Music You know when you learn a word or a phrase, and suddenly it's everywhere? This happened to me when I first heard about you, Dan deVriend. I was writing a story about Portland wunderkind Adrian Orange a few months back, around the time his latest album Adrian Orange and Her Band was released....   More

Music Something about Legend of Dutch Savage reminds me of listening to my dad's old vinyl records. Let me clarify this by stating that my dad is a huge classic rock who loves Grand Funk Railroad and Led Zeppelin. I know the guys in Dutch Savage think of themselves as more punk rock--especially since drummer Dean Mile...   More

Music Beth Ditto, I'm disappointed in you. I'm not saying I know much about the politics behind this decision, but I do know the Gossip—the punk-meets-soul band you front—decided to pull out of last weekend's Siren Nation festival with less than a month's notice. The festival's website has only this to say abou...   More

Music Looks like all-ages venues and Portland just don't mix. Grapedrink, the Southwest Portland venue that legally admitted minors but served alcohol, has closed down, citing pressure from investors and the OLCC as reasons. Tonight will be the venue's last night.

Last week, Grapedrink co-owner Weston S...   More

Music If creating unconventional and avant-garde music isn't enough, Honey Owens is making another contribution to Portland's artistic community. The sole musical force behind the ambient trance project Valet (and a sometime member of Jackie-O Motherfucker and Dark Yoga, and also founder of Northeast venue Dunes), las...   More

Music Since reuniting three years ago, things haven't been the same for queercore punk band Team Dresch. The scene has changed—as the band discussed in this week's WW—but the members' lives are different, too. Singer-guitarist Jod...   More

Music Ritchie Young is a troubadour. Like the European singer-songwriters of the High Middle Ages, the lyricist and leader singer for Loch Lomond tells a story with every song he writes. On the track “Song in ¾” from the band's latest album Paper the Walls, Young's lyrics are both linear and repetit...   More

Music [QUEERCORE] Team Dresch has never been predictable. Since the Portland-based punk band formed 14 years ago, its four queer members have broken social and musical conventions with songs like “Hate the Christian Right” and “Fagetarian and Dyke,” using poetic lyrics and riffing guitars to jum...   More

Music Stories [QUEERCORE] Team Dresch has never been predictable. Since the Portland-based punk band formed 14 years ago, its four queer members have broken social and musical conventions with songs like “Hat ...   More

Music On Saturday, Portland, I was reminded of how much I dislike this time of year. That day, I received a Facebook invitation from fellow music journalist Cary Clarke to see his prog rock band, At Dusk, play a show. The message looked like this:

Event: Rererato Halloween Party
"At Dusk + Please...   More