Music Well, true to their word, the Dandy Warhols kicked off their brief 13-song set in the streets of Portland on Wednesday, dashing around to five different venues and performing bare-bones song renditions in commemoration of the band’s breakthrough 2000 album, Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia. It was a short-lived affair, complete with donuts, tequila and a stripper. As promised, the band opened ...   More

Music The Dandy Warhols announced on their website that in honor of the 13th anniversary of their breakout 2000 album, the band will be performing all 13 songs from Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia live. The shows will be filmed for Portland music media website Into the Woods.Except you can't buy tickets. You don't have to. They'll be performing the songs on the streets of Portland and other TBA ...   More

Drank We mustn’t begrudge successful rock musicians their gentlemanly hobbies. As with all gentry who didn’t amass their fortunes by working too terribly hard, they’re tasked with developing pursu   More

SCOOP START THE FIRE: Long before Southeast Division Street became restaurant row, Northwest’s “Trendy-third” was the spot to be from the 1980s until the Great Recession slammed it hard. By 2010   More

Food & Drink We can't believe we missed this: After dabbling as a graphic novelist earlier this year, Dandy Warhols frontman Courtney-Courtney Taylor-Taylor has a new side gig: winemaking. The Portland singer announced via the band's website last month that his new wine label, Chateau Taylor-Taylor, has released its first drop: "Bocca d’Avolo 2010," a blend of 90 percent Nero d'Avola and 10 percent Grillo ...   More

Music Last night, Dandy Warhols frontman and newly minted graphic novelist Courtney Taylor-Taylor was on hand at Music Millenium for the launch of his new graphic novel and tie-in album One Model Nation. Standing alongside his collaborator artist Jim Rugg, the two signed autographs to promote the hardcover work of fiction that tells the story of a German quartet who topped the charts only to disappear suddenly.Other ...   More

Music Stories [HOLIDAY PSYCH ROCK] In the 17 years since the Dandy Warhols first recorded their weirdly definitive rendition of “Little Drummer Boy,” the Portland icons—our most continuously successful    More

Music My colleague Aaron Mesh believes all movies should be set in old, dilapidated amusement parks. I second that opinion, and add this one: All music festivals should also take place in old, dilapidated amusement parks. Coachella probably isn't relocating to Knott's Berry Farm any time soon, but at least us in the Portland area can enjoy the surreal, slightly creepy experience of watching bands perform ...   More