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Saturday, September 11
 

4:00pm PDT

WEINLAND

Admission with MFNW Wristband or $32 advanced ticket from Ticketswest
It's uncommon for a contemporary artist to create a timeless album, an album that is both surprising and comforting. Yet after only a few listens to the new record from WEINLAND, a soon to be well known quintet from Portland, Oregon, you'll know it's still possible...Read More


Saturday September 11, 2010 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Levi's Pioneer Stage at Pioneer Courthouse Square SW Broadway and SW Yamhill Portland, OR 97204 USA

5:00pm PDT

Blue Giant

Admission with MFNW Wristband or $32 advanced ticket from Ticketswest
Kevin and Anita Robinson-better known as Portland, OR indie-pop darlings Viva Voce-named their new band Blue Giant, after the brightest star in the galaxy. No longer content to pour all their energy into just one project (the two have toured and recorded together for years), they cherry-picked the finest musicians they knew for some sonic experimentation:... Read More


Saturday September 11, 2010 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
Levi's Pioneer Stage at Pioneer Courthouse Square SW Broadway and SW Yamhill Portland, OR 97204 USA

6:00pm PDT

Laura Veirs

Admission with MFNW Wristband or $32 advanced ticket from Ticketswest
Laura Veirs' seventh album July Flame, which Colin Meloy calls 'the best album of 2010,' explores the emotion of mid-summer. Drenched in wood smoke, sunlight, pollinators, pastoral dales, fireworks and warm nights, her lyrics explore the dichotomy between one's desire for permanence and security and the realization that such things rarely exist... Read More


Saturday September 11, 2010 6:00pm - 7:00pm PDT
Levi's Pioneer Stage at Pioneer Courthouse Square SW Broadway and SW Yamhill Portland, OR 97204 USA

7:30pm PDT

The Decemberists


Admission with MFNW Wristband or $32 advanced ticket from Ticketswest
The band's fifth album, The Hazards of Love, represents the most glorious kind of messing around. It's the most ambitious and most accomplished project to date from the Portland-based quintet of Meloy, Chris Funk, Jenny Conlee, Nate Query, and John Moen-a full-length song cycle rooted in ancient language and imagery, yet entirely modern and accessible... Read More



Saturday September 11, 2010 7:30pm - 9:00pm PDT
Levi's Pioneer Stage at Pioneer Courthouse Square SW Broadway and SW Yamhill Portland, OR 97204 USA
 
Sunday, September 12
 

4:00pm PDT

Talkdemonic

Admission with MFNW Wristband or $32 advanced ticket from Ticketswest
Speakers everywhere this fall will rejoice with the arrival of Eyes at Half Mast, the third record from Talkdemonic. The Portland, Oregon duo of Kevin O'Connor and Lisa Molinaro have been playing together since 2003; she plays the viola and cello, while he plays everything else, including, but not limited to: drums, synths, and acoustic instruments...Read More


Sunday September 12, 2010 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Levi's Pioneer Stage at Pioneer Courthouse Square SW Broadway and SW Yamhill Portland, OR 97204 USA

5:00pm PDT

The Helio Sequence


Admission with MFNW Wristband or $32 advanced ticket from Ticketswest
Brandon Summers was disenchanted at a time when he thought he'd be anything but. Following two epic, self-produced albums on Portland's Cavity Search, The Helio Sequence had just released Love and Distance, the duo's shimmering 2004 debut on Sub Pop...Read More


Sunday September 12, 2010 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
Levi's Pioneer Stage at Pioneer Courthouse Square SW Broadway and SW Yamhill Portland, OR 97204 USA

6:00pm PDT

The Walkmen


Admission with MFNW Wristbandor $32 advanced ticket from Ticketswest
The Walkmen is a rock band formed in New York in 2000. In the late 90's, the guys constructed an analogue recording studio in an abandoned Nash Rambler factory in west Harlem, where they self-recorded their first album, Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone...Read More



Sunday September 12, 2010 6:00pm - 7:00pm PDT
Levi's Pioneer Stage at Pioneer Courthouse Square SW Broadway and SW Yamhill Portland, OR 97204 USA

7:30pm PDT

The National


Admission with MFNW Wristband or $32 advanced ticket from Ticketswest
The National's fifth album, High Violet, was released on their new label 4AD on May 11th. It was the first to be recorded at the band's own studio in the Ditmas Park section of Brooklyn... Read More


Sunday September 12, 2010 7:30pm - 9:00pm PDT
Levi's Pioneer Stage at Pioneer Courthouse Square SW Broadway and SW Yamhill Portland, OR 97204 USA
 
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