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Shows of the Week: At Rev Hall, Kim Gordon’s Rage Rap Hints a Return to the Sonic Youth Sound
Noah Britton, Kim Gordon and Black Moth Super Rainbow take the stage in Portland this week.
Five Bands to ‘Radically Discover’ at Pickathon This Year
A quarter of a century in, the always eclectic festival shows out yet.
Rocker Patti Smith Is Coming to Portland for an Evening of Songs and Stories
The Sept. 15 Literary Arts event is tied to Smith’s newest memoir ‘Bread of Angels.’
A Song Gives a Look Into Oregon’s Largest Juvenile Corrections Facility
‘No Ceilings,’ a hip-hop track produced by incarcerated youth, came out of a restorative justice outreach program.
Shows of the Week: Synth Library Portland Turns 10 at Process
Wet Mango, Have a Nice Life, and Sam Prekop and John McEntire take the stage in Portland this week.
Shows of the Week: Local Acts to Play the Waterfront Blues Festival
The Rose City Band, Ashleigh Flynn and The Riveters, and Jenny Don’t & the Spurs take the stage.
SoCal Punks Find a Fierce New Sound in Portland
River City Ruin’s second album, ‘My Ruin,’ gets past the punk-rock box.
Classical Music Finds Strange Harmony at Makrokosmos
The annual concert series upends convention and, this time around, encourages audience participation.
Shows of the Week: Searows Brings Bedroom Pop to the Wonder Ballroom
Searows, Shane Parish and Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band take the stage in Portland this week.
Menopunkapalooza Is a Rebel Yell for Better Women’s Health Care
Iconic riot grrrl bands are throwing a festival to subvert bogus claims about menopause.
Proto–Riot Grrrls Calamity Jane to Reunite
After 35 years, Gilly Ann Hanner’s band is back to headline Menopunkapalooza.
Shows of the Week: Hannah Diamond Brings Pop Mischief to Holocene
Hannah Diamond, BendreTheGiant and Underscores take the stage this week in Portland.