DUCKTAILS, REGAL DEGAL, THE PARSON RED HEADS
(Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi) Looking for the apotheosis of chillwave? (Don't front—I know you are.) Check out Ducktails' self-titled 2009 LP on Not Not Fun. Few albums from that brief phase of underground rock captured the heat-hazed, beachy-breezy vibe better than Ducktails, the handiwork of New Jersey's Matt Mondanile, who's also in Real Estate. At his best, Ducktails sounds like a less jittery, less scatterbrained Ariel Pink, his nonchalantly pretty melodies easing their way into your ears with carefree charm. The new album, St. Catherine, finds Mondanile continuing his quest for a slicker production style in which vocals and guitar gain an almost MOR-radio clarity. While he's still the anti-Bruce Springsteen, Mondanile's drive for higher fidelity has made his music more liable to fade into the post-Kurt Vile, slacker-rock blandscape. DAVE SEGAL

SHUGGIE OTIS, MOON BY YOU
(Hawthorne Theatre, 1507 SE César E. Chávez) Shuggie Otis' 1974 album Inspiration Information will forever remain a stone-cold classic. It's a laidback, groovy, far-out, woozily funky album of tight, terrific songs. Heavily influenced by Stevie Wonder, Otis played almost all of the parts himself, presaging other likeminded studio-rat multi-instrumentalists, from the great (Prince) to the iffy (Lenny Kravitz). Otis disappeared for decades after the release of that album, which grew in esteem and cultural cachet over the years, and finally earned a long-deserved reissue in 2001 on David Byrne's Luaka Bop. The man himself took a little longer to reemerge, but he came through 2013's MusicfestNW on a bill at the Crystal Ballroom with the similarly resurrected Charles Bradley. Otis' performance, heavy on the Santana-isms, was neither nearly as magical as his terrific recorded output (1971's Freedom Flight is also totally dope) nor as life-affirming as comeback shows from the similarly lost-and-found genius Rodriguez. Yet it's great to get the chance to see the man behind classics like "Sparkle City" and the everlasting "Strawberry Letter 23" in the flesh. And your copy of Inspiration Information will be patiently waiting for you when you get home. NED LANNAMANN

I'D RATHER NOT TALK ABOUT IT, BEN KATES, MIKE GAMBLE
(Valentine's, 232 SW Ankeny) Holland Andrews has already slipped an explosive charge into the middle of Portland's experimental scene with her darkly devastating work as Like a Villain. Her musical curiosity, though, remains unabated as she explores new avenues with her project I'd Rather Not Talk About It. A self-proclaimed "choral noise piece," Andrews performs with drummer Chris Johnedis, stirring up soupy maelstroms of sound that recall some of Eric Dolphy's late-period experiments. Supporting them on their second-ever performance together will be a solo saxophone set from Creative Music Guild head Ben Kates and a set of guitar-dismantling from Mike Gamble. ROBERT HAM

THERE IS NO MOUNTAIN, JASON RIVERA
(Al's Den, 303 SW 12th) There Is No Mountain tells us their new album, Luna, technically isn't "out" yet, but they'll be selling it anyway at their weeklong residency at Al's Den, which begins tonight. Built around the live sound of Matt Harmon's processed acoustic guitar and Kali Giaritta's percussion setup and keyboards—and featuring harmonized vocals from both—the album's songs are alternately sunny and dark, going from sparse to dense and back again within the space of a few bars. Tracks like "Listening to Sadness" indicate an almost classical art-song approach to composition, with a meandering but precisely delineated and virtuosic melody wending its way through the duo's avant-folk landscape. They'll be at Al's Den all week long for a series of free shows, with guests including Gaytheist's Jason Rivera, And And And's Nathan Baumgartner, and plenty more. NED LANNAMANN

ALEXANDER HACKE, DANIELLE DE PICCIOTTO, VICE DEVICE, DARKSWOON
(Star Theater, 13 NW 6th) In response to the seemingly inescapable onslaught of gentrification, well known Berlin-based musician and multimedia artist Danielle de Picciotto created a graphic novel, We Are Gypsies Now, chronicling her transition to life as a nomad. She and her husband, German musician Alexander Hacke (bassist for legendary industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten), set out on a voyage around the world, leaving all their extraneous possessions behind to embrace a life of greater meaning and purpose, documenting their journey in an uncommonly eloquent audiovisual and literary format. At tonight's performance, de Picciotto and Hacke present a mesmerizing body of work that, along with pieces from di Picciotto's graphic novel, also includes material from her recent solo album Tacoma and the couple's upcoming album Preservantia, which touches on issues of living off the grid. CHRISTINA BROUSSARD

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TO CANDYLAND, DIVERS, HONEY BUCKET
(The Know, 2026 NE Alberta) Todd Congelliere leads the kind of life that punk kids across the world dream about. Launching Recess Records in 1989 out of his California bedroom (after an earlier career as a professional skateboarder), Congelliere has put out albums by some of the greatest pop-punk bands of the '90s, including Screeching Weasel, Propagandhi, Pinhead Gunpowder, the Bananas, and his own band, FYP. After FYP, he went on to form the bands Toys That Kill, Stoned at Heart, and the Underground Railroad to Candyland (which, let's be real, are all basically the same band). The Underground Railroad to Candyland released their third LP in May, People Are Home, and though its raucous, garage-punk tunes are as catchy and fun as anything before, it doesn't exactly break the mold. But as Congelliere said in a recent interview, the record is only a flyer for the shows. SANTI ELIJAH HOLLEY