Special Section [HEROES OF ROCK] “Guitar-based soundtracks to kung-fu movies.” That’s how Polvo describes its sound. But that and any other attempted description just flows through the fingers like ...   More

Music Stories Dude No. 1: Duuuude.Dude No. 2: ’Sup, man?Dude No. 1: Not much, just writing this article about Eat Skull. It’s kinda difficult.Dude No. 2: How is that possible? The basic facts are easy: ...   More

Music Dude No. 1: Duuuude.Dude No. 2: ’Sup, man?Dude No. 1: Not much, just writing this article about Eat Skull. It’s kinda difficult.Dude No. 2: How is that possible? The basic facts are easy: Eat Skull is a totally fucked-up-sounding band from Portland. Four mutant weirdos with wa...   More

Music Before there was emo, there was screamo. And before there was screamo there was Gravity Records, the genre-defying San Diego label that put out bands that sounded like Antioch Arrow—that is to say, that sounded like nothing before or since. Faster than hardcore, more artsy than pu...   More

Music [DARK INSTRUMENTAL] Some things in Portland arrive with a roar: the exploding foliage of spring, the drunken sailor pub-crawl otherwise referred to as the Rose Parade, the noisy erection of another condo in yet-unnamed waterfront mystery neighborhood. Other things sneak up, like sleepy coffeeshops or new records by ...   More

Music Stories [DARK INSTRUMENTAL] Some things in Portland arrive with a roar: the exploding foliage of spring, the drunken sailor pub-crawl otherwise referred to as the Rose Parade, the noisy erection of another co ...   More

Special Section WHO: Honey Owens with a revolving cast of contributors.WHAT: Acid-soaked psych-gaze.SOUNDS LIKE: Early Slowdive with longer hair and way heavier drugs, or Brightblack Morning Light and the Doors holdi ...   More

Music One can imagine that the uninitiated, stumbling upon an Inca Ore performance for the first time—witnessing a pixielike young woman hunched over a keyboard, crooning unintelligible, sing-songy poetry into a pedal-treated microphone—might have the old “My kid could do this” reaction usually rese...   More

Music Stories One can imagine that the uninitiated, stumbling upon an Inca Ore performance for the first time—witnessing a pixielike young woman hunched over a keyboard, crooning unintelligible, sing-songy po ...   More

Q & A If you’re an avid reader of contemporary superhero comics, Brian Michael Bendis needs no introduction. The Portland-based writer/artist hit the comics scene in the mid-’90s, penning noir c ...   More