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.
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