Four Portland bands will rock WOW Hall Friday
The UO Cultural Forum will sponsor The Portland Showcase, a concert featuring four bands from the Portland area, at WOW Hall on Friday.
Three all-male trios — Jonny X and the Groadies, Life At These Speeds and The Motive — and one all-male quartet, Pseudosix, will represent the Portland music scene.
Cultural Forum regional music coordinator Timothy Cooke said Jonny X and the Groadies produce a lively scripted show with a hard electronic sound.
“They are quite fun in performance,” he said. “They play a 17-minute show that is always the same and very fast.”
Cooke said Life At These Speeds and Pseudosix fall into the indie rock category, with the former band playing a more general indie rock and the latter group supplying a mellow feel. He described The Motive’s music as “mathematical rock,” “very loud and intricate” and “progressive rock.”
Cooke said the Cultural Forum is sponsoring the show to support the growing number of bands in Portland. He said the event will be an enjoyable sampling of the city’s current underground groups.
“I felt that this would be a great way to promote and bring some talent to the University and Eugene. It’s going to be great to see a cross-section of the music scene going on in Portland right now.”
WOW Hall is located at 291 W. Eighth Ave. Tickets are available in advance at the EMU Ticket Office and at WOW Hall at $6 for the general public and $3 for students. At the door, tickets will be $8 for the general public and $4 for students. The doors open at 8 p.m. and the show begins at 8:30 p.m.

— Natasha Chilingerian