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

The Ultimate Stoner Coffee Table

A consumer’s guide to keeping your high—and everything that goes with it—local.

Featured Stories IMAGE: Morgan Green-Hopkins1. Oil Rig Available at: Mellow Mood, 4119 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 235-7473, mellowmood.com ($1,700) Hash oil is the new chronic—it’s basically THC concentrate—and oil   More

 

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 MATTHEW SINGER

Headout: Top Trotters

Scouting reports for five honorary Harlem Globetrotters.

Headout What’s harder than beating the Harlem Globetrotters? Becoming an honorary Harlem Globetrotter. In the organization’s 86-year history, only eight nonplayers have been named to the team, and o   More

 

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 MATTHEW SINGER

Endo Days

Hit the black lights, weed is almost legal. Forget everything you know about pot culture.

Cover Story The highs, they are a-changin’. On Nov. 6, 2012, America’s relationship with marijuana entered a hazy new era. Two states, including Oregon’s northern neighbor, voted to legalize pot, si   More

 

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 MATTHEW SINGER

PDX Charts

Top selling albums and songs in Portland, Feb. 11-17

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 in below....   More

 

Tuesday, February 19, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER