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Colin Meloy, Stephen Malkmus and Other Portland Indie Rock Dignitaries Are Playing a Virtual Benefit Concert for Sarah Iannarone

The challenger to incumbent Ted Wheeler has pulled in a who’s who of local indie rock dignitaries for an event called “Vote Out the Gas”—as in “tear gas.”

Simon Tam’s Memoir Closes the Book on His Band the Slants’ Long Legal Fight—and Their Career

The long-running, Portland-born “Chinatown dance rock” band has been together since 2006, but for most of the past decade, they’ve been best known for their legal fight against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which did not appreciate or understand the irony and power of an Asian American band deciding to reclaim a racial slur.

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Colin Meloy, Stephen Malkmus and Other Portland Indie Rock Dignitaries Are Playing a Virtual Benefit Concert for Sarah Iannarone

Simon Tam’s Memoir Closes the Book on His Band the Slants’ Long Legal Fight—and Their Career

The Year in Portland Music, Ranked

Watch Portland Band the Slants Discuss Their Landmark Supreme Court Victory On "The Daily Show"

Portland Band the Slants Wins Landmark Supreme Court Victory

Portland Band the Slants Take Their Trademark Case to the Supreme Court This Week

The Washington Redskins Look to Connect Their Trademark Battle to Portland Band the Slants

Portland Band the Slants Wins Huge Victory in Federal Circuit Court

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