Aug. 2
Anatomy of sound
Formerly from Oregon, New York Citys Jordan Bagnall and Darren Bridenbeck are My Body, the latest electropop sensation to sweep the nation. Classically trained Bagnall is the duos lead producer and uses both natural and synthesized sounds to create music that dances between folky innocence and urban sophistication.
My Body has won Nylon magazines national Project Aloft Star contest and has shared stages with Haim, Elliphant and Typhoon. This time, My Body shares the stage with Stephen Agustin, Kasey Shun, and Paul Brittain of Portlands ambient shoegaze rockers Fourth Wall, who also record for Bug Hunt, sister label to Portlands Tender Loving Empire. DoublePlusGood, another PDX outfit, opens the show with its catchy combo of indie pop and New Wave.
My Body, The Fourth Wall, DoublePlusGood, 9 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 2, Mississippi Studios, 3939 N. Mississippi Ave. $5. Info: 503-288-3895, www.mississippistudios.com.
Aug. 4
Dont cry for her
Tei Shi was born in Argentina, lived all around the globe and has settled in Brooklyn, where shes making waves in the dreamy electropop world with her multi-octave voice soaring and descending over her synthesized tracks and vocal and instrumental loops. A good introduction is Bassically, a lovely midtempo dance number off Verde, her most recent EP.
She shares the stage with Portland-based producer-singer-songwriter Natasha Kmeto, one of the most successful artists to emerge from our hometown in the past few years, having toured nationally with TV on the Radio and playing such festivals as Coachella, Bumbershoot, MusicfestNW and the Decibel Festival.
Tei Shi, Natasha Kmeto, 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E. Burnside St. $10 in advance, $12 at the
door. Info: 503-231-9663, www.dougfirlounge.com.
Aug. 6
Muffin music
Cornmeal plays jam grass at speeds approximating lightning, fueled by musical moonshine or something else the revenuers done missed. A top festival act for years, the quintet is releasing its first studio album in nine years.
Slow Street features 10 original tracks and a host of guest musicians. Recorded in Chicago, the album clocks in at more than an hours worth of acoustic/electric tours and improvised jams. The bands gone through some personnel changes, and currently features Scott Tipping on guitar (Backyard Tire Fire), Phil Roach on fiddle (Giving Tree Band), and Drew Littel on drums, along with 15-year veteran original members Chris Gangi on bass and Wavy Dave Burlingame on banjo. Portlands own Americana outfit Water Tower (formerly Water Tower Bucket Boys) opens the show.
Cornmeal, Water Tower, 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, White Eagle Saloon, 836 N. Russell St. $10 in advance, $12 day of show. Info: 503-282-6810, www.mcmenamins.com.