music
Win Tickets ($50): Magic City Hippies @ Crystal Ballroom | Poolside Grooves & Sunkissed Melodies
February 12 @ Crystal Ballroom – Embracing everything from AM radio rock and poolside pop to nimble raps and salsa, Magic City Hippies lock into an era-less vibe with no shortage of psychedelic funk or hooks.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($80): Galactic & Too Many Zooz @ Crystal Ballroom | Jazz-Funk, Jam Band
February 11 @ Crystal Ballroom – Galactic draw on 25 years together in order to progress with each performance and subsequent record.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($50): The Spill Canvas @ Lola’s Room | Alternative Rock, w/ Harbour
February 14 @ Lola’s Room – With a slew of albums under their belt the Spill Canvas has returned with Conduit, its first LP in almost a decade.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($60): Pigeons Playing Ping Pong @ Crystal Ballroom | Pysch-funk, w/ Karina Rykman
March 18 @ Crystal Ballroom – Hailed as “musical explorers” by Rolling Stone, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong first took flight roughly a decade ago at the University of Maryland, and the pysch-funk trailblazers have since gone on to play more than a thousand shows across 44 states.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($50): The Chats @ Crystal Ballroom | Shed Rock, w/ Mean Jeans, THICK
May 26 @ Crystal Ballroom – The Chats represent everything that’s good about Australia and nothing that’s bad: a rebel spirit, gallows humour and the endless hedonistic pursuit of A Bloody Good Time.
Read MoreKishi Bashi with the Oregon Symphony @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall | “Improvisations on EO9066,” Electronic Indie
February 24 @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall – Join singer-songwriter Kishi Bashi and your Oregon Symphony for an evening steeped in lush harmonies and electronically-influenced indie music.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($40): Circuit Des Yeux @ The Old Church Concert Hall | Indie Folk, Progressive Rock
February 27 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Fohr and her collaborators—13 renowned musicians from Chicago’s jazz, classical, and experimental scenes—built -io layer by layer, entwining its pain with the clear yearning that sparks at its dark heart.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($40): serpentwithfeet: Deacon’s Tour @ Revolution Hall | Baroque Pop, Electronic, Soul
October 13 @ Revolution Hall – serpentwithfeet is not only imagining, but exploring a world wherein Black love is paramount.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($60): Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange) @ Revolution Hall | Folk Rock, Americana, w/ Tré Burt
February 22-23 @ Revolution Hall – Watchhouse would have been Mandolin Orange’s sixth album but is instead their first also under the name Watchhouse, a moniker inspired by Andrew Marlin’s place of childhood solace.
Read MoreA Pink Martini Valentine @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Downtown Portland | w/ Oregon Symphony, Brazilian Samba, Cabaret, Vintage Jazz
February 12-14 @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall – What better way to charm your sweetheart than with the Portland darlings you know and love, Pink Martini?
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