I don’t know about everyone else, but the indecisive pitchiness of these cloudy skies is beginning to make The Deli Portland angry. When you leave home to run your various what have yous, do you don the rainslick? The long-sleeve? Muscle-Ts and flip-flops? The answer varies depending on the hour, and besides, man – fuck it. The only time it really comes into play is when there’s live local music outdoors involved, but with the ambivalence of Mother Nature’s wrath ever-present, the point ought not to be overlooked that June could prove to be a messy, moist month.
Leave it to Whole Foods on Laurelhurst to spit in the eye of the Doppler mega-system, when they begin the second of their summer-long weekly concert series, featuring awesome food, rad local (and not-so-local) music and hyper-instant street cred. Yesterday’s kick-off event featured Beers, Brats and Portland wunderstuds Archeology. The Deli Portland was off getting its ass kicked at ping pong handily by legendary queercore punk rocker Kaia Wilson of Team Dresch and The Butchies to make it to this first installment, but we’re certain we’ll be at most if not all of the remaining weekly shindigs.
Check out the lineup below, and pack that rainslick just in case, huh?
Sat 5th June: The Denouement plays at 4pm (earlier than other bands)
Sat 12th June: Hungry Holler plays at 5pm
Sat 19th June: The Royal We plays at 5pm
Sat 26th June: Lone Madrone plays at 5pm
Sat 3rd July: TBC
Sat 10th July: The Ocean Floor plays at 5pm
Sat 17th July: On the Stairs plays at 5pm
Sat 24th July: Leonard Mynx plays at 5pm
Sat 31st July: Super XX Man plays at 5pm
Sat 7th Aug: Hutson plays at 5pm
Sat 14th Aug: Christine Havrilla plays at 5pm
Sat 21st Aug: Matthew Lindley and Troubadour Deluxe plays at 5pm
Sat 28th Aug:TBC
[Editor’s Note: Portland bands! Notice those "TBC" dates? Why not contact Whole Foods at 503-232-6601, or even better, contact Whole Foods Marketing and Community Relations Specialist (i.e. booker) at helen.lee@wholefoods.com and hop on the bill? JUST A THOUGHT.]
– Ryan J. Prado