

Bassist Kristian Dunn and drummer Tim Fogarty have built a devoted following thanks to imaginative guitar work, fidgety percussion and well-orchestrated layering. Los Angeles duo El Ten Eleven was born in the fertile musical grounds of Silver Lake a little over a decade ago. Neo Boys, Courtesy of K Records Neo Boys, Courtesy of K Records 7:30 pm Wednesdays-Fridays, 2 pm Sundays and 7:30 pm Saturday, Oct.

How We Got On is set in a whitewashed Midwestern suburb called "The Hill" and follows three kids trying to find their voices through rap.

They're spitting rhymes about hip-hop's 1980s naissance, but not the popularized Compton street scene. One of the most interesting hip-hop crews in Portland is made up of a graying woman, a teen in her prep-school uniform, and a petite actor who's known for doing drag. Having scaled down the hijinks in favor of more nuanced songcraft, last year's Billboard-charting Underneath the Rainbow shows the lads settling in as an ambassador of good vibes the world over. There's no better band to complement Pink's high-wire act than Atlanta's finest scuzz-rockers, the Black Lips, whose longevity as a group is belied by their joie de vivre for jangly sing-alongs. Once discovered via anonymous CD-ROM by Animal Collective 10 years ago, and now releasing records on the esteemed 4AD label, few outré artists have broken through like Pink. His art-damaged take on AM rock is somehow a synergistic element within Urban Outfitters, despite the obvious Zappa and Todd Rundgren influences. After exploring Mature Themes and channeling a multiplicity of personalities on last year's double LP Pom Pom, it is clear Ariel Pink is doing it for the kids.
