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Daily Email - Wednesday - 8/20/2025

August 20, 2025

Bright Eyes defined a generation with songs that still hit deep today, and now you can see them live for free. It’s your last chance to enter to win tickets to their show at Grand Lodge on August 28!*

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • Dijon makes music like someone’s yelling at a dream. Hear his soulful, glitchy, and raw talent live at Roseland Theater on November 1.

  • Joey Bada$$ is hitting the road, and if you missed the 2000 tour, consider this your redemption arc. Don’t miss real-deal stage presence at Roseland Theater on November 2.

  • DC post-hardcore group Shudder to Think just rose from the dead with a reunion after their last tour in 2008. Recession indicator? Get tickets for November 7 at Star Theater.

  • Japanese noise rockers Melt-Banana are back to scramble your neurons and slap your soul sideways at Mississippi Studios on November 7.

  • Your teenage angst just texted: Story of the Year and Senses Fail are touring together. And they’re even bringing Armor For Sleep along. Don’t skip the Scream Team Tour at Revolution Hall on December 10.

WIN STUFF WEDNESDAY

Michael Franti & Spearhead wanna soundtrack your summer with pure sunshine vibes… Linkin Park is back to scream the feelings you never grew out of… and Rose City Comic Con is here for the nerds, the cosplayers, the die-hards. Oh yeah, we’ve also got a stack of other giveaways hotter than your group chat gossip.

THIS WEEK

🖤 Clan Of Xymox

Tomorrow @ Star Theater (7PM)

Clan of Xymox is bringing their gothic synth sorcery to the stage. Prepare to disappear into the fog with the pioneers of darkwave.

🤠 Lainey Wilson

Tomorrow @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater (6:30PM)

Lainey Wilson is rolling into Bend with bell bottoms, bangers, and more twang than a whiskey-soaked jukebox. Get ready to hear her Whirlwind album live with ERNEST and Kaitlin Butts.

🎶 Mihali

Tomorrow @ Mississippi Studios (9PM)

Mihali’s live sets feel like catching a sunrise mid-jam session. Sit back and enjoy some reggae and hear his new album, Before the Dream.

🎤 Parker McCollum

Friday @ Cascades Amphitheater (7:30PM)

Parker McCollum is bringing heartbreak hooks and Texas charm to Ridgefield for the What Kinda Man Tour with Ashley Cook and Vincent Mason.

🌲 Mt. Joy

Friday @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater (7:30PM)

Mt. Joy’s live show feels like a group therapy session in a national park or a lucid dream on a mountaintop. Bring your best flannel and someone you wanna feel stuff with.

Your emotional support comedian has entered the chat

You’ve seen her on Netflix oversharing like your funniest friend on meds — now Taylor Tomlinson is taking that slightly unstable brilliance on tour. Razor-sharp jokes about therapy, God, dating apps, and dying alone? She’s got ‘em.*

LOCALS ONLY

  • Choose a pizza that represents a region of the world at South Waterfront’s newest restaurant, Andiamo Pizzeria. Feeling Greek, Indian, Thai, they’ve got a pizza for you. Opening September 2!

  • A new monthly comedy series is coming to The Get Down. The first installment of Unhinged is on September 16 and will allow people to gather and process the “hot mess tornado of existence with the medicine of laughter.”

Song of the day: tower of memories - ivri