Randy B., Blind Pilot, Sonic Smith
(Blue Moon) At the risk of starting—or, more accurately, perpetuating—the rivalry between the Emerald and Rose Cities, Blind Pilot sound like a Seattle band. While a legion of Portland musicians labors industriously in dark basements to bring you crafty, hand-sewn, hand-drawn and seemingly hand-recorded works of lo-fi, folk-tinged crochet-rock, their neighbors in this modest duo have delivered a dazzling unassuming album that wears its heart on its fully realized sleeve and is capable of devastating listeners at 20 paces. The most quietly confident purveyors of wounded folk-pop to emerge from Portland since Elliott Smith, they are a band that are—gasp—more than worth the trek to the Blue Moon. BARBARA MITCHELL

UPDATE: Blind Pilot were originally scheduled to play the Blue Moon, but the band is now playing at the High Dive. The show at the Blue Moon will go on, though, and like every show at the Blue Moon, it’s free.

Also tonight (with songs from the Stranger’s Bands Pages):

Hypatia Lake at King Cobra
“Fishes vs. Lines” by Hypatia Lake

Dance Music for Depressed People at Chop Suey
“Friday 13” by DMFDP

The Purrs at the Tractor Tavern
“Waiting for the Asteroid” by the Purrs