Greetings from dj zen_hound! I’ve returned with another Portland show guide, detailing some interesting events and live performances happening over the next seven days. This list seems short when compared to some past posts, and I would attribute it to a general feeling of fatigue on my part, as well as the fact that this is Halloween weekend, meaning there are all sorts of Halloween-themed shows and dance parties happening. I didn’t quite feel like getting into all that, and I’m assuming that if you’re a hardcore Halloween celebrator you probably have something lined up already and don’t need any advice from me (to clarify, I LOVE Halloween, but I do not love parties, yet I love that people who love parties are made happy by parties).
Artist names are augmented with Bandcamp hyperlinks where available. Give some a listen and see if they appeal to you!
Sunday 10/30
SERPENTENT, Moonbladder, Sleeping With The Earth, Shifting Harbor, Spiritual Exit
Azoth (NE 87th and NE Sandy)
For fans of: dark folk, doom, experimental electronic, noise, drone, power electronics, ambient
Moving Targets, Right Lane Ends, The Unquotables, Charts
High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
For fans of: punk rock, pop punk, hardcore punk, progressive rock, garage rock, lo-fi rock
In The Mourning, Lana Shea, To Bloom
Kelly’s Olympian (426 SW Washington St)
For fans of: pop punk indie rock, pop rock, emo, post-hardcore, progressive rock, hip hop, R&B, acoustic, folk
No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)
For fans of: noise rock, post-punk, garage rock, dream pop, electronic, synth punk
Rontoms (600 E Burnside St)
For fans of: psychedelic rock, garage rock, krautrock, progressive rock, space rock
Monday 10/31
Mingus Maps, Jackie, Phoenix Echo
Lay Low Tavern (6015 SE Powell Blvd)
For fans of: alternative rock, indie rock
Wednesday 11/2
AVOLA (album release), Faith Coloccia, Aaron Turner, Daniel Menche
The Old Church (1422 SW 11th Ave)
For fans of: experimental, electronic, noise, improvisation, noise metal, sound art, field recording, drone
Thursday 11/3
Pileup (album release), Yellow Room, Has/Will
The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)
For fans of: indie rock, alternative rock, grunge, post-punk, noise rock
Jesco Payne & The Painkillers, The Prairie Benders, Dina Sage & The Wildflowers
High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
For fans of: country, country rock, folk rock
The Thesis: Rainezra, The Dutchess, A’Revolution, Cadillac Monte
Kelly’s Olympian (426 SW Washington St)
For fans of: hip hop, pop, soul, R&B
Young Culture, Super American, Glacier Veins
Mano Oculta (1420 SE Powell Blvd)
For fans of: pop punk, pop rock, indie rock, emo
Battle Trance (feat. Travis Laplante), Blue Cranes
The Old Church (1422 SW 11th Ave)
For fans of: experimental, jazz, classical, improvisation
Sad Horse, Love In Hell, Noxeema
The Six Below Midnight (3341 SE Belmont St)
For fans of: punk rock, hardcore punk, alternative rock, indie rock
Friday 11/4
Darkwraith Covenant, Inhalant, NO
Azoth (NE 87th and NE Sandy)
For fans of: synthpop, synthwave, darkwave, post-punk, electronic body music, industrial
Dancing Plague, Salo, Psychic Guilt
The Coffin Club (421 SE Grand Ave)
For fans of: darkwave, synthpop, electronica
Somafree Institute, Mnemonic Pulse, Noise-A-Tron
The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)
For fans of: ambient electronic, drone, experimental, dark ambient, post-industrial
Desir, Kids, Beetroot
High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
For fans of: hip hop
Hovering Shrikes, Pegasister, Hexteria
No Fun (1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd)
For fans of: indie rock, new wave, post-punk, garage rock, punk rock, indie pop
Polaris Hall (635 N Killingsworth Ct)
For fans of: indie rock, singer-songwriter, folk rock
Saturday 11/5
Graveyard Gossip, Halt, Temple
The Coffin Club (421 SE Grand Ave)
For fans of: darkwave, death rock, goth rock, post-punk, synthwave, synthpop, electronic body music
Cruise Control, Scorch, Johnny Franco
The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)
For fans of: jangle pop, yacht rock, country rock, alternative country, powerpop
High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
For fans of: hardcore punk, noise rock, post-hardcore, noisecore, heavy rock
Yuna, Yawa (Amenta Abioto)
Holocene (1001 SE Morrison St)
For fans of: experimental, soul, pop, electronic
Titans of Industry, The Collective, Danny Shaw
Lay Low Tavern (6015 SE Powell Blvd)
For fans of: progressive rock, experimental rock
Peekaboo, Jansten, Super Future
The North Warehouse (723 N Tillamook St)
For fans of: bass, trap, dubstep, electronic dance music
Ten Million Lights, Black Nite Crash
The Six Below Midnight (3341 SE Belmont St)
For fans of: post-punk, psych, shoegaze
Sunday 11/6
Cyberplasm, Collate, Lizard Skin
Alleyway Cafe & Bar (2415 Ne Alberta St)
For fans of: breakcore, techno, noise punk, post-punk, art punk, goth rock, darkwave
The Fixin’ To (8218 N Lombard St)
For fans of: country, outlaw country, queer country
Mississippi Studios (3939 N Mississippi Ave)
For fans of: piano, electronic, ambient, experimental, singer-songwriter
Thank you for reading!
- dj zen_hound, host of the show WHOA THIS IS HEAVY, Friday 2pm on Freeform Portland Community radio