Hello, dj zen_hound is here again to present to you a Portland show guide for this coming week. Without a doubt, the list is dominated by events related to the 2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz. While of course including the names of some big name jazz artists, the festival also features performances from the student jazz combos of local universities, like Clackamas Community College, Mt. Hood Community College, and Portland Sate University. That’s pretty neat! Outside of that, you can expect a familiar blend of a little something for everybody coming from all sorts of Portland venues, from concert halls to holes-in-the-wall.
If you see a link, click on it! It will either take you to an artist’s music page, or to a venue’s events calendar. I hope you discover something cool!
Monday 2/12
Zyanna with George Colligan, Robert Rodriguez, Dae Bryant
Atlantis Lounge (3552 N Mississippi Ave)
For Fans Of: avant-garde jazz, spoken word, new jazz, modern jazz, poetry
Turtle Spine, Barb & Cobly, Booked By Mistake
High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
FFO: synth, rock, pop, funk, glam rock, hair metal, comedy rock
Tuesday 2/13
Romare, Natasha Kmeto (DJ set)
Holocene (1001 SE Morrison St)
FFO: techno, house, downtempo, electronica, R&B, soul, dance, electronic
Wednesday 2/14
Sea Moss, Palmas Del Sol, Public Pleasure (100% of the Door Benefits PDX Pop Now!)
The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)
FFO: noise rock, punk rock, experimental, electronic, post-punk
The Black Doors, Bridal Veil, Night Creatures (LUPERCALIA)
The Six Below Midnight (3341 SE Belmont St)
FFO: goth rock, psych rock, dream pop, ambient rock, shoegaze, garage rock, power pop
Thursday 2/15
Has/Will, gnat hatcher, Sauna
The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)
FFO: noise rock, post-punk, screamo, post-hardcore, drone, ambient, new age
Mondo Drag, Møtrik
High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
FFO: progressive rock, psychedelic rock, space rock, krautrock
Father Four, Delmonico, Great Mist, Risu (Joel Nelson)
Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)
FFO: indie folk, alternative folk, electroacoustic, free improvisation
Koffin Kats, Hans Gruber And The Diehards, Los Mal Hablados
Twilight Cafe & Bar (832 SE Grand Ave)
FFO: punk rock, streetpunk, oi!, psychobilly, hardcore punk, ska punk, ska core
Friday 2/16
David Kim, Eddie Parente, Joey Aloia, Bren Follis (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
AC Hotel Downtown (888 SW 3rd Ave)
FFO: jazz, improvisation
[SOLD OUT] Jon Batiste (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (1037 SW Broadway)
FFO: jazz, R&B, soul, hip hop, pop
Tony Pacini Trio with Tim Rap and Ed Bennett (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
The Benson Hotel (309 SW Broadway)
FFO: jazz, improvisation
Billy & the Kidz, The Upkeeps, Keddies Resort, Wizard Cage
The Coffin Club (421 SE Grand Ave)
FFO: rock’n’roll, punk rock, pop punk, power pop, garage rock, garage punk, alternative rock, glam-metal, goth rock, doom metal
Nick Normal, TV Star, Spiral XP, Conspire
The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)
FFO: pop rock, garage pop, new wave, indie rock, jangle pop, shoegaze, slowcore
lespecial, Spunj, High Gain Theory
The Get Down (615 SE Alder St Ste. B)
FFO: progressive rock, alternative metal, jam band, fusion
Juniper Honey, Kid Ferris, Worry Wart
High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
FFO: indie rock, dream pop, chillwave, psychedelic pop, hip hop, indie folk, singer-songwriter
Mount Hood Community College Jazz Combo: Mason Mauer, Braden Richey, Ryan Lund, Anthony Martinez (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
Inn at Northrup Station (2025 NW Northrup St)
FFO: jazz, improvisation
greaterkind (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
Jack London Revue (529 SW 4th Ave)
FFO: jazz, jazz fusion, funk, R&B
Edward, Back From Death, Spill
Kenton Club (2025 N Kilpatrick St)
FFO: black metal, death metal, grindcore, goregrind
Atomic Terror, When Empires Fall, The Cetra, Truuz
Mano Oculta (1420 SE Powell Blvd)
FFO: heavy metal, speed metal, thrash metal, crossover thrash, metalcore, progressive metal, hardcore punk, post-hardcore, anarcho-punk
Blue Knots, Airabout, Office Products
Megalith (2730-32 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
FFO: ambient, drone, experimental electronic, free improvisation, live electornics
Corner Left, Crazy Snake, Stuffed Shirts
No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)
FFO: alternative rock, grunge, garage rock
Dae Bryant’s Hang at the Bpub
Rose City Book Pub (329 NE Fremont St)
FFO: jazz, improvisation
Wonderhorse, Lonesome Cowboy Iz, Mini Blinds
Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)
FFO: rock’n’roll, alt-country, indie pop, dream pop
Sidewalk Slam, The Last Responders, Burn The Stage, Bazooka Sharkz
Twilight Cafe & Bar (832 SE Grand Ave)
FFO: punk rock, street punk, oi!, ’77-punk, thrash
Clackamas Community College Jazz Combo: David Asuncion-Agustin, Micah Scothorn, Celia Collofello, Tyrus Friedstrom (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
University Place Hotel (210 SW Lincoln St)
FFO: jazz, improvisation
Saturday 2/17
Dan Gaynor Trio (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
The Benson Hotel (309 SW Broadway)
FFO: jazz, improvisation
B.L.I.S.S., HIVE, Open Veins, Netherrealms
High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
FFO: hardcore punk, d-beat, crust, post-punk, black metal
Braxton Cook (8pm early, 10pm late show) (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
Jack London Revue (529 SW 4th Ave)
FFO: jazz, soul, bebop, R&B
Gamma Knife, From the Ages, Somna, DJ Lordifre Giant
Kenton Club (2025 N Kilpatrick St)
FFO: psychedelic rock, stoner rock, doom metal
Mike Van Liew (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
The Nines (525 SW Morrison St)
FFO: jazz, improvisation
Cirith Ungol, R.I.P., I AM THE INTIMIDATOR (METALMANIA V: Live Pro Wrestling & Underground Metal Chaos)
Star Theater (13 NW 6th Ave)
FFO: heavy metal, doom metal, epic doom, proto-metal, thrash metal
Panthervision, Lost Counts, Holy Denim
Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)
FFO: rock’n’roll, garage rock, indie rock, punk rock, power pop
Mémoire, Four Dead Seasons, Bury Your Burdens, Dying In Salem, Bloom Within
Twilight Cafe & Bar (832 SE Grand Ave)
FFO: heavy metal, hardcore punk
Portland State University Student Combo: Dae Bryant, Robert Rodriguez, Owen Evans, Nathan Gleason (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
University Place Hotel (210 SW Lincoln St)
FFO: jazz, improvisation
CCUM, Coffin Apartment
Unlimited IPA (6350 SE Foster Rd)
FFO: death metal, hardcore punk, noise rock, progressive metal
Collate, Whisper Hiss, Perimeters
Zer0 Wave (720 N Killingsworth St)
FFO: post-punk, art punk, no wave, garage punk, new wave, indie pop, shoegaze, synth pop
Sunday 2/18
Sunday Jam Session with the Jack Radsliff Trio
Atlantis Lounge (3552 N Mississippi Ave)
FFO: jazz, improvisation
Marco Benevento ft. Reed Mathis & David Butler with special guest Threedom (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
The Get Down (615 SE Alder St Ste. B)
FFO: experimental rock, jazz fusion, piano rock, improvisation, jam band
The Brass, Soccer Babes, Gasp., Flying Whammy
The Hallowed Halls/The Bomber (4420 SE 64th Ave)
FFO: punk rock, melodic hardcore, hardcore punk, post-hardcore, art punk
Master Splinter, Fantastic Flying Foelschs, Amnesia
High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
FFO: doom metal, stoner metal, sludge, heavy metal, stoner rock, punk rock, party punk
The Fourth Wall, Tremor, Ten Million Lights
Holocene (1001 SE Morrison St)
FFO: indie rock, shoegaze, melodic noise rock, psych rock, dream pop, krautrock
Avola, Personality Test, Kole Galbraith, The Tenses
Leaven Community (5431 NE 20th Ave)
FFO: experimental electronic, harsh noise, industrial, synthesis, ambient, drone, improvisation, musique concrète
Julie Collura & Neil Mattson Duo (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
The Nines (525 SW Morrison St)
FFO: jazz, improvisation
Big Business, Monsterwatch, Robots Of The Ancient World
Star Theater (13 NW 6th Ave)
FFO: heavy rock, sludge, doom metal, desert rock, heavy psych, stoner metal, stoner rock, punk rock, garage punk, noise rock
Mike Horsfall Trio with Laurent Nickel & Tim Rap, ft. John Moak (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
St. James Lutheran Church (1315 SW Park Ave)
FFO: jazz, improvisation
Killmer (FKA Bored Condor), Bitchin Barnacles, Exceptional Failures
Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)
FFO: indie rock, psych rock, surf rock, garage rock
Boss’ Daughter, Here’s Your Warning, Streetwalker Barbie, Whunder Thighs
Twilight Cafe & Bar (832 SE Grand Ave)
FFO: pop punk, skate punk, hardcore punk
Alright, that will do it for this week. I hope you all do well and remember to take care of yourselves and each other. And as always, Keep Portland Feared!
- dj zen_hound, host of WHOA THIS IS HEAVY Friday 2-4pm on Freeform Portland Community Radio