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OK, get past the doofy group name and downright bizarre song titles, Portland’s the Brother Egg eponymous 3-song CD conjures up a bit of the Church and the Waterboys type of acoustic-electric organic beautiful music that will make you forget one of the songs is called “Billy Barty’s Brains.”
The Brother Egg, PO Box 3767, Portland, OR 97208; resistor@spiretech.com
With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.
