Wednesday October 1top

Neil Masson Trio

  Benson Hotel, 309 SW Broadway., 228-2000. All ages. Map

DJ Robb

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

African Sizzle: DJ ODUB

  Club Calabash, 835 Sw 2nd Ave., . All ages. Map

DJs Atom 13, Soil

  East Chinatown Lounge, 322 NW Everett St., 226-1659. Map

HorrorPops, 7 Shot Screamers, Longway

[CHEESE DANISH] Surf punk-psychobilly mainstays beloved of the trashier ’60s Americanisms, you really would think HorrorPops to be Japanese, yes? Don't Scandinavians frown upon this sort of thing? Nevertheless, the Danish group helmed by husband-guitarist Kim Nekroman and wife-vocalist Patricia Day has become something of an institution ’round Europe the past 12 years, though they've recorded only three albums. The duo's latest, Kiss Kiss Kill Kill, a dullish romp through twanged riffage and interestingly accented pop sloganeering, hardly begs a fuller discography save for the delightful electro-clash bitchery of "Heading to the Disco"—which makes one wonder about their true muse. Carl can't surf, you know. JAY HORTON. 9 pm. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. $13 advance, $15 day of show. All ages. Map

Hockey, AAN, Blue Horns

[EXPERIMENTAL POP] Trafficking in the kind of airy, infinite experimental pop that could soundtrack nearly any part of a hectic day, AAN has become my official “settle down, shit is OK” band. Comforting and not too confrontational, challenging and somehow immediate, the tracks on This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things have seamlessly blended into my day-to-day routine. Playing on a stacked bill with the U.K.-approved dance pop of Hockey and jangle rockers Blue Horns (now a four-piece with the addition of bassist-around-town Andrew Stern), let’s hope they get noticed. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. 9 pm. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639. $4. Map

Adam Hurst Gypsy Cello (7 pm)

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

Thursday October 2top

CLAIM, Sweatshop Union

[CANADIAN CHOPS] On a promo tour for its new LP, Water Street, this politically inclined MC quartet hailing from the northern borders of Vancouver, B.C., could easily be the soundtrack to a fair labor meeting hosted by Arrested Development and Dilated Peoples. Signed to Battle Axe Records—along with label brethren Swollen Members and Abstract Rude—Sweatshop and its motivational lyrics (“I make money, money don’t make me”) ride over underlying sullen beats weighed down with bleeding horns, slow bass lines and deep twangs. SARA MOSKOVITZ. 8 pm. Berbati's Pan, 231 SW Ankeny St., 248-4579. $10. 21+. Map

DJ Alex Hollywood

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

DJ Zoxy's Thursdays Trance Sunrise

  Club Calabash, 835 Sw 2nd Ave., . Map

Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip

[THE DJ AND THE PUSSYCAT] A sort of "Always Wear Sunscreen" for people who've had sex, "Thou Shalt Always Kill,” the magnum opus of performance poet Scroobius Pip and knob-turner Dan Le Sac's Essex-bred collaborations, is the type of song regularly overrated by music critics who mistakenly believe they could also spit deceptively glib, enviably metered, pop-culture-obsessed verses while a world-class beatsmith makes everything danceable. So, then, yes. It's the best fucking song ever. JAY HORTON. 9 pm. Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. $10. 21+. Map

Jon Koonce

  Eugenios, 3584 SE Division St., 233-3656. Map

Narwhal vs. Narwhal, Vanishing Kids, Nick Delffs

[LO-FI SAX MACHINE] On first, unassuming listen, local quartet Narwhal vs. Narwhal is nearly undistinguishable from the glut of late Northwest indie rock. But pay closer attention and suddenly its songs sprout to life, blossoming from meat-and-potatoes rock fare to tightly catchy, sing-along gems of near pop perfection. Yeah, everyone and their dad is using horn sections nowadays, but few do it with such a deft touch—check the way the sax line beautifully underscores the melody on "We Wait" and "Fake Yr Tan." Tonight, they celebrate the record release of the charming Wipe the Sweat from Your Words with a few cold ones and a rare solo appearance from the Shaky Hands' Nick Delffs. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. 9 pm. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639. $6. 21+. Map

DJ I Love You

  Matador, 1967 W Burnside St., 222-5822. Map

Friday October 3top

Adele, Priscilla Ahn

[SOULFUL SONGSTRESS] There are many things easily associated with the 20-year-old Adele—such as her outspoken nature, her distinctly London accent and her full figure, of which she speaks unabashedly—but her most distinguishing quirk is her harrowed voice. Adele's voice melds seamlessly into any instrumental notes, whether they're observant ballads built around her experiences with lovers and cities or her cover of the Strokes' "Last Nite." Considering her recent cancellations of U.S. dates (such as Seattle's Bumbershoot in September) and a lackadaisical attitude in the press toward conquering American shores, it doesn't take much to connect the dots that this chanteuse may not be back in these parts for quite some time. If you were planning to see this commanding Brit, now would be the time. NILINA MASON-CAMPBELL. 8 pm. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 233-1994. $18 advance, $20 day of show. All ages. Map

Point Juncture, WA, Nick Delffs, Rob Walmart, American Dork Scene, Juice Team DJs, Cexfucx, Owl Dudes, White Fang, Why I Must Be Careful (7 pm)

[YOU SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY] For seven years the Artistery has been a haven for local music fans, a decidedly unpretentious and thoroughly all-ages spot that's the most legit basement venue in the city. To celebrate the big occasion, they are throwing a (surprise!) free anniversary party, complete with BBQ fixins and a diverse, 100 percent kickass lineup—including performances by Point Juncture, WA, Nick Delffs of the Shaky Hands, Rob Walmart, Cexfucx, and White Fang. So, who's bringing the cake? MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. 7 pm. Artistery, 4315 SE Division St., 803-5942. Free. All ages. Map

DJ Kenoy

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

Oh Darling, Tea For Julie, UHF

[HOMESPUN POP] In addition to sharing the name of the fourth track on Abbey Road, Oh Darling is a budding, homegrown tender pop act. Jasmine Ash's youthful high register adds a softness to every song. The juxtaposition of sinister guitar work with her angelic pipes makes for a disc that spins from musical kinfolk such as Smoosh and Blondie. The show celebrates the release of the band’s still-warm-to-the-touch record, Nice Nice, produced by the notable Gregg Williams (Dandy Warhols, Blitzen Trapper). MARK STOCK. 9 pm. Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. $8. 21+. Map

Troum, Nadja, Tecumseh

[TRANSCENDENTAL DRONES] For you fans of ambient experimentalism, this show should most definitely be on your radar. For one, there's an appearance by the Canadian boy-girl duo Nadja—whose dramatic and slinky shoegazer epics take their cues from the 4AD catalog, covering pop interests with gauzy layers of distortion and drone. Secondly, you get a rare live appearance by German experimentalists Troum, out on the West Coast for a festival in Oakland and stopping by our fair city to engulf our waiting eardrums with thrumming sine waves and washes of druggy melody. ROBERT HAM. 10 pm. $8. Five Star Theater, 13th NW 6th., (503) 412-9217. All ages. Map

DJ Chuck T

  Green Papaya, 1135 SW Morrison St., 248-2112. Map

DJ Trixie Doll & Sarafina

  Matador, 1967 W Burnside St., 222-5822. Map

Talib Kweli, David Banner, Little Brother

[HIP-HOP TKO] On the heels of Rock the Bells, Hip-Hop Live! returns for its second annual nationwide-touring hip-hop mega-show. As with last year’s lineup, the three artists chosen to rock the mic do a decent job representing hip-hop’s spectrum from underground (Little Brother) to mainstream (David Banner)—with Talib Kweli spanning the gap. I hope they end the event in an all-artist-encompassing freestyle cipher, but I’d take a performance of “Let It Go,” a Little Brother-Kweli collab track (featured on Mick Boogie’s And Justus for All remix tape) if they can’t pull that off. SARA MOSKOVITZ. 8 pm. Roseland, 8 NW 6th Ave., 219-9929 (Grill), 224-2038 (Theater). $30 advance, $35 day of show. All ages. Map

Saturday October 4top

Budweiser Sprite, Why I Must Be Careful, Grouper (tape collage set), Dragging an Ox through Water, Magic Johnson

[NOISE-DRENCHED FOLK] Brian Mumford's songs as Dragging an Ox Through Water usually aren't the most immediate things. Layering gorgeous acoustic picking beneath sheets of white noise, gurgling, off-center electronics, and crackling tape hiss, they don't bury his endearing, heart-tugging melodies as much as they enhance them. Many of the new songs on tonight's release, The Tropics of Phenomenon 12''—including the bouncing, centered "Snowbank Treatment" and the withering "Dice Smiles"—have a newfound narrative chug and form that rivals just about any songwriter in this city. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. 8 pm. Backspace, 115 NW 5th Ave., 248-2900. Cover. All ages. Map

DJ Alex Hollywood

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

Bang Camaro, Sound and Fury

[LIQUID METAL] By any reasonable imaginings, Bryn Bennett and Alex Necochea's distillation of ’80s metal to its most anthemic components—thunderous choruses, incandescent riffs, shit-headed lyrics solemnly rendered—should seem rather a nasty joke upon the genre's more vibrant excesses, but, clicking through Bang Camaro's ever-burgeoning songbook, the music seems, for lack of a better word, sanctified. Elevated. Canonical, really. Perhaps it's the 15-rocker-strong choir or that liturgical seriousness, but, after the third guitar solo in as many minutes, devotional passion overwhelms. Toward Satan, I suppose, but still…. JAY HORTON. 9 pm. Dante's, 1 SW 3rd Ave., 226-6630. $10 advance, $12 day of show. 21+. Map

Young Offenders, Airfix Kits, Coldbringer, Federale

[POP POST PUNK] San Francisco’s Young Offenders play melodic, sharp pop-punk that harkens back to the days when pop-punk was young and free and you could still pull a sick boneless to it and everyone would be like “yeah, sick boneless!” Bay Area compatriots Airfix Kits describe themselves as “Gang Of Four getting rat-arsed on cider and covering the entire Strength Through Oi! Comp,” which is pretty accurate right down to the accents. No shock that one of Portland's finest labels, Dirtnap Records, had a hand in putting this show together. Drink up! CASEY JARMAN. 10 pm. East End, 203 SE Grand Ave., 232-0056. Cover. 21+. Map

House Hooligans: DJ Professor Stone (Saganaki Lounge); DJs Izm, ATM, Flipsta, Rascue (Minoan Ballroom); DJ Brett (Taverna)

[SO MANY BEATS PER MINUTE]  The sticky, cavernous dance floors of the Greek Cusina are the perfect place to get high-BPM buck wild on a Saturday night. DJ Flipsta finesses brisk, heavy house mixes (Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne's “Lollipop” over electro); DJ Professor Stone supplies softer, smoother house grooves (melodic instrumentals); DJ Izm's attention-deficient sets cover house, hip-hop and everything in between; and DJs Brett and Rascue fill in all the funky, breakbeat cracks. SARA MOSKOVITZ. 9 pm. Greek Cusina, 404 SW Washington St., 224-2288. Cover. 21+. Map

DJ Chuck T

  Green Papaya, 1135 SW Morrison St., 248-2112. Map

Amon Amarth, Ensiferum, Belphegor, The Absence

[EXTREME MALL METAL] Every band on this bill is a seasoned, career-oriented extreme metal act. But each of these groups falls victim to the most obvious clichés that perpetually keep great heavy metal from being considered serious music. Austria’s Belphegor probably sounds the most brutally serious—if you can listen to an album called Bondage Goat Zombie with a straight face. Ensiferum is total mead-hall metal, with a chorus of flutes dancing atop its rote Finnish power-metal chanties. Amon Amarth plays Swedish battle metal with aplomb and accessibility. I’m sorry to tell you the band’s name is drawn from an Elvish language that J.R.R. Tolkien invented. The Absence is a death-metal band from Florida. ’Nuff said. NATHAN CARSON. 8:30 pm. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. $21 advance, $24 day of show. All ages. Map

The Subterranean Howl, Bombs Into You, The Caps, Mark Twain Indians 

[DANCE ROCK] Cover Your Ears (And Close Your Eyes) is a solid effort from Portland’s the Subterranean Howl (formerly Skeletor Mojo). Much of the album is reminiscent of Wolf Parade’s dancier numbers, were that band fronted by a young Fred Cole (of Dead Moon fame). I can’t guarantee that the band’s formidable studio prowess will translate into a good live show, but the Howl certainly has me hooked enough to venture out and see for myself. CASEY JARMAN. 10 pm. Kelly's Olympian, 426 SW Washington St., 228-3669. $5. 21+. Map

DJ Moisti

  Matador, 1967 W Burnside St., 222-5822. Map

Baroness, Genghis Tron, The Better to See You With

[H-E-A-V-Y METAL] They say it's not the heat, it's the humidity, but in Georgia it's clearly the heaviness that's putting bands like Harvey Milk, Mastodon, Torche and Baroness on the map. Baroness—they won't admit it, but come on, they're clearly named after Cobra's finest villainess in black leather—stands on the decidedly fun end of the heavy spectrum, crafting a particular brand of metal in a kind of proggy melodicism. Effortlessly shifting from sludgy chugga-chugga to Maidenesque triumphant noodling to straight-ahead savage Southern metal-rock, Baroness carves its own niche out of the already iron-rich Georgian musicscape—and we're all the better for it. ERIK BADER. 9 pm. Satyricon, 125 NW 6th Ave., 231-1606. $10 advance, $12 day of show. All ages. Map

Neva Dinova, McCarthy Trenching, Ghosties

[WITTY AND WISE ALT-COUNTRY] Listening to McCarthy Trenching, it is easy to see why Conor Oberst snapped this Omaha band up for his label, Team Love. The band's loose-limbed country-rock sound and frontman Dan McCarthy's observations on everything from the abandoned mix tape on the side of the road to lighting a fire with your beloved are direct and understated in a way that Oberst seems unable to be. Regardless of his benefactor, McCarthy and his tunes stand out from the often-crowded alt-country pack on the strength of his warm voice and refreshing perspective on life and love. ROBERT HAM. 9:30 pm. Towne Lounge, 714 SW 20th Place., 241-8696. $8. 21+. Map

Why?, Restiform Bodies

[QUASI-FOLK RAP] Messing with form and style has always been a trademark of the best poets, and Yoni Wolf—the main peg in Oakland's impossible-to-quantify Why?—fucks with his stanzas like an indie folk E.E Cummings. Taking the vocal phrasings and more adventurous spirit of the Bay Area's weirdo hip-hop scene (Wolf is an Anticon associate) and filtering it through lo-fi folk and classic early '90s indie fare, he's one of the most eccentric and clever lyricists around. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. 9 pm. Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St., 284-8686. $12. All ages. Map

Sunday October 5top

Denny Laine's All-Star Wings Tribute

[WIND BENEATH PAUL'S WINGS] "Denny Laine is a guitarist showing photographs/ Of a pothead he's had the pleasure to know...." That fella sharing perpetually red-rimmed eyes with Paul and Linda McCartney on all those Wings album covers was actually Macca's collaborator for longer than Lennon—though quantity was never any match for quality, especially where the Cute One's concerned. If anything of Laine's once-passable Brit-blues wail (cf., original Moody Blues hit "Go Now") remains, he's as deserving as anyone to fleece those nostalgists who'd flock to see the biggest second-fiddle of ’70s rock. But that "All-Star" tag? As accurate as a McCain ad. JEFF ROSENBERG. 8 pm. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 233-1994. $35 advance, $37.50 day of show. All ages. Map

Taarka

[WORLD-WANDERING GYPSY RAGAMUFFINS] Any band that refers to itself as a "merry band of new millennial, sonic adventurers" is A-OK in my book. Plus, it doesn't hurt that Taarka sounds like a melee of world-wandering gypsy ragamuffins in its spirited, multi-instrumental sojourns and like the love-children of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young with smooth vocal harmonizing. One second you're at a circus tent in some cobble-street-ed European town listening to the feisty intertwining of mandolin and fiddle and the next minute you're tripping out on groovy melodies and Woodstock's green grasses. Far out, man. ANNIE BETHANCOURT. 8 pm. Alberta Street Public House, 1036 NE Alberta St., 284-7665. $10. 21+. Map

Santogold, Mates of State

[DANCING] Mates of State! Not only are you a cute couple, but you make those minimalist, lyrically nonsensical dance-pop tunes with those perfect boy-girl harmonies I like so much. Seeing you live is an intense, emotional experience—even though you must spend pretty much every waking second together. How does that work? How is this year’s Re-Arrange Us just as fresh-sounding as 2000’s My Solo Project? Eh, it doesn’t matter. Just keep making your magic and touring with rad people like Brooklyn’s Santogold (sorta like M.I.A. meets Cyndi Lauper, for you uninitiated, soon-to-be fans!). CASEY JARMAN. 8 pm. Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside St., 225-0047. $22.50 advance, $25 day of show. All ages. Map

Brightblack Morning Light, Avocet

[SLOW-MOTION DAYDREAM] Calling Brightblack Morning Light "hippies" is like pegging John McCain a maverick; even though the coin is no longer relevant, first impressions are hard to shake. Brightblack Morning Light's Motion to Rejoin sounds like Spacemen 3 if they took peyote instead of heavy barbiturates—it's a slow, hazy fog of tumbling Rhodes, percussion buried in three levels of swamp sludge, and muted trumpets. Though singer Naybob Shineywater (I know, I know) occasionally still mentions tepees and buffalos, the duo has absorbed heavy dub and gospel influences that burble up to the surface of songs like "Oppressions Each.” Most tracks don't end so much as they start anew, continuing a gradual buildup that'll leave you with a healthy, natural high. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. 9 pm. Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. $10. 21+. Map

Overkill, Warbringer, Epicurean, Goat Soldiers

[CLOVEN THRASH] Goat Soldiers are fucking stoked. They’re a freshly hatched local band—a quintet of speed-thrashers that is still perfecting its logo. Sometimes the goat head is wearing a gas mask. In other pencil sketches, it’s rammed on top of an upside-down cross. Either way, these guys will be on bright and early to open for their thrash idols Overkill—who have been touring, making records and banging heads around the world for a long, long time. Go, go, Goat Soldiers! NATHAN CARSON. 8 pm. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. $16 advance, $20 day of show. All ages. Map

Jean Ronne (9:30 am - 1:30 pm); Eli Reischman (5:30 pm)

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

Awesome Color, Eternal Tapestry, The Nodding Tree Remedies

[NASTY FAUX-CLASSIC ROCK] Ann Arbor, Mich.'s, Awesome Color comes bearing those most un-indie of rock gifts: muscular boogie, glowering twang, and heaps of bad-new ’tude. In other words, this trio cares waaay more about rough-’n’-tumble rawk construction—framed by vaguely psychedelic effects pedals, of course—than it does about your precious feeling. On albums like 2006's Awesome Color and this year's kickass Electric Aborigines, frontman-guitarist Derek Stanton, drummer Allison Busch and bassist Michael Troutman aren't so much cruisin' for a bruisin' as they're aiming to crack your jaw and leave you for dead, bleeding through your too-tight tee in some grimy alleyway. RAY CUMMINGS. 9 pm. Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Ave., 248-1030. $7. 21+. Map

Iretsu, Static of the Gods, Master Slash Slave

[FUZZ POP] Though they tread the thin line between radio-ready fodder and under-the-radar obscurity, Static of the Gods' "Peluche" is a damn fine slice of warm and inspired fuzz pop, the type of attention grabbing single that can only lead to bigger things. Singer Jen Johnson has this familair, welcoming voice; more in line with the Cardigans Nina Persson than a more showy frontwoman like Shirley Manson. The Boston outfit sounds like a slightly more revved-up Velocity Girls—never a bad thing. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. 9:30 pm. Towne Lounge, 714 SW 20th Place., 241-8696. $5. 21+. Map

Rachael Yamagata, Kevin Devine

[COOL EMO] It's opposite day! Rachael Yamagata sings like a cigarette-smoking bluesman channeled through female vocal cords, and Kevin Devine has the taunting, tortured and somehow sweet voice of a sensitive boy turned rock star (à la Dashboard Confessional). Underneath Yamagata's gritty-beautiful tone lie textured songs about loving things you shouldn't, not being loved like you should, and the past lives of elephants. Devine doesn't get as whisper-voiced breathless, rather letting syncopated rhythms and moving melodies play around the versatility of his voice in his layered, anthemed songs (methinks the clever "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" will be a big hit here in P-town). Can emo be cool again, please? ANNIE BETHANCOURT. 8 pm. Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St., 284-8686. $10 advance, $12 day of show. All ages. Map

Monday October 6top

Sigur Ros, Parachutes

[ICELANDIC AMBIENCE] You don't have to board a plane to visit Iceland. The Viking nation's brilliant ambient rock group embodies it all. Like the volcanoes, glaciers, meadows and deep blues of its island upbringing, Sigur Ros is all at once explosive, meditative, all-encompassing and earth-shakingly powerful. It'll make the Schnitz feel undersized. Moreover, with an orchestral storm of strings, piano-born melodrama and Jónsi's beautiful castrato cries, it'll make it tremble. MARK STOCK. 8 pm. Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway., 248-4335. $29. All ages. Map

High Places, Ponytail, Grouper

[SORTA OUTSIDER MUSIC] Brooklyn's High Places are kinda neat. The super-cute duo takes the janky, haunted-graveyard instrumentation of real outsider music like Colleen, sprinkling it with sun-kissed tropicalia and IDM glitchiness, and then hands the microphone to a soft-voiced girl who'd be better off in Beat Happening or Unrest. Neither Truly Weird nor Vaguely Offensive, its cute shuffle is sure to find its way into iPods in coffee shops all over town. Ordering a double ristretto venti nonfat organic brownie frappuccino extra hot with foam and whipped cream upside-down double-blended ought to buy you enough time to hear the whole album for free. ERIK BADER. 9 pm. Backspace, 115 NW 5th Ave., 248-2900. $8 advance, $10 day of show. All ages. Map

Back Door Slam, Jacob Merlin Band

[BABY BLUES] A blues trio hailing from the Isle of Man—the bluesiest of all the isles—this will be Back Door Slam's second visit in the past nine months, and I don't think the boys still get to legally drink. And, unlike our homegrown white-blues boys, BDS probably cares about such things. See, while there's something unspeakably ick about American teens immersing themselves in the chosen idiom of hope-starved sharecroppers, the warmed-over Brit tradition—Yardbirds, etc.—yet maintains some balls. The kids play their licks like they invented them, achingly croon their tropes with unearned authenticity, and, Christ, that’s better than starting a punk band, innit? JAY HORTON. 9 pm. Berbati's Pan, 231 SW Ankeny St., 248-4579. $12 advance, $15 day of show. 21+. Map

Ill Bill, Sean Price, Gray Matters

[SELF-EFFACEMENT HIP-HOP] In a genre arguably born out of the art of boasting, it's incredibly palate-cleansing to hear hip-hop's Sean Price, on his 2005 album, Monkey Barz, proclaiming himself "the brokest rapper you know" and complaining that when his last album came out, "Y'all fuckin' hated it." Post-millennial self-effacement aside, Price is a ridiculously gifted emcee, forming insanely complex webbed-syntax sentences that would set your copy of Elements of Style on fire. Even dropping his former nom de plume, Ruck (when he was half of the duo Heltah Skeltah) furthers Price's agenda for legitimacy. Opening for NYC's politically minded Ill Bill, expect a lineup that thinks out of the box. ERIK BADER. 8 pm. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. $12 advance, $14 day of show. All ages. Map

Sedan, Hot Victory, DJ Nate C

[PIANO-PERCUSSION PERFECTION] Scott Seckington (Two Ton Boa) and Danny Sasaki (Jackie O Motherfucker), otherwise known as Sedan, have just started playing music together again after a three-year hiatus. They've filled their time appreciably with other musical projects, but their keyboard and drum instrumentals are a welcome addition to our local musical landscape. It's dramatic—not melodramatic—music with moments of jaw-dropping beauty and marked with much-needed restraint. Can't wait to see how it plays out live. ROBERT HAM. 8 pm. Tube, 18 NW 3rd Ave., 241-8823. Cover. 21+. Map

Tuesday October 7top

Bill Beach & Brasil Beat

  Benson Hotel, 309 SW Broadway., 228-2000. Map

Cut Copy, The Presets, Heartbreak

[DOWN-UNDER DANCE HALL] For latest disc Apocalypse, Australian group the Presets has turned up the ambience on its signature tribal electro leanings. Last time it was in town, the duo—comprised of drummer Kim Moyes and singer-keyboardist Julian Hamilton—made a dirty disco inferno of the Doug Fir, stirring the crowd into a sweaty dancing frenzy. Couple the pair with fellow Aussies Cut Copy and not only is there a recipe for dancing but a charming case of displacement, Wizard of Oz style. Has one been transported to the land Down Under? Cut Copy has enough New Order-style electro love songs to turn the whole house into believers. NILINA MASON-CAMPBELL. 9 pm. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. $18 advance, $20 day of show. All ages. Map

DJ Donny Don't

  Matador, 1967 W Burnside St., 222-5822. Map