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Isabeau Waia'u Walker & The Noise Boys at Mississippi Studios

Where

Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave
Portland, OR
Map
(503) 288-3895

When

Fri, January 9, 2026
9:00 pm

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w/ Port VelvetIsabeau Waia’u Walker:
Multicultural Kānaka Maoli singer songwriter, Isabeau Waia’u Walker, has had to get creative to attempt the question of genre: “bright gloom,” “joy adjacent;” “island of broken, demented toys.” Hailing from her homeland Hawaii and having spent the latter half of her life in Oregon’s Pacific Northwest. Unless touring with Y La Bamba, in which she sings backup vocals, her feet and roots are always close to the shores of the Pacific Ocean (yearning for and pulled by her packs). Experience, observations and negotiations with race, culture, gender and class are inextricably woven into her purpose and product. Songs of love. Songs of community and fight, of life and self. She lives in attractive vulnerability and sincere humility despite the power of her performances and songs. An early retirement as a full time secondary school teacher in 2019 has allowed her to tour, play local shows, and record more, releasing her EP, Better Metric, in 2020, then her first LP, Body, in 2022, with engineer, bandmate and friend Ryan Oxford at The Center for Sound, Light and Color. Since those releases she’s unsurprisingly caught the attention of and has been featured in and on several publications, podcasts and programs such as OPB, Live Wire Radio, KEXP. Isabeau dedicated a couple years to the release of her third record, an LP titled Heavyweight, out now!Port Velvet:PORT VELVET is the new project from members of Menomena and Radiation City. Brent Knopf (also of Ramona Falls / El Vy) and Patti King (also a touring member of The Shins) made a synth-pop post-punk pilgrimage and the result is Port Velvet. From the pair's magical blend of chaos and order, Port Velvet’s songs emerge with rich melodies, dance grooves, dynamic arrangements, and dark subjects. ...

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