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Ho99o9, Injury Reserve
With artists like Death Grips and clipping. forcing open the doors of perception to the sounds of what could roughly be called “noise rap,” groups like Ho99o9 (pronounced “Horror”) are sauntering in boldly behind them. This New Jersey duo is perhaps a little more palatable than their contemporaries as their productions often play within the same guidelines of trap and drill, albeit a version that is overblown and distorted with rhymes delivered through full-throated shouts and gritted teeth frustration. But the group peppers their upcoming album United States of Ho99o9 with diversions into hardcore punk, industrial, and darkwave. Where they do connect more fully with their brethren is with the power of their live show. Ho99o9 concerts are violent, sweaty affairs that feel as dangerous as their music sounds. ROBERT HAM
8:30 pm, Holocene, $13-15, all ages
The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Warlocks
I was born 10 years after the release of the Jesus and Mary Chain’s debut LP, Psychocandy, and entered a world already ripe with bands inspired by them. The group’s noisy, beautiful heroin-rock made an impression on even the sincerest of indie groups, like Death Cab for Cutie and the Shins. I first heard “Just Like Honey” thanks to the final scene of Lost in Translation. It’s catchy, but also raucous and nonlinear—like a bizarro love song. Psychocandy ebbs and flows in listener friendliness, but hidden behind the feedback, fuzz, and monotonous vocals are timeless melodies. Unfortunately, on the Jesus and Mary Chain’s new album, Damage and Joy, the moodiness is cleaner—it’s no longer a subversive reaction to youthful discontent, and instead sounds like dull crabbiness. EMMA BURKE
8 pm, Crystal Ballroom, $35-40, all ages
Revolution Comedy
Every second and fourth Wednesday, local stand-up comic Andie Main hosts a benefit showcase designed to assist progressive causes through the power of comedy. The lineup changes from show to show, but big laughs for a great cause are always guaranteed. This show is a benefit for XRAY.fm, with stand-up sets by Jacob Christopher, Thomas Lundy, Dylan Jenkins, and Becky Braunstein.
7 pm, Curious Comedy Theater, $12-15
Jeffrey Tambor, Kristi Turnquist
The beloved Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor known for portraying Hank "Hey Now!" Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show, George Bluth Sr. and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development, and Maura Pfefferman on Transparent comes to Powell's Cedar Hills Crossing to read from his new memoir, Are You Anybody? Tambor will be joined in conversation by Kristi Turnquist, TV critic and pop culture reporter for The Oregonian.
7 pm, Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, free
Mahler's Symphony No. 2
The Oregon Symphony brings its 120th classical season to a close with just one work on the final program, but what a work it is: Gustav Mahler's epic Symphony No. 2. Requiring a beefed-up orchestra (10 horns! Six trumpets! Four trombones!), a pair of virtuoso female vocalists, a brilliant four-part choir, and over an hour of intense concentration, his wondrously sprawling composition of 1895 was a game-changer in the world of music, smashing previous expectations of what a symphony should and could be. Mahler's idiosyncratic orchestration requires individual musicians to shine and collective symphonic forces to blaze, creating an expansive soundscape you just won't hear anywhere else. BRIAN HORAY
7:30 pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, $23-150, all ages
Kindergarten Cop
From the director of Ghostbusters and the star of Conan the Barbarian comes a two-hour sitcom about a vice cop pretending to be a kindergarten teacher, which is better as a premise than it is as a film, although in a contest between this and The Goonies for the title of “Best Mediocre Kids Movie Shot in Astoria,”Kindergarten Cop narrowly wins—partially because the little kids are less annoying here, but mostly because Arnold Schwarzenegger is channelling Daffy Duck for most of the movie, and watching him bark lines like “There is no bathroom!” at uncomprehending, cherubic faces is always amusing.
8:45 pm, Laurelhurst Theater
Grindhouse Film Festival: Psychomania
The Hollywood’s monthly grindhouse celebration presents a rare 35mm print of the early ’70s British cult classic Psychomania, known in other countries as The Death Wheelers—which is a much more straightforward title for this occult thriller riffing off A Clockwork Orange but swapping out milk-addicted malcontents for a suicidal middle-class biker gang whose leader is way into frog-based black magic and terrorizing a small town with the help of his mom and her butler. Preceded by trailers for ’70s biker films, none of which are likely to include occult butlers, much to their detriment.
7:30 pm, Hollywood Theatre, $9
RAW: Portland presents VERSE
An all-encompassing showcase highlighting Portland's visual art, fashion, music, film, photography, and performance art.
7 pm, Roseland, $22-30
Mommy Long Legs, The Bedrooms, Mr. Wrong
I don’t put too much stock in Bandcamp genre tags, but Seattle’s Mommy Long Legs have some good ones. Halfway through the list of phrases that describe their new 7-inch, Rock Product, “goblin butlers” and “militant feminist” appear in succession. Those tags, like the 7-inch itself, are a succinct mission statement. I have no idea what the fuck a goblin butler is, as I’m sure is the point, but there’s no confusion about that second one. Likewise, while Mommy Long Legs’ music is stuffed to the brim with inside jokes, song titles like “Diva Night” and “Dick Move” and a memorable refrain of “We’d be better off without you” leave little doubt where the four-piece’s priorities lie. The band’s whole catalog sits in the nebulous ether where everything is simultaneously dead serious and a complete joke—which, as the Rock Product’s closing cover of the Cramps proves, is a blueprint that’s just as relevant in 2017 as it was in 1986. NATHAN TUCKER
9 pm, The Liquor Store, $7
Destruction, Warbringer, Jungle Rot, Hellbender
German thrash and black metal pioneers bring their influential sound to the Hawthorne stage in support of their 2017 album, Thrash Anthems II.
7 pm, Hawthorne Theatre, $18-20, all ages
Escape From New York
John Carpenter has made better movies than this over his long and incredibly varied career, and he's definitely made worse (cough—Ghosts of Mars—cough cough), but 1981's Escape From New York could be the most Carpenter of all Carpenter's films, the one most consistently peppered with the director's signature touches. If, by some weird happenstance, you haven't seen one of his films before (that's crazy,) Escape is the best introduction, primarily due to Kurt Russell's career-defining performance as Snake Plissken. BOBBY ROBERTS
5:30 pm, Mission Theater
Corey Harper
Portland’s own Corey Harper didn’t make his way onto my radar until the 22-year-old singer/songwriter landed a slot opening for Justin Bieber’s Purpose Tour last year in Vancouver. While he wasn’t exactly what we were concerned about at the time, I noted liking his gritty and soulful voice during his simple acoustic set. His songs sit comfortably at the intersection of Americana, folk, blues and country, sometimes giving me John Mayer and Stevie Ray Vaughan vibes. His intimate set on Mississippi is sure to be an easy and enjoyable listen. JENNI MOORE
9 pm, Mississippi Studios, $10-12
T.I., Cool Nutz, Jake Sierra Music, DJ DropKid
Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., better known as one of Ant-Man's sidekicks in the Marvel Studios motion picture Ant-Man is also a successful rapper! It's true, he often goes by his stage names T.I. and TIP, and tonight he brings "The Hustle Gang Tour" to the Roseland with support from Cool Nutz, Jake Sierra Music, and DJ DropKid. A real live concert by a guy who knows Ant-Man! Ain't that somethin!
8 pm, Roseland, $40-249, all ages
We Take Holocene V
The 5th installment Glenn Waco’s semi-frequent concert series showcasing some of the Pacific Northwest’s best and brightest hip-hop artists features sets from Donte Thomas, Bocha, Maze Koroma, Markis Apollo, and DJ Samarei.
9 pm, Holocene, $10-12
Lisa Prank, Swanning, Box Fan
Philadelphia-based musician and writer Cynthia Ann Schemmer plays guitar in Radiator Hospital and works as the managing editor for She Shreds magazine. Tonight she finds time to bring her own pop punk and indie rock project, Swanning, down to the Liquor Store basement for the Portland stop on a West Coast tour. Olympia-based indie rock and pop duo Box Fan provide support.
9 pm, The Liquor Store, $7
Ada Calhoun, Andi Zeisler
Ada Calhoun reads from Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give, her new essay collection exploring the complexity of her own marriage and the institution at large. Calhoun will be joined in conversation by Andi Zeisler, author of We Were Feminists Once and co-founder of Bitch Media.
7:30 pm, Powell's City of Books, free
Funny Humans vs. the Wheel
A comedy game show hosted by Portland comics David Mascorro and Adam Pasi which pits local comics against a wheel of uproarious challenges.
8 pm, Helium Comedy Club, $12
Foxygen, Reptaliens, Kingdom of Not
A night of psychedelic pop and rock with festival circuit regulars Foxygen.
8:30 pm, Wonder Ballroom, $20-22, all ages
The Big Lebowski
At first it was just a weird, low-key almost-misfire in the Coens’ canon. And then it was an underrated work of layered comedic genius. And then it became this whole culty thing complete with festivals and cosplayers and idiots in bathrobes blocking traffic w/ marching bands playing jazzy versions of “Hotel California” on their way to the theater. And now? Now, it’s just The Big Lebowski again, a properly-rated work of layered comedic genius. BOBBY ROBERTS
9:35 pm, Academy Theater
Girlpool, Snail Mail
Led by high school senior Lindsey Jordan, last year Maryland three-piece Snail Mail released an impressive debut EP last year, Habit. It’s six tracks of lo-fi indie rock that perfectly captures the feeling of dragging your feet around your hometown and praying you don’t get stuck there for good. CIARA DOLAN
9 pm, Mississippi Studios, $13-15
Blossom, Phone Call, DNVN
A Blossom show is always a good time, and this one should be no different. With roots in Trinidad and Tobago, Blossom has Portland’s hip-hop scene under her spell. Phone Call and DNVN should pair excellently with her funky soul-infused style. Phone Call is made up of two former members of Portland-based disco band Strength. They draw from their dance music past, infusing their sound with heavy hip-hop beats. CLAIRE HOLLEY
8:30 pm, Holocene, $8
Being There
Being There is a slow, long-panning, hilarious social commentary that tells the story of a man named Chance (Peter Sellers) raised outside of society, educated by television, then set out into the world when his benefactor dies. The people of Chance’s Washington, DC are miserable, and they’re looking for a savior, and they find one in Chance. As the world bends over backwards to do whatever they can for the guy—caring for him, kowtowing to him, heeding his foolish advice like wisdom, bringing him into POLITICS—we see an America that, although written about in 1979, isn’t too different from ours. ADAM GNADE
7:30 pm, Hollywood Theatre
Lady Bunny
An evening of song parodies, storytelling, and general silliness from Lady Bunny.
7 pm, Aladdin Theater
Live Wire! Radio
The latest installment of Portland's own nationally-syndicated variety show features acclaimed sociopolitical comedian, writer, and immigrant-rights activist Hari Kondabolu, journalist, writer, actress and radio host Faith Salie, and musician Joe Kye. Hosted by Luke Burbank.
7:30 pm, Alberta Rose Theatre, $15-35
Bleachers, Bob, Moses Missio
New York City-based musician Jack Antonoff (Steel Train, Fun) brings his John Hughes' film soundtrack-inspired indie pop solo project to the Crystal in support of his new 2017 full-length, Gone Now.
8 pm, Crystal Ballroom, $27.50, all ages
Máscaras, Jo Passed, Laser Background, Bitch'n
Local trio Máscaras' eight-track 2015 debut, Máscara vs. Máscara, is one nebulous glob of psychedelic sounds—guitar riffs bite and bleed together for an effect that’s intoxicating and danceable. CIARA DOLAN
8 pm, The Know, $9
Rodrigo y Gabriela, Ryan Sheridan
They're a long way from the streets of Dublin, Ireland, and even farther from Mexico City. But Rodrigo y Gabriela's soul-stirring virtuosity is still planted in the same soil of wonder where it first took root. Since the duo burst onto the international scene in the early '00s, its rampant fanbase has grown to include not just connoisseurs of percussive, instrumental acoustic music, but also lovers of metal (several heavy metal acts are direct influences on their mariachi-jazz-roots hybrid) and even hiphop. RYAN J. PRADO
8 pm, Roseland, $39-55
Mic Check
The White Eagle's monthly hip-hop showcase returns for last Thursday with host Starchile, music from Trox and live performances by Brookfield Duece, Mighty, and Samuel the 1st.
10 pm, White Eagle, $7
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