It’s the return of synth pop artist Madeline Goldstein, who has been developing her unique take on darkwave from her hometown days in Portland, Oregon, to her more expansive creative center in Los Angeles. She’s back at the Miniplex for an early show tonight at 7 p.m., along with Red Room DJs KreePeeO, Zero One, […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, April 3
Two shows in Arcata tonight, both featuring veteran acts from either here or abroad, both going down at 8 p.m. Let’s dig further. At the Wild Hare, you will find the local flavors of Barking Dogma, Generational Trauma and Good Time Charlies. Peggy Martinez of Barking Dogma wanted to remind me to tell you that […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, March 28
Abronia is a Portland band that has gained international recognition for its haunting invocations of the spectral landscape of crossroads converging in the valley of death beyond the western plains of the living. A place where the flesh must be sacrificed in the white heat so a caravan of charred bones can carry the soul […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Jan. 18
Day four of the festivities wrap everything up in a pretty little package tonight at theMiniplex at 6 p.m., where The Ian Fays and The Lowlights team up to take the stagesurrounded by the celluloid dreams brought to screen in the form of short films byJensen Rufe ($10). Two decades down, hopefully more to come […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Dec. 10
Back over to the Miniplex tonight at 8 p.m., where Modern Nature will be weavingpastoral found sound fables with living splashes from the free jazz color wheel. Theband is on the Bella Union Label, founded by two thirds of the Cocteau Twins if youwant to check out the music at home. Also on the ticket […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Nov. 19
Tunisian singer-songwriter Nour Harkati is a master of the Guembri, an ancient three-stringed West African instrument similar to a lute and a banjo. Now living in New York City, the surprisingly young man has put together a fantastic band to showcase his unique sound, which mixes organic bass tones of his instrument with the frenetic […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Nov. 1
Celebrate the beginning of the Weekend of the Dead with a fantastic psychedelic show at the Miniplex at 8:30 p.m. Magic Castles from Minneapolis brings to mind the post-British Invasion, West Coast sound of the late-’60s with some analog excellence that is perfectly matched with local night trippers Western Extra. This is a must-hear for […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, Oct. 28
There’s a good pre-Halloween warm-up over at the Miniplex tonight at 8 p.m. Portland’s Dancing Plague will be sharing the stage with Aux Animaux from Sweden, for a program of haunting and spooky darkwave and industrial sounds. After the live acts pack up, local DJ crew Hispanic! at the Disco will be rolling out a […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Oct. 4
Brooklyn’s Shilpa Ray is a lady who has been churning out the art-punk jams for quite some time, with her band of merry freaks bringing the guts to undergird her growl. She’ll be stalking the boards of the Miniplex tonight at 8:30 p.m., along with an absolutely perfect support band: local melodic punk rawk chanter […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Aug. 27
The Miniplex is hosting a mid-week creepshow with Loveland, Colorado’s Doom Scroll, an acoustic crust punk band with a unique sound built on heavy picking and the loud/quiet dynamics and bratty singing from the heyday of American emo music. If that scratches your itch, come get some relief tonight at 7:30 p.m. Also on the […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Aug. 22
It’s Metal Friday over at Savage Henry Comedy Club, and tonight’s show is a special one, as it is kicking off a 24-hour telethon to raise donations for the struggling club. We don’t have very many all-ages spaces for comedy and loud, heavy music, and losing this one would be a grave blow to our […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, Aug. 4
Back at the Miniplex again, this time for a touring trio of darkwave and post punk-inspired acts. Past Self from Las Vegas headlines the night, with a shoegaze sound merging English and Korean lyrics for a sound they call “K-Goth.” On the undercard are Sculpture Club from Dallas and Philadelphia’s the True Faith. Fans of […]