Music Stories In the early '90s, most of the music world was swooning over the sounds of Nirvana and Pearl Jam. But Trevor Solomon was interested in more risky pursuits--namely riding around downtown Atlanta listen ... More
THE STACK with Monkey Trick's Trevor Solomon
Warning: The description of these albums may offend, which is just the way the Jesus Lizard would have wanted it.
Music Stories In the early '90s, most of the music world was swooning over the sounds of Nirvana and Pearl Jam. But Trevor Solomon was interested in more risky pursuits--namely riding around downtown Atlanta listen ... More
Music
Special Section The kids who want to rock received an unexpected present from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission in March when the state agency killed its flawed minor-entertainer rule. Initiated in early 2003, the ... More
THE LIST 2004
Freakys and dropouts and Roland 505s: Here are the year's top 10 albums.
Music Stories 1. Devendra Banhart, Niño RojoIn a year when cultural conservatism crept into the electorate and onto the charts, the neo-folk movement let its freak flag fly, silently subverting the status qu ... More
So this is the Future.
Album Reviews Stare into the crystal ball, children, if you dare.There are few things quite as useless as trying to predict the path of popular and underground music. Just look at this year: Who'd have guessed in 2 ... More
Something to Say
After three years as a top Portland songwriter, Corrina Repp lost her muse. Now she's found it again.
Music Stories Singer-songwriters are a dime a dozen. Since every flunky with a six-string to play, a voice box to abuse and a coffee shop to fill with musical metaphor can become one, sometimes it seems like everyo ... More
Dysfunctional Democracy
Chemistry, shmemistry. The guys in Grails make discord sound beautiful.
Music Stories Interviewing most bands is like talking to newlyweds. Without a sliver of doubt in the bunch, band members expound on how wonderfully everything is going and how the only thing standing between them a ... More
NOTHING IS REVEALED
Bob Dylan has lied to us for years. Can two new explorations of his life offer a grain of truth?
Music Stories If reading a memoir is a leap of faith that demands a belief in the veracity of the author, then reading a Bob Dylan memoir is a foolish leap into a twisting kaleidoscope of half-truths. No one who pi ... More
SNUGGLE UPS
WW dissects Portland's feel good electro-pop duo one piece at a time.
Music Stories BEST FRIENDS FOREVER: Brett W. and Liam K. are unlikely best friends. While attending high school in Prineville, Brett ran with the cool kids. Liam ran from the cool kids. Add to that the fact that Li ... More
DIRTY WORDS Meant to Be Heard
A new Lenny Bruce anthology tells the trailblazing comic's story in his own filthy words.
Books Introducing infamous comic Lenny Bruce before an interview aired in 1959, Studs Terkel opined, "Lenny Bruce is the type of comic that needs to be seen and heard." That quote and the interview that fol ... More
THE BUSINESS OF HIP-HOP
This year POH-Hop is as much about educating as it is about entertaining.
Music Stories Terrance Scott is a realist. While putting together the ninth installment of his annual hip-hop festival, POH-Hop, the local music impresario realized that he needed to do more than just entertain P-t ... More
Top Articles from MARK BAUMGARTEN
RIFF CITY
The rise and fall of the great pop hopes that ruled Portland's early-'90s music scene. A Year in the Death of Elliott Smith
Unpacking the life of indie rock's poet laureate. COSMIC DANCE
Remembering Orion Satushek and the Spooky Dance Band. Do Strokes Dream of Electric Groupies?
Are these guys for real? Do we care? He Is A Scientist
Part two of the Courtney Taylor-Taylor interview. Portland, Loveless?
Rumors persist that the eastside's big concrete box is crumbling. HORN AGAIN
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album, the Crazy 8's bring back serious ska. Shipwrecked
The FCC sinks Portland's radio pirates' signal. Gates to the City
After years of wandering, Rebecca Gates returns to pop and Portland. NOTHING IS REVEALED
Bob Dylan has lied to us for years. Can two new explorations of his life offer a grain of truth?
The rise and fall of the great pop hopes that ruled Portland's early-'90s music scene. A Year in the Death of Elliott Smith
Unpacking the life of indie rock's poet laureate. COSMIC DANCE
Remembering Orion Satushek and the Spooky Dance Band. Do Strokes Dream of Electric Groupies?
Are these guys for real? Do we care? He Is A Scientist
Part two of the Courtney Taylor-Taylor interview. Portland, Loveless?
Rumors persist that the eastside's big concrete box is crumbling. HORN AGAIN
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album, the Crazy 8's bring back serious ska. Shipwrecked
The FCC sinks Portland's radio pirates' signal. Gates to the City
After years of wandering, Rebecca Gates returns to pop and Portland. NOTHING IS REVEALED
Bob Dylan has lied to us for years. Can two new explorations of his life offer a grain of truth?
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