Album Reviews [MULTIFACETED POP] When it placed fifth in WW’s Best New Band poll this year, Portland quartet Youth also earned another, more dubious distinction: It became the only act in the poll’s histo   More

Music Who doesn't love dive bars? Nobody, that's who—although few love a good dive as much as And And And's Bim Ditson. That's why he put together the Underbelly Bender, a six-week crosstown concert series dedicated to celebrating Portland bands and the bars that nurture them. In conjunction, each week here at wweek.com we will be profiling the hosting bar and its local music history. (Note: Due to the ...   More

Music Stories [POP] In recent weeks, Youth has been pulling opening-act duties across the West. This is the band’s first, as drummer Stephen Leisy puts it, “non-house-show tour.” “Typhoon has wanted to br   More