Live Music

Dec. 5

Sew far, sew good

L.A.’s Raw Fabrics sound like a cross between a small scale marching band, a Broadway music theater singer, a post-modern rock band and a pre-modern tribe gathered around a roaring fire they lighted to drive away the beasts of the night. The trio features Jack B. Franco on vocals and guitar, Player Jon Fredrik on drums, and Justus Dixon on bass and backing vocals. This anthemic band’s EP “Plastic Joy” is a perfect combination of compelling snaky singing, just-the-right-amount of samples, guitar and jungle drums and will make a great stocking stuffer this season for the disgruntled teenager in your life.

Raw Fabrics and guests, 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, Analog Cafe, 720 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd. All ages till 10 p.m. Info: 503-206-7439, www.analogpdx.com.

Gig o’bytes

Electro-pop-soul-rocker Luis Dubuc, aka Mystery Skulls, is just what the doctor ordered as nights get colder and longer, given his penchant for creating bouncy, danceable catchy numbers that combine the pulse of disco and club music with the melodramatic vocal approach of your average tortured male model (yes, his hair is simply fantastic!). Originally from Dallas, Dubuc calls L.A. home now, but it’s clear he really lives on Planet Party where all the cats and chicks get their kicks at the Drop.

Mystery Skulls, Phone

Call, Duddy, Thumper, 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, Hawthorne Theatre, 1507 S.E. 39th Ave. $10 in advance, $13 day of show. All ages. Info: 503-233-7100, www.hawthornetheatre.com.

Dec. 6

Trigger warning

Chicago-based composer J.R. Robinson leads Wrekmeister Harmonies, a rotating collective of musicians who create atmospheric music designed to find out why the dark is so scary. WH recently released “Night of Your Ascension,” which draws on the talents of such collaborators as Marissa Nadler, Disappears, Indian, The Body, Cave, Yakuza and others, who combined noise, metal, madrigal and drone styles into examinations of Don Carlo Gesualdo, a 16th-century Italian nobleman who murdered his wife and her lover, as well as convicted pedophile Father John Goeghan, who was killed by fellow inmate Joseph Druce. Not exactly the kind of stuff to listen to without warning, so you’ve been warned.

Wrekmeister Harmonies, Bell Witch, 9 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, The Panic Room, 3100 N.E. Sandy Blvd. $10. Info: 503-238-0543, www.panicroomportland.com.

Dec. 7

Buy George

George Colligan, jazz pianist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and educator, recently won the Down Beat critics poll in the Rising Star Keyboard category, and will mark the release of his 27th album, “Write Them Down,” at this show. Colligan’s band will feature Chris Brown on drums, Dave Captein on bass, Jimmie Herrod on vocals, Noah Simpson on trumpet, and other guests. Colligan wrote all the music and lyrics, sang all lead and background vocals, performed all the instrumental tracks, and recorded the music either in his home, his garage, or in his office at Portland State University, on “Write Them Down.” And you thought you were busy.

George Colligan, 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, Jimmy Mak’s, 221 N.W. 10th Ave. Info: 503-295-6542, www.jimmymaks.com.

Dec. 9

Jet setter

Brooklyn-via-Denver electronic musician Pictureplane, aka Travis Egedy, reportedly coined the term “witch house” (as a joke that Pitchfork then took seriously) and has just released “Technomancer,” his first LP in four years and his debut on L.A. avant-garde label Anticon. Unlike a lot of danceable stuff these days, Pictureplane is not afraid to actually use beats faster than your average trip to the all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant restroom, as evidenced by “BodyMod,” a got-to-get-up number that drives like a sports car filled with nattily attired clubbers through a tunnel that leads straight to your local club. Another great number to cut the rug to is “Black Nails,” a goth-pop anthem that even people who prefer sunlight can enjoy.

Health, Pictureplane, Ian Hicks of Soft Metals, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, Holocene, 1001 S.E. Morrison St. $12 in advance, $14 day of show. Info: 503-239-7639, www.Holocene.org.

Quick hits

• Canadian electro-pop artist Lights’ “Little Machines” won this year’s Juno Award for Best Pop Album. She performs with The Mowgli’s and K. Flay at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, at the Wonder Ballroom, 128 N.E. Russell St. $23. Info: 503-284-8686, www.wonderballroom.com.

• Portland’s psychedelic soulsters Rare Diagram celebrate the recent release of their record “Secret Shot,” along with Nathan Trueb of Tango Alpha Tango, at a free all-ages show from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, at Tender Loving Empire, 3541 S.E.

Hawthorne Blvd. Info: www.tenderlovingempire.com.

• Carousel, Fuzzy Dice and Pushy play rock ‘n’ roll music at an 8 p.m. show Thursday, Dec. 10, at The Know, 2026 N.E. Alberta St. Info: 503-473-8729, www.theknowpdx.com.