Music Formed: 1996 in Portland.Members: Frontman Herman Jolly, guitarist Jonathan Drews, bassist Eric Furlong, keyboardist Jeff Saltzman, drummer Tony Lash.Sounds like: Phil Spector recording fucked-up, dis ... More
Primer: Sunset Valley
Music Formed: 1996 in Portland.Members: Frontman Herman Jolly, guitarist Jonathan Drews, bassist Eric Furlong, keyboardist Jeff Saltzman, drummer Tony Lash.Sounds like: Phil Spector recording fucked-up, dis ... More
Sounds Seen
The internet most certainly did not kill the Portland video star.
Music This year, the folks behind the Northwest Film Center’s Reel Music Festival had a great, if rather obvious, idea: Why not screen two hours of notable Portland music videos from the past few year ... More
First Listen: The Decemberists
The King Is Dead (Capitol Records)
Music [AMERICANA] As the Decemberists’ hype machine once again prepares its bayonets for war, we couldn’t help but share some gut reactions from our initial listens to the new disc, The King Is ... More
Stunning In The ’70s
The underappreciated genius of Eddie Henderson and the Mwandishi group.
Music In the early 1970s, jazz was in the midst of another identity crisis. Tags like “swing,” “bop” and “free” had already stretched the music’s definition over th ... More
Album Review: Living Proof
Full Speed (Self-Released)
Music [NEXT-GEN HIP-HOP] The first 20 seconds of Living Proof’s sophomore full-length, Full Speed, proves the duo is serious about repping its hometown. The disc opens with the sound of a radio dial t ... More
Mad Rad Saturday, Jan. 8
The Seattle electro-hip-hop outfit fights for its right to party…thoughtfully.
Music Two years ago, if the hard-partying hip-hop group Mad Rad announced its intention to travel south for a gig in Portland, club promoters in its home base of Seattle might have sent out a warning as if ... More
Dropping Balls
Counting Down The 10 Best NYE Shows.
Music New Year’s Eve is always a letdown. Somewhere along the way the perfect plan hits a snag—the show you desperately want to see sells out, or you leave your wallet at the sushi restaurant af ... More
WW’s Top Five Favorite Local Hip-Hop Releases, 2010
Music Taco Neck, TutorialThe name kind of says it all—this is how you make an original hip-hop record in 2010: You take chances, take your time and take over. V!rtu, The Shoe-InThis album came out of ... More
Primer: Five Fingers Of Funk
Music Formed: 1992 in Portland.For fans of: The Roots, James Brown, Funkadelic, Spearhead, Digable Planets, the Coup.Sounds like: Maceo Parker hanging out with Guru and deciding to...ah, shit, it sounds li ... More
Berbati’s Pan, 1995-2010
Saying goodbye to Portland’s best-sounding venue.
Music Two weeks ago, the Florence, Ore., house I grew up in—which even in my fondest memories has a sagging, moss-covered roof; crooked floors and cracked windows—collapsed completely in what I& ... More
Top Articles from Music
Tezeta Band Saturday, Jan. 29
Five Fingers of Funk members come out of retirement to play Ethiopian funk and soul. Look Who’s Talking
Holcombe Waller finds some dark pleasure in a painful business. Album Review: Barry Brusseau
A Night Goes Through (Gorbie International) AgesandAges Friday, Feb. 11
AgesandAges just made a classic record. Let’s not let it go to its head. Break It Down
The Builders and the Butchers return to their lo-fi roots. The Oldominion Effect
The Northwest’s largest hip-hop crew has to be seen to be believed. Primer: Five Fingers Of Funk
Ghost Riders
No Kind Of Rider moved here two years ago. It’s time you noticed. Rose Bent Friday, Dec. 3
Every rose has its thorn; Rose Bent has three very thorny MCs. Primer: Sunset Valley
Five Fingers of Funk members come out of retirement to play Ethiopian funk and soul. Look Who’s Talking
Holcombe Waller finds some dark pleasure in a painful business. Album Review: Barry Brusseau
A Night Goes Through (Gorbie International) AgesandAges Friday, Feb. 11
AgesandAges just made a classic record. Let’s not let it go to its head. Break It Down
The Builders and the Butchers return to their lo-fi roots. The Oldominion Effect
The Northwest’s largest hip-hop crew has to be seen to be believed. Primer: Five Fingers Of Funk
Ghost Riders
No Kind Of Rider moved here two years ago. It’s time you noticed. Rose Bent Friday, Dec. 3
Every rose has its thorn; Rose Bent has three very thorny MCs. Primer: Sunset Valley
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