MUSIC sunday–tuesday Just look at the tracklist for this to travel more ethereal waters. year’s Beneath California: “We Over the years, including a lengthy Know Who’s the Prick,” “Death hiatus, the band has grown into a Will Change Your Life,” “Without household name for fans of fuzzy, MBRASCATU Money, We’d All Be Rich.” It reads lulling, guitar-driven rock, with an Thursday, March 5th at 6PM like a greatest hits of misan- audible, heavy shoegaze influence. thropy, and plays the same way. Swervedriver’s fifth full-length, I Mbrascatu is a fusion of the cobbled streets and cafés of the MATTHEW SINGER. Ash Street Wasn’t Born to Lose You, proves Old World and the creative melting pot of Portland. The band Saloon, 225 SW Ash St., 226-0430. that much of what was considered is a group of talented musicians that draw from very different 9 pm. $10 advance, $12 day of groundbreaking in the band’s hey- musical backgrounds to create a unique blend of sounds show. 21+. day—the swirling guitar duels, the encompassing European and American roots. effects, the trance-inducing repe- Kevin Devine & the Goddamn tition—is still relevant today. MARK Band, Dads, Field Mouse STOCK. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. 9 pm. $15 [POWER POP] For every nuance advance, $17 day of show. 21+. WRAY and subgenre thrown in front of Sunday, March 8th at 3PM the simple notion of calling an earnest, distortion-driven rock 2:54, Honeyblood [DREAMY DOOM] This night of Wray isn’t afraid to revel in repetition, churning (like butter) group “pop punk” or “emo,” there’s dreamy duos from faraway places confi dent, seamless grooves fi rmly in the tradition of NEU!, an artist like Kevin Devine having Faust, or Can. Their shimmering, headphone-ready tones owe more fun than anyone and giving is topped by London’s 2:54, much to Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, and even The Cure, but zero fucks in the process. Rather whose newest album, The Other without the crippling self-absorption of chillwave, dreampop, or than be pinned down by expec- I, is full of solemn vibes. Colette whatever all the sad kids are listening to this week. tations after gaining serious trac- Thurlow’s haunting vocals float tion at the end of the last decade over sensual echoes of her sister with stints opening for Brand Hannah’s guitar. Don’t be surprised New and collaborating with to find a sudden fog bank drift into COOL WHIPS Manchester Orchestra on the Bad Mississippi Studios when they take Books project, Devine released the stage. Opener Honeyblood, Friday, March 13th at 6PM two records at once in 2013—a from Glasgow, is slightly more bold move that bifurcated his upbeat in tone, but equally dreamy. The Cool Whips philosophy is fun and exploring different ways to COLETTE POMERLEAU. Mississippi have that fun. The group is what Shakespeare might have called storyline as a sugary blues-lite balladeer (Bulldozer) and a shame- Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., “a power pop quartet” if he’d been born in this time and listened 288-3895. 9 pm. $12. 21+. to this sort of music. The foursome plays a retro 60s style that’s less Fountains of Wayne acolyte still up to date. What else could it be? It’s being played today so (Bubblegum). The latter record it must be modern. It’s the Now Sound! is expected to blow the sullen Broods, Mikky Ekko sad sacks attracted to his moody [GLOSS POP] Describing New earlier works squarely against the Zealand duo Broods as the midway back wall of the Doug Fir. PETE point between respective former COTTELL. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E tourmates Ellie Goulding and Sam Burnside St., 231-9663. 9 pm. $13 Smith isn’t an insult. It just means advance, $15 day of show. 21+. that Broods knows how to craft glazed-over pop songs with a GEORGE strong beat. Georgia Nott’s airy Hot Buttered Rum, Crow vocals are backed by older brother and the Canyon Caleb’s polished synths and hyp- [JAMGRASS] Like the mixed drink notic production. Even if you are from which it takes its name, tempted to shrug them off as an CLINTON San Francisco’s Hot Buttered amalgamation of their cohorts— Rum has a tendency to come off they’ve also toured with Haim and MEET & GREET! overly sweet on first encounter. worked with “Royals” producer Meet the Prime Minister of Funk at As evident from the string-cen- Joel Little—you can’t deny that tric quintet’s eponymous LP, the with its subtle sound and care- Music Millennium! group remains dedicated to warm- fully constructed hooks, Broods Wednesday, March 18th at 4PM! hearted, three-part harmonies and knows what it’s doing. SHANNON down-home references more than GORMLEY. Wonder Ballroom, 128 a decade after its debut, with a NE Russell St., 284-8686. 8:30 pm. soft spot for wandering acous- $16 advance, $18 day of show. All tic guitar. The bulk of the work ages. finds Rust Belt fiddle sitting atop balmy guitar and percussion, with isolated isolated bouts of wash- board and flute for good measure. Tuesday, March 10 The band never truly deviates far from its roots, sure, but the Doomtree, Hellfyre Club, Transit its musical virtuosity goes a long [ALL HUNGRY] Any endeavor ROBIN TROWER way on the stage. BRANDON to embrace hip-hop, electron- SOMETHING’S ABOUT TO CHANGE WIDDER. Mississippi Studios, 3939 ica and soul music is bound to N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895. 8 pm. be shaky on occasion. Most of Sale Priced At $13.99 CD $15. 21+. the time, Minneapolis septet True to form, from the opening swoop of electric guitar, Something’s About Doomtree manages to balance To Change is a thrilling encapsulation of everything fans love about the The Dreaming, Die So it all just about perfectly, with celebrated bandleader. the the group’s MCs and singers Fluid, the Gentry finding a way to smooth away the Out March 10th [LIGHT INDUSTRIAL] Even con- awkward edges separating those sidering how fiercely all non-Nine genres. But the group can’t quite Inch Nails industrial rock acts were rein it all in consistently. On its new MINUS 5 relegated to blips on the ’90s and significantly darker effort, All DUNGEON GOLDS hit parade, one would imagine Hands, the electro hip-hop admix- Sale Priced At $10.99 CD / $17.99 LP every corner of Alternative Nation ture seems off. With this sort of deserving of their own well-com- musical purview, though, Doomtree This collection was artfully curated, by band leader Scott McCaughey, from the pensated lap on the nostalgia should be allowed a few transgres- extremely limited edition (750 copies) Record Store Day 2014 vinyl only box set, circuit these days. But Stabbing sions. DAVE CANTOR. Hawthorne Scott The Hoople In The Dungeon Of Horror, although some of the tracks here are Westward continues its fitful prog- Theatre, 1507 SE Cesar E. Chavez reworked versions of those songs. ress toward a stealth reunion: Ever Blvd., 233-7100. 7 pm. $16 advance, since frontman Christopher Hall $18 day of show. All ages. borrowed his old group’s drummer around 2002, the Dreaming has DEVO kept fan flames sorta flickering Ewert and The Two HARDCORE LIVE! with streamlined renditions of its Dragons, Yukon Blonde Sale Priced At $13.99 DVD / $15.99 Blu-Ray trademark macabre modern rock. [FOLK ROCK] What’s worse than With SW’s keyboardist-program- one imaginary dragon? How about / $11.99 CD / $24.99 LP mer Walter Flakus returning patchy two? OK, so Estonian indie-folk In order to honor their fallen comrade, Bob “Bob 2” Casale, Devo decided to fol- electronica to the fold, the band’s troupe Ewert and the Two Dragons low through on his idea to resurrect the initial creative efforts that brought them nearly back together, though just- aren’t that bad, but it certainly together as a band, prevailing against all odds. released album Rise Again insists hasn’t done much to differenti- on striding toward some previ- ate itself from the flock of pain- Out March 24th ously traversed future: Album fully earnest folkies populating the MICHAEL SCHENKER’S TEMPLE OF ROCK pre-order screenshots may be house speakers at Starbucks these redeemed for an otherwise unavail- days—other than, of course, being SPIRIT ON A MISSION able cover—a hidden track, if you from Estonia. That’s got to count Sale Priced At $14.99 CD will—of Garbage’s “#1 Crush.”. JAY for something, right? Mississippi HORTON. Star Theater, 13 NW 6th Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., MICHAEL SCHENKER PLAYS THE BOSSANOVA ON MARCH 27TH! Ave. 8 pm. $12. 21+. 288-3895. 9 pm. $12. 21+. The new studio album from award-winning, legendary guitarist Michael Schenker features 12 classic rock songs that highlight his distinctive and In the Company dynamic guitar playing. Monday, March 9 of Serpents, Burials [GRIM METAL] When half a duo Swervedriver, Gateway Drugs leaves, that’s 50 percent of a band, [BOOTGAZE] Born of a ’90s Brit- if my math skills are serving me. rock scene that included the And that’s what happened when likes of the Stone Roses and the Denver doom-metal act In the Charlatans, Swervedriver opted Company of Serpents switched out

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