From The Vault: 21 Years of Morrissey in Willamette Week

"There is a definite appeal to his campy, smart-aleck personality."

Music (Go here for this week's interview with a beta-version of Moz.)As far as I can tell, the Smiths never played Portland, despite the fact that its second most important member has called our city home for the last few years. Morrissey, on the other hand (he'd be the first most important), has...   More

 

Friday, March 8, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER

Louder Than Moz

A conversation with Morrissey...or close enough.

Music Stories Morrissey is dead. Not literally, of course. In terms of media exposure, the great and powerful Moz is more alive right now than he’s been in years, what with the recent stunts he’s pulled   More

 

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 MATTHEW SINGER

Headout: Walton on Walton

The former Blazer holds forth on the Jersey sculptor.

Headout Art fans, this is truly a magnanimous moment in the history of modern civilization. Not since Gutenberg first threw down the word of the Big Man upstairs has the printed letter held quite such e   More

 

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 MATTHEW SINGER

PDX Charts

Top selling albums and songs in Portland, Feb. 25-March 3

Music Every Tuesday, 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, March 5, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER

Paul Laxer (Producer)

Typhoon’s in-house producer readies his masterpiece.

Music Stories The past year of Paul Laxer’s life is coming down to four plinking piano notes.  It’s a chilly Thursday afternoon, and the 28-year-old producer is in his Northeast Portland mixing studi   More

 

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 MATTHEW SINGER

Brew Views: The Master

Paging Tom Cruise.

Brew Views Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master is the film Scientology maybe doesn’t want you to see. But while it makes deliberate allusions to L. Ron Hubbard’s sci-fi pseudo-religion, that’s not wh   More

 

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 MATTHEW SINGER

PDX Charts

Top selling albums and songs in Portland, Feb. 18-24

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 we...   More

 

Tuesday, February 26, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER

The Six Most Awesome Things About the 2013 Pickathon Lineup

Music Pickathon has long been one of the most unique festival-going experiences—nestled among the trees on Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, it legitimately feels like summer camp—and in the last few years, the lineup has shifted to reflect that uniqueness. It hasn't abandoned its roots as a, um, roots music festival, it's expanded on them, making it unlik...   More

 

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER

The A/V Club

Eight Portland music video directors you need to know.

Music Stories Twenty years ago, it used to be that only Axl Rose and Michael Jackson could afford to make music videos that looked like glorified short films. Now, with the advent of the Internet and affordab   More

 

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 MATTHEW SINGER

Oil Baron

How Ganja Jon went from nontoker to Portland pot legend.

Featured Stories Marijuana saved Jon Hamm’s life. Sure, the kidney transplant helped. But if it weren’t for pot, the 27-year-old from Roseburg wouldn’t have had the will to make it to the hospital. Affli   More

 

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 MATTHEW SINGER