Metallica’s Portland Show Was a Reminder of Why They’re Still the Biggest-Ticket Metal Band in the World Unless you care deeply about everything Metallica’s released since their ‘80s heyday, it can be easy to get hung up on what’s lame about them in 2018. Their most recent albums are either attempts at alt-rock reinvention or clear “return to form” plays. They charge obscene amounts for tickets. Their setlist is fairly rigid. They invite comedian Jim Breuer (of Half Baked semi-fame) to host a slogging, hours-long “pre-show party” instead of giving a couple of young, hungry bands the opportunity to open for Metallica. Lars Ulrich is still a massive ham. Patrick Lyons December 7 at 5:14 PM
Stumptown’s Wacky Trail Blazers Coffee Commercials Are Back. With Jusuf Nurkic. In a Van. The Blazers center goes on a delivery run in the latest ad from Tim Wenzel. Aaron Mesh December 6 at 4:43 PM
Human Ottoman Finds Musical Inspiration in Unauthorized Harry Potter Soundtracks The band’s usually active performance schedule slowed so they could work on their most ambitious album yet. The band recorded Rampage, their upcoming third album, at the Hallowed Halls studios in deep Southeast with engineer Justin Phelps, who has worked with some of rock’s most ambitious weirdos. Justin Carroll-Allan December 6 at 12:05 PM
Following a Hiatus, V. Dewayne’s Next Album Will Be His Rawest When Vinnie Dewayne left Portland for Chicago in 2016, he departed his hometown as the St. Johns Scholar. Now, he’s aiming for a different title. “I feel like that’s kind of what slowed me down in general as an artist,” says the 27-year-old rapper, who now releases music as V. Dewayne. “Trying to be the image of the scholar and stuff like that, instead of just giving my raw truth and my raw self.” Shannon Gormley December 6 at 11:48 AM
A Portland Rapper Went Viral After She Was Misidentified As Eminem’s Daughter Portland rapper Wynne has gone viral yet again—this time under false pretenses. On Friday, Twitter user @ecky_boy31 posted a video of the Lake Oswego-born MC, claiming the rapper is Eminem’s daughter, Hailie Jade Scott. The original tweet has since racked up over 20,000 retweets and nearly 3 million views. Shannon Gormley December 4 at 4:55 PM
Lee Corey Oswald’s New Album Is Essential Listening for Elder Scenesters Loaded with buzzy guitars, shout-along choruses and tempos well above the threshold for circle pits, Darkness, Together, the latest from Portland quartet Lee Corey Oswald, is essential listening for anyone who feels trapped in the demographic netherworld that’s too old for the Warped Tour and too young for Pickathon. Pete Cottell November 29
Boink’s Debut Album Embraces Collaboration and Chaos Due to mutual respect and a willingness to relinquish independent creative control, the tunes came easier than one might think. Each member of Boink mentions the liberating feeling of trusting how natural the collaborative effort felt. “Pretty much every song on the album was born on that first night we got together,” says Magia. “Since we have so much creative control in our other projects, we enjoyed letting go and having the music evolve itself. It’s like that ooze from Ghostbusters—it just is.” Donovan Farley November 29
A Guide to Portland Record Stores In Portland, every day is Record Store Day. This is a guide to all of them.
The 21 Best Songs About Portland In honor of MusicfestNW, which starts Friday the 21st, we are counting down the top 21 best songs ever written about Portland.
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