I don’t know if I really need to extol the virtues of live music in a blog where I review live music, but I did see Ladytron perform with opener Blakkat at the Wonder Ballroom and I do think…
The Gothard Sisters’ Irish-Celtic folk catalogue includes songs that date back 500 years, but chestnuts like “Scarborough Fair” – and plenty of newer material too – felt fresh and lively as their St. Patrick’s Day Tour played to a sell-out crowd at the…
As far as local acts go, Bug Séance is a fun band making big swings. The five piece group played a show at the Holocene with touring friends Present and solo artist Amulet, which was so lively and fun, it had energy…
Every so often a band comes along that defies any expectations you might have had just looking at their name or their album cover or their press photos. One time in 2016, my roommate had a playlist on in the background and when…
On Wednesday night indie DIY band Girlpool kicked off their tour at the Wonder Ballroom in northeast Portland. A few weeks before the tour Girlpool announced, in an interview with Pitchfork, that this will be their Farewell Tour saying, “this upcoming tour will…
Wanna megapulverize every last brain cell in your meganoggin? Well I got a bloodbath of a show for you! Godzillian gurus Oxygen Destroyer spare no flesh with their metropolis mangling megagargantuanspeedeath rampages that no swat team can save you from. Every song is…
Macabre summed this upcoming drain clogger of a show best with the lyric; "Whats that smell? Something died? The landlord thought that it was coming from outside."
Mortuous, Fetid, and Witchvomit invade your nasal cavities like the stench of your rotting brain...…
Thursday, 4/28/2022 High Water Mark 21+ 8:30pm
2-piece Antichrist Siege Machine brings their version of war metal back to Portland after a 3 year break. Expect total auditory annihilation in the name of death and Satan. Another 2-piece, local hyper grinders Human Effluence,…
Noroth/Disimperium/Dripping Decay 4/23/2022 High Water Mark 8:30pm 21+ $10.
Noroth is descending upon Portland as part of their west coast Harbinger Of Death tour. Local support from grindcrushers Disimperium and gore fiends Dripping Decay. High Water Mark on Dekum/MLK Jr. is the place…
Thunder Cat performed along with opener Channel Tres on his "It Is What It Is" tour at McMenamins Crystal Ballroom this last Friday, December 3rd.
Stephan Lee Bruner a.k.a. "Thundercat" Live at The Crystal Ballroom December 3rd, 2021
Channel Tres
When…