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Five Totally Honestly Pretty Good 311 Songs

Every once in a while, the band’s polyglot style congeals into something that’s seriously not that bad.

How a Former Blazer and Visionary Producer Created Portland's Best Rap Label

In the past year, EYRST (pronounced “airst”) has produced some of the most progressive music coming out of Portland—hip-hop or otherwise.

If I Can't Say the R Word, Neither Can You

And then one day around Sophie’s 7th birthday, I woke up and realized Sophie had become her own little person—something I’d long ago decided would never happen. I was wrong. She had ideas and opinions—sometimes even stronger than those of her peers.

Honey Bucket Proves That Just Because Your Band Is Named After an Outhouse Doesn't Mean the Music Has to Stink

By the members’ own admission, their ambitions haven’t grown any grander but the record is a reminder that just because you don’t take anything else about your band too seriously doesn’t mean the music has to suffer because of it.

Minden's "Sweet, Simple Things" Is High in Fructose, Funk and Hooks

On Sweet, Simple Things, Minden trades the jazzy touches of its previous albums for pure, clean-cut pop.

Psychedelic Rockers Wooden Indian Burial Ground Get Seriously Strange on "How's Your Favorite Dreamer?"

At times, the album feels aimless, but it’s always unhinged, and the commitment to unchecked weirdness is what makes it so gleefully shambolic.

Inbox: How One Portland Neighborhood Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Homeless

Welcoming the Homeless

The Six People You Will See at a Magic Tournament

We’ve all seen that girl with the extraordinarily elaborate costume, whether it be an archangel with blood-soaked wings or a snake-haired wizard.

This Is What People Wore to the 2016 Pickathon Music Festival

Pickathon: where backyard farm meets New Seasons.

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