Portland Music

Margaritas Podridas and Twistur at Polaris Hall

Margaritas Podridas Twistur

Kid Ferris sticks to the vibe with his new single, Wonder

Kid Ferris is here, with his new single “Wonder,” out now. The track is a…

Hank Failing with guitars.
Hank’s Music Exchange is a shop for the community.

In a world where massive corporate entities can send you anything you could think to want within 24 hours thanks to outsourced supply chains and exploitative labor practices, Hank’s model seems crazily outmoded, but also rare and necessary–his care for the things he sells and his insistence that they get sold function as two parts of the same impulse, which is towards the creation of a larger collective musical community.

Mitski at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
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Treefort 10 Required Listening: ELEVEN more acts to catch at this year’s festival

Coming into a weeklong music festival with so many performers spread across so many venues,…

HELP’s 2053 is a shrill battle cry against complacency in a crumbling world

HELP’s full-length debut (the highly anticipated follow-up to their self-titled EP of 2019) 2053, is here with a vengeance.

ELEVEN Oregon-based Bands to See at Treefort 10

Another year, another 365 days spent languid in the void of existence as the world…

Machado Mijiga on a grey background
Machado Mijiga works in the in-betweens on his new album, Gradient.

Machado Mijiga works in the in-betweens on his new album, Gradient, coloring with broad sonic…

Watchhouse live show revolution hall
Watchhouse Layers the Harmonies at Revolution Hall

The air was crisp outside as the crowd shuffled in to see Watchhouse for their…

Death Parade’s new video for “Swimming” brings light to the dark

As we collectively enter our third year of the pandemic, and watch a war unfold…