Wednesday November 18top

Dorian Michael

7:00 PM. , 13500 SW Hall Blvd., 684-6537. Free. Map

WCS/NSAI Songwriter's Open Mic (6:30 pm); Colleen Raney & Hanz Araki (5:30 pm)

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

David Wilcox, Peppino D'Agostino

8 pm. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 234-9694. $24.50 advance, $27 day of show. Map

Toshi Onizuka

Andina, 1314 NW Glisan St., 228-9535. Map

Bruhn, Quality Fridge Buzz, Thread Spinner, Imaginary Airship

9 pm. Ash Street Saloon, 225 SW Ash St., 226-0430. $5. Map

Mattress, Broken Water

10 pm. Berbati Restaurant, 19 SW 2nd Ave., 226-2122‎. FREE. Map

Nancy Conescu & Geraldine Murray (9 pm); Little Sue Happy Hour (6 pm)

Biddy McGraw's, 6000 NE Glisan St., 233-1178. Map

Open Mic with Chuck Warda

Buffalo Gap Saloon, 6835 SW Macadam Ave., 244-7111. Map

Tric 80s Flashback With DJ Robb

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

Doo Doo Funk All-Stars Jam W/ Tony Ozier's Band

Calabash, 835 SW 2nd Ave/Taylor., 241-5676. Map

Crush Drum and Bass

Crown Room, 205 NW 4th Ave., 222-6655. Map

Underscore Orkestra, Leapin' Louie Lichtenstein, Tana the Tattooed Lady, Curt Carlyle, Dingo Dizmal, William Batty, Jane Power

8 pm. Dante's, 1 SW 3rd Ave., 226-6630. $5. Map

DJ Brooks

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

Girls, Dominant Legs

9 pm. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. $10. Map

Suburban Slim's Blues Jam

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

Palo Verde, Vibrato, Stag Bitten, Special Guest

Dunes, 1905 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 493-8637. Map

Industry Night

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

Hate Of The City

  East End, 203 SE Grand Ave., 232-0056. Map

Jesse Meade, Leonard Mynx, Mike Midlo

9 pm. Ella St. Social Club, 714 SW 20th Place., 241-8696. $5. Map

The Remedy Open Mic Variety Show

  Fez Ballroom, 316 SW 11th Ave., 221-7262. Map

Klickitat, Eleven Eyes

9 pm. Goodfoot, 2845 SE Stark St., 239-9292. $6. Map

Open Mic

9 pm. Gotham Tavern, 2240 N Interstate Ave., 517-9911. FREE. Map

Oven Rake, Crashfaster, Minusbaby, Mr. Spastic

8 pm. Ground Kontrol, 511 NW Couch St., 796-9364. $5. Map

Rockstar Karaoke

9 pm. Hawthorne Theater Lounge, 1503 SE 39th Ave., 233-7100. FREE. Map

Von Doom, Ex Nihlio, Excruciator, Seclorum

8 pm. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. $4. Map

Belinda Underwood

7 pm. Heathman Restaurant and Bar, 1001 SW Broadway., 790-7752. Free. Map

Arabesque

It's a Beautiful Pizza, 3342 SE Belmont St., 233-5444. All ages. Map

The Mel Brown Quartet

Jimmy Mak's, 221 NW 10th Ave., 295-6542. Map

Cronin Tierney

Kells, 112 SW 2nd Ave., 227-4057. Map

Alice Stuart (9 pm); Hillstomp (6 pm)

9 pm. LaurelThirst Public House, 2958 NE Glisan St., 232-1504. FREE. Map

Frightening Waves of Blue

8:30. Living Room Theaters, 341 SW 10th Ave., 224-1432. Free. 21+. Map

Pamela Jordan Band

Local Lounge, 3536 NE Martin Luther King Blvd., 282-1833. Map

Bill Beach

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

DJ I Love You

Matador, 1967 W Burnside St., 222-5822. 21+. Map

The Old Yellers, Freak Mountain Ramblers

7 pm. McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale., 669-8610. FREE. Map

Jon Koonce & One More Mile

7 pm. McMenamins Rock Creek Tavern, 10000 Old Cornelius Pass Road., 645-3822. FREE. Map

Camping Party, A Peaceful Valley, Mosiac of Language (9 pm); Rozendal, Aubrey & the New Queen of Nerd Rock (6 pm)

Mississippi Pizza, 3552 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3231. Map

Nick Jaina, Viva Las Vegas, Matt Sheehy, Jim Brunberg, Teisha Helgerson, Buoy LaRue, Peter Ames Carlin, Corin Tucker, Courtenay Hameister, Sneakin' Out, Viva Las Vegas, Ashleigh Flynn, Dirty Mittens

8 pm. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895. $7. Map

Reggae Night with Everyday Prophets

Mt. Tabor Theater, 4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd., . Map

Starcatcher's featuring DJ Deformaty, DJ Keoni, Echoik

9 pm. Mt. Tabor Theater Lounge, 4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd., . $3. Map

The Sleepy Eyed Johns

Muddy Rudder Public House, 8105 SE 7th Ave., 233-4410. Map

Bill Champlin

Bill Champlin has enjoyed one of those under-the-radar careers, his workmanlike reputation as a songwriter earning him the respect of his peers if not the adulation of millions. The San Francisco-bred songwriter's early releases with his band the Sons of Champlin found the group's namesake cutting his chops with bluesy, Joe Cocker-ish belting and sugary funk-pop (1977's Love is Why features songs reminiscent of Bill Withers or Dr. John delivered with Hall and Oats-style production. Groovy stuff). Champlin, who moonlights with a little band called Chicago, is touring on latest solo effort No Place Left to Fall. Fitting to Champlin's venue tonight, the disc is full of soulful, jazzy (and somewhat overproduced) love songs. In person, Champlin has a huge catalogue to pull from and has a reputation as an engaging performer. CASEY JARMAN. 7:30 and 9:30 pm. Music Millennium, 3158 E Burnside St., 231-8926. $20. 7:30 show is all ages. 9:30 show is 21+. Map

Zydeco Lesson & CD Dance

PPAA, 618 SE Alder St., 206-9311. Map

Weekly Therapy: Tyler Stenson & The Sale

Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery, 206 SW Morrison St., 796-2739. Map

Cut House You, The Mercury Tree, I Write Some Songs, Stealing Sundown

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

Bridgetown Morris Men

9:00 pm. Sellwood Public House, 8132 SE 13th Ave., 736-0182. Free. 21+. Map

Boy and Bean

6 pm. Slabtown, 1033 NW 16th Ave., 223-0099. FREE. Map

Reggae Beach Party With Wakaman

8 pm. Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Ave., 248-1030. FREE. Map

Ashley King

9pm. TeaZone and Camellia Lounge, 510 NW 11th Ave., 221-2130. No Cover. Map

Russel James - Outlaw

The Brickhouse (Vancouver), 109 W. 15th St., 360-695-3686. Map

Kent Smith

9 pm. Thirsty Lion, 71 SW 2nd Ave., 222-2155. FREE. Map

DJ Bad Wizard

Tiga, 1465 NE Prescott St., 288-5534. Map

Wednesday Night Takeover

Tiger Bar, 317 NW Broadway., 222-7297. Map

John Shipe

8 pm. Treasury Ballroom, 326 SW Broadway St., 238-6428. FREE. Map

Awesome Racket: DJs 2 Arm Tom, Wroid Wrage

Tube, 18 NW 3rd Ave., 241-8823. Map

Ribcages, Mosquito Bandito, Ghostwriter, Prison

9 pm. Twilight Cafe & Bar, 1420 SE Powell Blvd., 232-3576. $3. Map

Stephen Ashbrook

Virgo and Pisces, 500 NW 21st Ave., 517-8855. Map

Just Lions, Almost Dark, Yoyodyne

8:30 pm. White Eagle Saloon, 836 N Russell St., 282-6810. FREE. Map

Thursday November 19top

Doug Westberg

Aaron's Wine Cellar & Piano Bar, 322 SE 82nd Ave., 360-721-1414. Map

Gabe Salo Happy Hour and Family Dinner Concert

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

The Makaha Sons

8 pm. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 234-9694. $35. Map

Harmony Thursday

Alberta Street Public House, 1036 NE Alberta St., 284-7665. Map

Tracy Kim

Andina, 1314 NW Glisan St., 228-9535. Map

Songwriter Roundup

  Artichoke Community Music, 3130A SE Hawthorne Blvd., 232-8845. Map

Coco Cobra and the Killers, The Interlopers, Force Fed Lead

9:30 pm. Ash Street Saloon, 225 SW Ash St., 226-0430. $5. Map

The Spittin' Cobras, No Red Flags, Rendered Useless, Penalty Killers

9:30 pm. Berbati's Pan, 231 SW Ankeny St., 248-4579. $5. Map

Huck Notari (9 pm); Josh Lightnin' (6 pm)

Biddy McGraw's, 6000 NE Glisan St., 233-1178. Map

DJ N-Able

Blue Monk, 3341 SE Belmont St., 595-0575. Map

Howie and the Hotknives, DJ Vibecop, The Baron, DJ White Stag

10 pm. Branx, 320 SE 2nd Ave., 234-5683. FREE. Map

Pseudophiles

Buffalo Gap Saloon, 6835 SW Macadam Ave., 244-7111. Map

Hip-Hop Heaven With DJ Robb

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

Steve Kerin

7 pm. Chapel Pub, 430 N Killingsworth St., 286-0372. FREE. Map

Delicious! Alternative Dance Party

Crown Room, 205 NW 4th Ave., 222-6655. Map

Everclear, Clayton Senne

See music feature, coming soon. 8 pm. Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside St., 225-0047. $20 advance, $25 day of show. All ages. Map

XOTICA-GO-GO, The World Famous XOTICA-GO-GO Dancers!

Dante's, 1 SW 3rd Ave., 226-6630. FREE. Map

Eek-A-Mouse, Jagga

[DANCEHALL REGGAE] After Bob Marley's death, pioneering "singjay" Eek-A-Mouse represented a bright new path for reggae. He turns 52 tonight, and celebrates on a Portland stage. Apparently, Mouse finds it a fitting time to look back, having recently released Most Wanted, a collection of extended 12-inch mixes of his classic hits, from breakthrough "Wa-Do-Dem" to the soon-to-be-timely "Christmas-A-Come." With those early tracks, Mouse introduced the toasting, singing DJ that's become as integral to dancehall as the MC is to hip-hop. JEFF ROSENBERG. 9:30 pm. Dante's, 1 SW 3rd Ave., 226-6630. $20. 21+. Map

Fanfarlo, Freelance Whales

9 pm. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. $10. Map

Dramady, Doseywallips, Dusty Heroism

9 pm. Ducketts Public House, 825 N Killingsworth St., 289-1869. FREE. Map

Paschal Coeur, Babies Got Rabies

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

Gemini Mars, Mater Uji, undubbed

Dunes, 1905 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 493-8637. Map

Lovvers, Nice Boys, MeerCaz, Orca Team

[PDX-INSPIRED BRIT SASS] If last month’s multi-venue Scion Garage Fest wasn’t sufficient indication that Portland is currently at the epicenter of yet another garage-rock revival, then how about this: England’s Lovvers, last seen in the spring covering Wipers tunes at Satyricon and namedropping Exploding Hearts and Clorox Girls in interviews, recently flew out here specially to record their debut full-length with Pat Kearns at Jackpot Studios. And while the band’s catchy-as-hell power pop shines through on the resulting record, OCD Go Go Go Girls, when playing live, the quartet turns into a fuzzy lo-fi rendering of a spoiled kid loudly getting his sassy pants in a bunch—meaning it’s the real deal. Sorry, it’s the English in me talking. DAVID ROBINSON. 9 pm. East End, 203 SE Grand Ave., 232-0056. $8. 21+. Map

Shadowplay

Fez Ballroom, 316 SW 11th Ave., 221-7262. Map

Erin Chambers

Fire on the Mountain, 1706 E Burnside St., 230-9464. Map

Jesta, Doc Ocular, The Skunky Bunch

9 pm. Goodfoot, 2845 SE Stark St., 239-9292. $6. Map

House Call

Groove Suite, 440 NW Glisan., 227-5494. Map

DJ Mozzley

8 pm. Ground Kontrol, 511 NW Couch St., 796-9364. Map

Burlesque and Vaudeville

10 pm. Hawthorne Theater Lounge, 1503 SE 39th Ave., 233-7100. $7. Map

Red Eye Soul Tribe, Climatize, Ingredients

8 pm. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. $6. Map

Johnny Martin Trio

Heathman Restaurant and Bar, 1001 SW Broadway., 790-7752. Map

Real Estate, Rainbow Bridge, Pill Wonder

[SUNNY DAY…] The members of Real Estate may live a full two hours from the beach, but it's obviously a place that looms large in the band's legend. The debut self-titled album by this New Jersey quartet features song titles like "Beach Comber" and "Let's Rock the Beach." This isn't some amphetamine-fueled surf band, however, besides the fact its guitarist makes use of his whammy bar. Real Estate's music is instead the soundtrack of hazy, woozy beach days in the late evening, when you've been drinking and baking in the sun far too long. All the fun, but with all the after-effects, too. ROBERT HAM. 8:30 pm. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639. $8. 21+. Map

Bill Champlin (9:30 & 7:30 pm)

Jimmy Mak's, 221 NW 10th Ave., 295-6542. Map

Cronin Tierney

Kells, 112 SW 2nd Ave., 227-4057. Map

Freak Mountain Ramblers

7 pm. Kennedy School, 5736 NE 33rd Ave., 249-3983. FREE. Map

Tom Waits for No Man Benefit for Tom Nunes: Little Sue, Lewi Longmire, Dan Jones, more (9 pm); Lewi Longmire Band (6 pm)

9 pm. LaurelThirst Public House, 2958 NE Glisan St., 232-1504. Map

'80s Video Dance Attack: VJ Kittyrox

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

Bill Beach

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

Highway To Hell

Matador, 1967 W Burnside St., 222-5822. 21+. Map

Folk & Spoon

7 pm. McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale., 669-8610. FREE. Map

Billy Kennedy

7 pm. McMenamins Rock Creek Tavern, 10000 Old Cornelius Pass Road., 645-3822. FREE. Map

Trio Subtonic (9 pm); Megafauna (6 pm)

Mississippi Pizza, 3552 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3231. Map

Bombs Into You, Fast Computers, Doubleplusgood

[ELECTRONIC ARCHITECTURE] Portland’s Bombs Into You creates music as architecture, beginning each song with a driving beat and layering synthesizer hooks atop each other until each song is piled high with intricate electronic sounds glazed over with an ear toward poppy vocal harmonies and pained laments. With the release of Metaphorically Yours [Volume 2] the trio continues its controlled ascent from the robotic basement. The band creates something that demands to be heard at full volume—dense walls of sound that bombard the senses with controlled bursts while stoking the heart. AP KRYZA. 9 pm. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895. $8. 21+. Map

Warrior King, Gyptian

8 pm. Mt. Tabor Theater, 4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd., . $15 in advance, $20 at door. Map

Lauren Sheehan

Muddy Rudder Public House, 8105 SE 7th Ave., 233-4410. Map

Terry Robb

Original Halibut's, 2525 NE Alberta St., 808-9601. Map

Mr. Howl, Metropolitan Farms, Welfare State, The Control Freaks

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

Mix-Box Jazz Trio

Roots Organic Brewing, 1520 SE 7th Ave., 235-7665. Map

Wolfmother, Heartless Bastards, thenewno2

[AUZZIE OZZIES] Ozzy Osbourne is more dead than alive, his best work well behind him. But the Black Sabbath torch hath been passed forth, to the capable and crushing hands of Sydney’s highly charged Wolfmother. The band's latest record, Cosmic Egg, is even more classic rock than its sublime self-titled debut, which I continue to believe was recorded in 1972 and released from a vault just a few years ago. Frontman Andrew Stockdale rightly calls his band's latest effort a “beast”—heavy, hairy and immensely amplified. The theory stands: If “wolf” is part of the band name, it’s worth your time. MARK STOCK. 9 pm. Roseland, 8 NW 6th Ave., 219-9929 (Grill), 224-2038 (Theater). $25 advance, $28 day of show. All ages. Map

Vinnie the Squid, Cory O, Mr. Wu

9 pm. Rotture, 315 SE 3rd Ave., 234-5683. FREE. Map

Comeback Kid, Gravemaker, Mother of Mercy, Dead Swans, Valor

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

Tom Arnold & Friends featuring Sig Paulson

9 pm. Sellwood Public House, 8132 SE 13th Ave., 736-0182. Free. 21+. Map

Songwriter's Showcase with Marie Black, Katie Naylor, Michael Quinby

Slim's, 8635 N Lombard St., 286-3854. Map

The Fix: DJ Kez, DJ Rev Shines, Ohmega Watts, DJ Dundiggy

9 pm. Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Ave., 248-1030. FREE. Map

Rose & All Things Red with Jon Hecox

9pm. TeaZone and Camellia Lounge, 510 NW 11th Ave., 221-2130. No Cover. Map

Just Lions

The Knife Shop, 426 SW Washington St., 228-3669. Map

Team Evil, IOA, Quiet Countries

[BAND CAMP] What's better than getting together with all your best friends to play some music? Though Amanda Spring—you might know her from Point Juncture, WA—quietly released an album of her own material under the name IOA (pronounced "Iowa") earlier this year, her opening gig for Britt Daniel at the recent PDX Pop Now! benefit was actually the debut of her awesome seven-piece band. With the help of buds from Velella Velella, Team Evil, Swim Swam Swum and Paper/Upper/Cuts, IOA's live show takes Spring's math-pop tunes to even greater places, with an awesome double rhythm section and lots of trumpet and French horn. Team Evil—also fronted by another PJWA member, Skyler Norwood—and Leb Borgerson's Quiet Countries round out a rad bill of PDX multi-taskers. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. 9 pm. The Woods, 6637 SE Milwaukie Ave., 890-0408. $5. 21+. Map

Huge Sally, Baron Ward

9:30 pm. Thirsty Lion, 71 SW 2nd Ave., 222-2155. $4. Map

Sam Gould

Tiga, 1465 NE Prescott St., 288-5534. Map

New Mecca, Tullis, Drebin

Tonic Lounge, 3100 NE Sandy Blvd., 238-0543. Map

Gimmie Danger: DJ Maxamillion

Tube, 18 NW 3rd Ave., 241-8823. Map

Rock Jam hosted by Rowdy James

9 pm. Twilight Cafe & Bar, 1420 SE Powell Blvd., 232-3576. $2. Map

TLC Country Night w/ DJs Mustache Mike and Gordan Organ

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

Chris Marshall, Emma Hill (8:30 pm); Will West & The Friendly Strangers (5:30 pm)

8:30 pm. White Eagle Saloon, 836 N Russell St., 282-6810. FREE. Map

MarchFourth Marching Band

See CD review, coming soon. 9:30 pm (21+), 6 pm (all ages). Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St., 284-8686. $13 advance, $15 day of show. Map

Friday November 20top

We Live Here: An Evening of Music, Words, Images and Stories (8 pm); Andy Simon Sings (5:30 pm)

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

Josh Blue

8 pm. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 234-9694. $29.50 advance, $32 day of show. Map

Kurt Prond

Alberta Street Public House, 1036 NE Alberta St., 284-7665. Map

Condor

Andina, 1314 NW Glisan St., 228-9535. Map

Friday Night Coffeehouse

Artichoke Community Music, 3130A SE Hawthorne Blvd., 232-8845. Map

North Head, Chris Margolin and The Dregs, Rex Sole, Ill Lucid Onset

9:30 pm. Ash Street Saloon, 225 SW Ash St., 226-0430. $5. Map

Little Claw, Talk Normal, Wet Hair, Silver Interior, STLS

8 pm. Backspace, 115 NW 5th Ave., 248-2900. $5. Map

Nitzer Ebb, Unter Null, Gentry

9 pm. Berbati's Pan, 231 SW Ankeny St., 248-4579. $18 in advance, $20 at door. Map

Jackstraw (9:30 pm); Billy Kennedy Happy Hour (6 pm)

Biddy McGraw's, 6000 NE Glisan St., 233-1178. Map

Lionsden, Lamar Leroy, DJ Kellan

10 pm. Branx, 320 SE 2nd Ave., 234-5683. FREE. Map

Boomerang Summer W/ Ty Phillipe

Buffalo Gap Saloon, 6835 SW Macadam Ave., 244-7111. Map

Flamin' Fridays With DJ Pony

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

Bad Habitat Group

Calabash, 835 SW 2nd Ave/Taylor., 241-5676. Map

The Misty Mamas, Greg Clarke

Carvlin Hall, 1636 SE Hickory St., 335-9969. Map

Elite

Clyde's Prime Rib, 5474 NE Sandy Blvd., 281-9200. Map

Dubstep W/ Ronin

Crown Room, 205 NW 4th Ave., 222-6655. Map

Dance Party With DJ Mestizo

11:59 pm. Dante's, 1 SW 3rd Ave., 226-6630. FREE. Map

King Khan & BBQ Show, Those Darlins

[BLOOD BROTHERS] To say that King Khan and Mark Sultan (the BBQ in question) like to sing about all things dirty is like saying Gallagher likes to smash watermelons. When the two titans of sleazy garage rock come together, they tend to give instrumental tracks names like "Suck it and Smell" and sing about their nether regions ("Blow My Top," "Tastebuds.") And though the jokes don't always stick, the duo's indelible melodies and ham-fisted commitment to sounding like a long lost Nuggets band is so slapdash and endearing that you can't help but get lost in the clutter. Khan might not dress like a Mayan James Brown when he's not with the Shrines, but in Sultan, he's found his perfect evil foil. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. 9:30 pm. Dante's, 1 SW 3rd Ave., 226-6630. $12 advance, $15 day of show. 21+. Map

Stripparaoke: KJ Pinky

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

Amadan, Sassparilla, The Beautiful Train Wrecks

[COUNTRY-ROCK COMFORT FOOD] Portland's Beautiful Train Wrecks don't reinvent the roots-rock wheel, they just put a fresh spin on it. While the band provides a credible country backdrop, Joe Root's keys open the door to classic rock, and leader Lucas Alberg's adenoidal voice suggests some improbable fusion like Tom Verlaine singing Tompall Glaser. The band’s debut, Rainy Day Parade (released tonight), finds both singer-songwriter and band still in the process of finding their voices. Alberg certainly sounds more comfortable singing about a "Country Boy" than—apparently chasing his honky-tonk with a shot of Deep Purple—his "cocaine woman from Tokyo." JEFF ROSENBERG. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. $10 advance, $12 day of show. 21+. Map

The Whines, Manbones, The Cheap Meats

10 pm. Ducketts Public House, 825 N Killingsworth St., 289-1869. FREE. Map

DK Stewart & The Soul Survivor Horns

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

Kickit Club

Dunes, 1905 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 493-8637. Map

An Albatross, Magick Daggers, Daughters of Bristol, DJ City Rocker

[FREAKS ROCK] More a collage, really, or scrapbook with pages melted together, The Family Album—third full-length from Pennsylvanian noise circus An Albatross—brings together the entire clan (14 past musicians from a fitful decade's imaginings) to add its own contributions atop an impossibly dense psychedelic metal fantasia. The album's ostensibly a concept song cycle concerning the intergalactic search for peace; every tune's a thrilling, baffling, multi-layered maelstrom of kiddie synths, anguished shrieks, punk riffs and stop-start structures that only a mother could fully understand. JAY HORTON. 9 pm. East End, 203 SE Grand Ave., 232-0056. TK. 21+. Map

Secret Codes, Kelli Frances Corrado, Geist & The Sacred Ensemble

9 pm. Ella St. Social Club, 714 SW 20th Place., 241-8696. $5. Map

Shut Up and Dance

Fez Ballroom, 316 SW 11th Ave., 221-7262. Map

East Pete (9:30 pm); Kinzel and Hyde (5 pm)

Fire on the Mountain, 1706 E Burnside St., 230-9464. Map

DJ Aquaman

9 pm. Goodfoot, 2845 SE Stark St., 239-9292. $5. Map

R9 Techno with Bryan Zentz and George Holland

Groove Suite, 440 NW Glisan., 227-5494. Map

DJ ATF

7 pm. Ground Kontrol, 511 NW Couch St., 796-9364. Map

Ensiferum, Hypocrisy, Ex Deo, Blackguard, Dusks Embrace

8 pm. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. $18 in advance, $20 at door. Map

Bobby Torres

Heathman Restaurant and Bar, 1001 SW Broadway., 790-7752. Map

Kendall Holladay

5 pm. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639. FREE. Map

ROCKBOX, Matt Nelkin, DJ Kez, Dundiggy

9 pm. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639. $3. Map

Klein Quartet

Jade Lounge, 2346 SE Ankeny St., 236-4998. Map

Gretchen Mitchell, Carib

Jimmy Mak's, 221 NW 10th Ave., 295-6542. Map

Tom May Band

Kells, 112 SW 2nd Ave., 227-4057. Map

Josh Cole Band, Quality Shine (9:30 pm); Floating Glass Balls (6 pm)

9:30 pm. LaurelThirst Public House, 2958 NE Glisan St., 232-1504. $5. Map

'80s Video Dance Attack Hosted by Vj Kittyrox

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

Loafers

9pm. Macadam's Bar & Grill, 5833 SW Macadam Ave., 246-6227. Map

Manny Chester (10 pm); Mark Alan (7 pm)

10 pm. McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale., 669-8610. FREE. Map

Redwood Son

9 pm. McMenamins Rock Creek Tavern, 10000 Old Cornelius Pass Road., 645-3822. FREE. Map

Jon Koonce

7 pm. McMenamins-Grand Lodge, 3505 Pacific Ave., Forest Grove., 992-9533. FREE. Map

Melao de Cana (9 pm); The New Old Timers Bluegrass Band (6 pm)

Mississippi Pizza, 3552 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3231. Map

Amber Rubarth, Chris Pierce, Breanna Paletta + The Sale

9 pm. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895. $10. Map

Pagan Jug Band

Mt. Tabor Theater, 4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd., . Map

Fez Fetale

8 pm. Mt. Tabor Theater Lounge, 4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd., . $5. Map

Greg Clarke

Muddy Rudder Public House, 8105 SE 7th Ave., 233-4410. Map

Kevin Selfe and the Tornadoes

Original Halibut's, 2525 NE Alberta St., 808-9601. Map

Ezra Holbrook and Friends

Press Club, 2621 SE Clinton St., 233-5656. Map

Open Mic With Punkbaba

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

Adalord, Dylan & Lindsay

Roots Organic Brewing, 1520 SE 7th Ave., 235-7665. Map

The Black Crowes

Roseland, 8 NW 6th Ave., 219-9929 (Grill), 224-2038 (Theater). Map

Glass Candy, Desire, Boy Joy, Mike Simonetti

[FROM PDX TO ETERNITY] Portland hasn't heard much this year from its favorite Italo-disco aficionados, Glass Candy. The duo dropped a rarities and B-sides collection, Deep Gems, in late 2008, and has been mostly M.I.A.—in the Pacific Northwest, at least—ever since. A perusal of the Internet doesn't reveal anything in the way of a new studio album in the immediate future, but it doesn't matter: The band is mostly a dance-floor phenomenon, anyway. Its icy, thumping grooves and singer Ida No's detached sultriness are the cornerstones of the Italians Do It Better label, and it goes really good with strobe lights and fog machines. MATTHEW SINGER. 9 pm. Rotture, 315 SE 3rd Ave., 234-5683. $8. 21+. Map

Prize Country, Rat Eyes, Loom

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

Adrian Martin

9:00 pm. Sellwood Public House, 8132 SE 13th Ave., 736-0182. Free. 21+. Map

Flash Flood & the Dikes

6 pm. Slabtown, 1033 NW 16th Ave., 223-0099. FREE. Map

LYNX &  Janover, Lilla D'Mone

10 pm. Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Ave., 248-1030. $8 in advance, $10 at door. Map

Gayle Skidmore, Travis Oberg, Emily Overstreet

9pm. TeaZone and Camellia Lounge, 510 NW 11th Ave., 221-2130. No Cover. Map

The Soft Tags, Mr. Gnome

[LO-FI SHOEGAZE] Portland band the Soft Tags have promised to debut a number of songs off their upcoming double-LP, Mathematical Monsters, at this homecoming show. If the first single, “Pine Barrens,” is any indication, then you’re in for a treat. Droning guitar lines and ghostly vocals are used like a scalpel to produce some of the most engaging tracks of the year. Though it shares many similarities with Olivia Tremor Control, the Soft Tags’ sound is more despondent than dreamy, holding onto single ideas for minutes and fleshing out a bleak landscape of fuzz that is cleverly accentuated by haunting harmonies and slow buildups. IAN RASMUSSEN. 10 pm. The Knife Shop, 426 SW Washington St., 228-3669. $5. 21+. Map

Mama Sunshine, 1776, Midnight Callers

The Parlour, 2526 SE Powell Blvd., . Map

Bark Hide and Horn, Winterhaven, Shoeshine Blue

[SMART POP] Bark Hide and Horn is back in action. Two summers ago, the local geek-pop threesome was sending intellectual Portlanders into a tizzy with its toe-tapping nerdy songs about Jacques Cousteau and sex-driven snails. Bark Hide and Horn's 2008 National Geographic-inspired debut LP, National Road, was highlighted by meticulous orchestration of a shitload of instruments. If the trio's new material can match the production value of National Road, there is a great album on the horizon. WHITNEY HAWKE. 9 pm. The Woods, 6637 SE Milwaukie Ave., 890-0408. $7. 21+. Map

Jacob Merlin

9 pm. Thirsty Lion, 71 SW 2nd Ave., 222-2155. $5. Map

DJ Vs. Nature

Tiga, 1465 NE Prescott St., 288-5534. Map

Izzy & The Kesstron Caguama, Stick My Dick in the Mashed Potatoes

Tiger Bar, 317 NW Broadway., 222-7297. Map

VA Benefit Show

Tonic Lounge, 3100 NE Sandy Blvd., 238-0543. Map

The Ragged Word

9 pm. Treasury Ballroom, 326 SW Broadway St., 238-6428. FREE. Map

Townbombing

Tube, 18 NW 3rd Ave., 241-8823. Map

Enkrya, mötæ, Pressure Code

9:30 pm. Twilight Cafe & Bar, 1420 SE Powell Blvd., 232-3576. $3. Map

The Way Downs

Twilight Room, 5242 N Lombard St., 283-5091. Map

White Light Dance Party w/ DJ Girlfriends & DJ Gottesfinger

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

Mr. Chill'r and Skywalker

9pm. Vino Vixens, 2929 SE Powell Blvd., 231-8466. free. 21+. Map

Station Zero, Hip Replacements (9:30 pm); Reverb Brothers (5:30 pm)

9:30 pm. White Eagle Saloon, 836 N Russell St., 282-6810. $6. Map

Cherry Poppin' Daddies

See music feature, coming soon. 8 pm. Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St., 284-8686. $16.50 advance, $20 day of show. All ages. Map

Saturday November 21top

Toy Trains Family Concert (5:30 pm); Singalong with Miss Amanda (Noon); Singalong with Josh (10 am)

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

Broken Lizard Live

Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 234-9694. Map

French Pilar

Alberta Street Public House, 1036 NE Alberta St., 284-7665. Map

Toshi Onizuka

Andina, 1314 NW Glisan St., 228-9535. Map

Saturday Song Circle with Richard Colombo

Artichoke Community Music, 3130A SE Hawthorne Blvd., 232-8845. Map

Magic Johnson, Protect Me, Chrome Wings, Speak

[SLAM-BIENT] The past year has seen Chrome Wings go through some growing pains. Jon Jurow's project is now operating more or less as a solo act, but in shedding his bandmates, Jurow has allowed the project to become a showcase for his persistently mesmerizing glass towers of sound. At this point Jurow is just burying himself in a rock formation of loop pedals, and the wandering screeches he mines from the minimal setup are tribal in their intensity. Joining the atavistic frenzy is the appropriately joyful punk of Magic Johnson and Los Angeles’ Protect Me. SHANE DANAHER. 7:30 pm. Artistery, 4315 SE Division St., 803-5942. $6. All ages. Map

Jetfighter, The Missionary Position, Western Family, The Low Arts

9:30 pm. Ash Street Saloon, 225 SW Ash St., 226-0430. $6. Map

GIVE 2009: Brent Knopf, Jason Webley, Calvin Johnson

[THE BRIGHTEST DAY] On his debut as Ramona Falls, Menomena's Brent Knopf crafted a bedroom-pop record of the highest order. But even more striking than Intuit is a series of stripped-down videos Knopf posted online that outline his meticulous recording process. Knopf's caterwauling, shifty songs are built piece-by-piece, but usually begin with a simple acoustic guitar line and vocal melody. Tonight, to benefit Portland's homeless population, Knopf is performing solo, armed with only a guitar and his arresting voice. Get here early for K Records founder Calvin Johnson, but make sure you're nice and close for a rare version of Ramona Falls. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. 9 pm. Backspace, 115 NW 5th Ave., 248-2900. $15. All ages. Map

Life Coach, Ninth Moon Black, Wizard Rifle

[PSYCH JAM NIGHT] If you liked the warped stoner metal of SubArachnoid Space, then offshoot group Life Coach might just blow you away. Featuring two current SAS members (Melynda Jackson on guitar and Dan Barone on bass) and one former timekeeper (longtime drummer Chris Van Huffel) as well as the virtuosic lead guitar of Steven Wray Lobdell, Life Coach does instrumental psych-rock the way it's supposed to sound: loud, often improvised, and with plenty of guitar feedback. Openers Wizard Rifle, who I've regretfully yet to see, sound like one of the best Sabbath-aping new duos around. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. 9 pm. Berbati's Pan, 231 SW Ankeny St., 248-4579. Free. 21+. Map

Circled By Hounds

Biddy McGraw's, 6000 NE Glisan St., 233-1178. Map

Ben Samples, Cory O, Boy Meets Club

10 pm. Branx, 320 SE 2nd Ave., 234-5683. $5. Map

Syrius Jones

Buffalo Gap Saloon, 6835 SW Macadam Ave., 244-7111. Map

Revolution With DJ Robb

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

Sabado Suave, w/DJ Max

Calabash, 835 SW 2nd Ave/Taylor., 241-5676. Map

Norman Sylvester

Clyde's Prime Rib, 5474 NE Sandy Blvd., 281-9200. Map

Club Crooks Presents

Crown Room, 205 NW 4th Ave., 222-6655. Map

Round Midnight: Quadraphonnes

Curious Comedy, 5225 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., curiouscomedy.org. Map

Queens of Oblivion, Heavy Liquid, DJ GrungeRuckus, Emcee Eleven

9:30 pm. Dante's, 1 SW 3rd Ave., 226-6630. $8 in advance, $10 at door. Map

The Hidden Cameras, Gentleman Reg

[CANDID CAMERAS] If you’re like me, you prefer Joel Gibb’s Hidden Cameras when the Canadian collective is at its most gleefully perverse. I’m thinking of the way the overstuffed chamber pop arrangements rub up against lyrics about stained bedsheets on the band’s calling-card song, “Boys of Melody,” or the queer politics of the excellent “Ban Marriage” or the explicit descriptions of sex acts in songs like the self-explanatory “Golden Streams.” But with each subsequent album, these Cameras become more outmoded as they reach for some sort of middlebrow maturity. The most recent boring effort, Origin: Orphan, is no exception. So let’s hope Gibb still plays his “Golden” oldies live. REBECCA RABER. 9 pm. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. $10 advance, $12 day of show. 21+. Map

Aires and Graces, Drunken Debauchery, Brut Squad

9 pm. Ducketts Public House, 825 N Killingsworth St., 289-1869. FREE. Map

Jon Koonce

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

Chris Boone & The Bruce Lees

East Burn, 1800 E Burnside St., 236-2876. Map

DJ IZM

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

Fruit of the Legion of Loom, Madraso, Thor Ark

East End, 203 SE Grand Ave., 232-0056. Map

Soft Paws, Cat Stalks Bird, Les Étrangers

9 pm. Ella St. Social Club, 714 SW 20th Place., 241-8696. $5. Map

Swing Dance with The Bridgetown Sextet

Fez Ballroom, 316 SW 11th Ave., 221-7262. Map

Cow Paddy Stompers

Fire on the Mountain, 1706 E Burnside St., 230-9464. Map

DJ HazMatt

Forty Fifth St. Pub & Grill, 4511 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway., 246-7061. Map

Jujuba

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

MAX, MANOJ

Groove Suite, 440 NW Glisan., 227-5494. Map

DJ Spencer Daran, DJ Flight Risk

7 pm. Ground Kontrol, 511 NW Couch St., 796-9364. Map

I Will Be King, Real Eyes, The Mustaches, Robots with Feelings, Left of Davis, The Pangies, Alone About Nightmare, Deophobic

Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. $10. Map

Mitzi Zilka

Heathman Restaurant and Bar, 1001 SW Broadway., 790-7752. Map

Gaycation

9 pm. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639. $3. Map

Tchotchkes

Jade Lounge, 2346 SE Ankeny St., 236-4998. Map

Tom May Band

Kells, 112 SW 2nd Ave., 227-4057. Map

Curious Hands, Hey Lover

See CD review, coming soon. 9 pm. Lagano Lounge, 1435 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 664-6140. Free. 21+. Map

Curious Hands, Hey Lover

Lagano Lounge, 1435 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 664-6140. Map

Mike Coykendall Band, Low Bones (9:30 pm); Little Sue Band (6 pm)

9:30 pm. LaurelThirst Public House, 2958 NE Glisan St., 232-1504. $5. Map

Noah Peterson Soul-Tet

Local Lounge, 3536 NE Martin Luther King Blvd., 282-1833. Map

Don Jansen

6pm. London Grill, 309 SW Broadway., 228-2000. Map

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

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

Jim Fischer Piano Guy

8: 30 pm. Macadam's Bar & Grill, 5833 SW Macadam Ave., 246-6227. Map

S.I.N.: Gregarious, Flight Risk, Colin Sick

Matador, 1967 W Burnside St., 222-5822. 21+. Map

Cory Sterling Project (10 pm); Kris Deelane (7 pm)

10 pm. McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale., 669-8610. FREE. Map

Kathryn Claire

7 pm. McMenamins Hotel Oregon, 310 Northeast Evans St., 472-8427. FREE. Map

Floating Glass Balls

9 pm. McMenamins Rock Creek Tavern, 10000 Old Cornelius Pass Road., 645-3822. FREE. Map

Emily Herring

7 pm. McMenamins-Grand Lodge, 3505 Pacific Ave., Forest Grove., 992-9533. FREE. Map

Caught in Motion, Canoe (9 pm); The Ragged Word (6 pm); Kids Spelling Bee (1 pm)

Mississippi Pizza, 3552 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3231. Map

Perfect, RK1, Jagga, Nico Luminous, Pressure Buss Pipe

7 pm. Mt. Tabor Theater, 4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd., . $15 in advance, $20 at door. Map

Epic Lulz

Mt. Tabor Theater Lounge, 4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd., . Map

Lowell Mitchell

Muddy Rudder Public House, 8105 SE 7th Ave., 233-4410. Map

Dave Fleschner Trio

8:30 - 11:30 PM. O'Connor's Vault, 7850 SW Capitol Highway., 244-1690. 5.00. 21+. Map

A.C. Porter and Big Noise

Original Halibut's, 2525 NE Alberta St., 808-9601. Map

Hive

Plan B, 1305 SE 8th Ave., 230-9020. Map

Laudanum, Black Ganion, Ritual Necromancy, Atriarch

[THE END IS NIGH] East Bay ultra-doom outfit Laudanum has the capacity to alternately lull and obliterate the listener. Vocalist Nathan Misterek made his name in Graves at Sea, but now lends his terrifying and unmistakable range of nightmare voices to Laudanum and its new album, The Coronation. In addition to celebrating this release, Laudanum is helping present Nagoya, Japan’s, Black Ganion to U.S. soil. For the first time in its six-year existence, “Super Metamorphosis Grinder,” a.k.a. Black Ganion, brings its grinding and musical hardcore prog sound to town.  Not for the faint of heart, this show is a fantastic mix of international art-metal, kicked off by two of the best heavy local newcomers of 2009. NATHAN CARSON. 8 pm. Plan B, 1305 SE 8th Ave., 230-9020. $5. 21+. Map

Billy Goat

Press Club, 2621 SE Clinton St., 233-5656. Map

Thundering Asteroids, Council Crest, Snake Bitch, Backburner

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

Munro & Nichols Trio

Roots Organic Brewing, 1520 SE 7th Ave., 235-7665. Map

Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, Mr. Lif, Lyrics Born

[BLING NOT INCLUDED] Allow me to drop the nauseating term “conscious hip-hop” for a second, just ’cause I’m guessing you know the connotations: backpacks, PC-minded, socioeconomically aware lyrics, white-dominated fanbase. The kind of rap your parents might even enjoy? Well, for fans of such stuff, this show is kind of a wet dream: Jurassic 5’s Chali 2na and Blackalicious MC Gift of Gab, both touring behind brand new albums, plus fellow Quannum Projects geezer Lyrics Born and a figure in the shape of Boston’s Mr. Lif who can make Chuck D’s rhymes look politically apathetic. This is one stacked lineup. DAVID ROBINSON. 8 pm. Roseland, 8 NW 6th Ave., 219-9929 (Grill), 224-2038 (Theater). $18. All ages. Map

Rainbow Arabia, She's on Drugs, Housefire, DJ Rad

[WORLD MUSIC A-GO-GO] Talk about bringing the world to the listener! Based in California, husband-and-wife duo Danny and Tiffany Preston—who record under the name Rainbow Arabia—are adept at writing infectious, DayGlo pop songs that weave in African, Middle Eastern and Asiatic influences so seamlessly that the listener wouldn't be blamed for mistaking their festive tunes for something caught in one of Sublime Frequencies' many tourist trawls. If you're down with M.I.A. and Gang Gang Dance but feel that the extra-cultural efforts of TV on the Radio and Vampire Weekend are a mite too Western, you may have found a new favorite band. RAY CUMMINGS. 9 pm. Rotture, 315 SE 3rd Ave., 234-5683. $6. 21+. Map

Wednesday 13's Gunfire 76, Bullets & Octane, The Becoming, Toxic Zombie, Taper

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

Darren Klein, Dan Duval

9pm. TeaZone and Camellia Lounge, 510 NW 11th Ave., 221-2130. No Cover. Map

Shelly Rudolph

The Art Bar & Bistro, 1111 SW Broadway., . Map

Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside, The Ocean Floor

[LADY TODAY] Like Amy Winehouse, Sallie Ford might draw upon your grandparents' record collection for her music—in her case, early rock 'n' roll with traces of '40s vocal jazz—but her sassy nasal yelp of a voice and lyrics name-dropping Joni Mitchell, E.E. Cummings and Sunny Day Real Estate prove she's not trying to re-create the past. Ford, who moved to Portland from North Carolina, even looks the part with her cat eyeglasses and flowing summer dresses. But the simple, stripped-down and soulful playing of her band, the Sound Outside, has more in common with '90s garage rock than, say, Ella Fitzgerald. MATTHEW SINGER. 10 pm. The Knife Shop, 426 SW Washington St., 228-3669. $5. 21+. Map

Adventures! With Might, Dropa, Sad Music For Happy Humans

The Parlour, 2526 SE Powell Blvd., . Map

Stringray Sam Premier

The Woods, 6637 SE Milwaukie Ave., 890-0408. Map

Holding Out

9:30 pm. Thirsty Lion, 71 SW 2nd Ave., 222-2155. $5. Map

Hostile Tapeover

Tiga, 1465 NE Prescott St., 288-5534. Map

Lock N Load, The Martyrs

Tiger Bar, 317 NW Broadway., 222-7297. Map

Perfect Zero, NIAYH, The T Club

Tonic Lounge, 3100 NE Sandy Blvd., 238-0543. Map

Conjugal Visitors

9 pm. Treasury Ballroom, 326 SW Broadway St., 238-6428. FREE. Map

DJ Marty

Tube, 18 NW 3rd Ave., 241-8823. Map

Pale Blue Sky, Rowdy James Band, The Atonements

8:30 pm. Twilight Cafe & Bar, 1420 SE Powell Blvd., 232-3576. $3. Map

DJ Drew Groove

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

Dinner Pelonca

9pm-12am. Virgo and Pisces, 500 NW 21st Ave., 517-8855. free. All ages. Map

Philly's Phunkestra (9:30 pm); Someday Syndrome (4:30 pm)

9:30 pm. White Eagle Saloon, 836 N Russell St., 282-6810. Map

Hot Buttered Rum, Fruition

8 pm. Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St., 284-8686. $17 in advance, $18 at door. Map

Sunday November 22top

Cahalen Morrison

Alberta Street Public House, 1036 NE Alberta St., 284-7665. Map

Danny Romero

Andina, 1314 NW Glisan St., 228-9535. Map

Metaphisc, Strangeletter, Aranya

9:30 pm. Ash Street Saloon, 225 SW Ash St., 226-0430. $5. Map

Irish Circle feat. Hanz Araki & Cary Novotny

Biddy McGraw's, 6000 NE Glisan St., 233-1178. Map

Soft Sundays W/ Gretchen Mitchell Band

Calabash, 835 SW 2nd Ave/Taylor., 241-5676. Map

The Americana Music Brunch

10 am. Daddy Mojo's, 1501 NE Fremont St., 282-0956. Map

Sinferno Cabaret

Dante's, 1 SW 3rd Ave., 226-6630. $8. Map

The Dutchess & The Duke, Greg Ashley, Meth Teeth

See profile, coming soon. 9 pm. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. $10. 21+. Map

Killer Karaoke!!!

9 pm. Dunes, 1905 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 493-8637. FREE. Map

Soulstice

  Groove Suite, 440 NW Glisan., 227-5494. Map

DJ Hellion, DJ Sacrifyx

7 pm. Ground Kontrol, 511 NW Couch St., 796-9364. Map

Kent Smith

Hawthorne Theater Lounge, 1503 SE 39th Ave., 233-7100. FREE. Map

Lets Get Lost, Katie Carlene, Vieve Rose, Dust Bunny Nation

8 pm. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. $8. Map

Irish Sessions

Kells, 112 SW 2nd Ave., 227-4057. Map

Billy Kennedy & Tim Acott (9:30 pm); Freak Mountain Ramblers (6 pm)

9:30 pm. LaurelThirst Public House, 2958 NE Glisan St., 232-1504. FREE. Map

Sonny Hess & Lisa Mann

5 pm. McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale., 669-8610. FREE. Map

Kathryn Claire & Matthew Hayward-McDonald

6 pm. McMenamins Rock Creek Tavern, 10000 Old Cornelius Pass Road., 645-3822. FREE. Map

EEFT, Minnow (9 pm); Brad Creel & the Reel Deel (6 pm)

Mississippi Pizza, 3552 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3231. Map

Mark Growden, 3 Leg Torso, Swing Papillon

8 pm. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895. $12. Map

Irish

Muddy Rudder Public House, 8105 SE 7th Ave., 233-4410. Map

Hive

Plan B, 1305 SE 8th Ave., 230-9020. Map

Them Crooked Vultures, Mini Mansions

[ROCK AND ROLL] Less of a supergroup than some FM-besotted adolescent's fever dream, Them Crooked Vultures bring together the instrumental majesty of guitarist Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), drummer Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), and bassist John Paul Jones (Led...are these strictly necessary?) for its long-rumored celebration of all things rawk. While the band’s eponymous debut is set to be released this week, the legends have spent three months touring a live show that features Jones juggling inimitable chugging ballast alongside un-embarrassing flights of fancy (including mandolin and keytar diversions), Grohl relishing the opportunity for unadorned Bonham worship, and Homme distilling the most straightforward QOTSA moments toward a pitch-perfect garage jam of the gods. JAY HORTON. 8 pm. Roseland, 8 NW 6th Ave., 219-9929 (Grill), 224-2038 (Theater). SOLD OUT. All ages. Map

Rhythmmemory, Invincible Dude, Girlfriends

9 pm. Rotture, 315 SE 3rd Ave., 234-5683. $5. Map

Sleep, Hives Inquiry, Gapetto & Daps, Abadawn, Flyvek

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

The Global Cabaret, Negara, Origin Belly Dance, Znama Dance Company, Julia D. Sanasarian, Samantha Rigg

8 pm. Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Ave., 248-1030. $5. Map

Portland Peace Choir

St. David's Episcopal Church, 2800 SE Harrison St., 232-8461. Map

Sleepwalk Kid, Tiger House, Purple Heart, The Helping Hands

The Knife Shop, 426 SW Washington St., 228-3669. Map

Rodney Jones, Sammie Thompson

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

Too Many Moths (8 pm); Mister Chill'R (5 pm)

The Parlour, 2526 SE Powell Blvd., . Map

Holy Revival Sundays: DJ A-Train, DJ Clark

Tube, 18 NW 3rd Ave., 241-8823. Map

Them Hills, Neal Morgan

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

Steve Cheseborough

6pm-9. Virgo and Pisces, 500 NW 21st Ave., 517-8855. free. All ages. Map

Open Mic/Songwriter Showcase

7 pm. White Eagle Saloon, 836 N Russell St., 282-6810. FREE. Map

Monday November 23top

Stryper, Manic Drive

Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 234-9694. Map

Scott Head

Andina, 1314 NW Glisan St., 228-9535. Map

Open Mic

9:30 pm. Ash Street Saloon, 225 SW Ash St., 226-0430. FREE. Map

Dorkbot

Backspace, 115 NW 5th Ave., 248-2900. FREE. Map

Noir Notes

Bishop Creek Cellars/Urban Wineworks East, 1411 NE Broadway., 445-4747. Map

Karaoke

Buffalo Gap Saloon, 6835 SW Macadam Ave., 244-7111. Map

Open Mic MCs and Poets

Calabash, 835 SW 2nd Ave/Taylor., 241-5676. Map

Keegan Smith & The Fam

9 pm. Club 915, 915 SW 2nd Ave., . Map

Open Mic

7 pm. Daddy Mojo's, 1501 NE Fremont St., 282-0956. Map

Karaoke From Hell, Ground Zero Lounge

Dante's, 1 SW 3rd Ave., 226-6630. Map

DJ Brooks

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

Forro in the Dark, RedRay Frazier

[FROM BRAZIL WITH DRUGS] Forro is the heavily rhythmic, accordion-driven popular dance music of Northeastern Brazil, but this is not what the New York-based expats of Forro in the Dark play. Not exactly, anyway. Augmenting traditional percussive instrumentation—conga, triangle and a huge bass drum called a zabumba—with the sizzling fuzztone guitar of onetime Beck sideman Smokey Hormel, the band prefers to call itself “forro on acid.” The group came together in 2002 initially for a one-off birthday gig, but things quickly got more serious as the band's unique sound caught the attention of pop-ethnomusicologist David Byrne, who lent his anxious croon to two songs on 2006's Bonfires of Sao Joao. Since then, the core quartet has collaborated with everyone from Bebel Gilberto to Steve Earle, but where it truly shines is in its hot, sweltering live shows. MATTHEW SINGER. 9 pm. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. $10. 21+. Map

Big "D" Jamboree featuring Northwesternaires and Lisa & Her Kin

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

Hexlove, Moodring, Pregnant, Cruiser

9 pm. Ella St. Social Club, 714 SW 20th Place., 241-8696. $5. Map

Russel James - Outlaw

Fire on the Mountain, 1706 E Burnside St., 230-9464. Map

Sonic Forum Open Mic Night

8 pm. Goodfoot, 2845 SE Stark St., 239-9292. $1. Map

DJ Death King

9 pm. Ground Kontrol, 511 NW Couch St., 796-9364. FREE. Map

Eluveitie, Belphegor, Alestorm, Vreid

8 pm. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. $20 in advance, $23 at door. Map

Open Mic

Jade Lounge, 2346 SE Ankeny St., 236-4998. Map

Hank Hirsh Jazz Jam

Jax, 826 SW 2nd Ave., 228-9128. All ages. Map

Dan Balmer

Jimmy Mak's, 221 NW 10th Ave., 295-6542. Map

Eric Tonsfeldt

Kells, 112 SW 2nd Ave., 227-4057. Map

Kung Pao Chickens

7 pm. LaurelThirst Public House, 2958 NE Glisan St., 232-1504. FREE. Map

Don Jansen

6 pm. London Grill, 309 SW Broadway., 228-2000. Map

DJ Donny Don't

Matador, 1967 W Burnside St., 222-5822. 21+. Map

Skip Vonkuske's "the Guest List", Featuring Tahoe Jackson

7 pm. McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale., 669-8610. FREE. Map

Bob Shoemaker

7 pm. McMenamins Rock Creek Tavern, 10000 Old Cornelius Pass Road., 645-3822. FREE. Map

Blushin Roulettes

Mississippi Pizza, 3552 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3231. Map

Sonic Jelly with Rich Landar

Mt. Tabor Theater Lounge, 4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd., . Map

KJ Bettie Mayhem

10 pm. Plan B, 1305 SE 8th Ave., 230-9020. Map

Night Moves Monday "Shake it Dance Fuck"

10 pm. Report Lounge, 1101 E Burnside St., 236-6133. FREE. Map

Warren G, U-N-I, Illaj, Portland George

Roseland, 8 NW 6th Ave., 219-9929 (Grill), 224-2038 (Theater). Map

Municipal Waste, Off With Their Heads, Phobia, Cauldron

8 pm. Satyricon, 125 NW 6th Ave., 227-0999. $13.50 in advance, $15 at door. Map

New Band Nite

The Knife Shop, 426 SW Washington St., 228-3669. Map

DJ Rat Creeps

Tiga, 1465 NE Prescott St., 288-5534. Map

Heavy Metal Ladies Night: DJ Nate C

Tube, 18 NW 3rd Ave., 241-8823. Map

Brenden John, The Porceline Dolls

9 pm. Twilight Cafe & Bar, 1420 SE Powell Blvd., 232-3576. FREE. Map

Future Historians, Pablo

[AMERICANA POP] Few local musicians understand the balance between giddiness and somber reflection, quirk and familiarity, like Dave Shur. With the six-piece Future Historians, Shur churns out soothing daydreams on his guitar that combine modern pop conventions with an ear for rustic Americana without overreaching into either. As a result, the Crosswalks drummer has established himself among the local troubadours without sacrificing what makes him such a prolific songwriter: He isn’t afraid to defy conventional song structure, or let his inner goofball run rampant, even if his meditations get heavy. AP KRYZA. 9 pm. Valentine's, 232 SW Ankeny St., 248-1600. Free. 21+. Map

Voltronic

8:30 pm. White Eagle Saloon, 836 N Russell St., 282-6810. FREE. Map

Tuesday November 24top

Keb' Mo'

Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 234-9694. Map

Suck My Flick

Alberta Street Public House, 1036 NE Alberta St., 284-7665. Map

JB Butler

Andina, 1314 NW Glisan St., 228-9535. Map

Couch, Tribes, Blood Owl

9:15 pm. Ash Street Saloon, 225 SW Ash St., 226-0430. FREE. Map

Leather Tom & The Dirty Dudes, Guantanamo Baywatch

10 pm. Berbati's Pan, 231 SW Ankeny St., 248-4579. $2. Map

Organ LeRoi and the Donors

Blue Monk, 3341 SE Belmont St., 595-0575. Map

Karaoke

Buffalo Gap Saloon, 6835 SW Macadam Ave., 244-7111. Map

Total Request With DJ Pony

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

Harlem Nights

Calabash, 835 SW 2nd Ave/Taylor., 241-5676. Map

See You Next Tuesday

Crown Room, 205 NW 4th Ave., 222-6655. Map

The Swell Season, Doveman

[TWICE] Not the sort of album to ordinarily enter U.S. charts at No. 15, the Swell Season's sophomore release, Strict Joy, ambles a lovely, wistful, dullish folk pop that'd drift toward soporific if not for the moments of roiling Celtic angst and a surrounding back-story seemingly made for the movies, except…it sort of was. Cast as two acoustic musicians in Ireland who fell in love amid the Oscar-winning indie Once, Irish acoustic musician Glen Hansard and Czech songwriter Markéta Irglová actually did, and, much as that informed the twee-but-soulful pleasures of the film's soundtrack, even the most cloying moments of their new collection—recorded during the inevitable break-up—seem achingly poignant. When they start dating again, here's hoping the new partners can harmonize. JAY HORTON. 8 pm. Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside St., 225-0047. $30 advance, $35 day of show. All ages. Map

The Ed Forman Show

Dante's, 1 SW 3rd Ave., 226-6630. FREE. Map

Dover Weinberg Quartet

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

DJ Mannee

East End, 203 SE Grand Ave., 232-0056. Map

Hungry Holler, Kites & Crows

9 pm. Ella St. Social Club, 714 SW 20th Place., 241-8696. $2. Map

The Sodbusters

Fire on the Mountain, 1706 E Burnside St., 230-9464. Map

Scott Pemberton Trio

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

DJ Sneakers, DJ Fatboy

Greek Cusina, 404 SW Washington St., 224-2288. Free. 21+. Map

Beatles / Rock Band 2sdays: with MC Destructo

8 pm. Ground Kontrol, 511 NW Couch St., 796-9364. FREE. Map

Open Mic Night Showcase

Hawthorne Theater Lounge, 1503 SE 39th Ave., 233-7100. Map

CunninLynguists, Grieves w/Budo, Looptroop Rockers, Tunji, Living Proof

[SOUTHERN FRIED RAP] The name CunninLynguists denotes two things before you even put the Lexington, Kentucky group's record on: A sincere love of wordplay and a somewhat Bart Simpson-esque knack for delinquincey. Both traits are evident in the group's music: The Lynguists have battle-tested roots, as evidenced by tracks like the speedy "616 Rewind" from 2005 debut Will Rap For Food. But the group has developed a knack for narrative over the course of its five subsequent releases. This was perhaps best displayed on 2007 release Dirty Acres, a moody journey through the not-quite-post-racial South. Thoughtful lyricism persists throughout the trio's dual 2009 releases, Strange Journey (volumes one and two). The Lynguists' lyrical dexterity is underscored by the future dystopia-via-jazz production of group members Kno and Deacon, a beatmaking duo that's in high demand in the rap world. It's only a matter of time before the Lynguists takes its rightful place amongst Southern hip-hop royalty, so you might consider this show a chance for some "I saw them when" bragging rights. CASEY JARMAN. 8 pm. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. $12 advance, $14 day of show. All ages. Map

Portland Jazz Singers Showcase

Jax, 826 SW 2nd Ave., 228-9128. 21+. Map

The Mel Brown Septet

Jimmy Mak's, 221 NW 10th Ave., 295-6542. Map

Eric Tonsfeldt

Kells, 112 SW 2nd Ave., 227-4057. Map

Tree Frogs (9 pm); Jackstraw (6 pm)

9 pm. LaurelThirst Public House, 2958 NE Glisan St., 232-1504. FREE. Map

Magical Musical Weekly

Laurelwood NW Public House, 2327 NW Kearney St., 228-5553. Map

Don Jansen

6 pm. London Grill, 309 SW Broadway., 228-2000. Map

Laura Ivancie & Dan Miller

6-8pm. MacTarnahan's Taproom, 2730 NW 31st Ave., 228-5269. 21+. Map

Caleb Klauder & Sammy Lind

7 pm. McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale., 669-8610. FREE. Map

Open Bluegrass Jam

7 pm. McMenamins Rock Creek Tavern, 10000 Old Cornelius Pass Road., 645-3822. FREE. Map

This Fair City (9 pm); McDougall, Pat Reedy (6 pm)

Mississippi Pizza, 3552 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3231. Map

Get Up Get Down

Mt. Tabor Theater, 4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd., . Map

Julie And The Boy

7:30 - 10:30. O'Connor's Vault, 7850 SW Capitol Highway., 244-1690. 5.00. 21+. Map

Acoustic Brew Showcase

Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery, 206 SW Morrison St., 796-2739. Map

Vader, Decreptit Birth, Warbringer, The Amenta, Augury, Swashbuckle

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

Funk Night hosted by Julian's Ride

9 pm. Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Ave., 248-1030. FREE. Map

The Sale

9pm. TeaZone and Camellia Lounge, 510 NW 11th Ave., 221-2130. No Cover. Map

Singer/Songwriter Showcase

9 pm. Thirsty Lion, 71 SW 2nd Ave., 222-2155. FREE. Map

Maxx Bass & Musique Plastique

Tiga, 1465 NE Prescott St., 288-5534. Map

Matt French Band

Tiger Bar, 317 NW Broadway., 222-7297. Map

Swift

9 pm. Twilight Cafe & Bar, 1420 SE Powell Blvd., 232-3576. FREE. Map

Carcrashlander, Rey Villalobos, Grandchildren

[REMADE HORIZON] Over the past two years, Carcrashlander has undergone a self-inflicted facelift. The Portland six-piece has sloughed off the jangly folk sound of yesteryear and replaced it with fresher, prettier, experimental electro-rock. This shift has resulted in a polished end product, centered on frontman Cory Gray's coy whispering voice, which holds a strong resemblance to A Weather's Aaron Gerber. The crowd will certainly snag a sneak peek of tracks off Carcrashlander's new release, Where to Swim, slated to drop Dec. 11 on Bay Area sustainable eco-label Parks and Records. Also, rumor has it there will be Carcrashlander beer cozies for pre-orders. WHITNEY HAWKE. 9 pm. Valentine's, 232 SW Ankeny St., 248-1600. Free. 21+. Map

Autumn Electric

7-10pm. Virgo and Pisces, 500 NW 21st Ave., 517-8855. free. All ages. Map

Northwest Fresh hosted by Marv Ellis

8:30 pm. White Eagle Saloon, 836 N Russell St., 282-6810. FREE. Map