portland friday 21 Black Prairie and Swansea With the Decembrists announcing a duel European and U.S. tour set for January, it’s safe to assume that Black Prairie founders, Chris Funk (dobro) and Nate Query (bass) and other crossover band members Jenny Conlee (accordion) John Moenwill (drums), will be busy on stage with Colin Meloy for […]
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Source Suggests 11/19-11/27
Champagne Charlie A horror-jug band with a gravel-gargling singer, Champagne Charlie doesn’t take it easy on the creepy minor keys or the malicious, moustache curling content. A baritone growl howls drinking man’s songs, making the Denver band a B-horror flick junkie’s dream. The snarling polka music could easily lend background to a banjo-driven folk circus, […]
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Jazz for the Suburbs
The return of the annual Jazz at the Oxford series
There are many forms of jazz, from gritty subterranean bebop to boisterous New Orleans parade music—and over the past few years, Jazz at the Oxford has done a remarkable job presenting a wide variety. Which is good: Unlike perhaps any other form of music, jazz relies on clubs to present its musicians—at famed clubs, like […]
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Let the Spirit Move You
Marty O’Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra let the guts steer
In the redwood forest above Santa Cruz, amongst a handful of co-op art deco Airstream trailer-homes painted yellow or paisley with rainbow peace flags displayed proudly in the windows, between hand-hung clothes drying lines that crisscross the walking paths that converge at the communal kitchen with the “free food fridge,” Marty O’Reilly and the Old […]
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Source Suggests 11/13-11/20
Head for the Hills The foursome covers the spectrum of prairie music with the solid backbone of Adam Kinghorn on guitar and Matt Loewen on upright bass, and the tumbleweed riffs of Michael Chappell on mandolin and Joe Lessard on fiddle. But Head for the Hills isn’t just for the bluegrass crowd. The band’s new […]
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Out of Town 11/13-11/20
portland thursday 13 – sunday 16 HUMP! It might be a little hard to wrap your brain around at first glance, but believe us when we say that Dan Savage’s HUMP! is good for the world. The Northwest-based, sex positive, amateur-produced porn festival is the only of its kind, inviting five-minute submissions of all types— […]
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Out of Town 11/5-11/13
portland friday 7 Bleachers After the hilarious Lena Dunham directed video for “I Wanna Get Better,” pop group Bleachers—a side project of Fun guitarist Jack Antonoff—reached #2 on the Alt and Rock charts with its debut Strange Desire. The video depicts Antonoff as a recently dumped psychiatrist dealing with loveless couples, over-sexed blondes and disgruntled […]
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Waiting for the Other Boot to Sparkle
GoldBoot’s dance-music contingent
Future-spaceship disco ball music, drenched in sequins and synthesizers—that’s the sound of Las Vegas duo GoldBoot. Flittering strobe guitars, handclapping percussion and shimmering tambourines collide around Logan Lanning and Bobby Lucy who often don matching goofy sunglasses and, you guessed it, gold boots, as plumes of glitter encircle the pair like dust around a glam […]
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Introspective Empowerment
Naomi Wachira’s inspirational folk music
Originally from Kijabe, Kenya, Naomi Wachira’s velvety alto and unpredictable vocal lines over her folky wholesome guitar strumming reflect her musical upbringing and African homeland. “My dad was a pastor and when I was 5 I became a member of their singing group where we traveled to different churches in Kenya,” explained Wachira. “My mom […]
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Source Suggests 11/5-11/13
Heavyweight Dub Champion A stacked lineup of vibrant reggae acts. Heavyweight Dub Champion hales from Colorado with a hip-hop/rock sound in the style of Lincoln Park. Liberation Movement is a world-dub group out of Santa Cruz who specialize in trippy ambiance music. Oregon grown Indubious play pop-based uplifting reggae crossover. Sun., Nov. 9. 8 pm. […]