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Saturday, July 16, 2011
Tonight! Tonight in Music: Pix Patisserie Bastille Day Block Party, Langhorne Slim, Boo Frog and more!
Posted by Arian Jalali on Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 11:01 AM
PIX PATISSERIE BASTILLE DAY BLOCK PARTY: DEELAY CEELAY, COOL NUTZ & DJ FATBOY, GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, CLOUDY OCTOBER, PIGEONS, YEAH GREAT FINE, SAM HUMANS & THE LIGHT
(N Failing between Williams & Vancouver) Your source for delicious French snack heaven, Pix Patisserie, is once again throwing down their annual Bastille Day block party. Look for a slew of live music (Deelay Ceelay, Cool Nutz, Guidance Counselor) plus scavenger hunts, races, and "macaron madness." Viva la France! MARJORIE SKINNER
LANGHORNE SLIM, WEINLAND
(Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside) Langhorne Slim has been winning Portland hearts with his ragged, soulful folk hollerin', and it looks like we've won his heart right back: The singer/songwriter relocated here last year, and tonight he takes the Doug Fir stage for what is sure to be a roof-raising hootenanny. NED LANNAMANN
SICK BROADS, ATOMIC BRIDE, BOO FROG, MUSICIANERS
(Slabtown, 1033 NW 16th) The more things change, the more they stay the same: Portland trio Boo Frog is a relatively new band, but one with a lengthy pedigree (guitarist/singer Chris Newman played for many years in the seminal Napalm Beach) and one that found its origins in remembering those who've departed. The band first came together as a one-off at a tribute for the Cramps' Lux Interior, but it soon became an ongoing concern. "Sky Is High," the opening track on their latest LP, Better Than the Rest—which celebrates its vinyl release at tonight's show—is a tribute to Newman's musical hero Sky Saxon of the Seeds. Heavy distortion and punkabilly stomp make up Better Than the Rest, and it's a grimy, trashy, good-time record that knows that sometimes the best way to honor the past is to rock into oblivion. NL
J-LIVE, RAASHAN AHMAD, TXE, THE LOVE LOUNGERS
(Crown Room, 205 NW 4th) Like Biggie, Common, and Mobb Deep before him, J-Live entered the music industry after being featured in the "Unsigned Hype" column of The Source. Label and distribution problems indefinitely shelved his debut LP, The Best Part, immediately after promos were released to press and radio, which subsequently led to the record being one of the most heavily bootlegged in hiphop history. It wasn't until 2001 that an official release came out from J-Live's own label, Triple Threat Productions, allowing him to quit his day job as a middle-school English teacher in Brooklyn. Last fall's Undivided Attention EP was issued as a taste of what to expect from the much anticipated full-length S.P.T.A., which finally drops next month. Portland's own triple threat TxE opens, an act that is steadily becoming one of our region's most respected and in-demand. RYAN FEIGH
THE DEAR HUNTER, KAY KAY & HIS WEATHERED UNDERGROUND, O'BROTHER, NAIVE THIEVES
(Hawthorne Theatre, 1507 SE 39th) Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground's well-filled carnivalesque soundscapes reflect the fact that, while they're officially a three-person gig, up to 11 other musicians have been known to join the Seattle band onstage. Cutesy ragtime piano-playing lies beneath ever-progressing layers of violin, percussion, and even tuba. Lead vocalist/guitarist Kirk Huffman employs a guitar that artfully treads the line between overwhelmingly sexy and vaguely poppy, recalling—dare I say it—the Beatles, among other '60s flower-power projects. Gracing Kay Kay on stage will be progressive rock act the Dear Hunter, the blood, mind, and soul-child of Casey Crescenzo, former member of the Receiving End of Sirens. Taking a break from his psychologically epic six-part concept album, Crescenzo recently released The Color Spectrum, an overwhelming nine-EP anthology, with each EP meditating on a particular color. CECILIA D'ANASTASIO
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