Music Just when you thought Hush Records couldn't get any lovelier, it starts adopting Spaniards. This week's music feature celebrates the now decade-long life of the label. And, in a sappy li'l    More

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Ten years ago, a painter named Chad Crouch bought a CD burner for $600. And though he humbly describes that era as “the beginning of the digital revolution,” it was the beginning of much more. It was the beginning of a very “Portland” sound that would e...   More

Music The following anecdotes, testimonials and proclamations of love are the thoughts of Hush Records artists on the label and its creator, Chad Crouch. Read WW's story on Hush's ten-year anniversary here....   More

Music Stories Ten years ago, a painter named Chad Crouch bought a CD burner for $600. And though he humbly describes that era as “the beginning of the digital revolution,” it was the beginning of much m ...   More

Music Stories The following anecdotes, testimonials and proclamations of love are the thoughts of Hush Records artists on the label and its creator, Chad Crouch. Read WW's story on Hush's ten-year anniversary here. ...   More

Music Back in April, local label/artists' collective/cute retail stop Tender Loving Empire announced that it'd be releasing the next album from gentle folk-poppers Super XX Man (more on that    More

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Mike Dixon doesn't cater to just your average nerd. He may be a high-school accounting and introductory computer teacher in nearby Olympia, Wash., but the bespectacled 29-year-old spends just as much time selling limited-edition vinyl to record geeks as he does teaching adolescents the ways of grosses...   More

Here Comes Your Fan Mike Dixon doesn’t cater to just your average nerd. He may be a high-school accounting and introductory computer teacher in nearby Olympia, Wash., but the bespectacled 29-year-old spends just as ...   More

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Right before this past Sunday's 20th Portland Lounge Series, I had a strange realization: Adam Shearer, frontman for local folk-rock outfit Weinland, played the first ever Portland Lounge Series, and he was about to play my last (more about that    More

Music You read correctly. It is indeed time, once again, for our (free!) live interview-and-intimate set event, the Portland Lounge Series. This Sunday, June 29, at the Towne Lounge (714 SW 20th Place), yours truly will be chatting with Adam Shearer, the ever-charismatic frontman of dark Americana outfit Weinland, charming/...   More