One of the most exciting things we did last year was release our vid for The Maker, feat Jello Biafra, Al Jourgensen, Toody Cole, Janet Weiss & many more! Check it out if ya haven't! Alternative Tentacles aka @alternativetent.bsky.social has it on their YouTube channel here: youtu.be/8463dR62j6c?...

Sending LOVE to our friend & hero Jello Biafra, pictured here w/our own Spit Stix. This was taken in SF in April of 2018, @ Orphan Andy's restaurant. Last year, Biafra appeared in the video for our song 'The Maker' (which is on his Alternative Tentacles YouTube channel). @alternativetent.bsky.social

This scene from 1978's Blue Collar makes lotsa sense right now (and then). A Marxist, radical, political movie...ahead of its time, too angry for the mainstream at the time of its release. It only feels more important with every year that goes by. Yaphet Kotto's words here ring very true right now.

*If you thought a stroke would silence Jello Biafra, I'm afraid you are sorely mistaken. Jello has sent us this while he is in the hospital, and while the news sucks we are happy he's able to comment on it. -Alternative Tentacles Staff

This scene from 1978's Blue Collar makes lotsa sense right now (and then). A Marxist, radical, political movie...ahead of its time, too angry for the mainstream at the time of its release. It only feels more important with every year that goes by. Yaphet Kotto's words here ring very true right now.

PDX! This'll be EPIC. Petaluma's one & only awesome @tsunamibomb.bsky.social returns to Portland, and we have the honor of joining them - along w/the amazing Altar Girl! The world's on fire, so we're gonna rock out...while we still have music!! Tix are available here: www.treetix.com/4dvx-/highwa...

Sending LOVE to our friend & hero Jello Biafra, pictured here w/our own Spit Stix. This was taken in SF in April of 2018, @ Orphan Andy's restaurant. Last year, Biafra appeared in the video for our song 'The Maker' (which is on his Alternative Tentacles YouTube channel). @alternativetent.bsky.social

Sending love and all our best to our friend and hero Jello Biafra. Jellolujah❤️

@ministryband.bsky.social has been kind enough to collaborate w/us - to spread the word about our new video, which features Al Jourgensen himself! Along w/Jello Biafra, Toody, & MANY other influential folks! We're so grateful to Uncle Al & Ministry for supporting us! See it: youtu.be/8463dR62j6c?...

Sending love and all our best to our friend and hero Jello Biafra. Jellolujah❤️

On Saturday, March 7th Jello Biafra suffered a hemorrhagic stroke caused by high blood pressure. 

As per Jello:

Tsunami Bomb is heading to the Pacific Northwest this April! Pre-sale tickets for these shows are available now, and it makes a HUGE difference if you grab them ahead of the show. Get tickets now: tsunamibomb.net/tour

PDX! This'll be EPIC. Petaluma's one & only awesome @tsunamibomb.bsky.social returns to Portland, and we have the honor of joining them - along w/the amazing Altar Girl! The world's on fire, so we're gonna rock out...while we still have music!! Tix are available here: www.treetix.com/4dvx-/highwa...

We got to play the SOLD OUT 26th Anniversary of DANTE'S in PDX last night w/The Mummies and it was AWESOME. We hit Show Bar (inside of Rev Hall in PDX) on FRI FEB 27 w/Playboy Manbaby & Mega Ran, followed by a show w/the same lineup in Seattle the next day at BARBOZA! 📷:@tristanconcertfotos. Luv ya.

The mighty @tsunamibomb.bsky.social (from Petaluma CA) will be touring to PDX, to play w/yours truly & Altar Girl at High Water Mark in April! We're incredibly honored to be in the company of 2 mind blowing bands! Saw Altar Girl last year and was forever changed. Tix: www.treetix.com/204621/highw...

Holy shit. Met one of my all time biggest heroes last night...legendary guitarist VERNON REID of LIVING COLOUR! He has seriously inspired me (both musically and personally) forever now. He fucking rules. -chairman @vurnt22.bsky.social @livingcolour.com

Big THANK YOU to UK music writer Ade Rowe, & @joyzineuk.bsky.social, for publishing this incredibly thorough (& thoughtful!) profile article on yours truly. "Their live shows have become the stuff of word-of-mouth legend"?!?? We'll take it!!🤣 Read the whole damn thing at: joyzine.org/2026/02/19/a...

TONIGHT we hit the Show Bar stage in PDX @ 8pm SHARP, followed by rad touring acts @megaran.com (a GRAMMY nominated rapper!) & Playboy Manbaby. Venue is inside of Rev Hall! We also play on SAT in Seattle w/the same lineup @ Barboza, inside of Neumos, & it's all ages! 📷: @leahfloresart (insta handle)

TONIGHT we hit the Show Bar stage in PDX @ 8pm SHARP, followed by rad touring acts @megaran.com (a GRAMMY nominated rapper!) & Playboy Manbaby. Venue is inside of Rev Hall! We also play on SAT in Seattle w/the same lineup @ Barboza, inside of Neumos, & it's all ages! 📷: @leahfloresart (insta handle)

This weekend, we'll play with 2 awesome touring acts: Playboy Manbaby & Mega Ran - at Show Bar (inside of Rev Hall in PDX) this FRIDAY Feb 27th! Then: we'll play an all ages show with the same lineup in Seattle on SATURDAY (Feb 28th) at BARBOZA, inside of Neumos!! Tix available now!!! @megaran.com

PDX...This'll be epic: We play with Playboy Manbaby & Mega Ran at Show Bar, inside of Rev Hall, on Friday Feb 27th! Then: we'll play an all ages show w/ the same lineup in Seattle the next day (Sat Feb 28th) at BARBOZA, inside of Neumos! Tix available now! The mighty @megaran.com fuses rap & gaming!

This weekend, we'll play with 2 awesome touring acts: Playboy Manbaby & Mega Ran - at Show Bar (inside of Rev Hall in PDX) this FRIDAY Feb 27th! Then: we'll play an all ages show with the same lineup in Seattle on SATURDAY (Feb 28th) at BARBOZA, inside of Neumos!! Tix available now!!! @megaran.com

NASALROD - REDEFINING PUNK ON THEIR OWN TERMS Ade Rowe casts the Joyzine spotlight on the "compulsively energetic and consistently unpredictable" music and ethos of Portland, Oregon's contemporary punks Nasalrod.

Big THANK YOU to UK music writer Ade Rowe, & @joyzineuk.bsky.social, for publishing this incredibly thorough (& thoughtful!) profile article on yours truly. "Their live shows have become the stuff of word-of-mouth legend"?!?? We'll take it!!🤣 Read the whole damn thing at: joyzine.org/2026/02/19/a...

PDX...This'll be epic: We play with Playboy Manbaby & Mega Ran at Show Bar, inside of Rev Hall, on Friday Feb 27th! Then: we'll play an all ages show w/ the same lineup in Seattle the next day (Sat Feb 28th) at BARBOZA, inside of Neumos! Tix available now! The mighty @megaran.com fuses rap & gaming!

The Festival of Dark Arts in Astoria was fuckin AWESOME. On our way back now! Next up...We'll play 2 killer shows w/ 2 killer acts: Playboy Manbaby & Mega Ran! They'll be on Fri Feb 27 @ Show Bar (inside of Rev Hall in pdx), & Sat Feb 28 @ Barboza (inside of Neumo's in Seattle)! Advance tix advised!

4. Victim's Family/Nasalrod "The Modern Meatspace" - When Santa Rosa’s Victims Family crossed paths with outlandish Portland spazz-rockers Nasalrod, both bands knew that they’d found kindred spirits in one another. alternativetentacles.com/collections/...

The Festival of Dark Arts in Astoria was fuckin AWESOME. On our way back now! Next up...We'll play 2 killer shows w/ 2 killer acts: Playboy Manbaby & Mega Ran! They'll be on Fri Feb 27 @ Show Bar (inside of Rev Hall in pdx), & Sat Feb 28 @ Barboza (inside of Neumo's in Seattle)! Advance tix advised!

ASTORIA OR! Home of The Goonies. Suuuper excited to be involved with this killer lineup on Valentine's Day (SAT FEB 14th) at Fort George Brewery's annual Festival of Dark Arts!! One day, three stages on the festival grounds!!! More info TBA.

Sheila E. was amazing last night, repping Minnesota with 'Purple Rain'. Sending ALL our love to Minnesota.

We don't just carry A.T. records, we also carry releases that are related to our artists or grab our attention from other labels and bands. Here's a few worth picking up, but you can find our entire collection of mail-order records here: alternativetentacles.com/collections/...

We got to play the SOLD OUT 26th Anniversary of DANTE'S in PDX last night w/The Mummies and it was AWESOME. We hit Show Bar (inside of Rev Hall in PDX) on FRI FEB 27 w/Playboy Manbaby & Mega Ran, followed by a show w/the same lineup in Seattle the next day at BARBOZA! 📷:@tristanconcertfotos. Luv ya.

The world continues to fall apart but we still have music for now. Friday at Dante's is sold out.

YEAH!!! Thank you to the Portland Mercury for this press!! This FRIDAY at DANTE'S will be 🔥 We love @portlandmercury.com & we love Dante's.

YEAH!!! Thank you to the Portland Mercury for this press!! This FRIDAY at DANTE'S will be 🔥 We love @portlandmercury.com & we love Dante's.

We celebrate two music birthdays this week, Miami reggaetón princess MJ Nebreda is in town, a secret listening party, and "You Got Gold" starts its Cinema 21 run. Plus the new New Music Portland section is unreasonably dense, and don't forget there's some juicy bits in Portland Music News as well.

The world continues to fall apart but we still have music for now. Friday at Dante's is sold out.

New flyer for our show w/the legendary MUMMIES in PDX on FRI FEB 6! Not only will the show be at DANTE'S, but the club will be celebrating their 26th Anniversary! We're totally honored to celebrate Dante's - a club that's on the right side of history during these dark & fucked up times. xo, Nasalrod

The mighty @tsunamibomb.bsky.social (from Petaluma CA) will be touring to PDX, to play w/yours truly & Altar Girl at High Water Mark in April! We're incredibly honored to be in the company of 2 mind blowing bands! Saw Altar Girl last year and was forever changed. Tix: www.treetix.com/204621/highw...

So it wasn’t a dream! Whoa GRAMMY-NOMINATED. WOW.

Toody Cole was kind enough to appear in the epic vid for our song The Maker last year. This pic was taken after we filmed. We feel lucky to still be doin this! Cuz this country's currently committing intellectual suicide! See u @Dante's on Fri Feb 6, when we'll play w/The Mummies. F the Bootlickers!

Sheila E. was amazing last night, repping Minnesota with 'Purple Rain'. Sending ALL our love to Minnesota.

ASTORIA OR! Home of The Goonies. Suuuper excited to be involved with this killer lineup on Valentine's Day (SAT FEB 14th) at Fort George Brewery's annual Festival of Dark Arts!! One day, three stages on the festival grounds!!! More info TBA.

New flyer for our show w/the legendary MUMMIES in PDX on FRI FEB 6! Not only will the show be at DANTE'S, but the club will be celebrating their 26th Anniversary! We're totally honored to celebrate Dante's - a club that's on the right side of history during these dark & fucked up times. xo, Nasalrod

Our 1st show of 2026! FRIDAY FEB 6th! We'll have the honor playing w/the legendary MUMMIES, at the one & only DANTE'S...for the club's 26th Anniversary celebration!!! We love Dante's. Not only because of the killer sound, but because they've been on the right side of history. Fuck. The. Bootlickers.

Toody Cole was kind enough to appear in the epic vid for our song The Maker last year. This pic was taken after we filmed. We feel lucky to still be doin this! Cuz this country's currently committing intellectual suicide! See u @Dante's on Fri Feb 6, when we'll play w/The Mummies. F the Bootlickers!

Our 1st show of 2026! FRIDAY FEB 6th! We'll have the honor playing w/the legendary MUMMIES, at the one & only DANTE'S...for the club's 26th Anniversary celebration!!! We love Dante's. Not only because of the killer sound, but because they've been on the right side of history. Fuck. The. Bootlickers.

One of the most exciting things we did last year was release our vid for The Maker, feat Jello Biafra, Al Jourgensen, Toody Cole, Janet Weiss & many more! Check it out if ya haven't! Alternative Tentacles aka @alternativetent.bsky.social has it on their YouTube channel here: youtu.be/8463dR62j6c?...

Closed out this insane year w/a rad recording sesh at Portland's Jackpot Studios - with the great Larry Crane of @tapeopmagazine.bsky.social! Got a 7" record in the works...shit's sounding killer! We'll be back on SAT FEB 14 (Valentines!) at The Festival of Dark Arts in Astoria, OR. Happy New Year💜