Portland, in the words of Will Ferrells Zoolander character Mugatu, is so hot right now! True, the Portlandia craze has died down a bit, but Brandon Roys return to the Blazers and the teams upset of the tear-stained circus that is the Miami Heat has the City of Roses keeping on their big-boy pants for the time being. So should The Parson Red Heads move back from Los Angeles, thanks to the high cost of California living. Now the bands Crosby, Stills & Nash folk and Tom Petty country-rock is back in the Northwest, sure to please as much as it ever has. Residency issues aside, just to hear Punctual as Usual is reason enough to get out to the Tractor tonight. With The Mother Hips. BRYDEN MCGRATH
Sat., March 19, 9 p.m., 2011
