ALEXIS GIDEON(Disjecta, 8371 N Interstate) Read our article on Alexis Gideon.
PAVEMENT, QUASI(Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey, Troutdale) Ever since news of the Pavement reunion broke, we've been drooling for a Portland show: It's Stephen Malkmus' hometown, and the reunion rehearsals took place in SE Portland's AudioCinema. Well, the day of a local Pavement show has finally arrived, and you can bet we'll be front and center. NED LANNAMANN Also, read our article on Pavement.
STRENGTH, FAKE DRUGS, DJ COPY, DJ PATRICIA FURPURSE(Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison) Sweet justice! Strength have a new album, Mind-Reader, that is as sexy and dancey and silly as 2006's Going Strong, but this time around the guys have come even further into their own with fuller, slicker sounding tracks. Singer Bailey Winters exudes more confidence than ever with his sultry one-track-mind persona. John Ziegler has mastered his Casio, turning out richer synth melodies that feel both '80s and modern, but not in that annoying sardonic hipster kind of way. Patrick Morris continues to pluck out irresistible disco guitar hooks, providing the underlying funk that gets bodies gyrating. While you can clearly hear the band's progress on the new album, you really haven't experienced Strength until you've seen them live. The three are so at ease with their seductive, playful characters that you can't help but indulge in some arm waving and hip thrusting alongside them on the dance floor. AVA HEGEDUS
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, The Budos Band, Cobalt Cranes and Lynyrd Fuckin' Skynyrd after the jump!
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