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What We Learned From the Reissue of Portland Queercore Pioneers Team Dresch’s Catalog

Andrew Jankowski
6 days ago

The Year in Portland Music, Ranked

The good, the bad and the weird of 2017, in 19 lists.

WW Staff
December 27, 2017

CONCERT PREVIEWS

Zaytoven’s Made a Career from Making Other Artists’ Careers. Now It’s His Turn.

Patrick Lyons
April 27, 2018

Hear the Noisy, Dancey New Sleater-Kinney Single, Produced by St. Vincent

Matthew Singer
May 29

On His Eyrst Debut, Rapper ePP Gets Personal and Looks Inward

Cervante Pope
May 2

BEST NEW MUSIC

The Video for Lake Oswego Rapper Wynne’s Debut Single Features a Damian Lillard Cameo

Shannon Gormley
September 13, 2018

NEEDLE EXCHANGE

Needle Exchanges Save Lives—and Infuriate Neighbors. Now, They Face Budget Cuts at the Edge of Portland.

Sophie Peel
May 21

On Their Debut Album, No Aloha Starts to Carve Out Their Own Surf-Rock Niche

Pete Cottell
6 days ago

Five Recently Announced Concerts You Can Still Get Tickets To

Matthew Singer
May 9, 2018

CONCERT REVIEWS

Billie Eilish’s Moda Center Show Was a Weird, Fun Nightmare

Andrew Jankowski
June 5

MORE MUSIC

Fountaine Creates Shape-Shifting Hip-Hop That, Like His Personal Health, Is in Constant Upheaval

When Fountaine scored an invite to Anderson Paak’s album release show last November, he didn’t expect to meet anyone famous. He certainly didn’t expect to meet Dr. Dre, or for it to happen while the Portland rapper was stoned.

Shannon Gormley 6:02 AM

The Members of Plastic Cactus Can’t Decide if Their Music Sounds More Like “Spongebob Squarepants” or a Spaghetti Western

Considering that the nearest beach is more than 80 miles away, it’s somewhat of a stretch for any Portland band to truly count as surf rock.

Pete Cottell 6:02 AM

Shadowgraphs Update 60s Psychedelia With Unexpected Flourishes

There are plenty of rock groups who revere ’60s psychedelic pop and sound like mere copycats of the Kinks or the Zombies.

Donovan Farley 6:02 AM

Every Ballot Submitted for the 2019 Best New Bands Poll

Each year, we ask local music industry insiders to vote for the musicians they’re currently most excited about (and who haven’t placed in any of our previous Best New Band polls). And each year, we publish every ballot in order to maintain transparency.

Shannon Gormley 6:02 AM

Bocha Processes Heartbreak and Homelessness Over Booming Tracks

For many of us, heartbreak comes at the hands of a lover. For William Bocha Hayes, it came at the hands of a loved one.

Cervante Pope 6:02 AM

Dan Dan’s Synth-Heavy Sound is Driven By a Sense of Humanity and Humor

Four years ago, Sarah McKenna bumped into Eric Burch at vegan punk haunt Black Water Bar.

Molly MacGilbert 6:02 AM

Karma Rivera Wants to Be the Next Rapper to Take Portland Hip-Hop into the Mainstream, and She’s Bringing Other Queer Artists in the Scene Along With Her

Karma Rivera didn’t think it was a big deal when she donated some stage time to Maarquii during last summer’s Portland Hip-Hop Day.

Andrew Jankowski 6:02 AM

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Best New Band 2018

Our Best New Band poll shows Portland music has never been so diverse, stylistically and demographically, as it is right now.

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.