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  "textContent": "Nolan Parker by Nolan Parker\n\nHappy birthday to Taylor Griggs, one of the extremely hardworking newsies on the _Mercury_ payroll.\n\nWednesday, March 4 Bloodshot Bill / Tomorrow’s Goners / Amy Beth and Thee Creeps\n\n_For fans of the Tandoori Knights, King Lollipop, Kid Congo_\n\nIf you’re missing the days of wringing out your t-shirt on SE Grand after seeing Ty Segall almost drown in other people’s sweat at East End, 1) you’re in good company, and 2) this is the show for you. Montreal Madman Bloodshot Bill continues holding it down in the style of Y2K rockabilly punk, running around with the likes of King Khan and local heroes Guantanamo Baywatch. And though East End is no more, that energy is still harnessable at North Portland darling Turn! Turn! Turn! Get loose or get lost! _(Turn Turn Turn, 8 pm,more info here, 21+)_\n\n__\n\nTortoise / Spacemoth\n\n _For fans of Ui, Jeff Parker, the Durutti Column_\n\nPlaying two nights at Aladdin supporting the late-2025 release of their _Touch_ album are Chicago’s Tortoise. Not not jazz, and not not krautrock, Tortoise have been delivering and defining cool since the early-’90s. Is this what the Grateful Dead would sound like if they were good? Hard to say, but Tortoise are real good and real hard to define with any certainty. Replacing SML as the opener, Spacemoth pulls up sounding like she sat between Broadcast and The Fiery Furnaces in Stereolab’s class. _(Aladdin Theater, 8 pm,more info here, all ages)_\n\n__\n\nThursday, March 5 - Saturday, March 14 Portland Jazz Festival\n\n _For fans of jazz_\n\nRecently I’ve had several friends and people in prominent Portland bands say they’re keen to check out more jazz in 2026. If not at Portland Jazz Festival, then where? This year, as with all years, the festival’s cup runneth over with local and international talent by jazzists and jazz-adjacent artists. 2026 festival highlights include Portland’s own Shirley Nanette—this year’s “Portland Jazz Master”—opening for the incomparable Mavis Staples; Pickathon favorites SML; Portland’s first all-femme big band, Stumptown Sirens Jazz Orchestra; Rose City rising jazz luminary Charlie Brown III; and the forever homies in Dreckig. UPDATE: Roger Eno, little bro to Brian, has dropped from the festival—read our full-fest breakdown here. _(Various locations, various times,more info here)_\n\n__\n\nFriday, March 6 Madeline Stepien / {arsonist} / Flysch\n\n _For fans of Dis Fig, Grouper, Doon Kanda_\n\nHot on the heels of releasing their unbelievably distinct  _Vol. 1_ compilation last month, Portland’s Universal Broadcast Network is pulling together this harsh noise and electronic hardware showcase at Lloyd Center’s Virtua Gallery. Madeline Stepien’s dark hum rumbles in from New York, the shimmering black whispers of {arsonist} hypnotize in the middle, and Flysch carries out a sacred noise ritual in the bowels of the crumbling beast. _(Virtua Gallery, 6 pm,more info here, all ages)_\n\n__\n\nTrigger Object / Scorch / Hearse Mechanic / Sic\n\n _For fans of Pact Infernal, Godflesh, Prison Religion_\n\nKnown by many names—Avola, Vern Avola, Roadhog Bitch—Trigger Object is releasing their relatably-named new album, _Choking on a Crunchwrap Supreme as the World Burns_ , at Portland’s best venue this night. As the new album’s title might suggest, Trigger Object’s music is beat-heavy harsh noise made to rattle eardrums and asses. Bring both to the show if you know what’s good for you. _(Spare Room, 8 pm,more info here, 21+)_\n\n__\n\nSunday, March 8 Moment presents Tether / Menche, Katz, Niekrasz\n\n _For fans of Irreversible Entanglements, Onyx Collective, Charles Mingus_\n\nFor this, their first outing of 2026, the Moment curators are inviting Tether to the recently reopened Maps Good Space. Difficult to find anywhere online, Tether is the new two-bass project from NYC saxophonist Alden Hellmuth. If Hellmuth’s solo experimental jazz output is anything to go by, Moment will be continuing as Portland’s premiere facilitators of avant-garde. Speaking of, opening for Tether is the debut of Menche, Katz, Niekrasz—three Portland champions of the form. _(Maps Good Space, 6:30 pm,more info here, all ages)_\n\n__\n\n_**Also very worth it…**_\n\n**Mikey Whalen / Matt Dorrien** at LaVerne’s - _March 4,more info here_\n\n**Andromeda / House of Warmth / Baby Grendel / Trans Panic / Star Eyes** at High Limit Room - _March 5,more info here_\n\n**Northwest Music Video Showcase** at Tomorrow Theater - _March 4,more info here_\n\n_**Old Joy**_ at Clinton Street Theater - _March 5,more info here_\n\n**Ages and Ages / Scarves** at Mississippi Studios - _March 6,more info here_\n\n_**Rock ‘N’ Roll High School**_ at Tomorrow Theater - _March 6,more info here_\n\n**Shifting Harbor / Jenny Haniver / Folian / Proqxis** at Azøth - _March 6,more info here_\n\n**_The Moment_** at Tomorrow Theater - _March 7,more info here_\n\n**Shaylee / Star Chamber / Honeydrome / Brood22** at The Off Beat - _March 7,more info here_\n\n**!mindparade / Deep Heaven / Rheumatoid Trapezoid** at High Water Mark - _March 8,more info here_\n\n**Arranged in April / Sorrows / Action Roadster / Juno Driver / Left On Read** at High Limit Room - _March 8,more info here_\n\n**Jade Dust / TV HWY / Excess Blood / Liquid Cross** at Black Water - _March 8,more info here_\n\n**Gurriers / Jewelry Exchange** at Polaris Hall - _March 9,more info here_\n\nNew Music Portland:\n\n**Gabriel Kahane** has announced his latest collaboration with **Roomful of Teeth**. Their album, **_Elevator Songs_** , releases April 3 via Octoverse Media. The first single, \"**Speaking in Tongues** ,\" features the wry wit we've come to know and love from Kahane since his moving to Portland in 2020.\n\nIs **Harlan Silverman** the busiest man in Portland music today? Actually, maybe. Between his work in The Cosmic Tones Research Trio and his numerous live appearances, including with Visible Cloaks and opening for Khruangbin, Silverman just released his solo record ** _Music for Stillness_** on Mississippi Records. It's ambient new age sonically most akin to New York and the '80s, but this music couldn't be more Portland 2026. Let it wash over you, breathe with it.\n\nTheatre and soul goddess **Lo Steele** —daughter of Portland soul legend LaRhonda Steele—just released \"**Greenz** ,\" her slow burn ode to Blackness asking telling those of us copping Black recipes in all their forms to do the work. If we're gonna make the greens, don't water them down, know where they came from, and understand the sacred significance of Black food, art, music, ancestral knowledge, and existence.\n\nAfter the late 2025 release of their excellent ** _Sips From the Witch Bottle_** , Portland's **Porcelain Dolls** have put out a music video for album-standout \"**Wait in the Rain**.\" Gloriously lo-fi, it's as easy to get lost in the music video as it is the album.\n\nThanking their cats and the Pacific Northwest in their Bandcamp liner notes, one of Portland's best-named bands, **Rhododendron** , announced their first new album in five years, **_Ascent Effort_**. Though only one track—\"**Firmament** \"—is streamable at present, the album promises to go hard in that psych-freak-out-in-a-good-way only Rhododendron knows how to do.\n\nBrooklyn-by-way-of-Portland producer and beat-maker supreme **Tasa D** set himself to February Album Writing Month last month to exquisite ends. His new 14-song **_Hardartt WIP_** features familiar faces Cosmos Dark and H-Man Coker next to a grip of less familiar, but no less intriguing artists including Barkha Patel and TO$. Peep below and buy for a mere $999.\n\nPortland Music News:\n\nSpeaking of **Gabriel Kahane** , he just announced he'll be playing **Carnegie Hall** February 9, 2027. It's not every day one of Portland's own ascends to classical music's biggest stage...\n\nIn devastating news, **Project Pabst will not be returning in 2026**. After their wildly successful—at least from this festival goer's vantage point—outing in 2025, Project Pabst's appearance on this summer's festival circuit will be sorely missed. As Mercury publisher James Deeley said of the news, \"It's hard out there for festivals right now.\" Who's going to take up the mantle of booking one day of hard-hitting punk and a second cooldown day of blissed out indie?",
  "title": "Mercury Music Picks: Montreal Madman Bloodshot Bill, Tortoise Night 2, and Portland Jazz Fest are All Here!"
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