It’s that time of year again, time for the 2nd Annual Dirty Martini Holiday Party, a fundraiser for the Portland School Foundations First Octave Music and Arts in Schools Program. After the success of last years party with special guest Storm and the Balls, we are pleased to announce that this year’s very special guest is recent Portland transplant, Kristin Hersh. She’s taking time off from Throwing Muses and 50ft Wave to play a special acoustic set in support of the fund. Tickets can be had in advance from Virtuous Tickets (who we highly recommend by the way.)

Saturday December 2nd 2006.
McMenamins Mission Theatre
1624 N.W. Glisan
Portland, OR 97209

Doors: 7:30pm
Tickets: $15 advance /$18 day of show

This Saturday night step out to the Doug Fir for a night of foot tapping courtesy of Boy Eats Drum Machine. Led by Jon Ragel BEDM is a wonderful mix of turntables, drum machines, synthesizers, found sounds and vocals. Currently at work on their new album their first one, Pleasure, is available at iTunes. Don’t miss this one. Sat. Nov 27th. Doug Fir 9PM $5.00 21+

Click the player to listen to Eunuch.

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Holocene presents a night of arty post-everything punk music featuring Montreal’s infamous Les Georges Leningrad. Fresh from the release of their new album Sur Les Traces de Black Eskimo, Les Georges have slimmed down to three-piece status and are truly in fighting form. Their music is hard to pin down, ranging from danceable artpunk to freeform noise and other nameless forms, all delivered with legenedary live intensity. They’re preceded by fellow Montreal sonic terrorists Duchess Says, Portland drums’n'vox power couple Romancing (featuring Charlie from Panther / The Planet The and Maggie from Bangs), and angular LA dancepunkers Hello Fever.
Monday November 27th @ Holocene. Tickets available from Brown Paper Tickets.com

Dwight Adams, trumpet, kicked by Lawrence Williams.

This all-star evening pays tribute to the recently departed Detroit jazz legend Lawrence Williams, a nonpareil composer and drummer who lived in Portland for many years. A dear friend to vocalist Nancy King (another without-peer jazz sensation), and a mentor to many, Williams leaves a magisterial legacy that goes back to the good old days of Detroit, when GM was still cranking out flathead V8s and giants like the Jones boys (Elvin, Thad and Hank), Pepper Adams and Milt Jackson still roamed the earth. King joins an excellent cadre of jazz talent (led by saxophonist David Valdez) to salute Williams’ sophisticated, full-throttle, bop-tinged oeuvre. TIM DUROCHE. Jimmy Maks Friday Nov 17th. 8 pm. $8. 21+.

This local blog has more info on the project.

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Talking of Wieden + Kennedy, it’s that time of year again when the Portland ad agencies bounce their collective egos off each other as they vie for awards for their work in advertising. It’s an evening of fun, food and music and this year Pampelmoose artists, Dirty Martini grace the stage. The show is tonight, Thursday Nov 16th, at the newly-refurbished Portland Armory. Tickets can be purchased here.