TOM TOM MAGAZINE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY PARTY
(Beacon Sound, 3636 BN Mississippi) See My, What a Busy Week!


BIG MO, JONNY COOL, TOPE, SERGE SEVERE, DJ SLAPZ, RASHEED JAMAL
(Kelly's Olympian, 426 SW Washington) Tonight celebrates Oregon/Kuwait emcee Big Mo's latest release, True North. The first single off the project, "Tell You Something," finds Big Mo spitting over a bold Jonny Cool beat with a commanding flow that conjures up Brother Ali and early Jay-Z. Stylistic similarities aside, Big Mo carves his own lane thematically, bringing his unique style of conscious bars that teach without getting preachy. His cohorts tonight include Rasheed Jamal, who's on the cusp of releasing his latest full-length, Sankofa. If you're a casual fan of Portland hiphop and don't already know Serge Severe or Tope, I can't do nothing for you. Every single act is a heavyweight headliner, often in much larger venues, which should make for a dope evening in an intimate space. RYAN FEIGH


OREGON SYMPHONY, STEFAN JACKIW
(Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway) The opening bars of Ludwig van Beethoven's monumental Symphony No. 5 may get all the attention, but let's not forget the bombastic finale, which is equally epic in a preposterously over-the-top sort of way. Saturday through Monday offers Portland three chances to catch this classic performed live and unplugged by our very own mind-blowing Oregon Symphony. The show's first half features a guest soloist I've now been patiently waiting more than three years to hear again: Stefan Jackiw. Don't worry about how to pronounce his name or what's on the setlist (a Lutosawski and Dvořák two-fer). Just be prepared to have this utterly intriguing fiddler cast his spell over the entire Schnitzer crowd. If the fantasy of witnessing Björk's younger brother create a myriad of sonic wonders with a magical violin sounds at all appealing to you, I cannot recommend this show more strongly. And heads up: Rachmaninoff's colorfully creepy Isle of the Dead morbidly kicks off the evening, so don't be late! BRIAN HORAY


ROBOT BOY, CAREGIVER, SNOW ROLLER, TROPHY WIVES, SQUALOR
(Analog Café, 720 SE Hawthorne) Tonight, up-and-coming emo band Caregiver celebrate the release of their new EP alongside all-ages mainstays Robot Boy and Snow Roller, whose newest tape, a split with likeminded Doug Martsch fetishists Sioux Falls, cements their place on my local-artists-to-watch list. MORGAN TROPER


COMPANY FUCK, GRAZ, DJ BUTTBABY, KOOL SKULL, METALL KUPPCAKE
(Plew's Brews, 8409 N Lombard) To wrap your mind around Portland's Fukdup Records, you might have to imagine Negativland DJing a punk-rock rave in the age of viral YouTube videos. Probably more well-known in Berlin or Tokyo than here in its home city, Fukdup has spent the last five years putting out albums that don't adhere to a specific genre, but are joined through a particular brand of digital destruction. In short: A sense of humor is required. Pop music gets aerobically annihilated. Internet memes become happy hardcore anthems. And even when releasing more "serious" work, there's always some acknowledgment that taking music too seriously is inherently ridiculous. Tonight they release their massive anniversary compilation, Five Years of Fukdup Records. With German noise-karaoke performance artist Company Fuck headlining, you can be assured that this will be a Fukdup night. JOSHUA JAMES AMBERSON