QUASI, POND, M99(Satyricon, 125 NW 6th) Before Satyricon shutters their doors and shuffles off to the great punk club in the sky, the venue is pulling out all the stops for their farewell month of shows. That means you get to see Quasi plus a special one-off performance from Pond. No, you are not reading a back issue of The Rocket, Pond is actually playing. EZRA ACE CARAEFF
BOOM!, WHITE FANG, GHOST MOM, NUCULAR AMINALS(The Artistery, 4315 SE Division) Read our article on Boom!.
BREATHE OWL BREATHE, LITTLE WINGS, GRAVES(The Woods, 6637 SE Milwaukie) We seldom run articles in which one artist interviews another, as these can easily spiral into exercises in directionless navel-gazing (at best). But we made an exception this week for Micah Middaugh of Breathe Owl Breathe—a band we've been championing for far too long—and Kyle Field of Little Wings. Middaugh is a printmaker and Field is an artist (whose work has adorned the cover of this here paper). The pair is collaborating on a tour poster, so why not an interview as well? The result? An absolute trainwreck, albeit a hilarious and confusing one. Everything we adore about this pair of freethinking artists is the exact reason why they should never be left alone in a room with a tape recorder and an interview deadline. While we won't know what goes on in their strange minds, we do know that both artists create marvelous recordings of childlike wonder that sound good in both venue and pillow fort. EZRA ACE CARAEFF
Born Ruffians and Blue Scholars, as well as a link to the complete show listings, after the jump!