Your Saturday night features music o'plenty around the Rose City, including the return of Scott McCaughey's Minus 5 to the Doug Fir. The long running, used to be the side project but now mostly the main project of McCaughey (and a seemingly cast of thousands he's invited along over the years) most recently released a self-titled effort in 2006 (although it's often referred to as "The Gun Album") that featured the contributions of Colin Meloy, Ken Stringfellow, and John Wesley Harding, among others. In other words, in addition to the usual McCaughey goodness, there's no telling who might wind up on stage with him over the course of the night. The bill also includes Casey Neill & the Norway Rats and Oh Darling.

Elsewhere, it a CD release show at Mississipp Studios for one-man Portland act Carcrashlander, along with Graves and Lake. Cory Gray writes and records his songs under the CCL moniker, although the self-titled release also features a roster of some of Portland's finest: Adam Selzer, Laura Gibson, Dave Depper, and Amanda Lawrence among them. Carcrashlander the album is newly available on Parks & Records-- the label's first release, as a matter of fact.

Also tonight, retro fuzz-pop is in order at the Nine Muses Acoustic Tavern on a bill featuring Silverhawk, The Village Green, and Michael the Blind. Not sure how the "acoustic" part will fit into all of this, but Silverhawk, led by the brothers Densmore, is gearing up for the release of Hangover Bicyle Ride come March on Mastan Music.

As for our show tonight, lots of fresh, new goodies to offer, including the first we've heard from the upcoming release from Portland's Weinland (opening for The Mother Hips tonight at the River City Saloon in Hood River, incidentally). La Lamentor drops March 4th on Badman. Also, something new from the notoriously reclusive Canadian singer-songwriter Hayden, as well as music from recent releases from Sia, Marah, and more.

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Posted by jpetersen on Saturday, January 12 at 8:58pm