Thursday, Jan. 16
Life After Liftoff
Buffalo Gap
6835 S.W. Macadam, 503-244-7111
9 p.m.
Cover
21+
www.palegreenpants.net
This is your basic band, with a vocalist, a guitarist, a drummer and one guy on a saxophone. Special appearance by a member of the band Pale Green Pants. Oooh.
Friday, Jan. 17
Home Grown, Riddlin’ Kids, The All American Rejects, Flashlight Brown
The Meow Meow
527 S.E. Pine, 503-230-2111
7:30 p.m.
$12 advance general ad.
All ages
www.thrasherpresents.com
Home Grown is SoCal punk, and the Riddlin’ Kids play punk-pop from Texas. Fun for all!
Del Tha Funky Homosapien
The Roseland Theater
8 N.W. Sixth, 503-224-2038
9 p.m.
$13 general ad.
All Ages
www.doubletee.com
Del, of the Gorillaz, will be performing wonderfully, as always. Go! Dance!
Bangs, The Whip, The Exploding Hearts, The Exboyfriends
Berbati’s Pan
231 S.W. Ankeny, 503-248-4579
8:30 p.m.
$8 advance general ad.
21+
www.thrasherpresents.com
The Bangs are two girls and a guy playing rock. The band name is about hair, not about *$#@&%. Shame on you.
Pale Green Pants
Produce Row
204 S.E. Oak, 503-244-7111
8:30 p.m.
Cover
21+
www.palegreenpants.net
This show is for you beer lovers. Produce Row has 29 beers on tap and more than 200 bottled beers. Mmm, foam and music.
The Winter Prozac Film Series
Clinton Street Theater
2522 S.E. Clinton, 503-294-0840
10 p.m.
$6 general ad.
21+
www.portlandmercury.com
This night of the series will show the friggin’ awesome Parker Posey movie, Party Girl. Revisit the ’90s. Plus, there is a bar! (But be forewarned, this is partially a fund-raiser for Danzine, a local prostitution magazine.)
Saturday, Jan. 18
Shostakovich, Mahler
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 S.W. Broadway, 503-796-9293
Through Jan. 20
7:30 p.m.
$16-$72 general ad.
All ages
www.pcpa.com
James DePriest conducts the Shostmeister’s Symphony No. 11, and baritone Nathan Gunn sings Mahler’s “Kindertotenlieder.” Translator, anyone?
The Used, Taking Back Sunday, Blood Brothers, New Transit Direction
Roseland Theater
8 N.W. Sixth, 503-224-2038
7 p.m.
$12 advance general ad.
All ages
www.doubletee.com
A Used band member, on their live show: “It’s just us goin’ off, and it’s too much, the puke and the f**kin’ blood and things like that.” Run.
Silky
Blue Monk
3341 S.E. Belmont, 503-595-0575
9:30 p.m.
$5 general ad.
21+
Portland’s own Joey Porter and Olivia Warfield make up Silky, the R&B/soul group twosome. Plus, they’re at S.E.’s newest venue.
Sunday, Jan. 19
Rose City Chamber Orchestra
Central Lutheran Church
1820 N.E. 21st
3 p.m.
$7 student
$10 general ad.
All ages
www.rosecity.org
Muzio Clementi, Igor Stravinsky and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart … oh yeah. And if you happen to be 18 or younger, you get in free!
Crystal Ballroom 89th Birthday Free-For-All
The Crystal Ballroom, Lola’s Room, Ringlers Pub, Ringlers Annex, Crystal Brewery, and wherever the Marching Band goes
1332 W. Burnside, etc., 503-225-0047
Events 1 p.m. to midnight
FREE
All ages/21+ (depending on what venue)
www.danceonair.com
There are way too many bands playing to actually consider listing them. Go to the Web site for a full listing.
The Wallflowers
Roseland Theater
8 N.W. Sixth, 503-224-2038
8 p.m.
$22.50 general ad.
21+
www.doubletee.com
Oh, yeah, Jacob Dylan is tasty. Even more so now that he has taken over more guitar duties in his band. Go see Jacob look pretty.
Monday, Jan. 20
“Masterpieces of the Russian Underground”
Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
3203 S.E. Woodstock, 503-925-0184
Through Jan. 22
8 p.m.
$5 student
$18-$35 general ad.
All ages
www.cmnw.org
Pianist Vladimir Feltsman brings to life the suppressed works of composers, all Russian. But does he wear a furry hat?
Buck 65, Sleep
Berbati’s Pan
231 S.W. Ankeny, 503-248-4579
8:30 p.m.
$8 advance general ad.
21+
www.berbati.citysearch.com
Mmmmmmm, Sleep. Are they all they promise to be: relaxing, wished-for and wonderful? Take a pillow, you tired college student, you.
Piebald, Minus the Bear, Noise Ratchet, My Chemical Romance
The Meow Meow
527 S.E. Pine, 503-230-2111
7 p.m.
$10 advance general ad.
All ages
www.thrasherpresents.com
With a song called “Fat and Skinny Asses,” how can you not want to go see Piebald?
Tuesday, Jan. 21
Seether, RA, Social Burn
Roseland Theater
8 N.W. Sixth, 503-224-2038
8 p.m.
$10 advance general ad.
All ages
www.doubletee.com
It’s either this or go all the way to John Henry’s in Eugene to see Hank Williams III tonight. You don’t have a car, either, do you?
-J. Nikole Degan