FRI AUGUST 11
Chastity Beltw/Strange Ranger, Never Young; Star Theater, 13 NW 6th
This bill’s like a north-to-south primer on West Coast indie rock. Headliners Chastity Belt are bringing home the gold for Washington State this year with their brand-new record I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone, released in June on Hardly Art. It’s the Seattle four-piece’s most earnest and heartfelt collection of songs to date. Our hometown heroes Strange Ranger (FKA Sioux Falls) are one of my all-time favorite Portland bands. Their 2016 debut, Rot Forever, is more than 70 minutes of sprawling, ’90s-inspired rock. Now they’re getting ready to release a follow-up, Daymoon, which is out this October on East Coast label Tiny Machines. Representing California is Oakland’s Never Young, who artfully distort pop music and play the result with full-throttle energy. This West Coast trifecta is not to be missed.