It might not even be okay that shows this good are this free. Even if it’s a Wednesday. I suspect a certain amount of rug to be cut thanks to Your Canvas, your blood to be pumping with the sounds of Youth, and your night to end with the adventure of Great Wilderness. Mississippi Studios is too kind to us. Don’t even get me started on what else is coming up this week (I mean, I’ll get to that later).

I don’t know if you heard, but a Typhoon is hitting your town. It’s as frightfully glorious as it sounds.

Typhoon – Coast to Coast Tour 2011 from Matthew Ross on Vimeo.

Possibly one of the strongest and somehow most fragile albums to come out this summer, Lynnae Gryffin’s Abigail graces our ears (finally!) tonight. Joined by Luz Elena Mendoza (of Y La Bamba) and Paul Laxer, tonight’s house show release should be the perfect perch for such an album teeming with life. Tonight at 824 NE Church Street at 7:30pm. Of course it’s all ages, and it’s as free as Lynnae’s fingers flying wildly and boldly across the singing strings of her guitar. 

Oh, the Parenthetical Girls, we love them so! And to increase our love, they’ve put out a free remix EP of "Careful Who You Dance with" featuring remixes by Xiu Xiu, Tearist, and Former Ghosts. The originial version is off their full length album, Privileged. –Shelley Gaske

You can score the free tunes here: http://parentheticalgirls.bandcamp.com/album/careful-who-you-dance-with

But wait, there’s more! The Parenthetical Girls will be on tour all over the left coast, including a stop in Stumptown. Here’s the layout, shows listed are played with Extra Life.

7/16 Seattle, WA @ Hi Line

7/17 Portland, OR @ Holocene

7/19 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern

7/20 Oakland, CA @ Lobot Gallery

Parenthetical Girls – Careful Who You Dance With – Official Video from Supernormals on Vimeo.

What do Typhoon, The Dimes, Loveness Wesa and the Bantus, Boy and Bean and Y La Bamba have in common? You can see them all for free when you check out Sundown at Ecotrust, Thursdays this summer. Ecotrust’s mission is to inspire fresh thinking that creates economic opportunity, social equity and environmental well-being.The event aims to bring like-minded, forward thinkers (who appreciate free valet bike parking) together to discuss sustainability and living responsibly and enjoy some of the best music Stumptown has to offer. Just head down every Thursday (starting tomorrow) until July 28th to the Natural Capital Center (721 NW Ninth Ave.) and get your dose of living deliberately and locally. Not only will there be booths and representatives from the "think tanks" and "do tanks," to discuss each weeks theme; the premiere week looks at water use, other weeks will explore food, energy and forestry. – Shelley Gaske

Whether you’re going for the music or the message, be sure to mark Sundown at Ecotrust on your summer calendar. For more informat about Ecotrust and to find when each band is playing, head here: http://www.ecotrust.org/events/sundown

Humpday and Friday Friday Gotta Get Down On Friday. Two of the most important days of the week. And with a beautiful day like today (read: areyoufuckingkiddingmeit’salmostJuly?), nothing tops it off better than some solid shows. What’s on our plate this week?

Wednesday at Mississippi Studios:

The Donkeys "Don’t Know Who We Are" from Jeff Lowe on Vimeo.

The Donkeys, Dinosaur Feathers, and And And And. Indie glory in all it’s mid-week goodness. Worth the ten bucks to get me through the rest of the week.

Friday at a house:

Adventures! With Might, Pocketknife, Doubleplusgood.

Shows this good shouldn’t be so free. I mean, actually, they should always be this free. And this all ages. And this glorious. I might not have one drop of sweat left in me after such a great night of (probable) dancing and relentless ridiculous joy. Check the Facebook event here.

How did this show end up on a Monday night? Mother Mother, Adventures! With Might and Pocketknife, all in one place, at one time, for $8? Thank you, Mississippi Studios, for treating the beginning of the week like a Friday. Who’s up for a good night of dancing and a good hangover tomorrow?

Mother Mother – The Stand from Last Gang Records on Vimeo.

I guess now that they’ve been knocked out of their own tournament (it at least we know it wasn’t rigged), they have more time to make 13 new albums before summer officially starts and play a couple shows to boot. Catch And And And at Bunk Bar this Thursday with touring lo-fi garagey goodness, Times New Viking. It’ll be worth your weight in sandwiches. And after a visit to Bunk, that weight will be a hell of a lot more. –Mike Harper

Times New Viking – Try Harder from Merge Records on Vimeo.

Nothing makes me happier than an all-ages show. Honestly, nothing. We, Portland, of all places, should have them a plenty, but somehow we don’t. Thankfully, music collectives like the wonderful house-venue Badlands are here to remedy our unintentionally agist live music scene. What do they have to offer this week? The softly angle-grinding harmonies of Aan, the synthy and beautiful cooing of Wild Ones, and the lo-fi mellow meltiness of Ties to the Branches. Need I say free to beckon your Friday night to such a perfect show? – Mike Harper