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Live Review: Wavves, Friday, August 28 @ Bunk Bar [August 31st 3:37pm] On Saturday afternoon Matt Brown—Bladen County Records founder, man about town, and general bearer of good things—sent out the following email: Subject: Wavves tonite at bunk bar.  1028 SE Water Ave.  they play at 10:30.  8 bucks.  just one band. As the band would later relay, the show... SHANE DANAHER \| 4 COMMENTS
Win Tickets to the Budos Band! [August 31st 1:28pm] New York's the Budos Band plays a super-tight, super-fly mix of afro-beat infused soul and funk that sounds a little something like this. The band is bringing those... RUTH BROWN \| 7 COMMENTS Irrelevant Interviews: Benjamin Starshine [August 31st 1:19pm] Benjamin Starshine looks and sounds like a man who just stumbled out of a time machine. Hell! He was at the top of Mt. Tabor doing some yoga when we conducted this... KAT GARDINER \| 2 COMMENTS Video: Starparty, "Sleep When You're Dead" [August 30th 9:57am] About a year and a half ago, I helped judge a high school battle of the bands for MITS, the Music in the Schools project. Aside from being a total blast, it introduced... CASEY JARMAN \| 1 COMMENT Recently by the Local Cutters - 8/27 Feedback: Punch and Ceremony a... - 8/26 Old Town Block Party is This S... - 8/24 Snapshots from the Portland Fo... - 8/23 Archeology: Our New Utah Famil... - 8/22 Irrelevant Interviews: The Lig... - 8/20 Video: Sara Jackson-Holman, "C... Top Five Five Songs I Love [September 1st 6:09am] By George Winston [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="135" caption="IMAGE: Joe del Tufo "][/caption] “Hey Now Baby”I’ve been working on the... LOCAL CUT \| 0 COMMENTS Also this week... - 9/1 Strength Friday, Sept. 3 - 9/1 Ed Bennett Friday, Sept. 3 - 9/1 Primer: Slayer - 9/1 CD Reviews: The Estranged, Aut... These Are the Days: Hot August Nights [August 18th 12:54pm] On this mid summer's edition of These Are the Days we've got new music from the Rainy States, Sean Flinn & the Royal We, and Wax Fingers, as well as great tracks... ARYA IMIG \| 2 COMMENTS Recently in LC Radio... - 6/16 These Are The Days: A Fresh Su... - 1/13 Portland Makes Music 12: Raymo... - 11/24 These Are the Days: Winter is ... CD Reviews: Junkface, Hornet Leg [September 2nd 6:03am] Junkface Bigalia(Self-Released) [HIDDEN GEMS] The last song on local power-pop quartet Junkface’s new full-length, Bigalila, is a tender, sweet, piano-’n’-acoustic... MICHAEL MANNHEIMER \| 1 COMMENT Recently in Album Reviews... - 8/26 CD Reviews: Alan Singley &... - 8/19 CD Review: Blitzen Trapper - 8/12 CD Reviews: Commotion and SubA... - 8/5 CD Review: Nurses	Starfucker, "Julius" (Unreleased) [August 25th 2:06pm] Congrats to Starfucker for signing to one of this fine nation's best labels, Polyvinyl. In fact, congrats to Starfucker on a lot of stuff. The Portland electroacoustic... CASEY JARMAN \| 13 COMMENTS Trumans Water, "5-7-10 Split," O Zeta Zunis (Asthmatic Kitty) [August 24th 3:23pm] I can't say I am intimately familiar with Trumans Water. The 19-year-old schizo-guitar-pop outfit, often billed as more Pavement than Pavement—wilder, less sensical,... CASEY JARMAN \| 3 COMMENTS Recently in Cut of the Day- 8/18 Exclusive: Strength, "Brandy,"... - 8/4 DAILY DOUBLE: Taco Neck, "I He... - 8/2 The Corin Tucker Band, "Doubt,... Live Review: Wavves, Friday, August 28 @ Bunk Bar [August 31st 3:37pm] On Saturday afternoon Matt Brown—Bladen County Records founder, man about town, and general bearer of good things—sent out the following email: Subject: Wavves... SHANE DANAHER \| 4 COMMENTS Snapshots from the Portland Folk Festival [August 24th 5:01pm] This weekend we asked Shane Danaher, Nick Jaina and photographer Bobby McHugh to catch some of the first annual Portland Folk Festival and report back here. We didn't... LOCAL CUT \| 6 COMMENTS Recently in Live Cuts- 8/10 Pickathon 2010, Partially (in ... - 8/10 Photo Review: Typhoon, Reporte... - 8/2 Photo Review: PDX Pop Now! Archeology: Our New Utah Family (Torrey, UT) [August 23rd 4:49pm] Until I started touring, Utah was a land in league with Wyoming and Nebraska: A destination valuable as a piece of American frontier history but lacking any stigma... ARCHEOLOGY \| 0 COMMENTS Archeology: Cattle Manure = Madera (Fresno, CA to Las Vegas) [July 23rd 1:56pm] Fresno to Las Vegas Strong navigational skills are a must for DIY touring, both for making it to the venue on time and for preventing the band from breaking up... ARCHEOLOGY \| 1 COMMENT Recently in Tour Diary- 7/16 Archeology: Sleeping in a Wal-... - 6/29 Amy Bleu: Guten abend! Wilkomm... - 6/27 Amy Bleu: Love is Everywhere (...

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View Calendar for information about all tonight's events (all 73 of 'em). George Winston [BIG PIANIST] There is a certain segment of the population for whom solo piano is just never going to work; it's always going to put them to sleep. And if solo piano puts you to sleep, then the low-key compositions on George Winston's iconic 1982 LP, December, is definitely going to equal naptime. But Winston's no one-trick pony, nor is he—as he is often tagged—a New Age artist. He's a slightly indulgent piano whiz who has, in recent years, dabbled in everything from the Doors to ragtime to Peanuts theme songs. In fact, he's done two discs of Vince Guaraldi's classic Peanuts tunes—the most recent being this year's Love Will Come: The Music of Vince Guaraldi, Volume 2—making him a hero to cartoon geeks like myself. I'm not saying George Winston's solo piano is going to have you throwing bras, but jeez, don't call him New Age. CASEY JARMAN. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 234-9694. Netherfriends, Charmparticles, Mnemonic Sounds [ROCK CANDY] Hot off a debut record, Muscle Memories, that’s still rightly steaming, Portland duo Mnemonic Sounds has turned buzz into real energy. On the album, Megan Ouchida and Peter Suk play a fetching game of vocal tag as ruminative synths and dancey drum work round out a series of fully formed songs. And while the group’s lounge-minded sound can be as peaceful as a trumpeter swan in winter, it’s not afraid to draw an edgier sword and cut up some of the glamour with a runaway electric guitar or off-tempo bass line. Sometimes beauty is prettier with a little rabble rousing. MARK STOCK. Berbati's Pan, 231 SW Ankeny St., 248-4579. Budos Band, Universal DJ Sect [WORLD FUNK] Daptone Records is that rare contemporary label that stands for something: In this case, timeless recordings and lots of brass. For its flagship act, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, that means Motown-era soul faithfully reproduced right down to the sweaty guys in suits. For Budos Band, it means gorgeous funk and soul with deep roots in Nigeria and Ethiopia. It is, as one would expect from the Daptone imprint, recorded with era-appropriate ’70s keyboards and a nerdy TLC that oozes timeless style. The band's three records have gone from well-played tribute fare to a more original mix of styles, with Budos Band III easily ranking as the Staten Island outfit's finest offering to date. But it's one thing to hear the records and another treat entirely to get to hear this music—a true labor of love—in person. CASEY JARMAN. Dante's, 1 SW 3rd Ave., 226-6630. Strength, Fake Drugs, DJ Copy, DJ Patricia Furpurse See profile, coming soon. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639. Pavement, Quasi [PERFECT SOUND FOREVER] If you're still on the fence about seeing Pavement play the lone Portland stop of what is likely its only reunion tour, then let me say this: if Stephen Malkmus can make me cry, then he'll likely do the same thing for you. I'm notorious for playing it close to the vest when it comes to feelings, but the minute Pavement—in my mind the best band of the '90s and the unquestioned prankster kings of inde rock—played "Grounded" during May's Sasquatch! Festival, the tears just started flowing, and I'm not afraid to admit it. So yeah, maybe Pavement isn't the best live band on the planet, and maybe its sets are often a little wild and uneven. But with a back catalog of transcendent material (this tour mostly sticks to the "hits" featured on 2010 best-of Quarantine the Past), there's bound to be something that really moves you. To the haters: This is my party, and I'll cry if I want to. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale., 669-8610. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Lulacruza See Thursday listing. Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St., 284-8686.