Indie Event Details

J. RODDY WALSTON with The Upkeeps

When

Friday, October 2, 2026 at 8:00 PM PDT

Where

Star Theater
Portland, Old Town / Chinatown

Address

13 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97209

Listed price

$32

Listing checked

Aug 29, 2026

Additional Info J. Roddy Walston is a force of nature. If his hits like Heavy Bells is are a war cry, then the deep cuts like Boys Can Never Tell are a tac@cal cosmic retreat. For some, his music is a form of religion, psychedelic in its intensity, transforma@ve in its grip on the body, shaking loose something primal that’s been buried too long. It’s not about thinking, It’s about moving, feeling, surrendering. His influences are a riot of contradictions: Kurt Cobain’s fury, Nilsson’s fractured sweetness, Zeppelin’s power, and somewhere in there a perverted nod to William Onyeabor’s lonely calculator funk. Cri@cs try to box him in, but Walston can’t be contained—he does chaos, and his live shows do damage, but fortunately his songs can pay the tab. Catch him and his band before he burns it all down again.