PDX Charts

Top selling albums and songs in Portland, Nov. 19-25

Music Every Tuesday, we list the top selling albums from local record stores Music Millennium, Jackpot Records and Everyday Music, and the top streamed tracks in Portland on Rhapsody, for the previous week. The week's in-store appearance guide is below.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012 by MATTHEW SINGER

Extended Q&A: Tre "Slimkid3" Hardson on Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde

A track-by-track breakdown of the most wildly fun hip-hop album of the '90s.

Music On a recent afternoon, I met with Tre "Slimkid3" Hardson, de facto leader of '90s L.A. hip-hop misfits the Pharcyde and Portland transplant, on the back patio of ¿Por Que No? on Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard, to discuss the 20th anniversary of his group's highly influential debut album, 1992's Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde. Here is Hardson's full trac...   More

 

Wednesday, November 21, 2012 by MATTHEW SINGER

A Long, Bizarre Ride

The Pharcyde’s classic debut turns 20.

Music Stories In 1992, four L.A. misfits snuck in through the backdoor of hip-hop history. As the media’s attention focused on rap’s cop killers and mean-mugging gangsters, the Pharcyde—Imani, Bootie Br   More

 

Wednesday, November 21, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

Wooden Indian Burial Ground: Saturday, Nov. 24

Paving an expressway to your skull, straight through old, loud Portland.

Music Stories [PSYCHEDELIC GARAGE] Justin Fowler, singer-guitarist for psych-garage conjurers Wooden Indian Burial Ground, has been around Portland long enough to remember what the city used to be like. Accor   More

 

Wednesday, November 21, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

Windows: He Shoots

Bar Reviews Two words: pork parfait. If the phrase alone isn’t tickling your gag reflex, you’re not thinking about it hard enough. Imagine one of those fast-food, “just throw a bunch of shit into a si   More

 

Wednesday, November 21, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

Brew Views: The Nightmare Before Christmas

Ghost of Christmas Past

Brew Views Earlier this year, Tim Burton remade his 1984 live-action short, Frankenweenie, as a feature-length stop-motion adventure, to some of the best reviews of his late career. It was a shrewd maneuver,   More

 

Wednesday, November 21, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

Big Ass Boombox Announces 2013 Lineup

Forty bands, 15 writers, four venues, two days, zero cost!

Music A music festival with an all-ages component, emphasizing Portland talent and free to the public? Sounds like PDX Pop Now! But in the damp months of winter, that annual Stumptown summer spectacular feels eons away. Thankfully, Big Ass Boombox is here to help you gorge on live local musi...   More

 

Monday, November 19, 2012 by MATTHEW SINGER

PDX Charts

Top selling albums and songs in Portland, Nov. 5-11

Music Every Tuesday, we list the top selling albums from local record stores Music Millennium, Jackpot Records and Everyday Music, and the top streamed tracks in Portland on Rhapsody, for the previous week. The week's in-...   More

 

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 by MATTHEW SINGER

Siren’s Echo: Wednesday, Nov. 14

Portland’s only female hip-hop duo returns—but don’t call it a comeback.

Music Stories [TIMELESS HIP-HOP] To hear Toni Hill and Sabrina “Syndel” Britt, of singer-rapper duo Siren’s Echo, discuss their artistic relationship, you’d think they were twins separated at birth. O   More

 

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

Top Five Red Hot Chili Peppers Songs Pre-“Under the Bridge”

Top 5 “True Men Don’t Kill Coyotes,” Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)Less funk-punk than tribal new-wave, the lone highlight of the Chili Peppers’ first outing finds Anthony Kiedis embodying the col   More

 

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER