Can the Chilled-Out Hey Love Succeed in East Portland’s New Party District?

For now, Hey Love is an impressive culmination of disparate talents at the peaks of their respective games. Whether it buckles under the pressure of being a highly Instagrammable venue for strong drinks in a neighborhood that’s slowly turning into Old Town East is yet to be seen. But we’re rooting for it regardless.

DJ Collective Noche Libre Uses the Songs of Their Childhood to Build a Forward-Thinking Community

“It’s kinda like putting a message in a bottle and throwing it out and seeing if my people would come,” says Mendoza, who DJs under the name Lucha and is best known as the frontwoman of Y La Bamba. “And then they find it and are like, ‘Oh my God, that song!’”

After Her Breakout Album, Natasha Kmeto Wants to Expand Even Further Beyond Niche Electronica

It’s somewhat surprising Kmeto is moving away from auteurism. But when she first moved from Los Angeles to Portland, Kmeto wasn’t planning to become a solo artist at all. “I liked being in bands, and thought I was going to gear myself toward singing backup, or doing studio or songwriting work,” she says. “I hadn’t launched anything solo, and never really saw myself doing my own thing. I was scared to.”

Needle Exchange: A DJ Questionnaire with J-Prez

His go-to records, his craziest gig and the music you should never ask him to play.

Needle Exchange: A DJ Questionnaire with DJ ATM

His go-to records, his craziest gig and the music you should never ask him to play.

Dig a Pony is Portland's Late-Night Clearing House

The founders of Portland’s signature meat-market bar just happened to open the perfect place, in the perfect location off the Morrison Bridge, at the precise moment roving frat-packed suburbia decided that the lower east side was sanitized enough to explore.

Needle Exchange: A DJ Questionnaire with Deena Bee

Her go-to records, her craziest gig and the music you should never ask her to play.

Needle Exchange: A DJ Questionnaire with Sean Battles