Dodgr’s Last Show as a Portland-Based Artist Featured Both Tap Dancing and Twerking

Tyler the Creator’s Portland Show Was Theatrical, Surprising and One of the Best Concerts of the Year

In a way, it didn’t seem like Portland was ready for such an unabashed exhibit of nonstereotypical blackness.

Vampire Weekend Leaned into Their New Jam-Band Aesthetics at Their Edgefield Show

Formerly buzzy indie bands face a tough decision as they enter their later years: pander to the youth and adapt to their surroundings, or double down on what made them relevant in the first place and become a legacy act. Vampire Weekend has chosen the former. But their sold-out show at McMenamins Edgefield on Sept. 28 demonstrated they’re going about it in an unconventional way.

At Their Last Hometown Show, Portland Hardcore Legends Poison Idea Went Out in Properly Raging Style

For nearly 40 years, Portland’s Poison Idea has made an indelible mark on punk and hardcore. Now, they’re embarking on their last tour—again.

Iron Maiden’s First Portland Show in 30 Years Included a Choreographed Sword Fight, a Spitfire Replica and Real Christian Protesters

Outside Moda Center on Sept. 6—the band’s first Portland show in more than 30 years—attendees were welcomed by a few picketers for Christ, whose messages ranged from offering redemption to condemning concertgoers to hell for their devotion to the ’70s iconoclasts.

The National Were in Full Dad-Rock Dionysus Mode at Their Edgefield Show

Despite a 3D Glasses Gimmick, Flying Lotus’s Music Was Still the Most Futuristic Part of His Portland Show

The set kicked off with a video of David Lynch performing his “Fire Is Coming” monologue to a group of children wearing dog suits. Then, Flying Lotus walked onstage, dressed in all black with his dreads hiding his face, and played an unrelenting stream of glitchy jibber jabber.

Our Favorite Moments from This Year’s Pickathon

For a festival headlined by Phil Lesh and Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats—and where seemingly half the audience brings toddlers and would rather sit in REI camping chairs than mosh—this year’s Pickathon was strangely dominated by post-punk. The dissonance between the idyllic setting and the rowdy sets. That doesn’t mean any set with a fiddle was a wash, though, or that this year’s festival was all doom and gloom. Held during a blistering hot weekend, there were just as many moments of respite as their were eardrum-busting performances. Here are some of the best sets we saw.