Hi! zen_hound is back with a very short Portland show guide. This is the week leading up to Christmas, so naturally things have slowed down a bit. But live music is still happening, so click around and listen to a few of these groups to determine if you anything here could liven up your holiday experience!
Monday 12/19
Ray Ottoboni, Izy Kactus, Human Making Sounds
Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth St)
for fans of: americana, folk, alt-country, indie rock, psychedelic rock
Tuesday 12/20
Moonstone Snakes, Death Medicine, Obelisk
No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)
for fans of: melodic metal, death metal
Wednesday 12/21
Saoirse Dream, EXCITING!!EXCELLENT!!, Sammi Lanzetta, The Moon Caravan (acoustic set)
Kelly’s Olympian (426 SW Washington St)
for fans of: indie pop, bedroom pop, alt pop, hyperpop, chiptune, emo, alternative rock, indie rock
The Lollipop Shoppe (736 SE Grand Ave)
for fans of: doom metal, sludge metal, hardcore punk, grindcore, thrash
Thursday 12/22
Sunset The Machine, Cobra Thief, Nyxora, LáGoon
Dante’s (350 W Burnside St)
for fans of: heavy metal, desert rock, space rock, stoner rock, psychedelic rock, garage rock, doom metal, goth rock
Kelly’s Olympian (426 SW Washington St)
for fans of: bedroom pop, indie pop, alt pop, lo-fi
Friday 12/23
The Last Responders, The Dumpies, Uvula
No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)
for fans of: punk rock, street punk, Oi!, garage punk
The Six Below Midnight (3341 SE Belmont St)
for fans of: bubblegum doom, grunge, noise rock, psychedelic rock, stoner rock, alternative folk, carnivalesque
Saturday 12/24
Supercrash, Polar Ghost Town, Salamonca
The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)
for fans of: I honestly don’t know because I couldn’t find any of them on bandcamp. But the featured band photo has them wearing all denim, so, maybe hard rock or whatever, but The Fixin’ To is a solid place to see a show no matter what.
That’s it! See you again after the holiday. Keep Portland Feared!
- dj zen_hound, Host of WHOA THIS IS HEAVY, airing on Freeform Portland community radio every Friday 2-4pm