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Y La Bamba’s New EP is the Portland Band’s Biggest Reckoning Yet

On the two releases the band has put out this year, Mendoza has begun to use the project to express more directly what she’s been trying to overcome as a queer Latinx artist in the Pacific Northwest.

Y La Bamba Returns With a Familiar Sound and Newfound Confidence

“Ojos del Sol” finds Y La Bamba’s Luz Elena Mendoza at her most open and personal yet, offering an honest examination of herself and looming socio-political strife set to a familiar combination of stripped-down folk and giddy rock with South American rhythmic underpinnings.

Tiburones Tour the Amber Waves of Oregon in "Golden House" Video

There are no houses in Tiburones’ “Golden House” video. No manmade structures of any kind, actually. But there is a lot of gold—specifically, many shots of golden-colored rural vistas, presumably from somewhere in Eastern Oregon.

Tiburones, Eva (Pink Smoke)

The worldly indie-folk collaboration isn’t a departure for either member, but it does pool their strengths.

Live! Tonight! Not Sold-Out!

A Fleetwood Mac dance party, weirdos from Baltimore, David Bazan in a classroom and our other top concert picks for Friday, Oct. 23.

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