Want to see some live music tonight? Here are your best options, curated by the Willamette Week music staff.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18
Lucero
[TATTOOED TWANG] Memphis is known as the birthplace of many things, rock 'n' roll and Southern soul included. Modern alt-country centerpiece Lucero has always respected that heritage, and as a group, the members routinely issue a new album of raspy tunes with every passing calendar year. All A Man Should Do, its latest, favors mid-tempo balladry more than the band's typical countrified rave-ups, but it also balances the sounds of the South better than most. Stacks of horns back frontman Ben Nichols' sweet confessions in a style reminiscent of Sticky Fingers-era Stones, while organ and a peppering of small details continue to color songs regarding his biggest dilemmas: women and work. BRANDON WIDDER. Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside St. 8 pm. $25. All ages.
Gardens and Villa, De Lux
[INDIE DAYDREAMERS] Southern California's Gardens and Villa is known for its silky-smooth dream-pop, held up by shimmering, lush synths and groovy basslines. In 2013, the band turned out a high watermark, the extremely fluid Dunes. Gardens and Villa's newest effort, Music For Dogs, is a creative departure of sorts, a bit grittier, more cerebral and in line with experimental indie-rock. It's a show of flexibility by a band that has every right to stay its successful course, but opted for more tangential waters. MARK STOCK. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St. 9 pm. $15. 21+.
Raury, India Shaw, Magic Fades
[HIPPIE HOP] Straddling the line between hip-hop and alt-folk, 19-year-old Raury Tullis draws a wobbly through-line from Donovan to Chance the Rapper on his major-label debut, All We Need, combining acoustic guitars and blissfully psychedelic arrangements with a hippie-dippie message of positivity delivered via a flow unabashedly ripped from Andre 3000. It's a novel bit of genre potpourri, sure, but it's also maddening in its unevenness. The seeds of a special artist are there, though. They might take a few years to sprout. MATTHEW SINGER. Hawthorne Theater, 1507 SE Cesar Chavez Blvd. 7 pm. $18. All ages.
Prof, Nacho Picasso, Sonreal, DJ Fundo
[SWEAR-JAR RAP] Minneapolis-based hip-hop institution Rhymesayers Entertainment has been keeping the backpack-rap dream of the early 2000s alive for quite some time. The collective recently scooped up fellow Minneapolitan tech rapper Prof, who combines Danny Brown-style delivery with surprisingly endearing fart- and dick-jokes. Prof is joined by potty-mouthed Seattle cloud-rap darling Nacho Picasso, whose star has been on the rise over the last few years after a series of strong mixtapes. Catch them now, before they blow up. WALKER MACMURDO. Star Theater, 13 NW 6th Ave. 8:30 pm. $15.
She Shreds Third Birthday and Issue 9 Release: Chanti Darling, Thunderpussy, the Ghost Ease
[RIGHTEOUS WOMEN] See our interview with She Shreds founder Fabi Reyna here. The Liquor Store, 3341 SE Belmont St. 8 pm. $8 advance, $10 day of show. 21+.
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