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C O U R T E S Y O F E P I TA P H R E C O R D S HARDCORE HURT: Touché Amoré plays Hawthorne Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 14. See profi le at wweek.com. and touring under the stage name Chet Faker—an homage to jazz legend Chet Baker— Australian electronic-pop musician Nick Murphy decided to put his moniker to rest and continue his up-and-coming music career using the name his mama gave him. On his fi rst short collection of songs as himself, Missing Link , Murphy lost the soulful, dreamy sound that carried throughout his fi rst album, Built on Glass , and replaced it with a mix of heavily produced dance beats and fi ercer vocals. SHANNON ARMOUR. Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside St., 503-225-0047. 8 pm. $35 advance, $40 day of show. All ages. Protomartyr, Hurry Up, the Woolen Men [MIDDLE MANAGEMENT PUNK] See Get Busy , page 25. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 503-231-9663. 9 pm. $15. 21+. JR JR, Hembree [FITTING-ROOM POP] You’ve heard JR JR whether you wanted to or not. In 2015, the Detroit indie-pop duo released “Gone,” which has played in every Starbucks and American Eagle from coast to coast. It’s no mystery why the song wrig- gled its way into the zeitgeist— it’s got whistling, wistful musings on lost love, harmonized cho- ruses and fi nger snapping. Recent single “Clean Up” shows that JR JR’s talent for making catchy pop viruses hasn’t waned. Don’t be surprised if you hear it soon on an uplifting Sprint commer- cial or scoring a viral video of puppies frolicking with giggling babies. JUSTIN CARROLL-ALLAN. Hawthorne Theatre, 1507 SE César E. Chávez Blvd., 503-233-7100. 8 pm. $18 advance, $20 day of show. All ages. SATURDAY, OCT. 14 Oregon Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony [STATE PRIDE] Alt-rockers Floater head up this year’s class of induct- ees into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame. They’ll perform tonight, alongside blues-organ master Louis Pain and a tribute to the late Portland folk fi xture Jimmy Boyer, featuring several Laurelthirst reg- ulars. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 503-236-9694. 7 pm. $30 advance, $35 day of show. All ages. Touché Amoré, Single Mothers, Gouge Away, Dead Tropics [POST-HARDCORE] See profi le at wweek.com. Hawthorne Theater, 1507 SE 39th Ave., 503-233-7100. 8 pm. $15. All ages. SUNDAY, OCT. 15 Tei Shi, Twelve’Len [R&B] Born in Argentina, Valerie Teicher, aka Tei Shi, has a tight grasp on the sound of ’90s-era R&B, as refl ected on her debut LP, Crawl Space . Much like the pop era it pulls from, Tei Shi’s sound shuf- fl es between acoustic bedroom sounds and beat-driven elec- tronic structures, with the smoky- voiced singer imparting sultriness to already-humid bass lines and swelling synths. There’s more than enough actual instrumenta- tion to make for a fascinating live show, although Teicher’s isolated vocals alone would be worth the price of admission. MARK STOCK. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 503-239-7639. 8 pm. $17. 21+. Screaming Females, Street Eaters, Macho Boys [SHE SHREDS] With a voice like Grace Slick if her feet were on fi re and instrumental chops sharp enough to get her listed as one of the greatest guitarists of all- time by Spin , Marissa Paternoster leads Screaming Females less like a garage-punk outfi t and more like a startup revolution. They recently released their fi rst new tune since 2015’s Rose Mountain , the fi ery, anthemic “Black Moon,” which exemplifi es everything fans have come to love about the them— sludgy, powerhouse riff s, a con- tagious chorus and Paternoster’s inimitable, howling vibrato. CRIS LANKENAU. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., 503-288-3895. 9 pm. $12 advance, $14 day of show. 21+. War Curse, Dismantle, Curtains [THRASH METAL] There are no real surprises on War Curse’s debut EP, Final Days , other than simply the quality of the songs, performances and recordings. The Cincinnati band proudly fl ies the fl ag of traditional thrash metal, and if it sounds like anyone outside the obvious—Megadeth, Testament, Overkill—it’s Dave Lombardo’s post-Slayer quartet Grip Inc., which is little surprise, considering Grip Inc. bassist Jason Viebrooks lent a hand on the recording. This is a chance to see some pro-level, grown-up thrash-metal on a small Portland stage. LA’s Dismantle supports, but there are about 16 Dismantles on Bandcamp, so you’ll just have to guess what they sound like. Headbanging metal is a safe bet. NATHAN CARSON. Tonic Lounge, 3100 NE Sandy Blvd., 503-238-0543. 8:30 pm-11:30 pm. $6 advance, $8 day of show. 21+. MONDAY, OCT. 16 Cattle Decapitation, Revocation, Full of Hell, Artificial Brain [DEATH-GRIND] Cattle Decapitation have never faltered in their austerity. Vehement in their feelings on animal cruelty and exploitation, Cattle Decapitation have been fi ghting the good fi ght since the mid-’90s. But even still, in 2017, their message, along with the death metal-meets-grindcore musical stylings, remains potent. It may not be coming out before the year’s end, but the foursome have shared that they’re prepping a new album. It’s unclear if we’ll be hearing any fresh material here, but harshness is somewhat of a guaran- tee. CERVANTE POPE. Bossanova Ballroom, 722 E Burnside St., 503-206-7630. 6 pm-. $20 advance, $23 day of show. All ages. CONT. on page 32 Willamette Week OCTOBER 11, 2017 wweek.com 31
