Live! Tonight! Not Sold-Out!

Our top concert picks for Wednesday, Nov. 18.

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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