Music Thee Oh Sees (Dante’s, Friday, 11:30 pm)
The super-prolific San Francisco band combines punk-rock scuzz with classic ’60s pop melodies better than just about anyone these days. Also, frontman John Dwyer is crazy.

Big Freedia (Roseland, Thursday, 10 pm; Holocene, Saturday, 11:55 pm)
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Music Stories IMAGE: Ben MoonBrent Knopf is hiding the truth. His deep blue eyes, covered slightly by curly brown hair, dart to the side, looking for something to play with. He fidgets in his seat, nervously taps o ...   More

Top 5 Thee Oh Sees (Dante’s, Friday, 11:30 pm)The super-prolific San Francisco band combines punk-rock scuzz with classic ’60s pop melodies better than just about anyone these days. Also, frontm ...   More

Music There are few local bands that I can imagine getting more serious play on alt-rock stations across the country than Little Beirut. The local quartet—led by singer-songwriter Hamilton Sims—do power pop the right way, with big, fat choruses and driving guitar chords that wouldn't ...   More

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SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION: Congratulations team Willamette Week! Last night under the bright lights at Farragut Park's field, Willamette Week defeated defending champion the Slammer to win the 2010 Sunday So...   More

Music The wait is over. It seems like ages (too many years!) since we've heard any new recorded material from one-man electropop master Copy. But it's not like Marius Libman has been hiding behind a tree branch since 2007—since the release of his second full-length, Hair Guitar, he's put out remixes...   More

Bar Reviews For a watering hole attached to a posh, sophisticated music venue, the recently opened Bar Bar (3943 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895) is refreshingly unpretentious. Bar Bar is basically an extension of t ...   More

Headout IMAGE: Adam KruegerWhen Roger Tofte finished building Enchanted Forest in 1971, he probably never imagined that nearly 40 years later his family amusement park would host a music festival featuring a ...   More

Music Corin Tucker spends most of her debut solo album, 1,000 Years, trying to distance herself from the shadow of her former band. It's not an easy task: Sleater-Kinney was, in the words of renowned rock critic Greil Marcus, "America's best rock band" before it went on indefinite hiatus in 2006. ...   More

Music Is everyone ready for PDX Pop Now!?! With the festival beginning in just a few hours, I wanted to share a bit of last-minute technical information for the weekend. For anyone outside the city (or people to lazy to make it down to Rotture) you can tune into two online radio stations to hear every...   More