Music Label: Self-released?
Color: White
Insert: Yellow, with song titles printed on the front
Quantity: ???
Replayability: 9/10

I have no idea who is actually in the band Sad Horse. And honestly, I don't really care. I could dig around online a...   More

Music Tecate and cigarettes and fire escapes, oh my! The latest Into the Woods video—in partnership with Willamette Week's own MusicfestNW—captures the epic Fourth of July block party hosted outside of East End. And Red Fang's performance of the vicious "Prehistoric Dog" is as awesome as ...   More

Music Blitzen Trapper lets its music do the talking.

Blitzen Trapper’s Eric Earley is alarmingly quiet in person. Sitting outside the Satellite Cafe in Southeast Portland, it’s almost impossible to hear him talk about his band and its new album, Destroyer of the Void, amid the whir of cars, cyclists and one particularly loud couple’s argument. But suddenly, after...   More

Music Spencer Krug and Dan Boeckner don’t come to blows—they just write perfect rock songs.

[SYNTH ROCK] Spencer Krug wastes no time opening Wolf Parade’s third album, Expo 86, with a declaration of intent. The second you press play, Krug’s sinewy voice hits you. Four minutes later, “Cloud Shadow on the Mountain” still hasn’t let up, though...   More

Music Stories [SYNTH ROCK] Spencer Krug wastes no time opening Wolf Parade’s third album, Expo 86, with a declaration of intent. The second you press play, Krug’s sinewy voice hits you. Four minutes lat ...   More

Music Stories Blitzen Trapper’s Eric Earley is alarmingly quiet in person. Sitting outside the Satellite Cafe in Southeast Portland, it’s almost impossible to hear him talk about his band and its new al ...   More

Food Reviews & Stories Few places do one-pot meals better than Pambiche. The Northeast Portland favorite does the Cuban staple ajiaco some serious justice: a hot cauldron simmering with moist corn dumplings, slices of pork and beef so tender they fall apart in your mouth, tropical roots and a delicate topping of white ric   More

Food Reviews & Stories When it comes to dim sum, there’s no place in Portland, from Chinatown to 82nd Avenue, that comes close to matching Wong’s King. You can immediately taste the difference in the freshness of the ingredients: Staples like sui mai aren’t gristly lumps, but rather tender ground pork- a   More

Food Reviews & Stories It’s fun to pretend to be European for a night. Few places in Portland give you as much opportunity for continental fantasy as Nate Tilden and Matt Piacentini’s stylish hangout in the Ace Hotel building, where any night you’re more than likely to see a local celebrity downing a coc   More

Food Reviews & Stories There’s no doubt about the food at Sel Gris, WW’s 2008 Restaurant of the Year and a culinary inspiration in an unassuming section of Hawthorne. But Sel Gris is so much more than a restaurant—it’s an opportunity to watch master chef Daniel Mondok at work. The best seats in the   More