Criminally underrated Portland trio Wet Confetti broke up in
May 2007, but by the year’s end, all three members were making music
again as Reporter. Their debut, Dust & Stars,
polishes up their old act’s pop tendencies, smooths out their jerkier
rhythms, and adds a blanket of lo-fi fuzz and reverb to deliver
slightly rackety, slightly dark dream pop that wouldn’t be too
out of place alongside Vivian Girls or much of Slumberland’s current
roster (see especially the stellar “Set Fire”). With the
always-congenial Fist Fite, the Hail Seizures, and Jes Blackwell.
(MarsBar, 609 Eastlake Ave E, 626-4516. 9 pm, $6, 21+.)