Music Stories Born: In Savannah, Ga., in 1975. Sounds like: Listening to the coolest dude at the party shoot the shit as the DJ spins ’70s soul, ’80s boogie funk and the occasional modern electro-pop recor More
Primer: Big Boi
Music Stories Born: In Savannah, Ga., in 1975. Sounds like: Listening to the coolest dude at the party shoot the shit as the DJ spins ’70s soul, ’80s boogie funk and the occasional modern electro-pop recor More
Album Review: Sun Angle
Diamond Junk (New Moss)
Album Reviews [PSYCH-PUNK] One does not simply record Sun Angle. Feeding psychedelic guitars and pan-global rhythms through punk tempos delivered with free-jazz abandon, the band—a collaboration between thr More
Top Five Mantras from The Dalai Lama and Anthony Kiedis
Top 5 ON FRIENDSHIP Dalai Lama: “Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives.” Anthony Kiedis: “And my friend’s named Bob. Like the de More
Win Tickets to Make It Pop!
The annual PDX Pop Now! fundraiser features Kelli Schaefer, Monarques, Grandparents and Ezza Rose...and that's just the bands.
Music They grow up so fast, don't they? Of course I'm referring to free, all-ages, all-local summer music festivals. This July, PDX Pop Now!—not just Portland's best free, all-ages, all-local summer music festivals, but one of the city's best annual events, period—turns 10 years old. It seems like only yesterday when PPN was just ... More
PDX Charts
Top selling albums and songs in Portland, April 29-May 4
Music Every week, we list the top selling albums from local record stores Music Millennium, Jackpot Records, Everyday Music and Beacon Sound, and the top streamed tracks in Portland on More
The 2013 Best New Band Ballots
A peek at music-based democracy in action!
Music Every year, in the spirit of transparency—and to make it perfectly clear that Best New Band is a poll, not an arbitrary list—we publish the ballots of every Best New Band voter. What follows is that list of voters names, titles and the bands or artists that they casted votes for. We o... More
Family Function
Meet the Salas-Humaras.
Music Stories Walter Salas-Humara and Charlie Salas-Humara have nothing in common. Well, except for the last name, of course. And Charlie’s dad, who happens to be Walter’s brother. In musical terms, More
Top Five Super-Obscure Best New Band Vote-Getters
Top 5 Gazooka Bazooka Apparently, someone or something by that name played the Foggy Notion in March. That’s all we know, but c’mon: You’re just happy to live in a city where something called “ More
Win Tickets to See the New Build Tonight at Doug Fir!
What happens when members of Hot Chip meet LCD Soundsystem? Enter here to find out.
Music While it'd be a bit of a stretch to call them a supergroup, the whole of London-based dance outfit the New Build is the sum of some pretty impressive parts. Centered around LCD Soundsystem guitarist Al Doyle and Hot Chip bassist Felix Martin, th... More
PDX Charts
Top selling albums and songs in Portland, April 22-28
Music Every week, we list the top selling albums from local record stores Music Millennium, Jackpot Records, Everyday Music and Beacon Sound, and the top streamed tracks in Portland on More
Top Articles from MATTHEW SINGER
Live Not-So-Nude Girls
In the Land of a Thousand strippers, burlesque revivalists have been second-class citizens. Until now. One Small Dubstep
What is the dance music subgenre dubstep, exactly? Depends on who’s dancing. Just A Hobby
Fernando Viciconte tried to quit music. His friends wouldn’t let him. Caught Up in the Net
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden stands up to an anti-piracy bill he says threatens internet freedom. Dirty Songbirds
On the eve of Peaches’ visit, we revisit filthy sex songs for the ages. Marc Maron
A veteran comic turns to podcasting for shock therapy and biting laughs. Midnight In Paris
Woody and Owen’s excellent adventure. Kenton Station: Naked and Famous
Buried Alive
Portland film pioneer Don Gronquist was banned, panned and forgotten. He deserved better. Jared Mees & the Grown Children Saturday, May 14
If life imitates art, Jared Mees’ life must be pretty hectic about now.
In the Land of a Thousand strippers, burlesque revivalists have been second-class citizens. Until now. One Small Dubstep
What is the dance music subgenre dubstep, exactly? Depends on who’s dancing. Just A Hobby
Fernando Viciconte tried to quit music. His friends wouldn’t let him. Caught Up in the Net
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden stands up to an anti-piracy bill he says threatens internet freedom. Dirty Songbirds
On the eve of Peaches’ visit, we revisit filthy sex songs for the ages. Marc Maron
A veteran comic turns to podcasting for shock therapy and biting laughs. Midnight In Paris
Woody and Owen’s excellent adventure. Kenton Station: Naked and Famous
Buried Alive
Portland film pioneer Don Gronquist was banned, panned and forgotten. He deserved better. Jared Mees & the Grown Children Saturday, May 14
If life imitates art, Jared Mees’ life must be pretty hectic about now.
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