Here’s Where the Strings Come In

A survey of jazz guitar from Django to the Portland Jazz Festival.

Music Stories There’s no official theme for this year’s Portland Jazz Festival. That’s fine: They’re often contrived anyway. Still, the presence of Seattle’s Bill Frisell and Berkeleyite-turned-Brookl ... More

Feb 22, 2012 12:01 am by BRETT CAMPBELL

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The James Low Western Front: Saturday, Feb. 25

Like whiskey, Portland’s James Low is getting better with age.

Music Stories [COUNTRY] James Low has his proverbial shit together. After years without inspiration—his 2009 The Blackguard’s Waltz EP was the first release since what Low calls an “awful” 2004 live alb ... More

Feb 22, 2012 12:01 am by CASEY JARMAN

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Top Five Really Punk Bluegrass Songs

by Water Tower

Top 5 “Salty Dog Blues,” Morris BrothersGoogle “salty dog” while keeping in mind that this song is from the late ’30s. There is something just so filthy about the term.“Rye Whiskey,” Tex Ritte ... More

Feb 22, 2012 12:01 am by WW MUSIC STAFF

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Beauty In Pain

There’s one song Lincoln Crockett can’t bring himself to sing.

Music Stories Alicia Crockett knew something was wrong with her pregnancy. All the tests said otherwise, that everything was fine, but she couldn’t shake the overwhelming feeling of unease. “I could ... More

Feb 15, 2012 12:01 am by MATTHEW SINGER

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Album Review: Let it Rain

Portland artists cover classic Portland songs for PDX Pop Now!

Album Reviews [PORTLAND MUSIC] Why shouldn’t the navel-gazingest city in the country have a compilation of its current bands covering important bands from its past? We’ve got our own TV show, after all.&nbs ... More

Feb 15, 2012 12:01 am by CASEY JARMAN

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Album Review: Pheasant

Self-Titled (Self-Released)

Album Reviews [INDIE ROCK] Somewhere between And And And’s carefree, swaggering basement pop and Typhoon’s controlled and confessional rock operettas, Pheasant is holding its ground. The local quintet’s s ... More

Feb 15, 2012 12:01 am by CASEY JARMAN

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Drunken Prayer: Friday, Feb. 10

Tom Waits gives great advice—if you can understand what he’s saying.

Music Stories [RELUCTANT POP] When it comes to sagelike figures in rock ’n’ roll, few give off the aura of a bourbon-drunk Dalai Lama more than Tom Waits. Morgan Geer knows this personally. In 2006, when th ... More

Feb 8, 2012 12:01 am by MATTHEW SINGER

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Album Review: Black Pussy

On Blonde (Made In China Records)

Album Reviews [STONER ROCK] Everything you need to know about Black Pussy’s debut record can be summed up in the album’s first 10 seconds. The disc opens with the sound of a lighter flicking to life followe ... More

Feb 8, 2012 12:01 am by ROBERT HAM

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Top Selling Albums in Portland for Feb. 13-19

A survey of jazz guitar from Django to the Portland Jazz Festival.

The Darkness is back...and cleaner than ever.

Like whiskey, Portland’s James Low is getting better with age.

I’ll Meet You There Tomorrow (Self-Released)

by Water Tower

A survey of jazz guitar from Django to the Portland Jazz Festival.

The Darkness is back...and cleaner than ever.

I’ll Meet You There Tomorrow (Self-Released)

Like whiskey, Portland’s James Low is getting better with age.

by Water Tower

There’s one song Lincoln Crockett can’t bring himself to sing.

One of indie rock’s stalwart acts finds a rather Grimm calling.

Portland artists cover classic Portland songs for PDX Pop Now!

Self-Titled (Self-Released)

Portland musicians present and defend their favorite sex jams.

Tom Waits gives great advice—if you can understand what he’s saying.

On Blonde (Made In China Records)

Self-Titled (Jealous Butcher)