MAC SABBATH, COOKIE MONGOLOID
(Dante's, 350 W Burnside) The words "parody band" and "Black Sabbath" don't belong in the same sentence. You can't make light of the progenitors of all things heavy. Unless you're like Mac Sabbath and create something that is so bizarre, you can't turn your back on it. Made up of anonymous musicians from Los Angeles dressed like acid-trip versions of your favorite McDonald's characters, Mac Sabbath plays faithful Sabbath covers but change the words to skewer the fast-food industry. Punny song titles include: "Sweet Beef," "Lord of the Swirl," and "Cherries Are Fruit." Judging from all the YouTube videos I ingested, Mac Sabbath puts on a show that rivals Gwar. There are big foam costumes, props a-plenty, and lead singer Ronald Osbourne emulates Ozzy's live persona perfectly. That is, aside from the nightmarish Ronald McDonald get-up. This show is gonna be odd, and you wanna be there. ARIS WALES


ANCIENT HEAT, GUDA, DJ POCKET ROCKET
(Star Theater, 13 NW 6th) Portland's most dedicated discoteers, Ancient Heat, have become fixtures on the local live music circuit over the past few years, but up 'til now they haven't released a full-length album. That's remedied with the brand-new Ancient Heat, a 45-minute funkstravaganza that follows the groove carved by the group's earlier EPs with wah-wah guitars, booty-shaking bottom end, and open hi-hat on nearly every off-beat. If cocaine and lewd sex were the drugs of choice during disco's late-'70s heyday, Ancient Heat seem interested in more mind-expanding, less frantic means of blowing off steam, injecting a vibe of new-age crystal mysticism into their modern-day take on bow-chicka-wow. It's a dance record that takes as much from our recent, rich EDM history as it does from Studio 54. NED LANNAMANN


FROTH, PSYCHOMAGIC, HOLLOW SIDEWALKS
(Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water) El Segundo's Froth started as a high school joke between lead vocalist/guitarist Joo-Joo Ashworth and former member Jeff Fribourg, who talked about releasing a record that would spin for 20 minutes and not make a sound. Their 2013 debut LP, Patterns, however—released through Burger and Lolipop Records—did wind up having music on it. It was undoubtedly within the surf-rock realm, but with an eerie layer of Omnichord and swift tempo changes that signified a unique approach to the well-trod Burger sound. The group's second LP, Bleak, which Burger released in May, marked a drastic sonic shift. Froth dropped the Omnichord, added another guitar and a sampler, and through a gray, vibrating haze of shoegaze experimentation ended up creating one of the most dynamic lo-fi pop albums of the year. CAMERON CROWELL Read our article on Froth.


VALKYRIE RODEO, BULLETS OR BALLOONS, BIG BLACK CLOUD
(Kenton Club, 2025 N Kilpatrick) Saturday night might be all right for fighting, but you won't feel like doing much tonight other than marveling at this show's total aural devastation. The three-band bill should be enough to stir your noise-rock juices, with Portland's excellently grimy Big Black Cloud emerging from an eight-month hiatus, and Bullets or Balloons making one of their routine pilgrimages down from Spokane, D. Boon-pocked funk-punk experimentations in tow. Tonight is also the official tape release for Valkyrie Rodeo's new effort, Taco Supreme, to be released via Cluster Duck Records. If the duo's 2013 Ready, Set, Ruin! EP is any indication, then Taco Supreme is primed to be one spicy, crispy bite of crusty metal mayhem. Support local music, and buy a tape deck again if you have to. RYAN J. PRADO


SUN ANGLE, SUMMER CANNIBALS, BLESST CHEST
(Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi) Goodbyes don't have to be sad occasions. Tonight marks the final show of local favorite Sun Angle and the tour kick-off for growing national buzz band Summer Cannibals. In 2013, Sun Angle, known for their enthusiastic punk-psych cumbia, released their debut album Diamond Junk shortly after taking an unexpected break. While the band members kept more than busy with side projects such as Máscaras and XRAY.fm's Heavy Breather radio show, they returned strong with a string of shows in recent months. Both Sun Angle and Summer Cannibals are known for their fiery, intense shows, so expect the unexpected. Rounded out by prog-rock favorites Blesst Chest, this will be a night of thrash intensity at its finest, a send-off worthy of a band ending before its time and a proper launch for a band worth celebrating. JENI WREN STOTTRUP Also see My, What a Busy Week!


WOODEN INDIAN BURIAL GROUND, CLARKE AND THE HIMSELFS, JUNIOR ROCKET SCIENTIST
(The Know, 2026 NE Alberta) In March 2013, local psych-rock outfit Wooden Indian Burial Ground lit up the stage while opening for Ty Segall's metal-tinged side project, Fuzz. As WIBG frontman Justin Fowler & Co. ripped through a batch of songs off the band's soon-to-be-released self-titled album, a packed house danced and moved within the band's creepy funhouse of noise. Wooden Indian Burial Ground had already proven itself one of the city's most energetic live acts, and suddenly they had the audience on their level. Since then, the group has gone on to pack rooms and incite beer-soaked mosh pits all over town. Outside of a Fourth of July romp at Dig a Pony, tonight is the band's first Portland show since March, and with them coming off a string of dates in support of Built to Spill's last national tour, you can be sure that they'll be firing on all cylinders. CHIPP TERWILLIGER