Faux Real

When
Monday, Oct. 26, 2026
7 p.m.
Where
1300 Southeast Stark Street
Portland, OR, 97214

It’s hard to pin down Faux Real. The Franco-American art-pop duo, composed of brothers Elliott and Virgile Arndt, has been steadily broadening the scope of their project. Their high-octane DIY performances, involving matching costumes, synchronized dance routines, and crowd-splitting high-kicks, are taking on a more established and ever more unhinged form — think Iggy Pop meets Eurodance boyband. Toeing the line between undeniable pop potential and an off-kilter flair lies at the core of everything they do. The contradictions between order and chaos, between the visceral and the artificial — that’s where Faux Real truly shines. That said, no one really knows what is real and what is faux, and that’s the magic of it all.