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Small Million Merges Americana and Synth Pop to Defy Superficial Genre Expectations

Small Million isn’t a crossover gimmick. For Graham, Small Million is a way to defy the superficial expectations of genre. “Sometimes there are some tropes of a girl with the guitar and some limitations there,” she says. “So to get to work with Ryan and really just blow the lid off is such a treat.”

Orchestra Becomes Radicalized Dismantles its Own Structures and Address Dictatorships in a New Composition

Striving for non-hierarchical form is more than just the project’s mission statement. “[Stripping away hierarchy] feels like such an ingrained value to me,” Niekrasz says. “I live in this cooperative, I participate in a goat co-op. Non-hierarchical cooperation just feels right to me. Of course, sometimes there are mediators and people who push the ball along or initiates something without a strong hand over the top of it.”

A Dance Party at a Plane in the Woods, Comic Con and 12 Other Things to Do and See in Portland Sept. 5-11

Swifts vs. hawks, Iceman vs. Cobra Kai, ravers on a plane and other events we’re excited about this week.

Margaret Cho, a Sidewalk Vinyl Sale and 12 Other Things to Do and See in Portland Aug. 29-Sept. 4

Harrison Ford punching Nazis, tiny James Bond kicking kneecaps and other events we’re excited about this week.

Michelle Wolf, Chanti Darling and 12 Other Things to Do and See in Portland Aug. 8-14

2018’s most notorious comic, 2004’s greatest Jeopardy! contestant and other events we’re excited about this week.

Meet the Portland Producer Who Has Amassed Millions of Streams on Spotify and a Following in Korea Without Ever Playing a Hometown Show

On the cover of his album “Skyscraper Anonymous,” Yung Bae wears a yellow cable knit sweater and khaki pants, and offers a bowl of fruit to an inflated flamingo floatie. The Portland producer sits in front of a backdrop that’s found in seemingly every school portrait taken in the ’90s—pale blue with a nondescript texture somewhere between marble and tie-dye. The photo sums up his entire brand.

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"holocene"

Small Million Merges Americana and Synth Pop to Defy Superficial Genre Expectations

Orchestra Becomes Radicalized Dismantles its Own Structures and Address Dictatorships in a New Composition

A Dance Party at a Plane in the Woods, Comic Con and 12 Other Things to Do and See in Portland Sept. 5-11

Margaret Cho, a Sidewalk Vinyl Sale and 12 Other Things to Do and See in Portland Aug. 29-Sept. 4

Michelle Wolf, Chanti Darling and 12 Other Things to Do and See in Portland Aug. 8-14

Meet the Portland Producer Who Has Amassed Millions of Streams on Spotify and a Following in Korea Without Ever Playing a Hometown Show

Fireworks, the Waterfront Blues Festival and 12 Other Things to Do and See in Portland July 4-10

Five Queer-Centric Dance Parties In Portland

Eleven Years and Multiple Venue Changes Later, Blow Pony Remains Portland’s Wildest LGBTQ Dance Party

Fifteen Years in, Holocene Still Feels Like the Coolest Place in Portland

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