Wednesday September 3top

Tyrone Wells, Jason Reeves, Justin Klump

[SOUL POP] Tyrone Wells has one of those rare, powerful voices that finds you—drinking and chatting in the back of a crowded bar—and shuts you the hell up. While Wells' MySpace page presents plenty of needy ballads overlaid with preppy pop-rock guitar, there is more to this amazing soul voice than meets the American Idol eye. Expect an R&B-influenced live show of spine-tingling proportions and turning to your friends to say, "Wait, this a white dude?" Rounding out the night are Jason Reeves, the jazzy-voiced and equally "Bubbly" duet partner to Colbie Caillat (sample lyric: "I just wanna bottle the sun!") and Portland's own Justin Klump, a subtle lyricist with a simple, endearing voice that delivers near perfect summertime tunes. ANNIE BETHANCOURT. 8 pm. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 233-1994. $14 advance, $16 day of show. All ages. Map

Neil Masson Trio

  Benson Hotel, 309 SW Broadway., 228-2000. All ages. Map

DJ Robb

  C.C. Slaughters, 219 NW Davis St., 248-9135. Map

African Sizzle: DJ ODUB

  Club Calabash, 835 Sw 2nd Ave., . All ages. Map

DJs Atom 13, Soil

  East Chinatown Lounge, 322 NW Everett St., 226-1659. Map

Witch, Earthless, Assemblehead

[METAL BLUES] Witch is a heavy blues-metal act from Vermont that is widely heralded for bringing J. Mascis back to the drum throne. J. will not be appearing at this show (he’s got duties with this other band called Dinosaur Jr…), but it’s no big loss because he personally asked Mario Rubalcaba from San Diego’s Earthless to ably fill his shoes. Mario is more than capable—the veteran served many years as skins man for Rocket from the Crypt. While Witch takes Dead Meadow-style grooves and imbues them with a bit more edge and attack, Earthless writes epic instrumental power trio jams that span whole album sides. NATHAN CARSON. 9 pm. East End, 203 SE Grand Ave., 232-0056. Cover. 21+. Map

Tender Forever, bangsandblurry, Explode Into Colors, Janet Pants, Jenny Hoyston, Modou Dieng, Million Brazillians

[TWEE SOUL] Melanie Valera is not a fan of irony. As sole proprietress of the Tender Forever moniker, Valera crafts songs that are cute and sentimental almost to a fault. Like the middle ground between the Blow's Khaela Maricich and Miranda July (of Me and You and Everyone We Know fame), she performs, well, tender electro-pop jams—upbeat songs underscoring brokenhearted ruminations and gentle come-ons. And that's before the girl grabs a ukulele and tears into Justin Timberlake's "My Love," taking one of the best pop songs of our era and making it completely her own. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. 9 pm. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639. $5. 21+. Map

Daffodils, Lake, Ohioan

[SOFT ’N’ SOULFUL] The Daffodils’ music is on the brink of cute overload. Frontman James Reisen’s Paul Simonesque voice and lovey-dovey lyrics make the twee-pop two-piece the perfect headliner for this show’s blend of experimental country and folk. Lake (from Olympia, Wash.) has become a familiar treat on Portland’s music scene after playing a grip of well-attended shows here over the past few years. The harmony-filled band’s tight instrumentation gives the young twentysomethings' fun-loving folk songs a catchy edge reminiscent of 1960s psychedelic rock. Also gracing the bill is Portland’s favorite experimental soul-country troubadour, Ohioan. WHITNEY HAWKE. 9 pm. Rotture, 315 SE 3rd Ave., 234-5683. $5. Map

Adam Hurst Gypsy Cello (7 pm)

  Siam Society, 2703 NE Alberta St., 922-3675. Map

Thursday September 4top

DJ Alex Hollywood

  C.C. Slaughters, 219 NW Davis St., 248-9135. Map

DJ Zoxy's Thursdays Trance Sunrise

  Club Calabash, 835 Sw 2nd Ave., . Map

Jon Koonce

  Eugenios, 3584 SE Division St., 233-3656. Map

Strategy

[DISCREET DISCO] On first glance, the notion of Paul Dickow—who records under the name Strategy—as a DJ is a bit alarming. His most recent release, the excellent ambient collection Music for Lamping, is built on discreet loops of sound, six "songs" that are generally formless and percussionless pieces. But for someone to make electronic music this good, they've got to really know their stuff, and as a DJ, Dickow's got a deep and varied vinyl collection to spin—everything from the krautrock and ’70s funk that seeps into still revelatory Future Rock to house and disco and back. Tonight, he'll be behind the deck during First Thursday, so please try to dance. Just don't ask for a mashup or anything. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. 7 pm. Ground Kontrol, 511 NW Couch St., 796-9364. Free. 21+. Map

The Texecutioners

[HONKY-TONK] This being Portland, most of us can agree on at least one Good ol' Houston boy we'd like to lead to Texecution (jokes!). We can also refresh our wilted American souls in some classic country and a cold pint. And with a perfect blend of oftentimes mournful, equally jubilant old-timey country songs, Portland's own Texecutioners soothingly fit the bill. Complete with twangy harmonies, big-bodied guitar, upright bass, checkered shirts and "Yeehaws!" aplenty, these honky-tonk hoodlums will have you crying in your beer one minute and spinning your lady round the dance floor the next. And you might even forget about our country's problems with You Know Who. ANNIE BETHANCOURT. 8 pm. Know, 2026 NE Alberta St., 473-8729. Cover. 21+. Map

DJ I Love You

  Matador, 1967 W Burnside St., 222-5822. Map

Gatos/Ponderosa

[BANJO WALTZ] For anyone who loves the sound of a banjo but tires of the same old bluegrass traditionals, here's a band to check out. Gatos/Ponderosa is led by the banjo-playing multi-instrumentalist Stephen Kierniesky (who also plays with the lovely folk-pop quartet Love Menu), and his bilingual songs inhabit that cold goosebump rush you get when the breeze hits on a chilly summer night. Ponderosa used to be an instrumental act, but now Kierniesky's fleshed-out visions are aided by a more varied palette. Most notably, Kierniesky's voice—which at its most nasally sounds quite a bit like Jonathan Donahue's of Mercury Rev—is a bit rough around the edges, but it perfectly suits the gentle pluck and cello-led songs the band traffics in. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. Show and Tell Gallery, 625 NW Everett St. #231., . Free. Map

Friday September 5top

Bill Evans Soulgrass feat. Sam Bush

[JAZZ-GRASS] Jazz and bluegrass music have been miscegenating in various ways for decades now, but who would’ve imagined that the young sax prodigy of Miles Davis’ ’80s bands (who has since recorded 15 CDs of his own and worked with Willie Nelson) could jam so productively with the legendary, Grammy-winning New Grass Revival mandolinist? The band (including banjo, fiddle, bass, drums and vocals by both Evans and Bush) may appeal more to fusion, Newgrass and jam-band types than bluegrass purists, but fans of everyone from the Flecktones to Spyro Gyra to John Scofield should grok it. BRETT CAMPBELL. 8 pm. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 233-1994. $25. All ages. Map

Antony and the Johnsons in concert with the Oregon Symphony

See TBA preview, coming soon 8:30 pm. Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway., 248-4335. All ages. Map

DJ Kenoy

  Devils Point, 5305 SE Foster Road., 774-4513. Map

DJ Chuck T

  Green Papaya, 1135 SW Morrison St., 248-2112. Map

Ice Rod

See TBA preview, coming soon Leftbank Building, 240 N Broadway., . Map

DJ Trixie Doll & Sarafina

  Matador, 1967 W Burnside St., 222-5822. Map

The Black Crowes (6:30 pm); Jack McMahon (7 pm)

[RIFFS] "Crow" was the "wolf" of the mid-’90s—Sheryl, Counting, that Brandon Lee movie; a murder of them, for real—but sitting atop the, uh, pecking order was the frankly avian visage of Chris Robinson. Today's audiences (even, alas, Kate Hudson) now prefer their Southern blues a bit more po-faced, but the Black Crowes never embarrassed themselves but flew the rawk flag without apology in the midst of Alternative Nation. Warpaint, the band's first studio album in seven years, sounds about exactly the same as its 1990 debut—which is to say, it sounds about exactly like the gospel-’n’-moonshine-fueled bar-rock psychedelia spanning FM generations past. Though, weirdly, brother-guitarist Rich Robinson is still only 39. There's something almost sad about so consistently ploughing past grooves, but, you know, set against You, Me, and Dupree, dedicated classicism has its place. JAY HORTON. 6:30 pm. McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St., 669-8610. $39.50 advance, $42 day of show. All ages. Map

Industrial Jazz Group

[AVANT-GARDE PARTY MUSIC] IJG founder and pianist Andrew Durkin, a self-described “hack composer and pseudo-intellectual” has scored film and stage works, and his 15-member PDX/SoCal ensemble has recorded six albums, toured across the U.S. and last year ventured to Europe. Heavily influenced by Zappa, Mingus, Ellington and more, Durkin eschews “jazz, the Institution” in favor of big-band sounds reminiscent of wild cards from Raymond Scott or John Zorn to kitschier parodies like Spike Jones—Kurt Weill meets Oliver Nelson, maybe. BRETT CAMPBELL. 6 pm. Mississippi Pizza, 3552 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3231. Cover. All ages. Map

Mary Anna Gordon (CD Release)

[VOCALIST] While Mary Anna Gordon looks like the grown-up version of the popular high-school cheerleader who went steady with all the cool boys, this talented vocalist is more than just a pretty face. Raised on church hymns and discovered in the military (yes, the military), Gordon honed her bluesy, R&B-infused jazz style by performing in the U.S. Army Soldier Show, crooning at New Orleans' Bourbon Street bars and laying it out at the Grand Ole Opry. Releasing her CD at the Camellia Lounge tonight, Gordon will sing breezy renditions of the old standards, so you can sip a tea-infused cocktail and pretend you're young again. Dandy! ANNIE BETHANCOURT. 9pm. TeaZone and Camellia Lounge, 510 NW 11th Ave., 221-2130. Free. All ages. Map

Search Party, Triple Threat Quartet, Crudelaque

[FUNKISH JAZZ] Local boys Triple Threat Quartet offer a hybridized blend of jazz, funk, rock and psychedelia bred specifically in the Northwest, as opposed to their noodly East Coast counterparts. The band jumps from instrumental experimentation to sharp rockers in a single bound, making for a degree of unpredictability when growling vocals emerge from instrumental improvisational time warps. And while TTQ can veer toward the jammier side of life, it never seems self-indulgent, and the vibes are warm and inviting. AP KRYZA. 9 pm. Tonic Lounge, 3100 NE Sandy Blvd., 238-0543. Cover. 21+. Map

Saturday September 6top

DJ Alex Hollywood

  C.C. Slaughters, 219 NW Davis St., 248-9135. Map

House Hooligans: DJ Professor Stone (Saganaki Lounge); DJs Izm, ATM, Flipsta, Rascue (Minoan Ballroom); DJ Brett (Taverna)

[SO MANY BEATS PER MINUTE]  The sticky, cavernous dance floors of the Greek Cusina are the perfect place to get high-BPM buck wild on a Saturday night. DJ Flipsta finesses brisk, heavy house mixes (Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne's “Lollipop” over electro); DJ Professor Stone supplies softer, smoother house grooves (melodic instrumentals); DJ Izm's attention-deficient sets cover house, hip-hop and everything in between; and DJs Brett and Rascue fill in all the funky, breakbeat cracks. SARA MOSKOVITZ. 9 pm. Greek Cusina, 404 SW Washington St., 224-2288. Cover. 21+. Map

DJ Chuck T

  Green Papaya, 1135 SW Morrison St., 248-2112. Map

The Devin Phillips Band, Copacrescent, Barry Hampton & The Triple Grip, Tony Ozier

[VIRTUOSO] Though it couldn’t be under worse circumstances, Devin Phillips’ migration from New Orleans to Portland has been a fortunate windfall for our jazz-deprived burg. The masterful saxophonist narrowly escaped the wreckage of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 but doesn’t miss a beat in reforming his New Orleans Jazz Orchestra in the Northwest and annexing his skills to the more funk-oriented Devin Phillips Band. Manned by a group of local musicians whose reckless chops stand comfortably in Phillips’ company, DPB is a jazz band for people who think they’re bored by jazz. SHANE DANAHER. 9 pm. Jimmy Mak's, 221 NW 10th Ave., 295-6542. $10. 21+. Map

The Strange Effects, Beyond Veronica, The Neat

[FLASHBACK POP] The Neat’s grimy production lends its doo-wopping hooks a sincerity absent in most groups that could realistically vie for the designation “retro.” With guitars encrusted beneath several layers of crunch and a lyrical sensibility that heavily favors the word “girl,” the Neat executes a more than decent impression of ’60s guitar pop. Though it lacks the revisionist ingenuity of acts such as the Shins, the band nonetheless provides a comfortable sonic detour to an era of pop for which it clearly has an abounding love. SHANE DANAHER. 9 pm. Kelly's Olympian, 426 SW Washington St., 228-3669. $5. 21+. Map

DJ Moisti

  Matador, 1967 W Burnside St., 222-5822. Map

G Love & Special Sauce, The John Butler Trio, Tristan Pretty man (6 pm); Hale Lupe (7 pm)

[CUTE!] Somehow, there's not, in all of the Internet, a complete listing for Sassy's Cute Band Alerts, but, of all the artists ever featured inside that estimable mag, G Love & Special Sauce (March, 1995, if memory serves) must have seemed least likely to maintain a career 13 years afterward. Still, nobody's ever gone broke overestimating the stoner, frat-house appetite for inoffensively shambling alt hip-hop. He's still cute (the wages of small sins), and though I doubt even the group's dearest fans could hum one of the tunes from memory, the Special Sauce success continues undimmed. It's just ketchup and mayonnaise, you know. JAY HORTON. 5:30 pm. McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St., 669-8610. $29.50 advance, $31 day of show. All ages. Map

Crazy Train, Fruit of the Legion of Loom, Lopez

[FAKE SABBATH] Ozzy Osbourne is coming to Portland! OK, not really. But Tim Tugg, an Ozzy impersonator will rock the stage Black Sabbath-style with Crazy Train, his Portland-based Ozzy Osbourne tribute band. The punk-metal trio (and former WW, Localcut.com “Band Name of the Week” winners) Fruit of the Legion of Loom will open for the Ozzy-loving maniacs. And as if there weren’t enough guitar riffage on the lineup already, the two will be joined by the Portland speed-metal band Lopez. Shred on! WHITNEY HAWKE. 9 pm. Tonic Lounge, 3100 NE Sandy Blvd., 238-0543. $5. 21+. Map

Dean Martin Tribute

[MARTINI DIPLOMACY] If Frank was the Chairman, consider Dean Martin the Ambassador, ready to use his patented martini diplomacy and charisma to garner laughs or croon hits like “Mambo Italiano” and “That’s Amore.” Dino spawned thousands of imitators, many of whom will perform in tribute at Tony Starlight’s—the perfect venue for a Rat Pack redux. The first half of the show honors the screwball comedic antics of Dino’s old variety show, and the second half is dedicated to the crooning, slurring and comedy of his old Vegas days—minus Jerry Lewis, and with ample liquor. AP KRYZA. 8 pm. Tony Starlight's, 3728 NE Sandy Blvd., 517-8584. $10. 21+. Map

Sunday September 7top

Hanson, Everybody Else

[ADULT BOP] It's hard to believe it's been over a decade since "MMMBop," but the present maturity of Hanson assures it has. Since the group's major-label debut, Middle of Nowhere, put it in the middle of fan-girl mania in ’97, the Tulsa brother trio has maintained steady output even as interest has...receded. Easily confused for teen girls in their heyday, the brothers are all now dads (looking the part, too) and the group's sound has shifted much the same. Centered more on pianos than bouncy keyboards, and complemented by somewhat deeper crooning, Hanson's music exudes adult Top 40 and VH1. They've done gone and grown up! NILINA MASON CAMPBELL. 7 pm. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 233-1994. $30. All ages. Map

Parenthetical Girls

See profile, coming soon 10:30 pm. Leftbank Building, 240 N Broadway., . Map

Jean Ronne (9:30 am - 1:30 pm); Eli Reischman (5:30 pm)

  London Grill, 309 SW Broadway., 228-2000. All ages. Map

Brian Wilson

[BEACH MAN] Well, Smile it ain't—but it has at least one song worthy of Pet Sounds. Brian Wilson's new album, That Lucky Old Sun, is his first album-length conceptual work since he began Smile in 1966, never mind since finally completing that legendary opus in 2005. And despite a hand from Smile collaborator Van Dyke Parks, whose prose poems link this suite's songs, one couldn't expect Sun to touch Smile's acid-dappled majesty. But "Midnight's Another Day" is exactly the song you'd hope the creator of Pet Sounds could produce today—except for its confirmation of Wilson's ongoing psychiatric struggle. Fortunately, he still conjures joy, too, as on the nostalgic "Forever My Surfer Girl." And his brilliant young band—including keyboardist Scott Bennett, who co-wrote most of the new album—ensures that Wilson's complex emotional palette is delivered in full, along with sublime versions of Beach Boys songs both famous and obscure. JEFF ROSENBERG. 8 pm. Roseland, 8 NW 6th Ave., 219-9929 (Grill), 224-2038 (Theater). $39-$49.50 (TicketsWest). 21+. Map

Monday September 8top

DJ Smooth Hopperator

[1980 ROCK] Some folks have all the name luck. Brian Hopper, whose sets of classic punk rock, hearty heavy metal and New Wave from the golden ’70s and ’80s can be heard every Monday at Langano Lounge under the amusing alias DJ Smooth Hopperator. When not on the decks, Hopper stays busy by playing guitar in three local bands: Defiance, Hellshock and Burning Leather. Anticipate the sounds of UFO, Motörhead, Saxon, Destruction, Skinny Puppy and Yogos—all groups in the Hopperator’s heavy (metal) rotation. SARA MOSKOVITZ. Langano Lounge, 1435 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 230-8990. Cover. 21+. Map

Tuesday September 9top

Bill Beach & Brasil Beat

  Benson Hotel, 309 SW Broadway., 228-2000. Map

Finntroll, Warbringer, Ealdath

[METAL AND MORE] Blending Swedish black metal, traditional Finnish polka and gamer mysticism, Finntroll may be the most frightening joke band ever recorded. Not that they believe themselves a joke—listening to tracks from latest album Ur Jordens Djub, it seems thoroughly possible they are indeed Finnish trolls—but…c'mon, read that first sentence again. Although the apocalypic vocals and jagged riffage of a genre created by quasi-fascists fond of church-burning ritual murder does not, at first glance, seem an organic fit with the most rollicking of all traditional folk idioms, the dual passions of Finntr…no, seriously, this is a joke, right? JAY HORTON. 8 pm. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. $20 advance, $23 day of show. All ages. Map

DJ Donny Don't

  Matador, 1967 W Burnside St., 222-5822. Map

The Rosewood Thieves, The Dead Trees, Slow Fires

[BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS] The Dead Trees' "Shelter" starts off like an indie-rock archetype, with some jangly lead guitar, syncopated drums, and plenty of wistful backing "ohs" and "ahs." And then a whistle line comes in, and the intensity thickens, and you realize that these dudes might be borrowing from prime Pavement, but shit, they do it well. The track appears on their 2007 EP, Fort Music, and the boys—local transplants who escaped the close-knit confines of Cambridge last year—are gearing up a full-length for later this year. It's also not the least bit surprising that they've opened for Albert Hammond Jr. before, and the pairing is rather fitting: Many of the band's tracks sound like the Strokes getting high and tripping out on some serious Americana. Things are restrained, just a bit hazy—but would you want it any other way? MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. 9:30 pm. Towne Lounge, 714 SW 20th Place., 241-8696. $5. 21+. Map