Thursday, April 17
The Wayward Trio
Music Millennium
801 N.W. 23rd
503-248-0163
7 p.m.
FREE
All ages
www.musicmillennium.com
Performing live at MM is a band that makes music referred to as “beatnik jazz funk.” With three good descriptive words like that, you should easily be able to guess if you want to go or not.
B>PSU Clarinet Ensemble
PSU
Lincoln Hall, Rm. 75
503-725-3011
Noon
FREE
All ages
www.fpa.pdx.edu
This free program will include compositions by Weber, Rossini and Uhl.
Friday, April 18
Groove Fantastic
The Ohm
31 N.W. First
503-223-9919
9:30 p.m.
$8 general ad.
21+
Featuring the bands QuiVaH, Grooveyard and Life After Liftoff, the Ohm claims that “the funk is back and it’s here to stay.” Oh yeah.
Steve Kimock Band
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W. Burnside
503-225-0047
9 p.m.
$18 advance general ad.
All ages
www.danceonair.com
A man and his guitar might cheer you up after finding out that Kelly Osbourne canceled her show scheduled for the night before.
Motorhead, Dwarves, High on Fire
Roseland Theater
8 N.W. Sixth
503-224-2038
8 p.m.
$20 general ad.
All ages
www.doubletee.com
Dude, Motorhead have been making kick-ass music even longer that you’ve probably been alive. Do they still rock? Time to find out.
Saturday, April 19
Triple Threat DJs
The Ohm
31 N.W. First
503-223-9919
9 p.m.
$13 general ad.
21+
www.directproductions.com
Everyone needs to hear more DJs, and now you get to see Vinrock, Shortkut, Apollo, DJ P, DJ Wicked and DJ Rising Sun. I want to be a DJ so I get a cool name, too.
Jesse Malin, Diggabone
Music Millennium
801 N.W. 23rd
503-248-0163
3:30 p.m., 5 p.m.
FREE
All ages
www.musicmillennium.com
Malin will promote his solo alternative debut, The Fine Art of Self Destruction, while Diggabone is pretty much just eclectic. And aren’t we all fans of the eclectic?
Ten Grands
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 S.W. Broadway
503-796-9293
7 p.m.
$17.50-$130.50 general ad.
All ages
www.pcpa.com
A worthy, yet still entertaining, cause! Ten pianists will play at this benefit, which will provide pianos for several local youth facilities. Help the children!
Monday, April 21
The Kills, Exploding Hearts, The Formless
Dante’s
1 S.W. Third
503-226-6630
9 p.m.
$8 general ad.
21+
www.punkottawa.com
Making original music by sending tapes back and forth across the ocean, The Kills certainly have the drive to go pretty far. (Across another ocean, maybe?)
Sum 41, No Use for a Name, The Starting Line, Authority Zero
Roseland Theater
8 N.W. Sixth
503-224-2038
7 p.m.
$20 general ad.
All ages
www.doubletee.com
C’mon, don’t you want to see a band of sweet little Canadian boys rock you on your ass with a bunch of 14-year-old boys? I thought so. Plus, you can always meet the band at some local bar where they’ll surely be hanging out after, the drunkards.
Boy Sets Fire, Hope Conspiracy, Vaux, Thirty3
Nocturnal
1800 E. Burnside
503-239-5900
7 p.m.
$10 general ad.
All ages
www.thrasherpresents.com
All I want to know is, what does “Vaux” mean?
Tuesday, April 22
David Sedaris
Keller Auditorium
S.W. Third and Clay
503-248-4335
8 p.m.
$23-$33.50 general ad.
All ages
www.pcpa.com
You need some humor in your life, so go listen to best-selling author Sedaris comment on society. You know you like it.
Jerry Hahn
PSU
Lincoln Hall, Rm. 75
503-725-3011
Noon
FREE
All ages
www.fpa.pdx.edu
At this faculty recital Hahn will play the jazz guitar. How wonderful, and free!
Wednesday, April 23
Cat Power, Entrance
Roseland Theater
8 N.W. Sixth
503-224-2038
8 p.m.
$15 general ad.
All ages
www.doubletee.com
Entrance is actually one guy, Guy Blakeslee to be exact. He’s a lovely blues guitarist whose fan base includes the members of Zwan. That’s right, Billy Corgan’s new band. Awesome.
Margaret Mead Traveling Film and Video Festival
PSU
Cramer Hall, Rm. 171
503-725-3081
7 p.m.
FREE
All ages
www.fpa.pdx.edu
Movies for free, presented by the American Museum of Natural History.
Party Of Helicopters, Other Men My Age, The Beatings, Lion Fever
Satyricon
125 S.W. Sixth
503-243-2380
10 p.m.
Cover
21+
www.satyriconclub.com
POH are all about some alternative music, and The Beatings will give your ears a beating. But the good kind of beating, of course.
Banff Mountain Film Festival
Aladdin Theater
3017 S.E. Milwaukie
503-233-1994
Through April 24
6 p.m.
$10 general ad.
All ages
www.aladdin-theater.com
Go see some movies! Sponsored by REI, this year’s festival will include an exciting film of a man rock climbing wildly. It really is exciting!
-J. Nikole Degan