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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Tonight! Tonight in Music: Akron/Family, Monarques, Holy Sons, and much more

Posted by Colleen Smyth on Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 3:45 PM


AKRON/FAMILY, DELICATE STEVE, AU, BRAINSTORM, WHY I MUST BE CAREFUL, GOLDEN RETRIEVER, ROB WALMART

(Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell) Read our article on Akron Family.


MONARQUES, YOURS, HOSANNAS

(Slabtown, 1033 NW 16th) Read the Monarques Feature article..


CASTANETS, HOLY SONS, DOLOREAN

(Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi) Holy Sons, the longtime solo project of Portlander Emil Amos (of Grails and Om), has habitually been kept underground, with infrequent live appearances despite a discography nine albums deep. With the newest, Survivalist Tales, Amos has gone public, and tonight concludes a spring tour that has brought Holy Sons' dark, languid psychedelia to the masses. NED LANNAMANN


ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE AND THE MELTING PARAISO UFO, SHILPA RAY & HER HAPPY HOOKERS

(Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside) Acid Mothers Temple—guitarist Kawabata Makoto's seasoned crew of Japanese astral travelers—are prolific tour beasts who generate noise-rock infernos as casually as you munch pot brownies. While comfortable in apocalyptic chaos, AMT also thrive in mellower modes, slipping into dewy troubadour ballads and mellifluous space-rock fantasias when the strain of making their instruments roar like SSTs becomes too arduous. But most fans come to AMT gigs to revel in the group's MC5/High Rise-like combustibility, and you will likely leave the show tonight with synapses properly singed. DAVE SEGAL

A complete listing of this week's shows can be viewed here.


THE STRANGE BOYS, NATURAL CHILD, BLOOD BEACH

(East End, 203 SE Grand) When Scion first released their boxy, customizable cars, few people would have guessed they'd take their youth-culture-based branding right back into the garage. Now almost everything associated with garage rock has a Scion stamp of approval, from their recurring Garage Fest (which debuted here in Portland) to the 7-inch singles they've been releasing (initially given away, then eBayed for profit). To have Southern bands the Strange Boys and Natural Child, who released a split for Scion A/V, on the same bill is a real treat. Nashville's Natural Child walk the tightrope between T. Rex's boogie strut and Jeff the Brotherhood's riffage (coincidentally, Natural Child also has two out-of-print singles on JtB's own Infinity Cat label), which is a welcome companion to Strange Boys' nasally, nugget-y Stones vibes. Fuck the classics, we got our own. TRAVIS RITTER


BOOBERAMAPALOOZAFEST: MUSCLE BEACH, VALKYRIE RODEO, THE CHAIR PROJECT, SWAMP BUCK, STAG BITTEN

(Kenton Club, 2025 N Kilpatrick) Jonathon Boober is one of the many who have found a second home at the Kenton Club, one of the most true-blue dives you will find in Portland or anywhere else. Tonight and tomorrow he brings many of his favorite local bands together in one room, united by their ability to bring the ruckus and by their role in our city's vibrant and demented underground music community. They include: Valkyrie Rodeo, a duo that creates some of the most destroyed punk rock in this town; the Chair Project, a one-man soul machine whose vocal stylings will make you vibrate in all sorts of places; and Stag Bitten, fronted by the fierce voice of Arolia McSwain, who shreds guts with sheer sound and velocity. MARANDA BISH


ROTTING CHRIST, MELECHESH, HATE, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, LECHEROUS NOCTURNE

(Hawthorne Theatre, 1507 SE 39th) When I first heard the band name Rotting Christ, I pictured inverted crosses carved into foreheads, chalices of blood, and goat sacrifices. You know, just generally fucked-up shit. As it turns out, these days their name is the most outwardly shocking element of the R. Christ persona. No corpse paint and no murder scandals, just truly triumphant Greek metal, the kind of stuff you want playing as you go to battle with your mortal enemies. Openers Melechesh were one of the first black-metal bands to rise from the holy city of Jerusalem, deeming themselves "Mesopotamian Metal," ultimately evil metal with deep Middle Eastern influences. KEVIN DIERS

A complete listing of this week's shows can be viewed here.

 

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