Album Reviews
[BEAT POP] I really want to compare Fanno Creek to the
Shaky Hands. It’s not that the trio’s sound particularly reminds of that
gone-but-not-forgotten Portland act—sure, there’s some jangl
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Food & DrinkIt's the toughest assignment yet on our month-long ice cream crawl, Scoops' out for Summer: facing damp, hungry children in the Pearl. Casey Jarman takes one for the team. Cool Moon Ice Cream 1105 NW Johnson St., 224-2021, coolmoonicecream.com. Price...More
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"What are you holding on to? What are you holding on three? What are you holding on four? Four more years."
There has always been a childlike, storybook quality to Scott Garred's songwriting. He tells stories so small that sometimes aren't really stories at all—just moments, really. And sometimes in his minimal way he traces a circle of deep sorr...
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Getting all sentimental over this year’s eclectic PDX pop crop.
Music Stories
Every year, the PDX Pop Now! festival offers a glimpse
into the music that’s moving Portland. And despite this city’s recent
reputation as a haven for confessional, tattooed singer-songwriters
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A young St. Johns MC puts his whole life—warts and all—on his brilliant new mixtape.
Music Stories
[HIP-HOP] In the middle of his 2010 mixtape, Solitary,
over a sample from Wings’ “Band on the Run,” 19-year-old Portland MC
Vinnie Dewayne crystallized his home life. “My family different/
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Brew Views
Amélie was
once a charming little foreign film that had you longing for a simple
life among long-faced Frogs who just wanted a little goddamn magic in
their lives. You were transfixed by the ro
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Reports of Luck-One's retirement have been greatly exaggerated. I just don't buy that this dude is leaving the music world any time soon. This video, for one of the finest cuts from his latest release, Beautiful Music Part 2, should tell you why. Hanif Collins is what they call "a head." His interest in and passion for music is going to eat away at him no matter how far he travels or what he's doi...
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Behold! The new Onuinu video, wherein Dorian Duvall travels to the outer reaches of East Portland in search of tin foil and hard-boiled eggs, then uses his shopping list to create lightning and, presumably, time-travel. We hope you'll enjoy it. Andrew Sloan directed this little surrealist verite docu-drama (I studied film in college, but now I fo...
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Music Stories
When one Googles the name “Stephen Immerwahr,” the first
result is a LinkedIn profile. And there on his résumé between
“Researcher: Public Agenda” in the late ’80s and “City Research
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