DeRay Mckesson
Black Lives Matter activist DeRay McKesson is an easy-to-recognize face (thanks to his blue Patagonia vest) and voice (via his Crooked Media radio show Pod Save the People) in the modern resistance revolution happening right now. Touring to support his first book On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope, McKesson will engage local civic leaders in a âno-holds-barred conversation about inclusion and community.â (7:30 pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, $15-40) SUZETTE SMITH
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Paul Cherry
On their last record, 2017âs Backlash, Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybearsâ soulful, infectious blues met riff-heavy funk, with the focus shifting from Lewisâ noted fretwork to peppy brass and a steady rhythmic pocket, as heard on the excellent âGlobal.â As evidenced by their status as veterans of pretty much every major American music festival, the band is known for engaging performances that orbit around Lewisâ unhinged vocal delivery that sounds inspired by the likes of Howlinâ Wolf and James Brown. Itâs the kind of guitar hero-centric act thatâs not unlike the unifying allure of Jimi Hendrix or Lenny Kravitz (if thatâs your thing). Their sixth studio LP, The Difference Between You and Me, is due out this month. (9 pm, Mississippi Studios, $18-20) RYAN J. PRADO
Table Sugar, Nick Normal, Collate
Olympia-hailing art punk quartet Table Sugar bring their shapeshifting sounds down the I-5 for an all-ages show at Speck's, with likeminded locals Nick Normal and Collate on hand to round out the proceedings. (7 pm, Speck's Records and Tapes, $5)
Hurry Up, Savak, Goddamned Animals
Hurry Up is the unholy trinity of Maggie Vail (bass), Kathy Foster (drums), and Westin Glass (guitar). Itâs also kind of a super-group: Vail fronted the now-defunct Bangs, she and Foster represent two-thirds of the Strange Babes DJs, and Foster and Glass play in the Thermals. On their debut self-titled EP, Hurry Up sounds fluent in the lo-fi punk tradition of Dead Moonâall three sing (and scream) over big, razor-edged guitar riffs and drum attacks more intimidating than a charging rhinoceros (8 pm, Kenton Club, $7) CIARA DOLAN
The Wailers
Pioneering reggae rock bassist Aston âFamily Manâ Barrett and the rest of the reunited Wailers make their way thorough the Aladdin Theater for the Portland stop on their North American tour. (8 pm, Aladdin Theater, $25-30, all ages)
The Doubleclicks, Danielle Ate the Sandwich
Angela and Aubrey Webber bring their beloved geek-folk outfit down to the Siren Theater for a headlining show with support from like-minded Fort Collins, Colorado singer/songwriter Danielle Anderson. (7 pm, Siren Theater, $12-15)
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