Featured in Drink 2008
The bar at Holocene—wedged in the Southeast Portland warehouse’s least spacious corner—can make for a drinking challenge on busy show nights. Heck, it can be tough to navigate around the bar even when you’re not drinking. But when you do get your bottle of High Life, dancing to whatever electro-psych-krunkpop act that's playing in the crowded second room just seems so much sweeter. Your best bet, though, is to show up to the starkly decorated arts space around 8 pm and enjoy an awesome sandwich ($7.50-$9) by candlelight. You can’t booty dance on an empty stomach, after all.
Perfect Patron: People who read Wired magazine but can also hold down a conversation. (CJ)
HAPPY HOUR 5-8 PM MONDAY-FRIDAY: $2 OFF WELL DRINKS, $1 OFF BEER AND WINE.
PHOTO BOOTH, LIVE MUSIC, SMOKING ROOM.
Events Today
Monday October 13
Born Ruffians, Plants & Animals, Nurses
[VAMPIRE WARP-END ROCK] The fact that quirky Midland, Ontario, indie-pop trio Born Ruffians currently releases its Vampire Weekend-esque music on Warp Records may seem a tad bizarre to anyone vaguely familiar with the U.K. label's electronica-dominated back catalog. However, much to the chagrin of IDM-obsessives, the band is a signing indicative of recent trends of "diversification" within the Warp roster—not that the Ruffians should be bothered by such concerns. The recent Four Tet remix of "I Need a Life," however, does manage to sound simultaneously like a really nice tune and an apology from Warp to its old-schoolers. DAVID ROBINSON. Holocene 9 pm. $10. 21+.
Upcoming Events
Wednesday October 15
Hi-Deaf, Beyonda, Hoop Dreams
Holocene 9 pm. $3.
Thursday October 16
Boy Eats Drum Machine, Dat'r, Southern Belle
[YOUTH NOVELS] I'll be the first to admit that we slept a bit when Southern Belle's hyperactive, spazzy debut set of pop ditties was released at the end of August. Hurry Up and Thrill Me (no, not that U2 song from the Batman and Robin soundtrack) whizzes by in a blur, 17 tracks of sugary and synth-heavy indie pop that rivals the Unicorns record for pure teenage kicks. The vocal interplay between Ross McLeron's controlled, Elliott Smith-ish whisper and Austin Jackson's frenzied yips and yelps is tough territory to mine correctly, but when it's right, blissful pop rarely sounds so good. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. Holocene 9 pm. $7. All ages.
Friday October 17
ROCKBOX
Holocene 9 pm. $3.
Saturday October 18
GAYCATION
Holocene 9 pm. $3.
