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Our weekly calendar of live music in venues throughout the city.

COMPILED BY AMY MCCULLOUGH

Events for Saturday, November 4th

The New Finesse, Recall Seven, Hello Damascus

Acme Food & Drink | 1304 SE 8th Ave., 230-9020 [map]
[INDIE] In terms of indie rock, I tend to like what I like and not much else, and I know I like Hello Damascus. I like that its only release is vinyl-only on a punk record label. I like Matt Lounsbury's baritone. I like how soft-edged and unassuming the whole thing is. I love the song "Etheridge," with its three-minute snare roll and winsome, melancholy guitar melodies that make it perfect empty, nighttime backroad music. Perfect for distant mountains reflecting half-moons, or desert floors reflecting starlight. Perfect for mourning the day. I'd like it if you liked this band, too. MICHAEL BYRNE.

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Floater

Aladdin Theater | 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 233-1994 [map]
[MOSS-ROCK] Floater shows are like a rite of passage in the Northwest. You turn 15 and attend your first real rock show, with Floater at the helm. It's where you're introduced to the angry middle-aged guy with the shaved head who flips everybody off, the belly-dancing hippie-metal girl and legions of dedicated snot-nosed kids with young parents in the balcony. Yeah, Floater's bass-driven, dreamscape stoner rock attracts all kinds of weirdos, and it hasn't changed a whole lot in the decade-plus that the band has been together. If national success never comes knocking, and at this point it probably won't, you can still take pride in a true Northwest tradition. Rock on. CASEY JARMAN.- Aladdin Theater. 8 pm doors, 9 pm show. $15 advance, $17 day of show. All ages.

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Andrew King, Waldteufel; Palatine Hill

Alberta Street Public House | 1036 NE Alberta St., 284-7665 [map]

[POST-APOCALYPTIC DRUM CIRCLE] German-born former Crash Worship percussionist Markus Wolff leads local trio Waldteufel in a near-ritualistic celebration of European folk music, the German language (Wolff half-chants all the German lyrics in a low, gravelly tone) and simple rhythm, which is sometimes played on homemade instruments, such as an untuned, three-note maple xylophone. Electric bass and guitar are often used as drones, and contribute to a metal atmosphere refreshingly free of power chords. Every Waldteufel show is a different experience: Last September, the trio celebrated the harvest with thick white masks, mead and rye bread, and this performance will include no guitar—just to challenge the band and keep it interesting, I'm told. With his modernized and electronic European folk, the British Andrew Kind is a kindred spirit. JASON SIMMS. Alberta Street Public House. $10. 21+. Palatine Hill 6 pm; Waldteufel, 9:30 pm.-

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Ararat | 111 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 235-5526 [map]
After Dark: Matt e Starr & guests

Ash Street | 225 SW Ash St., 226-0430 [map]
Scotland Barr & the Slow Drags, Jeff Boortz Band, The Martindales, Lisa Mann

Bagdad Theater & Pub | 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 236-9234 [map]
"Celtic Fiddle Festival" (3 pm)

Barcode | 133 SW 2nd Ave., 242-0019 [map]
DJ TJ

Barracuda | 9 NW 2nd Ave., 228-6900 [map]
DJ Hipnotic

Benson Hotel | 309 SW Broadway, 228-2000 [map]
Neil Masson Quartet w/ Lee Wuthenow

Slowhawk, Gifford Pinchot (CD release), We're from Japan!, Wax Edison

Berbati's Pan | 10 SW 3rd Ave., 248-4579 [map]
[EMO ROCK] Local trio Gifford Pinchot celebrates the birth of its very first album, 1910. The songs alternate between lacy riffs with tiptoe rhythms and distorted chords with pounding drum beats. The group has both a chick and a dude singer, who sometimes harmonize prettily and sometimes (unfortunately) kind of rap. The brightest moments on 1910 come when the band chills out, relinquishes control and skillfully delves into drawn-out, melodic jams in which it seems to have a lot of fun. JOSEY DUNCAN. Berbati's Pan. 9 pm. $6. 21+.

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Bethany Village Grill | 4876 NW Bethany Blvd., 533-7736 [map]
Mike Soto & friends

Bettie Ford Lounge | 1135 SW Washington St., 445-8331 [map]
DJ Evil One & guests

The Blue Monk | 3341 SE Belmont St., 595-0575 [map]
Eddie Parente Quartet

Boxxes/Red Cap Garage | 1035 SW Stark St., 226-4171 [map]
DJ Dougalicious (Boxxes); DJ Tronic (Red Cap Garage)

Buffalo Gap | 6835 SW Macadam Ave., 244-7111 [map]
Keegan Smith, Bradbury Press

Candlelight Cafe & Bar | 2032 SW 5th Ave., 222-3378 [map]
Kenny Lavitz Kombo

Corner Saloon | 2509 SW Borland Road, 638-2523 [map]
Menace

Crush | 1412 SE Morrison St., 235-8150 [map]
DJ Rafa & Dmoe

Crystal Ballroom | 1332 W Burnside St., 225-0047 [map]
Super Diamond, Funk Shui

Dante's | 1 SW 3rd Ave., 226-6630 [map]
Hell's Belles, Kleveland, Neutral Boy

Devils Point | 5305 SE Foster Road, 774-4513 [map]
DJ Brooks

Disjecta | 230 E Burnside St., 913-6884 [map]
Xiu Xiu, Congs for Brums, Dirty Projectors, Grouper with Ilyas Ahmed

Domenic's Sports Bar | 16065 SE McLoughlin Blvd., 659-6969 [map]
Norman Sylvester Band

Mouse on Mars, Birdy Nam Nam, Lithops

Doug Fir | 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663 [map]
[IDM CRUSH] German duo Mouse on Mars laid the foundation for the grand things that happened when the DFA remixologists got their hands on Black Dice. MoM is heavy, glitched-out as fuck and wicked intelligent. Noise kids will hate it because it's got hard beats. Dance-music kids will hate it because it makes them pay attention. But, by the time they get to the inscrutable and brilliant "Duul" (off their latest, Varcharz)—a mind-wrenching mash of tribal beats, industrial crush and IDM standards—they'll all be weeping joyfully...just before the compulsive flail hits. Ahh, how I love the compulsive flail. MICHAEL BYRNE. Doug Fir. 8 pm doors, 9 pm show. $15. 21+.

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Dublin Pub | 6821 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway, 297-2889 [map]
Floodgate (10 pm); Sugarcookie

Duff's Garage | 1635 SE 7th Ave., 234-2337 [map]
The Buckles

East | 322 NW Everett St., 226-1569 [map]
Nic Fury

Egyptian Room | 3701 SE Division St., 236-8689 [map]
DJ Epitome

Fernando's Hideaway | 824 SW 1st Ave., 248-4709 [map]
DJ Juan

Fez Ballroom | 316 SW 11th Ave., 221-7262 ext. 41 [map]
Stalking Jane, Auditory Sculpture, Sophe Lux

Fireside Coffee Lodge | 1223 SE Powell Blvd., 230-8987 [map]
Black Samba

Goodfoot Lounge | 2845 SE Stark St., 239-9292 [map]
"Herbie Hancock Tribute"

The Grand Cafe | 832 SE Grand Ave., 230-1166 [map]
Doc Wilson & Lyle Ford (6 pm)

Gravity Room | 6 SW 3rd Ave., [map]
Totalisti, In Memory, Strenuus, Malice Devised, Soul Distraction (8 pm); Zacura Smelliot, Buck 90, King Friday, Eric Anarchy (noon)

Greek Cusina | 404 SW Washington St., 224-2288 [map]
House Hooligans: DJ Professor Stone (Saganaki Lounge); DJs Izm, ATM, Flipsta, Rascue (Minoan Ballroom); DJ Brett (Taverna)

Green Papaya | 1135 SW Morrison St., 248-2112 [map]
DJ Tool

Ground Kontrol | 511 NW Couch St., 796-9364 [map]
DJ Paula B

Hawthorne Theatre | 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100 [map]
OK Go, Quit Your Day Job

Heathman Hotel | 1001 SW Broadway, 241-4100 [map]
Upper Left Trio

Flight 64 Benefit: Blitzen Trapper, The Shaky Hands, Ritchie Young

Holocene | 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639 [map]
[SHIRTLESS ROCK] I can't stop spreading the love for the Shaky Hands. They seem light years ahead of almost every band in Portland, and each show I see is better than the last. Fans of the Walkmen and Broken Social Scene will love this band, which employs some of the same held-note meditations on melody and harmony. To this formula they add an irresistible summertime porch-party vibe and an absolute love of the stage that shines through every chord and every bead of sweat falling from their faces. The Shaky Hands is the best rock band in Portland, and I'm going to get as much inspiration from them as I can before everyone else realizes it. CASEY JARMAN. Holocene. 8 pm. $5. 21+. Xiu Xiu, Dirty Projectors,Congs for Brums, Grouper withIlyas Ahmed[EMPATHY] I was warned well in advance of getting Xiu Xiu's new record, The Air Force, that I might just hate it. I was told that they'd gone pop, that band wasn't the same as the wounded, trapped animal they put forth on 2003's A Promise. Huh. A funny thing happened sitting there listening and waiting to get rejected by one of my favorite bands: It didn't happen. Xiu Xiu hasn't dropped the torch of the wrecked and abused; if anything, they're running faster with it, charging through whole new crowds of people and baring society's guts with their flickering light. The Air Force is more catchy than demanding and follows an overall musical logic closer to pop, but Jamie Stewart's emotive waver is still there (joined now by the vocals of cousin Carolee McElroy), and so is the panic, noise catharsis and clattering percussion. Prepare to have your heart torn out and studied: Xiu Xiu asks for nothing less. Still. MICHAEL BYRNE. Disjecta. 8 pm. $8 advance, $10 day of show. All ages. See also Impression page 37.-

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Imbibe | 2229 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 239-4002 [map]
Excellent Gentlemen

Jimmy Mak's | 221 NW 10th Ave., 295-6542 [map]
Dr. Lonnie Smith w/ Mel Brown & Dan Faehnle (8 & 10 pm)

Jolly Roger | 1340 SE 12th Ave., 232-8060 [map]
Earl & the Reggae Allstars

Kay's Bar | 6903 SE Milwaukie Ave., 232-4447 [map]
R & B Blues, Kirk Duncan

The Know | 2026 NE Alberta St., [map]
Rusty Starz

Koji Osakaya | 10100 SW Barbur Blvd., 977-3100 [map]
Greg Goebel Trio

LaurelThirst Public House | 2958 NE Glisan St., 232-1504 [map]
Lynn Conover Band (9:30 pm); Floating Glass Balls (6 pm)

Ledding Library | 10660 SE 21st Ave., 786-7580 [map]
Cuba Ach� (2 pm)

Live! At the Annex | 7809 NE Everett St., [map]
Maria's Arcade, Silence Ended, Aisle 3, Numbered Days, Cold Rush (5 pm)

Lola's Room at the Crystal Ballroom | 1332 W. Burnside St., 225-0047 [map]
Heavyweight Dub Champion, Resident Anti-Hero

LV's Uptown-University Place | 310 SW Lincoln St., 221-0140 [map]
Dave Frishberg & Rebecca Kilgore (7 pm)

Mama Mia Trattoria | 439 SW 2nd Ave., 295-6464 [map]
DJs Stokes & Haze

Masu | 406 SW 13th Ave., 221-6278 [map]
"Kampai Saturdays"

Matador | 1967 W Burnside St., 222-5822 [map]
"DJ Moisti loves Mr. E"

McFadden's | 107 NW Couch St., 503-220-5055 [map]
Jason B

McMenamins Edgefield | 2126 SW Halsey St., 669-8610 [map]
Vivid Curve (7 pm)

Mission Theater | 1624 NW Glisan St., 223-4527 [map]
Bonnie Prince Billy, Human Bell

Mississippi Studios | 3939 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895 [map]
Dolorean, Matt Sheehy (10 pm); Anya Marina (7 pm)

Mock Crest Tavern | 3435 N Lombard St., 283-5014 [map]
Donna & the Side Effects

Momo | 725 SW 10th Ave., 478-9600 [map]
DJ Wicked

Noche | 33 NW 2nd Ave., 243-4646 [map]
DJ Serg

Outlaws Bar & Grill | 722 E. Burnside St., 233-7855 [map]
The Stood Ups

Pala | 105 NW 3rd Ave., 242-0700 [map]
Progression, Levente, Taki, SFD

Pi-rem | 433 NW 4th Ave., 227-5494 [map]
DJ Ravi

Pine Street Bistro | 221 SW Pine St., 223-5058 [map]
Tracie Colleen Trio

Ponderosa Lounge | 10350 N Vancouver Way, 345-0300 [map]
DJ Morgan

Portland City Grill | 111 SW 5th Ave., 450-0030 [map]
Gus Pappelis (8 pm); David Michael Lee (5 pm)

Portsmouth Pizza & Pub | 5264 N Lombard St., 289-4644 [map]
Moments Notice

Produce Row Cafe | 204 SE Oak St., 232-8355 [map]
Holding Out Band

Pshaw! | 825 N. Killingsworth St., 595-4370 [map]
Katt & Roots Revolution

Red & Black Cafe | 2138 SE Division St., 231-3899 [map]
Lark Sleep Phone, Goldstar

Red Room | 2530 NE 82nd Ave., 256-3399 [map]
Straightedge Buddhist Strippers, Silversafe

Rimsky-Korsakoffee House | 707 SE 12th Ave., 232-2640 [map]
Chinook Winds

Rock 'N' Roll Pizza | 11140 SE Powell Blvd., 760-7646 [map]
Disruption of Society, Frank Schwentt, Gnome Sorcery Federation, Curien, Sillhouette

Rogue Pub | 31500 NW Commercial, North Plains, 647-5268 [map]
Love Pyle

Roseland | 8 NW 6th Ave., 219-9929 (Grill), 224-2038 (Theater) [map]
Reel Big Fish, Streetlight Manifesto, Suburban Legends, Westbound Train

Salty's on the Columbia | 3839 NE Marine Drive, 288-4444 [map]
Mel Brown Trio (7 pm)

Sammy's Restaurant | 333 NW 23rd Ave., 222-3123 [map]
James A. Fenwick

Wet Confetti (CD release), Swan Island (CD release), Twin, Plasmic Stallion

Satyricon | 125 NW 6th Ave., 243-2380 [map]

See CD reviews, page 39 and 45. Satyricon. 7:30 pm. Cover. All ages.

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Someday Lounge | 125 NW 5th Ave., 248-2900 [map]
Faun Fables, Elvis

Tillicum | 8585 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway, 292-1835 [map]
Chubby Johnson

Tonic Lounge | 3100 NE Sandy Blvd., 238-0543 [map]
Mars Needs Women, Joshua James & the Runaway Trains

Towne Lounge | 714 SW 20th Place, 241-8696 [map]
Iretsu, No Go Know

Urban Rhythms Coffee Co. | 12600 SW Crescent St., 503-672-9490 [map]
Mitch Imori & friends (7 pm)

Voodoo Lounge | 53 NW 1st Ave., 241-3840 [map]
DJ Ben

Wayne's Chicago Red Hots | 57420 Old Portland Road, 397-1170 [map]
The Chili Dawgs

The Waypost | 3120 N Williams Ave., 367-3182 [map]
Wicky Pickers

White Eagle | 836 N Russell St., 282-6810 [map]
Flat Mountain Girls, The Tall Boys (9:30 pm); Blue Lightning, Stevi Marie & Jackson Road (4 pm)

Wine Down | 126 NE 28th Ave., 236-9463 [map]
Dale Morris

Wonder Ballroom | 128 NE Russell St., 284-8686 [map]
Sia, The Bird & the Bee, Greg Lasswell

Music Saturday, November 4th