Get to Know Your Local Dive with And And And's Underbelly Bender Concert Series

By MATTHEW SINGER

Not content to simply be universally regarded as one of Portland finest young bands, And And And is apparently running for some kind of music scene mayorship only they seem to know exists. This past summer, the band brought together the local music community for its inaugural Rigsketball tournament, staging guerrilla basketball games all across town. Now, as winter approaches, And And And is taking its punk rock outreach program indoors for the Underbelly Bender, a six-week celebration of Stumptown bands and the bars that nurture them. Let's have drummer Bim Ditson tell you more about it:


Sounds pretty awesome, particularly in the wake of recent news that venerable Northwest dive Slabtown -- whose annual punk and garage rock fest Bender is the clear inspiration for the name of this series -- has gone up for sale.

Here's the full lineup -- which, naturally, features And And And on every bill:

Slims Nov 25th - Your Rival, Death Songs, And And And. FREE!

Matador Dec 1st  - Animal Eyes, Youth, And And And. FREE!

Spare Room Dec 3rd  - Hollywood Tans, Houndstooth, And And And FREE!

Slabtown Dec 10th  - Father Figure, Support Force, And And And $2-3

Langano Lounge Dec 16th  - My Autumn's Done Come, Yours, And And And FREE!

The Know Dec 23rd  - The No Tomorrow Boys, And And And $2-3

Kenton Club Dec 31st  - Blood Beach, And And And, This Charming Man FREE!

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