MUSIC

An experimental musician best known for recording with orcas and a Portland filmmaker present a night of art centered around interspecies communication.

As its lifeboat fundraising effort picks up steam, Portland Opera opens the ’26–27 season with a stripped-back take on Verdi’s classic.

Also: Patrick Wolf is throwing a Halloween party, and Greg Freeman is playing the Aladdin.

Also: Dystopian punks Machine Country are at The Six Below Midnight, and rapper Akai Solo plays Swan Dive with drummer-producer Bobbyy.

The shoegaze band releases its blistering second album, ‘There Is No Evil,’ at Show Bar on Oct. 22.

“They don’t censor the artists they commission,” says the Portland composer.

A new advocacy group is showing off the city’s gearhead industry with a festival devoted to microphones, guitar amps and drums.

One of Portland’s most promising young bands for years, Growing Pains hits its twenties with ‘Daniel Loves Mandy Forever.’

Also: Cheekface is at Hawthorne Theatre, and Ilyas Ahmed and Pete Swanson play a record store show at Musique Plastique.

This weekend sees a new batch of inductees. Do you know your local rock-’n’-roll heroes?

Also: Ear, of the “laptop twee” contingent, is at The Den, and Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves bring their Coltrane tribute to Rev Hall.

‘Linda’s Head’ casts a new layer of lore around Liz Harris’ simultaneously intimate and anonymous catalog.