Music [Editor's Note: Nilina, unlike Clara, is not 16. But she still has a pretty big crush on Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance.] On the MAX ride from the Zoo to Things From Another World comic b...   More

Music "Dude looks like a lady!" Oh Aerosmith, your lyrics were so spot-on when it came to the packed Starfucker show at Doug Fir last Saturday. There, on the stage, paraded out not one, not two, but three males dressed to the nines (and resembling ladies of the night ever so slightly) for an hour lon...   More

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So just how did Solomon, DJ come to get a reversed DJ name? Hint: he's tricky, tricky, tricky, TRICKY! But not that tricky, as Solomon is his real name. Solomon feeds us the details on that along with info on his upcoming tour with local electro shockers Flesh...   More

Music What do the names Richard Laws, Brandon Laws and Cristof Hendrickson have in common? A door prize to whoever picked the correct answer: All three names belong to members of the locally anchored, California hailing experimental pop trio Church. When Blackbird promoter Aaron Hall sent out a last-min...   More

Music The Kill Rock Stars showcase, well, rocked. I caught the local trio New Bloods in action. Here are the photos:




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Music While French band Fancy dropped off the bill, Justice and Diplo came to Portland in full force under the MySpace Music Tour banner at the Roseland. There were computers in the foyer of the venue for revelers to check their MySpace accounts on, and upstairs came hot track after hot track, all li...   More

Music My, my, my this DJ Wicked is rather confrontational. And violence-prone. Self-reliant teetotaler Kirk Kirkpatrick moves past the posturing and fills us in on all things Wicked. The full-time DJ has a packed calendar with several dates outside of Portland on the horizon. We find out why that's i...   More

Music Guess who Kate Moross is collaborating with? Don't read the headline, just go on and guess! This London based it-girl of illustration and graphic design has already partnered with infamous UK retailer TopShop, collaborated with her family members who run Moo.com (everyone's favorite business card ...   More

Music Back in late March, we sent Nilina to see Bon Iver. She was stoked, which made the editor stoked, which made the editor forget to click publish on these photos. Whoops!


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Music "When you coming home, Emma?" asks a line in this song. Josh Hodges' previous moniker, Sexton Blake must be wondering the same thing about him. Hodges' newer outing of Starfucker has seemingly stolen him away from the moodier pop mumblings of Sexton Blake, but let us revisit the old with thi...   More