Music Tonight is the night! It's time to get out of the rain and celebrate the coming of PDX Pop Now! season and the unofficial beginning of summer. Even though the three-day, free, all-ages festival doesn't start for another eight weeks (sad face), you can get a sneak peak toni...   More

Music Oh, side project, how I love you. It's rare these days that we get a peek at a stripped-down version of Modest Mouse, which makes "Lay Me Down"—the first new Ugly Casanova song in years—such a revelation. Ugly Casanova, if you remember correctly, is the name of Modest Mouse ...   More

Music What does sex sound like in the future? According to the Dangerous Boys Club—a new quartet composed of members of Portland's always vibrant experimental underground—it sounds like a sci-fi movie shot in the early '80s. "Future Sex" gives off a serious Nexus-6 vibe, like if...   More

Music OK, I know what you're thinking: just what the hell is a "video opera?" To be honest, I'm not really sure. What I do know is that the work of Alexis Gideon—ace guitar player, part-time rapper, and film auteur—never ceases to be anything but super weird. This Saturday Gideon is p...   More

Music Dan Snaith learns to swim—and makes his best record between lessons.

[LIQUID FUSION] Before he began working on his new album, Dan Snaith finally learned to do something most kids pick up somewhere between riding a bike and tying their shoes: swimming from one end of a pool to the other. “My wife got me swim lessons for Christmas two years ago, and I just became obsessed...   More

Music We scramble Sasquatch! bands’ lyrics and ask, whose line is it, anyway?


ILLUSTRATION: Adam KruegerEvery music festival has to make a choice between the mainstream and the hip. Now in its ninth year, Sasquatch!—the hugely successful three-day concert and lovefest at the Gorge Amphitheater—has decided to take a risk by not booking a major headliner. In past years...   More

Music Stories ILLUSTRATION: Adam KruegerEvery music festival has to make a choice between the mainstream and the hip. Now in its ninth year, Sasquatch!—the hugely successful three-day concert and lovefest at ...   More

Music Stories [LIQUID FUSION] Before he began working on his new album, Dan Snaith finally learned to do something most kids pick up somewhere between riding a bike and tying their shoes: swimming from one end of a ...   More

Food Reviews & Stories There are plenty of bars that double as music venues in Portland. But there are few I would go to if it weren’t for a killer show that night. Valentine’s, besides being a bastion of the experimental and electronic music communities, is also a really fantastic bar, with rotating art on th   More

Food Reviews & Stories Walk into Night Light Lounge in the winter, and you might not notice the back patio. But it’s there, my friends, and ready when you have a weekend craving for grilled cheese and $3.50 microbrews. The inside of the bar is nice as well, with dark corners, comfy booths and DJs spinning every Mond   More