A Day To Remember

Ray Davies Day is just the latest in awesome Portland proclamations.

Featured Stories Longtime Portland DJ Gregarious T. Cline had a simple dream: to open for famed Kinks frontman Ray Davies at the Aladdin...   More

 

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 CASEY JARMAN

Album Review: Ozarks

Ozarks (Self-Released)

Album Reviews [BAROQUE POP] Robbie Augspurger may have been born in the wrong decade. In his photography, the Portlander captures contemporary characters in classic formal poses, their hair neatly slicked or br   More

 

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 CASEY JARMAN

Scoops' out for Summer: Day 10

Alma Chocolate

Food & Drink Did you know that, in addition to those amazing gold leaf chocolate masterpieces, Portland chocolate shop Alma makes its own ice cream? It does. We sent Music Editor Casey Jarman down for day 10 of Scoops' out for Summer.
 Alma Chocolate
140 NE 28th Ave., almachocolate.com</...   More

 

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 by CASEY JARMAN

Same As It Ever Was

OLCC rule changes have done little to help Portland’s underage music fans.

Music Stories Four years ago, there was hope that Portland’s midsized concert venues might start making room for kids. Music lovers were...   More

 

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 CASEY JARMAN

Headout: Blues Tracker

Charting the rads, sads and dads of this year’s Waterfront Blues Festival

Headout It would get a bit boring if the annual Waterfront Blues Festival enlisted only aging Delta guitar players and sad-eyed...   More

 

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 CASEY JARMAN

Brew Views: Logan’s Run

She sells sanctuary.

Brew Views The greatest joy of Logan’s Run isn’t found in the campy ’70s special effects or the trippy, Moog-driven soundtrack. It’s not even in the whitewashed, lava-lamped sets or in the film’s oft-referenced...    More

 

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 CASEY JARMAN

Sophomore Bump

Closer electronic music fest returns for a second year, humble as ever.

Music Stories  Jack Coleman knows that “Portland” and “electronic music” aren’t exactly synonymous for most people. Like many fringe music makers, Coleman—who has produced techno and house musi   More

 

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 CASEY JARMAN

Summer Guide 2012: It’s Not a Portland Summer Until You’ve...

39 ways to stretch the next few months as far as they’ll go.

Featured Stories Locals talk about “Portland summers” in near-spiritual terms. There’s a reason for that. In what are supposed to be the warmer months...   More

 

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 CASEY JARMAN

Headout: “Nickelback” is Fun to Say

And 12 other compliments for the Canadian rock band you love to hate.

Headout 13. Nickelback knows how to make friends.Recent corporate tie-ins include a deal with the NHL and...   More

 

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 CASEY JARMAN

Friends, Bandmates Remember Sean Roberts of Thirty Ought Six

Music As reported in this Wednesday's WW: Sean Roberts, bassist and vocalist for well-loved ’90s Portland rock trio Thirty Ought Six, died June 8 at his parents’ home in Alexandria, Va., according to friends and family members on Facebook. The details of Roberts’ death have not been disclosed. Thirty Ought Six broke up in 1996 after playing dates on the Lollapalooza tour. The band played wi...   More

 

Thursday, June 14, 2012 by CASEY JARMAN