EYRST LABEL LAUNCH: MYKE BOGAN, MARTELL WEBSTER, BLOSSOM, RIPLEY SNELL, NEILL VON TALLY
(Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison) Eyrst (pronounced "air-st") is a brand-new music label founded by Portland hiphop producer Neill Von Tally and former Portland Trailblazer Martell Webster. Considering the spotty history of NBA players who have attempted rap careers—Damian Lillard notwithstanding—it would be understandable to approach Webster's foray into music with cautious skepticism. But it takes just one listen to his first single, "Disposition," for his high level of talent to destroy any preconceived notions. In addition to Webster's debut live performance, tonight also showcases the rest of the Eyrst family, including rapper Myke Bogan, neo-soul singer Blossom, and Ripley Snell, the jazz-inspired hip-hop duo of Von Tally and emcee Adam Murray. Arrive early for a special beat set from Von Tally, featuring unbilled guests including Grape God, Epp, Maze Koroma, and more. RYAN FEIGH

CEREMONY, TONY MOLINA, CREATIVE ADULT
(Analog Café, 720 SE Hawthorne) Tony Molina is a riff god. His old band, Ovens, forged a complete vocabulary of hardcore- and pop-punk-influenced Beatles worship, just as likely to reference Infest or Project X as they were to rip on "Strawberry Fields." As the story goes, Ovens broke up with a recording session still scheduled on the books, so Molina gathered a few friends and recorded a dozen or so tracks, the result of which was released as Dissed and Dismissed. The 2013 album (reissued in 2014 by the legendary Slumberland Records) mixes plainly emotive lyrics with transcendent guitar heroics, painting a picture of Molina alone in his bedroom, surrounded by Teenage Fanclub and Pantera posters. Witness the million-riff march live. MAC POGUE Also see All-Ages Action!

FOG FATHER, SEANCE CRASHER, SINLESS
(The Liquor Store, 3341 SE Belmont) Sinless is a new project forged from the fiery talents of Cor Allen (Jackson Boone) and Pete Bosack (Mothertapes), along with synth guy John Walsh, vocalist Chelsea Smith, and drummer Lynn Nicholson. Allen dropped out of his gig with Boone with an eye focused on rounding out a cache of dream-pop bedroom recordings into a more fully realized project. With Sinless, Allen trudges through hazy, lo-fi manifestations, replete with enough psychotropic sheen to make even a cup of coffee get sleepy. The band is releasing a series of EPs—beginning with the mystical Ethereality—that Allen recorded himself, which will lead up to the release of a full-length debut sometime next year, currently being recorded by Riley Geare (Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Jackson Boone). Tonight is the band's very first show, so Lyft, Uber, walk, bike, cab, or moonwalk down to the Liquor Store and make sure these guys finally sin. RYAN J. PRADO

RIOT V, SPELLCASTER, PUSHY, DENNIS DREAD
(Dante's, 350 W Burnside) There are not many bands that can do what New York's Riot has done in almost 40 years of existence and still come out on top. From 1977 to 1983 the band was a hard-grooving, mean-riffing heavy metal rock 'n' roll band that released a slew of classic records. 1979's Narita and 1981's Fire Down Under are both heaped with timeless tunes that have more swagger than anything else being produced in the US at the time. Then after a five-year gestation period from '83 to '88, guitarist Mark Reale relocated to Texas, and Riot remerged with a new line-up and a shining chrome slab of power metal called Thundersteel. Reale all but completely reinvented the band's sound, sharpening the riffs to a razor's edge, and injecting the vocals with some chest-heaving vibrato. Sadly, Reale passed away in 2012, but the remaining band members are still carrying the white-hot torch under the moniker Riot V, and sporting the odd, muscular half-man, half-albino-seal mascot named Johnny on their album covers. ARIS WALES