Out of Town

seattle friday 26 Dr. Dog and Dawes For most of Dr. Dog’s career the band’s main creative outlet has been twisting ’60s inspired pop with the lo-fi anti-polish of an early ’90s grunge scene. Using eight-track recorders, their early work has a vintage twist; even in the digital copies, the needle touching down on vinyl […]

portland saturday 20 Record Store Day In much the same way Valentine’s Day was created to sell Hallmark Cards, Record Store Day was created to sell outdated musical formats. Typical celebrations of this favorite hipster holiday are special vinyl releases and in-record-store performances (see Sound for more information). In 2012, RSD saw the release of […]

portland friday 12 Janeane Garofalo Generation X icon, staunch feminist and self-proclaimed asexual, Janeane Garofalo is a walking, chain-smoking parody of her generation. Garofalo built her fame playing bit parts in some of the biggest films of the ’90s from the Gap-managing best friend of Wynona Ryder in Reality Bites to the Goth bowling superhero […]

portland Jeff Bridges & The Abiders sunday 7 Fortunately Jeff Bridges has a gravely, zen-like speaking voice—it means his singing voice is a whole lot like that, too. In Crazy Heart, a 2009 film about a fallen country music star, Bridge showcased that rugged voice. Since that film, he has collaborated on covers of Bob […]

portland saturday 30 Phoenix with Mac DeMarco If I didn’t know any better, I would assume Phoenix wrote songs strictly for use as jingles in television commercials. These Parisian hipsters write some of the catchiest hooks on the planet. Opener Mac DeMarco plays what some describe as “slacker rock,” which is a fairly insulting term […]

portland PDX Bicycle Show saturday 23-sunday 24 Two-wheeling madness takes over Portland at the Pedal Nation 2013 PDX Bike Show. Portlanders are in love with bikes, so the convention should be right at home in the Rose City. There will be demos, an indoor racing track, Hop Works bike bar, handmade Oregon bikes, a bike fashion […]

austin,tx SXSW monday 11-sunday 17 This column is typically reserved for events in the Northwest, things that Bendites could check out within a day’s drive of Central Oregon, but SXSW is a huge freaking deal and I’m not going to let it slip by without at least honorable mention. This music/film/interactive festival is the largest of […]

portland Electric Six thursday 7 Spending a night with Electric Six means dancing until there’s a fire in the disco. The after party is dancing until there is a fire in the Taco Bell. Jack White was rumored to have sung backup vocals on their song “Danger! High Voltage” back in 2003, at which point […]

Portland friday 22 Black Out Beer Fest Masters of the art of dark beer show their stuff. A dozen beers from Lompoc Brewing will be on tap, along with offerings from Breakside Brewing, Columbia River Brewing, the Green Dragon and Widmer Brothers. No one really goes to a beer festival for the music, but if […]

seattle thursday 14 Savage Love Live The Master of love—straight, gay, missionary, kinky and otherwise—Dan Savage takes on Seattle’s sexy and repulsive issues. And on Valentine’s Day! Savage will host a live stage show, which doubles as a taping of his Lovecast. You can trust that, with his advice, he’ll destroy the holiday for some […]