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Top Five Mantras from The Dalai Lama and Anthony Kiedis


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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
 
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 MATTHEW SINGER

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.

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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
 
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER

PDX Charts

Top selling albums and songs in Portland, April 29-May 4

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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
 
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER

The 2013 Best New Band Ballots

A peek at music-based democracy in action!

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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
 
Thursday, May 2, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER

Family Function

Meet the Salas-Humaras.


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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
 
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 MATTHEW SINGER

Top Five Super-Obscure Best New Band Vote-Getters


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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
 
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 MATTHEW SINGER

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.

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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
 
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER

PDX Charts

Top selling albums and songs in Portland, April 22-28

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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
 
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER

Live Review: Prince at Roseland Theater, 4/21

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A sign in the crowd read, “I SOLD MY GUITARS SO I COULD TAKE MY MOTHER TO SEE PRINCE.” It was, like much of the reaction leading up to Prince’s show at the Roseland Theater Sunday night, a bit of a mixed message. Last month, when Soul’d Out Productions announced that the Purple One himself would indeed perform at the 1,400-capacity venue, the response online was a simultaneous eruption of ...   More
 
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER

PDX Charts

Top selling albums and songs in Portland, April 15-21

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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
 
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER
 

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