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Laura Veirs Nearly Gave Up Music. Then She Made ‘Temple Songs.’
The Portland songwriter recorded her stripped-down new album in her backyard and almost entirely by herself.
SoCal Punks Find a Fierce New Sound in Portland
River City Ruin’s second album, ‘My Ruin,’ gets past the punk-rock box.
Albums We Loved in 2025
Pop, rap and folk rock releases defined Portland’s year in music.
Veruca’s EP “Drive” Takes Listeners From the Club to the Gym With Its Heart-Racing Beats
Brian Forrester, who produces the LGBTQ+ dance party Betty, curated two EPs’ worth of music from a pool of 30 songs.
Logan Lynn’s New Breakup Album “SOFTCORE” Is Triumphantly Vulnerable and Unapologetically Horny
What to Listen to This Week
Fievel is Glauque sound like Getz/Gilberto if they recorded in a junkyard.
What to Listen to This Week
If you haven’t heard the stoned, strangely beautiful sample trip of the late rapper MF DOOM’s magnum opus, “Madvillainy,” yet, get on that.
The Dandy Warhols’ New Album is a Summary of the Band’s 25-Year-Long Career
A sort of grandiosity and confidence permeates the whole of Why You So Crazy? The Dandys are, and have always been, a throwback to the golden age of rock stardom. That’s not changed here, and songs like “Small Town Girls” and “Sins Are Forgiven,” the latter of which has Taylor-Taylor sing from the point of view of Jesus on the cross, find the frontman exuding the almost bored-sounding, elegantly wasted confidence that’s served him so well.