Music The last time I posted a leaked track from Matt Sheehy's forthcoming debut, Tigerphobia, it was a "rough mix," and he planned to release the album in the fall of '07. It's still...   More

Music Bars open and close all the time. It’s the nature of business in a rapidly growing city like Portland. But that doesn’t make the blow of a neighborhood fave closing its doors any easier to take, especially for the musicians who call those bars’ stages home—and ...   More

Music The beauty of being a session player, apparently, is having friends in high places, all over the place. Such is the case with trumpeter and pianist Cory Gray, who—with a rotating cast of stellar collaborators—records as Carcrashlander (read more    More

Music Based solely on context clues—the well-fitting, deep-red sport coat; the smooth blasts of trumpet and dark, eerie keyboard sounds; the black derby cap and stoic stage presence; collaborators like country chanteuse Shelley Short and folk charmer Laura Gibson—you’d never g...   More

Music It’s no secret that Portlanders—especially those in the music industry—work themselves to the bone. Between all the barista-photographer-
drummers, student-cab driver-bassists and bartender-writer-singers, Portland gives new meaning to the term “multitask.” T...   More

Music Stories Based solely on context clues—the well-fitting, deep-red sport coat; the smooth blasts of trumpet and dark, eerie keyboard sounds; the black derby cap and stoic stage presence; collaborators lik ...   More

Music A few weeks ago, I discovered a storied psych-folk outfit originally from the Eugene area called the Tree People (read the full story here). The band, led by singer-songwriter Stephen Cohen, had been d...   More

Music Most people know what they like—especially when it comes to music. But DJ Santo, host of cutting-edge radio program Something Different (6-9 pm Sundays on 89.1 FM KMHD), is here to flip those supposed preferences on their heads. “Exposing people to things they don’t kn...   More

Bar Reviews You may recall a window-clad bar surrounded by wooden picnic tables that once sat catty-corner from the Blue Moon on Northwest 21st Avenue. It was called Silver Dollar Saloon&Pizza (501 NW 21st Ave., ...   More

Music When I met the folks in A Weather about a year ago, I can't say I was all that surprised to find the group a bit on the quiet side. Even with a five-member band and a chatty Cathy like myself, the interview was a bit on the awkward silence-filled side. But, by the end of the night, vocalist S...   More