Album Reviews [BEATS AND BLASTS] Sapient might be too good at his day job of selling beats. While the Sandpeople Producer/MC’s new collection, Eaters Volume One: Tusks!—the first in a planned series of Mad L   More

Album Reviews [ABSTRACT ELECTRONIC] The term “mind-blowing” has lost a little of its potency. It always seemed like an incomplete thought to begin with (blowing up? blowing out? blowing smoke?), but at the he   More

Music The first time Blind Pilot recorded a full-length, it wasn't really a full band. It was Israel Nebeker and his friend Ryan Dobrowski playing around in the studio with Portland producer Skyler Norwood. The resulting record, 3 Rounds and a Sound, had a lo-key charm but it also had moments of swelling orchestration that could fill the room. So following-up that disc, and keeping alive the special atm...   More

Music I always appreciate it when a publicist goes out of his or her way to mention the Portland angle on a national story. So when ol' Frank Nieto pointed out Portland-based artists playing Seattle's City Arts Fest 2011 (October 20-22 at various Emerald City venues), I paid special attention. That's when I saw this:- Helio Sequence @ The Seattle Laser Dome - an evening with performance, set to a...   More

Movies & Television Though not screened for critics by WW press deadlines, the latest iteration of the Planet of the Apes franchise has received mostly glowing reviews. We beg to differ.Rise of the Planet of the ApesWW Critic's Score: 17Rise of the Planet of the Apes opens with a family of CGI chimpanzees, in single file, nobly navigatin...   More

Music Stories Bill CallahanOne could build a legitimate case—and people have—for Bill Callahan being the finest songwriter touring today. He’s real good.Lee Fields and the ExpressionsI used to wonder what hap   More

Music Stories [ORGANIC ELECTRO] When we last checked in with Portland duo Deelay Ceelay, Chris Lael Larson and Delaney Kelly had placed third in WW’s 2010 Best New Band poll and hit the road on a national tour    More

Music Stories Longtime Portland booker Anthony Sanchez is in over his head—and he likes it. As talent buyer for the inaugural Fire in the Canyon, Sanchez has been working around the clock to put together the t   More

Headout Summertime in Portland is full of planning challenges. On that rare free weekend, do you head to the beach or go out dancing? Or do you combine the two activities into one mega-plan, and hit one of   More

Music Forget for a moment that the members of Point Juncture, Wa, are bad at lip-synching. Forget, as well, that the outdoor shots in this Hart Ryan Noecker-directed video (shot on actual film!) could well serve as an advertisement for our fair city. And forget, if you ever knew to begin with, that almost everything in this video—from the shabby-looking Artistery (nothing can quite replace it) to the ...   More