Portland Meadows, the Rose City’s Horse Racetrack, Is Closing After Seven Decades

The 73-year-old horse-racing track and sometime concert venue is closing to make way for what’s described in city records as an “urban logistics facility.”

One of Rock’s Most Doomed Romances Started on the Floor of Portland’s Scuzziest Punk Club

It was love at first fight.

How Do Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett Measure up to the Other Kurt and Courtney?

Krist Novoselic’s Led a Low-Key Life Post-Nirvana, but His New Band Might Change That

From the ranks of National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, Novoselic assembled his new band, Giants in the Trees.

Thor Lindsay Heard the Future of Portland, and He Put It on Record

He grew Tim/Kerr Records, the label he started out of his living room, into the most prominent Portland record label of the ’90s, and set the sound of the city for the next two decades.

A Portland Guitar Shop Is Auctioning a Guitar That Once Belonged To Kurt Cobain

While no photos or videos of Cobain playing the guitar are known to exist, Fasold confirmed its authenticity with former Nirvana guitar tech Earnie Bailey, who says he purchased the instrument at Cobain’s request in late 1992 and converted it to the left-hand orientation himself.

Pitchfork Has Determined the Greatest Portland Indie-Rock Album of All-Time

Today, the music site everyone loves to pretend to hate published a list of the 50 Best Indie Rock Albums of the Pacific Northwest.

The Five Greatest Concerts Ever at Portland Meadows

After a decade of dormancy, the 70-year-old horserace track is getting back into the live music game.