PUP & Jeff Rosenstock Present: A Cataclysmic Rapture of Friendshipness with Ekko Astral

Monday, October 6th, 2025 @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR

Earlier this week, I caught eternal punk rockers PUP and Jeff Rosenstock at the tail end of their co-headlining tour, A Cataclysmic Rapture of Friendshipness. Aside from the titular tag team pair, my beloved Ekko Astral were opening the show, so this was a three for three lineup not to be missed.

I’ve had this playlist on reliable repeat for most of the spring and summer, studying up on the new PUP record and leaning on the Pink Triumvirate of HELLMODE, Morbid Stuff, and pink balloons. I had also been lucky enough to catch Ekko twice earlier this year at Liberation Weekend in DC and Faux 8 in Ohio, so I felt sufficiently amped. The show was a powder keg of pent-up energy as Portlanders reveled in the powerchord outpouring that ended with all three bands on stage, jamming in unison as they covered Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know.” A beautiful night.