Wednesday August 27top

Go Kart Mozart, Eve's Dilemma

[PISS-’N'-VINEGAR ROCK] Man, some chick sure spurned Go Kart Mozart frontman Vince Lay. Romantic angst is a prominent theme of the Concord, Calif., quartet—which takes its name from a Springsteen line popularized by Manfred Mann. Through poppy rock tunes, Lay epitomizes the universal language of romantic scorn and confusion. But it’s not all pining. Go Kart lets loose playful eccentricity and bounding wordplay while dipping into the well of Americana. Although there’s hurt in Lay’s voice, there’s also piss and vinegar (and a hint of cockiness), making for a fun, well-rounded sound. AP KRYZA. 9:30 pm. Ash Street Saloon, 225 SW Ash St., 226-0430. $5. 21+. Map

DJ Robb

  C.C. Slaughters, 219 NW Davis St., 248-9135. Map

The Walkmen, Richard Swift, The Dead Trees

[SHADOW ROCK] You can't fault the Walkmen for trying to reach epic heights. Almost everything they've recorded—from the urgent kiss-off of "The Rat" (for my money the best rock single of the past eight years) to a track-for-track remake of Harry Nilsson's "lost weekend" album Pussycats—is characterized by a ringing, caustic intensity. So it's a little surprising just how orderly and, well, restrained many of the songs on the band's fantastic new record, You & Me, appear. It's the sound of a band working in total confidence, ditching the stoogy rhythms and failed experiments to hark back to their moodier days. And though the songs often deal with simple emotions (trying to distance yourself from an ex, the ramifications of a reckless weekend), the music—weeping brass that accents "Red Moon" or the jumpy, clattering percussion behind "Four Provinces"—is elegantly modest. Take note, bloggers: The Walkmen have gone out and birthed the best late-night rock album of the year. Better not sleep on 'em next time. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. 9 pm. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. $15. 21+. Map

Man Man, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, Mimicking Birds

[DARK ROCK] If a group of cartoon demons had a vaudeville band, it would sound like Man Man. The Philadelphia-based quintet’s music is sinister and dark but also jazzy, making it sound like a cross between The Triplets of Belleville and The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtracks. Man Man’s Portland show kicks off the group’s two-month national tour, proving them to be touring fiends (these guys opened for Modest Mouse on their 2007 tour). Mimicking Birds, the one-man whispery pop project of Portlander Nate Lacy, and Seattle rockers Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, open the night for Man Man. WHITNEY HAWKE. 9 pm. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. $15. All ages. Map

Priscilla Ahn, Willoughby

  Lola's Room at the Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside St., 225-0047. Map

Eli Reischman (5:30 pm); Jean Ronne (9:30 am)

  London Grill, 309 SW Broadway., 228-2000. All ages. Map

Mary Flower & Reggie Houston (5 pm)

  Portland Center for the Performing Arts, 1111 SW Broadway., 248-4335. All ages. Map

Anal Cunt, Deathsaw, Truculence, Infernaeon, Anal Blast

[RETHINK THE FIRST AMENDMENT MUSIC] A.C.—no way I'm going to type the band’s actual name—should not even exist at this point. Easily the most offensive band since—what, G.G. Allin?—these guys are still, by some kind of anti-miracle, together after decades of beyond-offensive bouts of racism and homophobia, truly bad press, nonmusic and—seriously, man—frontman Seth Putnam died at one point. Well, not died, but he was in a coma for nearly a month (you guessed it, drugs, and lots of 'em), and it was his mom (!) that convinced them not to pull the plug. Oh wait, have I described the music? Under-a-minute blasts of pure screamed noise, not a shred of talent in sight, with song titles that would cost me my job if I typed them. Dear God! ERIK BADER. 8 pm. Satyricon, 125 NW 6th Ave., 227-0999. $10 advance, $12 day of show. All ages. Map

Adam Hurst Gypsy Cello (7 pm)

  Siam Society, 2703 NE Alberta St., 922-3675. Map

Thursday August 28top

Everest, The Parson Red Heads, Oh Darling

See profile, coming soon. 8 pm. Artistery, 4315 SE Division St., 803-5942. $6. All ages. Map

DJ Alex Hollywood

  C.C. Slaughters, 219 NW Davis St., 248-9135. Map

Sondre Lerche, Sylvie Lewis

[SON OF ELVIS?] As a sort of Scandinavian Elvis Costello (though a heartthrob version almost defeats the point), Sondre Lerche has twice toured with the icon and ably mastered his own style of distinct songwriting and willful smorgasbordism. After a few lovely, garbled, acoustic pop albums, 2006's Duper Sessions were unapologetic jazz, 2007's Phantom Punch bled winsome rawk and his recent soundtrack for Dan in Real Life threw evocative instrumentals midst candied dirges vaguely reminiscent of Damon Gough's About A Boy recordings. Did Costello tour Norway in early 1981? JAY HORTON. 9 pm. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. $13 advance, $15 day of show. 21+. Map

Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby, The Caps; Late show Courtney Dees' B day show, Fireballs of Freedom, LSD&D, DJ Paula B

[SHE & HIM, MIDDLE-AGE DIVISION] A founding member—along with Elvis Costello, Ian Dury and Nick Lowe—of the legendary late-'70s Stiff Records stable, Wreckless Eric staked out territory on the poppier cusp of the punk movement. A couple of decades later, songwriter Amy Rigby made a name for herself with witty, catchy tunes about the travails of a woman rocker of a certain age. Now performing as indie's own George and Tammy, the duo returns to Portland after a well-received East End show last December with a new duo record (out Sept. 15—on Stiff!) and a marriage certificate under their belts. JEFF ROSENBERG. 9 pm. East End, 203 SE Grand Ave., 232-0056. Cover. 21+. Map

Town Mountain

  Goodfoot, 2845 SE Stark St., 239-9292. Map

Top Down: "Super Argo and the Faceless Giants" & Will Carpenter's Towering Trees

[ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE] It's almost uncanny how much local singer William Carpenter's voice sounds like Beck. Not the junkyard-folk rasp of his "Loser" days, either, but the old-man croak he's adopted for most of his post-Midnite Vultures material. Once you get passed the resemblance, it's easy to find many things to like about Carpenter and his band, the Towering Trees. "In the Clouds" is all shuffling percussion and acoustic guitars, a clever folk song that borrows the refrain of "I grow old/ I grow old/ I will wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled" from T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"—but it's placed in a song so rich that it takes a few listens (or a note from a bookish friend) to notice. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. Music at 8 pm, film at 9. Gracie's Restaurant (Hotel deLuxe), 729 SW 15th Ave., 222-2171. $7. All ages. Map

Rockstar Live

  Lola's Room at the Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside St., 225-0047. Map

Jasmine Ash (noon)

  Pioneer Courthouse Square, 701 SW 6th Ave., . All ages. Map

Cootie Platoon, Steak, Knife, The Bloodies, Liquid Wagon

  Red Room, 2530 NE 82nd Ave., 256-3399. All ages. Map

Eddie Parente & Vince Frates

  RiverPlace Hotel, 1510 SW Harbor Way., 552-9500. Map

Drats!!!, Science of Yabra, Early Times

[FUN 'N' DISTORTION] Portland's oft-jokey rockers Drats!!! have been pretty quiet lately, considering the band's usual heavy gigging steez. But now that these dudes are wrapping up work on their forthcoming release, Too Entertaining??? (they love punctuation), you'll be seeing the Drats!!! name on telephone poles near you once again. Tonight the operatic rockers are preceded by the sing-scream hardcore of Science of Yabra and the growl-scream punk of Early Times (a band that sounds nothing like the twee folk-pop you may expect from its moniker). Riffs aplenty, rock fans! CASEY JARMAN. 9 pm. Rotture, 315 SE 3rd Ave., 234-5683. $5. 21+. Map

DJ Landlord

  Valentine's, 232 SW Ankeny St., 248-1600. Map

Friday August 29top

Rogue Motel

  Airplay Cafe, 701 E Burnside St., 808-7908. Map

Bon Iver, A.A. Bondy

[ACOUSTIC SOUL] Following heartbreak with his girlfriend and a breakup with his band, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon took retreat in his family's cabin in northwestern Wisconsin with no intention of making an album, but came out with his debut, For Emma, Forever Ago. Pain, truth and redemption are Vernon’s everpresent companions, and the feeling in his songs more than makes up for his lack of band members. Creating a choir with layers of his own vocals over delicate guitar strings, there's a vacancy in Vernon’s songs that invites listeners in to find their own truth. He found his in a cabin. Will you find yours at the Aladdin? NILINA MASON-CAMPBELL. 9 pm. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 234-9694. $14. All ages. Map

Bryce Panic, Sandman, Moustaches

  Artistery, 4315 SE Division St., 803-5942. Map

Summerfector 2: Criminal Damage, Defect Defect, Dead Dogs, Warcola, Vorvadoss, The Estranged, Leather Casket, Death A.D.

[CRUST, THRASHING] More crust and thrashing than you can possibly stand this weekend at the multiple-date and -venue Defector Fest. Things get started with a bang around the dinner hour tonight, but save your appetite for some special treats Sunday night at Satyricon. A surprise reunion of Order of the Vulture will provide a fittingly blackened metal attack for fans of Celtic Frost, Darkthrone and Nausea, and the peak of the whole fest is undoubtedly Sunday's headlining set from local veteran doom-punks Tragedy. This group takes the heaviness of long-missed former band His Hero Is Gone and introduces a host of mature refinements from the Rudimentary Peni and Black Flag catalogs. I dare you to get a spot up front and try to keep the moshing throngs from knocking you on your ass. (Also see music feature.) NATHAN CARSON. 4 pm. Backspace, 115 NW 5th Ave., 248-2900. $5. All ages. Map

Dark Alice in Wonderland Ball V: DJs Adam Mohawk & NoN

  Bossanova, 722 E Burnside St., 233-7855. Map

DJ Kenoy

  Devils Point, 5305 SE Foster Road., 774-4513. Map

!!!, Parenthetical Girls, Strength

[SHIMMY POP] Jesus tap-dancing Christ! Electro-pop extravaganza, anyone? This trifecta of dance bands is headlined by Brooklyn-by-way-of-Sacramento indie-rock raver-punks !!! (pronounced Chk Chk Chk), and two of Portland’s catchiest and most danceable bands, Strength and Parenthetical Girls, warm up the dance floor. Neither of these openers is second-tier, and a good, ol’-fashioned upstaging might be in the cards for this raging electronic fun-fest. WHITNEY HAWKE. 9 pm. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. $15. 21+. Map

DJ Aquaman's Soul Stew

  Goodfoot, 2845 SE Stark St., 239-9292. Map

Hot Victory, Brass Clouds, Romanteek, The Ax

[DRUMS!] See review. 10 pm. Kelly's Olympian, 426 SW Washington St., 228-3669. Cover. 21+. Map

Meth Lab Blues Explosion, Hornet Leg, Fuck You Safari

  Know, 2026 NE Alberta St., 473-8729. All ages. Map

Bill Beach (6 pm)

  London Grill, 309 SW Broadway., 228-2000. All ages. Map

Sheryl Crow, James Blunt (6:30 pm); Mark Alan (7 pm)

[ROOTABLE AMERICANA] While there's nobody that doesn't like Tom Petty—emo to frat to rocker—the opposite's true for his de facto prettier younger simalcrum Sheryl Crow. Can't even get anyone to admit Crow as guilty pleasure. Which just doesn't make any sense. Her singles are perfectly crafted comfort FM, and, rootability-wise, blues-tinged pop-rock women nearing middle age aren't supposed to win mainstream dominion. Detour, her latest, offers anthems less limply political than (not-so-thoughtfully) conflicted, middle of the road in the best sense, as authentic as the romantic balladry—broad enough to be universal without quite nudging banal. James Blunt, an MI-5 operative commissioned to win the hearts and minds of dim gals toward support for veterans, shall open. JAY HORTON. 6:30 pm. McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St., 669-8610. $65 advance. Sold out. All ages. Map

Los Tigres Del Norte

[GODFATHERS OF NORTEÑO] At first blush, I dismissed Los Tigres Del Norte and their ilk (who play the polka-influenced music known as Norteño) as rather quaint and somewhat chintzy whenever I heard it in my local taqueria. As I dug deeper into the band's history and music, though, I realized that this is one of the most deeply political bands around today, using its music to question U.S. immigration policies and writing bittersweet odes to real-life drug-trafficking couples. It may all be wrapped up in bouncy cumbias and waltzes, but sometimes the toughest messages need to be sugarcoated to make them palatable. ROBERT HAM. Portland Expo Center, 2060 N Marine Drive., 736-5200. All ages. Map

Fast Heart Mart (7 pm)

  Red and Black Cafe, 400 SE 12th Ave., 231-3899. Map

Metropolitan, Design.Drift.Distance, The Sweet Revenge, Wizard Attack

  Red Room, 2530 NE 82nd Ave., 256-3399. All ages. Map

Jake Kot & George Mitchell

  RiverPlace Hotel, 1510 SW Harbor Way., 552-9500. Map

Guns N Bombs, DJ Beyonda, Joeeirwin

[REMIX AU REVOIR] After two years as Portland's most ubiquitous club DJ, Joee Irwin is on the eve of his Rose City departure. Having conquered our NW corner of the U.S. via sets on his own and in support of high-profile international acts (as well as a his blogging for iheartcomix and Palms Out Sounds), Irwin is off to New York in September. The native Chicagoan goes out with a bang alongside his L.A. pals Guns N Bombs of über-hip French label Kitsune Maison this Friday. The set is sure to glitter with super-fresh electro house and remixes galore. NILINA MASON-CAMPBELL. 9 pm. Rotture, 315 SE 3rd Ave., 234-5683. $8. 21+. Map

Weedeater, Black Cobra, Flying Fortress, & Cower

[DOOM METAL] Get ready, doom fans—here comes a double dose of the Southern Lord label's loudest, finest rock groups. Black Cobra is a drum-guitar duo that slays like High on Fire (only these guys sold their bass player to the devil a long time ago). North Carolina’s Weedeater is as famous for the heroism of its members’ abused livers as it is for playing hard-grooving caveman riffs. And yes, bassist Dixie Dave still keeps a bucket on stage so he can vomit between screams. This is the real deal—anything heavier than this usually loses the ability to rock (for better or worse). NATHAN CARSON. 9 pm. Satyricon, 125 NW 6th Ave., 227-0999. $8 advance, $10 day of show. All ages. Map

The Intelligence, The Stag Bitten, The Whines

[ROBOTIC GARAGE ROCK] The live and recorded versions of a band lay worlds apart sometimes, but none seem further removed than the two sides of the Intelligence's musical brain. On record, the Seattle garage rock (by way of art punk) band sounds like they are being physically restrained, unable to let themselves completely loose. Live, on the other hand, the tempos kick up, the energy follows suit, and both the band and the audience are better for it. I would never recommend not purchasing the band’s albums, but I get the feeling they might languish on your shelf while you scour the concert listings for the Intelligence's next Portland appearance. ROBERT HAM. 9 pm. Slabtown, 1033 NW 16th Ave., 223-0099. $5. 21+. Map

Connie Bieberach

  The Old Church, 1422 SW 11th Ave., 222-2031. Map

Kenny Lavitz

  Vino Vixens, 2929 SE Powell Blvd., 231-8466. Map

Saturday August 30top

Avi Jacob, Dan Weber, Steve Ulrich (8 pm); Beesley Trio (3 pm)

  Airplay Cafe, 701 E Burnside St., 808-7908. All ages. Map

Jus Family Presents: Cool Nutz

[DEMOCRATIC HIP-HOP] Cool Nutz is the rapping Prince ("Purple Rain," not Albert) of Portland: He drops decent albums like Skittles, everyone and their mama wants him on a track, and he has an impeccable sense of style (minus the ass-out pants). Close on the heels of his sixth LP, King Cool Nutz, the MC recently announced his next album, Young Obama. There’s already a snazzy teaser photo and a 30-second promo, “Vote for Cool Nutz 2008,” on the Web. Some previews will likely be dropped at tonight’s showcase. SARA MOSKOVITZ. 9:30 pm. Ash Street Saloon, 225 SW Ash St., 226-0430. $10. 21+. Map

Night Moves w/ King Fader

[BEATS] Jay Bozich is a busy, busy man. But when you love what you do, and what you do is music, sleep is merely an accessory. Fader's followers know all too well, attached by the gyrating hips to his unusually lengthy and crafty sets. The Tigard-raised DJ has shaken the floors of Ohm, Tube and Berbati's and engineered sound for the likes of Lifesavas, Heatmiser and the Dandy Warhols. No song is beyond the reach of his fidgety arms and supremely smooth skills of vinyl manipulation. MARK STOCK. Berbati Restaurant, 19 SW 2nd Ave., 226-2122‎. Free. 21+. Map

DJ Alex Hollywood

  C.C. Slaughters, 219 NW Davis St., 248-9135. Map

Blind Pilot, The Village Green, Team Evil, The Skinnyz

[BIKE-POWERED FOLK] Between its breakout performance at PDX Pop Now!, a gorgeous music video set in its home town of Astoria and an impressive berth at #13 (!) on Billboard’s Top Digital Albums chart, it’s about time that the men of Blind Pilot took a well deserved victory lap. I’m pretty sure these guys already qualify as a “big deal” here in the Land of Ports; but if the past month is any indication, they’re soon to gain that status in the world at large as well. Catch Blind Pilot's impressive acoustic pop maneuvers in a small setting while you still can. SHANE DANAHER. 9 pm. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. $6. 21+. Map

The Tiptons, The Blue Cranes

[JAZZ HANDS] Like some David Lynch-style basement jazz hallucination, the Blue Horns' music is the type of experimental, sometimes insane, but always invigorating experience that’s hard to shake. The Portland quintet understands jazz is alive and well—but also that it was never something to be defined in the first place. The Cranes treat music as the broad, blank canvas it is, splattering it with color, bizarre time splits, soothing melodies and frightening bursts of brass while forging an original soundscape that would make a by-the-books beatnik jazzhead’s beret spin. AP KRYZA. 9 pm. Goodfoot, 2845 SE Stark St., 239-9292. Cover. 21+. Map

Lee Scratch Perry, Nuborn Tribe, Trinity Soundz

[I DUB THEE] Portland's been fortunate to receive more-or-less annual visits from legendary reggae lunatic Lee "Scratch" Perry, though one never knows quite what to expect from him once he gets onstage (actually, the same holds true offstage). Perry will most likely rocket you to another world, trailing a thick plume of secondhand spliff-smoke, leaving you wondering whether he invented dub in Jamaica or on Jupiter. As LocalCut's flabbergasted reviewer wrote after Scratch's '06 gig, "I had heard Perry described as an eccentric, as insane, and as a legend. Now, I get it." JEFF ROSENBERG. 9 pm. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. $20 advance, $25 day of show. Map

Old Growth, Ferocious Eagle, Dude Lord

[MOSS PUNK] See review. 10 pm. Kelly's Olympian, 426 SW Washington St., 228-3669. Cover. 21+. Map

Green River Thrillers, X's for I's

  Know, 2026 NE Alberta St., 473-8729. All ages. Map

Summerfector 2: Resist, Hellshock, Nux Vomica, Wartorn, A.T.U., Against Empire

[PUNK/HARDCORE] See music feature and Friday listing. 4 pm. Satyricon, 125 NW 6th Ave., 227-0999. $7. All ages. Map

The Fix: Rev. Shines, Ohmega Watts, DJ KEZ, Dun Diggy, Jake One

[BEATS GALORE] This special Saturday night edition of the Fix finds Seattle superproducer Jake One on the wheels of steel alongside the Fix regulars. Jake's resume reads like a who's who of underground and mainstream hip-hop alike: De La Soul, E-40 and more G Unit beats than you can shake a big semiautomatic stick at. Despite his extensive national work, Jake One has stuck in wet Seattle, repping NW hip-hop musically and in the press. His forthcoming solo effort, White Van Music, features an impressively diverse roster of talent from big names like Busta Rhymes, MF Doom and Brother Ali to Bay Area standouts like Keak Da Sneak. Look for Jake to drop some exclusive ish on the Fix faithful tonight. And, you know, bring your demo. CASEY JARMAN. 9 pm. Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Ave., 248-1030. $3, $5 for wristband (access to Someday Lounge and Branx). 21+. Map

Sunday August 31top

Summerfector 2: Tragedy, Cop On Fire, Deathraid, Order Of The Vulture, Deathcharge, Happy Bastards, Warcorpse, & Deterrorformed (4 pm)

[PUNK/HARDCORE] See feature, coming soon, and Friday listing 4 pm. Satyricon, 125 NW 6th Ave., 227-0999. $7. All ages. Map

Modernstate, Loud Thomas, Pony Ghost

  Valentine's, 232 SW Ankeny St., 248-1600. Map

Open Mic Night

  White Eagle, 836 N Russell St., 282-6810. Map

Monday September 1top

Open Mic

  Ash Street Saloon, 225 SW Ash St., 226-0430. Map

Darker My Love, The Upsidedown

[NOT SO DARK] Perfectly fitting a band that claims residency in both San Francisco and Los Angeles, Darker My Love is pigeon-holed as both indie psychedelia and hard-driving pop. Rigorously crafted, balls-to-the-wall soundscapes studded with hooks yet absent pandering tend to confuse genre mavens. But goth kids, whatever the band's name is, don't get your hopes up. JAY HORTON. 9 pm. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. $10. 21+. Map

Lily Wilde's 17 Piece Big Band Orchestra

  Duff's Garage, 1635 SE 7th Ave., 234-2337. Map

Cellotronik w/ Skip VonKuske

  McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St., 669-8610. Map

Summerfector 2: Drunken Boat, Snuggle, Slam Dunk, Order of the Gash, Autistic Youth, Neckties Make Me Nervous (2 pm)

[PUNK/HARDCORE] See feature, coming soon, and Friday listing. 2 pm. Overlook Park, North Fremont Street and Interstate Avenue., . Free. All ages. Map

Open Mic With Punkbaba

  Pub at the End of the Universe, 4107 SE 28th Ave., 235-0969. Map

Nate Allen

  Satyricon, 125 NW 6th Ave., 227-0999. Map

Fuck You Safari, Magic Johnson, Nucular Aminal

[ROCK FURY] One Magic Johnson tormented the Blazers with his wizardly passing; The other—the much shorter, more hispanic and garage punk version—moved to Portland to befriend the town via its rash basement rock. The drums and guitar duo is as gritty as rest stop coffee, like the Kills if the Kills played house parties and spoke Spanish. Magic's riffs are at once distorted and melodic, like 1950s surfer music gone haywire. Bury your anti-California agenda already, these two can stay. MARK STOCK. 9 pm. Valentine's, 232 SW Ankeny St., 248-1600. 21+. Map

The Streakin' Healys, JrSOAPbox

  White Eagle, 836 N Russell St., 282-6810. Map

Tuesday September 2top

Mint Chicks, The Ascetic Junkies, Jeezum Crow

[KIWI POP] This publication’s forthright love for the schizophrenic pop of Mint Chicks would border on “obsessive” were it not for the group’s ability to justify such hyperbolic ramblings every time they take the stage. Known for their bizarre live shows (watch out for chainsaws), these New Zealand transplants have been making notable headway on charming the citizens of their adopted home town. Adding to the evening’s collection of pop and oddly placed adjectives are the Ascetic Junkies, a band whose ability to wrench fresh sounds from acoustic folk-pop (in a town buried to its neck in that genre) makes them well worth the pilgrimage. SHANE DANAHER. 9 pm. Ash Street Saloon, 225 SW Ash St., 226-0430. Free. 21+. Map

Tim Finn

[OH BROTHER!] Like a twee, Antipodean Oasis, the brothers Finn shall never entirely exist apart from one another—collaborating on ‘80s-soundtrack-haunting bands Split Enz and Crowded House and pairing up for ‘90s adult contemporary masterworks doesn't really help matters—and, for the casual listener, Neil and Tim don't sound all that different. They're both equally adept at Beatlesy melodic grandeur and intimate, folk-dappled (Tim, reportedly, plucks piano strings mid-verse) numbers and have achieved eccentric quasi-celebrity (eight years ago, Pittsburgh, bizarrely, declared a Tim Finn day). We suppose, for fans of their prom pop evergreens, that Tim is the fraternal Liam: A bit less songwriting, a bit more swagger, far more likely to be beloved by steelworkers. JAY HORTON. 9 pm. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. $28. 21+. Map

Dover Weinberg Quartet

  Duff's Garage, 1635 SE 7th Ave., 234-2337. Map

Orgone, Ohmega Watts

[SUPERBAD] Orgone can be forgiven for appropriating our state’s moniker, thanks to the group's out-and-out willingness to bring the funk in the most low-down and dirty manner possible. These Southern California natives allow enough grit into their sound to escape the vanilla overproduction of dad-bands like Tower of Power while still demanding danceable cohesion from their seven-member horn section. Libidos will be stoked, dance floors will be lit up and we may at long last be able to answer that age-old question: “Who’s got the funk?” SHANE DANAHER. 8 pm. Goodfoot, 2845 SE Stark St., 239-9292. Cover. 21+. Map

Jana Hunter, Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez, Grouper

[FREAK FOLK] The thing people forget about New Beard America is that it wasn't always so…hairy. Joanna Newsom, CocoRosie, Fern Knight, Fursaxa, half of Espers—the list of more than competent female players in said scene is about as long as the beards (and beads, for that matter). Take Jana Hunter. Sure, she debuted as the B-Side to a Devendra Banhart split. And then Dev put out her first album. But names on a record sleeve and androgynous vocals are about all the two freak folkers share. Hunter's music occupies a strange, forlorn pocket in the New Weird Universe, haunted and sloppy-strummed and kinda lost-sounding in a real space cadet way. As an added bonus, her cover of Beck's "Asshole" makes you feel like a… better person. ERIK BADER. 9 pm. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639. $8. 21+. Map

Caroline Oakley & Pete Leone (7 pm)

  McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St., 669-8610. Map

Seventh Gate, Scar of the Archetype, Dark Angelic, Shadows Above The Cradle, & Day Of Wreckoning (7:30 pm)

  Satyricon, 125 NW 6th Ave., 227-0999. All ages. Map

Alpaca!, Fruition

  White Eagle, 836 N Russell St., 282-6810. Map