Hello! dj zen_hound is here with another show guide. Due to technical difficulties, this one was delayed a bit, and we therefore had to miss out on a few days this week. And let me tell you, they were some good ones! The band Ogre had not one, but TWO album release shows for their newest record “Red Moon Rising Black Sand Death Dream“, Patricia Wolf and The Vardaman Ensemble played The Fixin’ To, Carrion Spring came back after a bit of a hiatus to support Loma Prieta at Mano Occulta, Still/Form put out an album, and so on and so forth. But that’s in the past now! We need to think about the future! So check out this list of upcoming local shows. Band names with hyperlinks will take you somewhere you can listen to their music; venue names with hyperlinks with take you to event pages and calendars, where you can access useful information like show times and age restrictions. Check it out, and leave a comment if the urge arises for whatever reason.
Wednesday 12/7
Blushbutton, Catnyp, Familiar Names
Alberta Street Pub (1036 NE Alberta St)
for fans of: alternative rock, indie rock, pop rock
200 Stab Wounds, Undeath, Enforced, Phobophilic
Dante’s (350 W Burnside St)
for fans of: death metal, thrash metal, speed metal
Heaven For Real, Moo, Songs for Snowplow Drivers
The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)
for fans of: art rock, indie rock, alternative rock, country rock
Robin Holcomb, Haley Heynderickx (Full Cold Moon, The Old Church Moon Series)
The Old Church (1422 SW 11th Ave)
for fans of: experimental, singer-songwriter, indie folk, acoustic folk
Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth St)
for fans of: acoustic folk, folk pop, folk rock, singer-songwriter
Thursday 12/8
Pallbearer (Sorrow & Extinction full album performance 10 years anniversary), Aerial Ruin, Mike Scheidt
Dante’s (350 W Burnside St)
for fans of: doom metal, acoustic folk, acoustic metal, alternative folk, psychedelic folk
Johnny Franco, Three for Silver, Maeve Stier
The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)
for fans of: rock’n’roll, freak folk, doomfolk, apocalypso, americana
Rayon, Nate Wey and the Infinite Drifters, Charts
The Lollipop Shoppe (736 SE Grand Ave)
for fans of: indie pop, dream pop, garage rock, lo-fi, post-punk, no wave
Exanimate, Unholy Crown, Four Dead Seasons
Mano Oculta (1420 SE Powell Blvd)
for fans of: metalcore, deathcore, death metal, black metal, hardcore
Mississippi PIzza & Atlantis Lounge (3552 N Mississippi Ave)
for fans of: progressive rock, folk rock, jazz fusion, post-folk
Jye Ant, Taaj, Salmon Doza
No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)
for fans of: art rock, indie pop, new wave, post-punk, indie rock, hip hop
Spectrum/Static, Sorcery of the Rabbit, The Carotids
Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth St)
for fans of: noise rock, indie rock, heavy rock, garage rock
El Ten Eleven, Magic Sword, Mylets
Wonder Ballroom (128 NE Russell St)
for fans of: post-rock, indie rock, electronic, synthwave
Friday 12/9
Larissa Birdseye, Blaine Heinonen
Alberta Street Pub (1036 NE Alberta St)
for fans of: indie pop, pop rock,
Kristeen Young, -ISM, Dead Astronauts
The Coffin Club (421 SE Grand Ave)
for fans of: heavy pop, experimental pop, new wave, darkwave, synthwave, post-punk, industrial, electronic dance music
Spectrum/Static, Blushbutton, The Carotids
Hawthorne Hideaway (2221 SE Hawthorne Blvd)
for fans of: garage rock, heavy rock, hard rock, noise rock, punk rock, indie rock
Dinner for Wolves, Last Giant, The Hoons
High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
for fans of: alternative rock, heavy rock, hard rock, indie rock, post-rock, psychedelic rock
Chipped Nail Polish, Sadgasm, Frecks
Kelly’s Olympian (426 SW Washington St)
for fans of: dream pop, bedroom pop, indie pop, indie rock, pop punk
Nihilist Nation, Edward, Full Metal Jackson
Kenton Club (2025 N Kilpatrick St)
for fans of: black metal, power metal, death metal
The Collective, Flight Risk, Backseat Plastic
Lay Low Tavern (6015 SE Powell Blvd)
for fans of: pop punk, punk rock, hip hop, R&B
The Lollipop Shoppe (736 SE Grand Ave)
for fans of: krautrock, space rock, prog rock, psych rock, doom metal, heavy metal
Caleb & The Monsters, Eel Salad, Talk Glaseen, Kaitlin Bell
Mano Oculta (1420 SE Powell Blvd)
for fans of: blues rock, folk rock, indie rock, indie folk
Disbeware, Danbert Nobacon, Human Kitten, Project Artichoke
Misdemeanor Meadows (6920 SE 52nd Ave)
for fans of: punk rock, peace punk, folk punk, pop rock, indie punk, acoustic punk, anarcho-punk
The Body, Marisa Anderson, Rose City Band, Dommengang, Golden Retriever, Plankton Wat, DJ Jason Urick (Thrill Jockey 30th Anniversary)
Mississippi Studios (3939 N Mississippi Ave)
for fans of: experimental metal, noise, industrial, electronic, experimental guitar, americana, country rock, motorik, ambient, drone, electro-acoustic, cosmic, improvisation, psychedelic
Dog Lord, Roach Wrangler, Wonderstump
No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)
for fans of: hard rock, stoner rock, heavy metal
Revolution Hall (1300 SE Stark St)
for fans of: punk rock, garage punk, garage rock, indie rock, surf rock
The Six Below Midnight (3341 SE Belmont St)
for fans of: indie pop, indie rock, psychedelic pop
Hey Lover, Isle Decide, Sam Isabell
Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth St)
for fans of: garage rock, garage pop
Saturday 12/10
Sunset The Machine, Stanton Yard, Galacticnorcinerator
Firkin Tavern (1937 SE 11th Ave)
for fans of: punk rock, indie rock, melodic hardcore
The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)
for fans of: punk rock, no wave, post-punk, goth rock
LiquidLight, Ghost Frog, National Diet
High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
for fans of: alternative rock, indie rock, power pop, post-punk, punk rock, progressive rock, experimental rock
Robots Of The Ancient World, Witch Ripper, Stoner
Kenton Club (2025 N Kilpatrick St)
for fans of: stoner rock, stoner metal, sludge metal, doom metal, desert rock
Ninjas With Syringes, United Defiance, The Melders
Lay Low Tavern (6015 SE Powell Blvd)
for fans of: punk rock, pop rock, power pop, skatepunk
ELWAND (Elrond & Moss Wand), Francisco Botello, Carly Barton
Leaven Community (5431 NE 20th Ave)
for fans of: electronic, experimental, synth, ambient, experimental dance music, meditation, sound bath
Chloe Lilac, mothé, Cassidy King
Mission Theater (1624 NW Glisan St)
for fans of: art rock, indie rock, synth rock
No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)
for fans of: indie rock, garage rock, post-punk, alternative rock
The Fauxs, Love In Hell, Masque
The Six Below Midnight (3341 SE Belmont St)
for fans of: punk rock, pop rock
The Gutters, Sad Horse, Dirt Twins
Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth St)
for fans of: punk rock, garage rock, garage punk
Letras, Sic Bloom, Joe Von Appen, Sean Pierce as Spieee
Zer0 Wave (720 N Killingsworth St)
for fans of: experimental, electronic, techno
Sunday 12/11
Hawthorne Theatre (1507 SE 39th Ave)
for fans of: goth, darkwave, electronic
Crystal Quartez, Gemini Moon, Asa Nakagawa, Antemano
Holocene (1001 SE Morrison St)
for fans of: experimental, electronic, ambient, meditation, synthpop, electronic body music
Mano Oculta (1420 SE Powell Blvd)
for fans of: alternative rock, indie rock, slowcore, dreampop
Onion Union, Plastic Origami, Will Traylor & Friends
No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)
for fans of: indie rock, alternative rock, psychedelic rock, roots rock
Clawfoot Slumber, Twin Bridges, Crowey
Revolution Hall (1300 SE Stark St)
for fans of: indie rock, alternative rock, art rock, indie folk, indie pop, dark ambient, experimental, psychedelic
sunking, Yuck God, Phutre Phunk
Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth St)
for fans of: experimental, ambient, hip hop, R&B
Thank you for your attention! Remember, as you continue your journey, take care of yourselves and each other, and Keep Portland Feared!
- dj zen_hound, host of WHOA THIS IS HEAVY, airing Fridays 2pm on Freeform Portland community radio