names for further event information such as ticketing, showtimes, and age restrictions.
Monday 11/14
Pearl Earl, Egg Drop Soup, Sawtooth
The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)
garage rock, pop rock, punk rock, indie rock, folk rock
Physical Wash, Blaq Hammer, Ex-Heir
Shanghai Tunnel (211 SW Ankeny St)
industrial, electronic body music, coldwave, darkwave, rap, punk, experimental
Wednesday 11/16
The Mystery Lights, Rosey Dust
Bunk Bar (1028 SE Water Ave)
garage rock, psych rock, punk rock, dream pop, alternative rock
Neal Morgan, Roman Norfleet, Old Grape God, Nochmal
The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)
drum and voice, spoken word, free jazz, experimental, improvisation, art rap, underground hip hop
All Souls, Githyanki, Law Boss
High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
desert rock, heavy rock, stoner rock, grunge, math rock, noise rock
Thursday 11/17
Bewitcher, Wormwitch, Oxygen Destroyer
Dante’s (350 W Burnside St)
speed metal, thrash metal, d-beat, black metal, death metal,
The Mistons, Lenguas Largas, Letras
The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)
punk rock, rock’n’roll, psychedelic rock, indie rock, norteño
Rare Forms, Sleeping Beauties, Family Worship Center
High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
punk rock, garage rock, indie rock, classic rock, country rock
Friday 11/18
Crowey, Sammy Fielding, Scott Hawkins, Shifting Harbor
Azoth (NE 87th and NE Sandy)
psychedelic folk, experimental, new age, drone, ambient, throat singing
Masonique, We Are Parasols, Lucia Luna (Songs From Under The Floorboard Showcase)
Black Water Bar (835 NE Broadway)
art rock, post-punk, synth rock, krautrock, synthpop, darkwave, goth pop, techno, synthwave
for all the emptiness, Matt Hart
The Coffin Club (421 SE Grand Ave)
electronic body music, industrial, darkwave, synthpop
Death Ridge Boys, Old City, Visions
The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)
post-punk, goth rock, anarcho-punk, crust punk, hardcore punk
-(16)-, Doc Hammer, Universal Monster
High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
hardcore punk, sludge metal, stoner metal, heavy rock, doom metal, punk rock
Bastard Salt, Plume, Artifacts Of Fiction
Misdemeanor Meadows (6920 SE 52nd Ave)
hardcore punk, post-punk, alternative rock, noise rock, post-hardcore
Humungo, Spectrum/Static, Sorcery Of The Rabbit
No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)
psych rock, stoner rock, garage rock, noise rock, punk rock, indie rock, post-punk
Time Rift, Stainless, Deadfeather
The Six Below Midnight (3341 SE Belmont St)
heavy rock, hard rock, heavy metal
The Vardaman Ensemble, Lo Glo, Otolithia, Translucent Spiders
Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth St)
experimental rock, progressive rock, ambient electronic, world music, new age, avant-garde, audio collage
Warm Static, Say.So, Elaina
Zer0 Wave (720 N Killingsworth St)
experimental, improvisation, drone, meditation, ritual
Saturday 11/19
J. Graves (album release), Reb & The Good News
Doug Fir Lounge (830 E Burnside St)
indie rock, post-punk, dance punk, singer-songwriter, jazz, folk, roots
DMN, Infinitefreefall, Brother vs Robot
The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)
indie pop, synthpop, electropop, chillwave, trip hop, dream pop
Funeral Chant, Spirit Possession, Diabolic Oath
High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
death metal, black metal, thrash metal
The Dead Dives, Girl Drink Drunks
Misdemeanor Meadows (6920 SE 52nd Ave)
noise rock, post-punk, new wave, no wave, pop punk, garage rock, garage punk, psych punk
The Social Stomach, Grex, Twans
No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)
spoken word, punk rock, noise punk, noise rock, experimental rock, art rock, avant-garde, jazz, ambient rock
Kinghorn, Museum Of Light, Has/Will
Shanghai Tunnel (211 SW Ankeny St)
punk rock, post-punk, post-rock, post-hardcore, doom, noise rock, heavy rock
Sunday 11/20
New Injuries, Kill Michael, Luna Negra
Black Water Bar (835 NE Broadway)
goth rock, pop rock, hard rock, grunge, hip hop, trip hop, electronic
Usnea, Re-Buried, Rank and Vile
High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
black metal, death metal, doom metal, sludge metal, grindcore, powerviolence, deathgrind
Havania Whaal (music video release & art installation), Lo-Fives, Pool Boys, DJ Heathers
Holocene (1001 SE Morrison St)
punk rock, pop punk, noise punk, dream pop, indie rock, garage rock, garage punk
Until next time… Keep Portland Feared!
- dj zen_hound, host of WHOA THIS IS HEAVY, airing Fridays at 2pm on Freeform Portland community radio