Featured Stories When the going gets good, Colin Grigson gets going. The Oregon-raised musician, regarded by many punks as the heart of the scene, quit playing bass for two popular local bands in the past two years. H ... More
The Quitter
Why Portland's most prolific punk would rather play the suburbs than become a star.
Featured Stories When the going gets good, Colin Grigson gets going. The Oregon-raised musician, regarded by many punks as the heart of the scene, quit playing bass for two popular local bands in the past two years. H ... More
Writing (almost) on the wall for mural/billboard case
News Working straight through the lunch hour to try to hasten the conclusion of what Judge Michael H. Marcus told his court Thursday is one of the longest-running cases in the building (nine years), Clear Channel, the City of Portland and local muralist Joe Cotter gave closing arguments today in Clear Channel's challenge to the city's sign code limiting the size of signs an... More
the bugs the bugs (Hovercraft)
Daniel Johnston-ish vocals + British punk = "flying fucking shit."
Music Stories [GARAGE POP] I almost forgot that I've seen the Bugs (I was drunk and didn't find out the duo's name). But as soon as "Fuckin' A. Right," the second song on the band's self-tilted LP, came through my ... More
Ferocious Eagle
the sea anemone inside of me is mighty
Music Stories [POST-HARDCORE] Like lovers, good rock bands are often coy. Groups like the Blood Brothers and the Hunches make music that is, at times, grating, annoying and inaccessible. While such qualities may ta ... More
Broken Record
Riot Cop finds itself in bad company on a new punk comp
RIFF CITY When Riot Cop's Dominic Drumgo saw the booklet for Choke On It—a vinyl compilation of Portland punk that features his band—he treated the record just as he used to treat those by the famou ... More
Music Art Resource Collective Body Art Benefit
A music benefit celebrates bare vampire breasts—and painted human ones.
Arts & Books Stories Up until the age of about seven, Robert Cody Reuwsaat spent every October terrified because he was convinced that his parents turned into vampires at that time of year due to extensive ... More
Courting the Wombstretched
Investigating the dating allure of the most vulgar rap duo in Portland, Wombstretcha the Magnificent.
Featured Stories "Wombstretcha is every bit the gentleman."There's something odd about this sentence. It's hard to believe a "stretcha" of wombs—who is not an Ob-Gyn—could be a gentleman, especially when w ... More
Shanghaied
A visit to Portland's shady places with Kiss Bank and company.
RIFF CITY By the time you read this, the members of gypsy-folk band Kiss Bank will be en route to the Mississippi River, where they'll rejoin the Miss Rockaway Armada, a 20-foot-long vessel they helped build fr ... More
TRIPLE AXL
Portland's GNR tribute sees the "real" thing and out reals it.
RIFF CITY This can be a touchy subject, so let's get it out of the way: Cover bands play songs made famous by other bands. Tribute bands are Method actors—they "become" another band. Last week, Portland s ... More
Dead Moon's Demise Official
News Following a cancelled show last Thursday and a weekend of rumors, there is finally official word from Dead Moon—a Portland underground rock institution with an extremely loyal world-wide fanbase. The trio claims it is “retiring.” Read the full story More
Top Articles from Jason Simms
Tragic Inspiration
The inimitable sound and admirable ideals of the local hardcore legends you've never heard of. Down On The Corner, Out In The Street
How street performing earned one local man spare change—and an unwanted part in Rent. Broken Record
Riot Cop finds itself in bad company on a new punk comp Clit Ripper, In Front Of The Kids (Torn to Pieces)
Clit Ripper's latest is right on—except for those poorly chosen names. Grey Metal
Agalloch, Portland's greatest metal band, lurks in the shadows of the Pacific Northwest. Dried Out
Drunken Boat sobers up in the name of fans and goodwill. Shifting Gears
Jammin' 95.5 radio host PK gets outta the PlayHouse and into the bike lane. Goregon Massacre Festival, Friday & Saturday, June 22 & 23
PDX's second annual blood summit marks it capital of the undead nation. Clorox Girls, J'aime Les Filles (BYO Records)
Clorox Girls' latest release uses covers to get you under theirs. Music Art Resource Collective Body Art Benefit
A music benefit celebrates bare vampire breasts—and painted human ones.
The inimitable sound and admirable ideals of the local hardcore legends you've never heard of. Down On The Corner, Out In The Street
How street performing earned one local man spare change—and an unwanted part in Rent. Broken Record
Riot Cop finds itself in bad company on a new punk comp Clit Ripper, In Front Of The Kids (Torn to Pieces)
Clit Ripper's latest is right on—except for those poorly chosen names. Grey Metal
Agalloch, Portland's greatest metal band, lurks in the shadows of the Pacific Northwest. Dried Out
Drunken Boat sobers up in the name of fans and goodwill. Shifting Gears
Jammin' 95.5 radio host PK gets outta the PlayHouse and into the bike lane. Goregon Massacre Festival, Friday & Saturday, June 22 & 23
PDX's second annual blood summit marks it capital of the undead nation. Clorox Girls, J'aime Les Filles (BYO Records)
Clorox Girls' latest release uses covers to get you under theirs. Music Art Resource Collective Body Art Benefit
A music benefit celebrates bare vampire breasts—and painted human ones.
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