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Want to see some live music tonight? Here are your best options, curated by the Willamette Week music staff.
SATURDAY, OCT. 3
Lose Yr Mind Festival: No Age, Wimps, Psychomagic, Ah God
[DIY RAUCOUS] Lose Yr Mind Fest is a two day garage-psych extravaganza benefiting the Jeremy Wilson Foundation, a nonprofit which provides emergency health benefits for local musicians. Taking place this weekend within industrial Southeast, it features local favorites Grandparents and Psychomagic alongside some renowned West Coast thrashers. There’s no better band to headline than L.A.’s No Age, whose previous engagements in Portland have been at defunct all-ages venues and in the aisles of a certain vegan food mart, its colorful explosion of noise ballads and art damaged pop-punk hyping the crowd no matter the venue. Don’t miss Seattle’s Wimps, either, who bring power anthems that defy middle age, keeping the house party vibe alive for all sets. WYATT SCHAFFNER. AudioCinema, 226 SE Madison St. 9 pm. $10 per day, $20 for a weekend pass. 21+. Go here for full lineup.
Nick Diamonds, Lyla Foy
[PALATABLE WEIRDNESS] The solo stuff that Nick Thornburn releases as Nick Diamonds lives in the shadow of everything else he's done. Whenever Diamonds' music gets talked about, it's usually qualified by "former Unicorns frontman" and/or "that guy who composed the music for Serial." Understandable as it may be, it's really a shame, because Thornburn's solo work is worthy of standing on its own. Its techno futurism is mixed with off-kilter lightheartedness, making its complexity and slight strangeness seem effortless and highly listenable. Taken out of overworked music-crit speak, it could even be described as "fun." SHANNON GORMLEY. Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water Ave. 9 pm. $10. 21+.
The Prids, Daydream Machine, Dead Leaf Echo
[POST-PUNK] Having survived accidents, illnesses and near-death experiences, Portland's shoegazing noise-pop institution the Prids celebrates 20 years as a band. Read our profile here. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St. 9 pm. $8 advance, $10 day of show. 21+.
India Arts Festival
[INDIAN CLASSICAL AND JAZZ] As part of its celebration of Indian music and dance, the local Indian arts presenting group Rasika hosts a pair of concerts that look to the country's musical past and present. Saturday's show features South Indian classical vocal and flute music by Binni and Krishnakumar, with flutist VK Raman, violinist N. Srikanth and Arjun Kumar on the double-headed mridangam drum. Sunday's show pays tribute to the great Carnatic composer and mandolin virtuoso U. Shrinivas, who introduced the electric mandolin to Indian music, became a favorite of George Harrison and other Western musicians, played in John McLaughlin's Remember Shakti jazz fusion group and recorded over 100 albums before he died a year ago at age 45. His younger brother and frequent collaborator Rajesh joins PSU prof and piano-organ master George Colligan, saxophonist George Brooks and two percussionists on South Indian and Western drums. BRETT CAMPBELL. Lincoln Hall at Portland State University, 1620 SW Park Ave. 5 pm. $15-$30.
Childbirth, the Ghost Ease, Poison Beaches
[NASTY GRRLS] It seems silly to call Seattle's Childbirth a "supergroup," considering its members' respective projects—Tacocat and Chastity Belt—are still in the early stages of their career. But there's an undeniably powerful synergy to be found on the band's second album, Women's Rights, a sharp earwig of a punk album which serves as a reminder that the best examples of riot grrrl weren't just politically righteous but funny, too. The Know, 2026 NE Alberta St. 8 pm. $8. 21+.
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