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A Central Oregon Musician Has Released Her First Album on a Renowned Austin Record Label Decades After She Stopped Playing Professionally

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

“Buzzer” is two minutes of straight bars over a menacing beat supplied by LA’s Aaron Bow and Teddy Walton, a producer on Kendrick Lamar’s “Love.” In the music video, Wynne raps while leaning out of a BMW that’s driving around the industrial Eastside, and in an pink lit room where Lillard just so happens to be hanging out. Lillard also get a reference in one of the song’s final bars: “My city know that lil hommie’s shooting from the three.”

The New Single from Black Belt Eagle Scout Confronts Housing Instability

Black Belt Eagle Scout is the moniker of Portland-based songwriter Katherine Paul. Paul’s last single “Soft Stud”—a yearning anthem that displays Paul’s grunge influences and delicate but bold vocals—got the attention of national outlets like NPR and Pitchfork. On “Just Lie Down,” Paul’s frenzied guitar takes on a meaner growl, and she sings over tense drums. But on the chorus, Paul delivers a gentle respite to the chaos: “Just lie down/Head on the ground/Sky looks blue/Just like you.”

Haley Heynderickx Shows a Grace Beyond Her Years on Debut Full-Length

On her excellent debut LP, Haley Heynderickx effortlessly commingles humor and philosophy with the grace of an artist well beyond her years. With a voice and breadth of vision that recall Angel Olsen, the Portland singer-songwriter’s music extends beyond typical folk and indie realms.

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Best New Music

A Central Oregon Musician Has Released Her First Album on a Renowned Austin Record Label Decades After She Stopped Playing Professionally

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

The New Single from Black Belt Eagle Scout Confronts Housing Instability

Haley Heynderickx Shows a Grace Beyond Her Years on Debut Full-Length

On His Second Album, Kyle Craft Settles Into His Fiery Classic Rock Sound

On “Mirror Touch,” Wild Ones’ Emotional Electro Pop Is Smart, Sophisticated and Big Enough for Radio

On “Paint Soup 3,” Two of Portland’s Trippiest Rappers Sketch Out Their Own Bizarro World

Reptaliens’ Captured Tracks Debut Is the Stuff of Nightmares Disguised in the Sound of Dream-Pop

Aminé’s Major Label Debut Is a Summer Party Record With More on Its Mind Than Just Good Times

Turtlenecked's Second Album Is a Roller Coaster of Eclectic Pop Brilliance

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