Greetings, comrades. I, dj zen_hound, arrive again with a little show guide for those of you who might like a little help deciding what to do with your nights out this coming week. Look and click below, as I’ve attached several bandcamp links where available for audio previewing.
This list might seem short in comparison to past calendars I’ve posted, and yes, shows are slowing down a bit as we get deeper into the holiday season, but let me assure you there is no shortage of quality here. Carcass, Obituary and Cattle Decapitation on a Tuesday night? Japanese-Canadian psychedelic rock marvels TEKE::TEKE playing that very same night? Rank and Vile, Theories and Nurser, Friday night knocking down Old Town at the Shanghai Tunnel? Long-time contender for “Best Band In Portland” Gaytheist, playing with the scarily good, how-have-I-not-heard-of-them-before Rhododendron? Seriously, music is good right now, and anyone telling you anything different cannot be trusted. Trust zen_hound, and read on.
Tuesday 12/13
Dante’s (350 W Burnside St)
for fans of: punk rock, hardcore punk, power pop
High Contact, The Yannica Set, Max Myriad
No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)
for fans of: alternative rock, math rock, post-hardcore
Polaris Hall (635 N Killingsworth Ct)
for fans of: alternative rock, psychedelic rock, free jazz, experimental music
Amon Amarth, Carcass, Obituary, Cattle Decapitation
Roseland Theater (8 NW 6th Ave)
for fans of: death metal, grindcore
Wednesday 12/14
Scrunchie, Tenants, The Kelevras, Lucid Aisle
The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)
for fans of: alternative rock, indie pop, electropop, psychedelic pop
Thursday 12/15
Sun Atoms, Dead Leaf Echo, New Age Healers, Black Nite Crash, Karate Guns and Tanning, Ten Million Lights
The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)
for fans of: krautrock, psychedelic pop, indie pop, dream pop, post-punk, shoegaze
Family Worship Center, Smoker Dad
The Lollipop Shoppe (736 SE Grand Ave)
for fans of: country rock, punk rock, southern rock
Bath Party, Egotones, Childspeak
No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)
for fans of: psychedelic rock, surf rock, garage rock, post-rock, math rock, prog rock
Friday 12/16
Fronjentress, Old Unconscious, R.U.U.N.E.
The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)
for fans of: country rock, folk rock, indie pop, free jazz, new age
Holy Catholic Social Club, Parlor Hour, Pliers, Mac Cornish
High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
for fans of: indie rock, folk rock, country rock
Deaf Telepathy, Wavicle, Tremor
Honey Latte Cafe (1033 SE Main St)
for fans of: garage rock, stoner rock, psychedelic rock, folk, post-folk, shoegaze, krautrock
Grimiss, Hi Glow, Will
Kenton Club (2025 N Kilpatrick St)
for fans of: indie rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock
Rose City Band, Roman Norfleet, Be Present Art Group
The Lollipop Shoppe (736 SE Grand Ave)
for fans of: country rock, jam rock, experimental, free jazz, free improvisation, avant-garde
The Lo-Hi, Mountain Meadows Massacre, Dead Magic
No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)
for fans of: indie pop, indie rock, garage rock, punk rock
Rank and Vile, Theories, Narc, Nurser, Lesser Animal
Shanghai Tunnel (211 SW Ankeny St)
for fans of: death metal, grindcore, powerviolence, hardcore punk, sludge, crust
The Upkeeps, Summer Houses, Chained Heat
The Six Below Midnight (3341 SE Belmont St)
for fans of: indie rock, punk rock, pop punk, noise rock, softcore
Monty Vega and the Sittin’ Shivas, The Proper Channels, The Punchers
Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth St)
for fans of: punk rock, glam rock, garage punk, power pop, pop punk
Saturday 12/17
Unto Others, Eternal Champion, Hoaxed
Dante’s (350 W Burnside St)
for fans of: hard rock, goth rock, heavy metal, dark rock
Room, Mini Blinds, Lowland Painter
The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)
for fans of: bedroom pop, art pop, indie pop, softwave
Armed for Apocalypse, Foes, Year of the Coyote
High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
for fans of: death metal, chaotic hardcore, sludge, thrash, powerviolence, grind, crust
Kelly’s Olympian (426 SW Washington St)
for fans of: psychedelic rock, shoegaze, indie rock, sludge, grunge
Don & The Quixotes, Lord Master, Hauer Things
Kenton Club (2025 N Kilpatrick St)
for fans of: garage rock, surf rock, instrumental rock, psychedelic rock, glam rock,
Clyde McGee of the Bridge City Sinners, Bull Mountain, Docksey
Lay Low Tavern (6015 SE Powell Blvd)
for fans of: americana, folk, folk punk, bluegrass
Dommengang, Ragged Hounds (Neil Young cover band)
The Lollipop Shoppe (736 SE Grand Ave)
for fans of: psychedelic rock, motorik
Perfect Buzz, Girl Drink Drunks, Desert Shame
Misdemeanor Meadows (6920 SE 52nd Ave)
for fans of: garage rock, garage punk, power pop, pop punk, punk rock,
Gaytheist, Rhododendron, Common Girl
Mission Theater (1624 NW Glisan St)
for fans of: hardcore punk, noise rock, experimental rock, progressive rock, post-hardcore, shoegaze
Gossip, Viral Sun, Fever Sleep
No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)
for fans of: chaotic hardcore, grindcore, screamo, indie rock, grunge
The Fall Of Troy (Manipulator 15th anniversary full album performance), Strawberry Girls, The Color 8, Honeybender
Star Theater (13 NW 6th Ave)
for fans of: math rock, post-hardcore, indie rock
Sunday 12/18
Clambait, Bastard Salt, Mouthbreather
Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth St)
for fans of: punk rock, noise rock, country rock, hardcore punk, post-hardcore, math rock, indie rock
I hope this has benefited you.
- dj zen_hound, host of WHOA THIS IS HEAVY, airing Fridays 2pm on Freeform Portland community radio
- KEEP PORTLAND FEARED