SURFER ROSIE Their putt-putt game—like their friendship—is strong. Natalie Eagan Laura Daegling of Surfer Rosie sits in the booth of a Northeast Portland restaurant with a mug of chamomile tea. She’s recovering from a harsh cold, and when Noah Johanson (drums), Gill Brase (bass), and Gilly Avina (guitar) arrive, they discuss the Netflix shows Daegling […]
Cameron Crowell
Cameron Crowell is a writer and reporter based in Portland. See more of his work at his blog (In)Action—inaction.substack.com.
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Surfer Rosie’s Compassion Project
The Portland Band’s Rock Camp Reunion
Surfer Rosie’s rock camp reunion.
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Kill All Normies: Angela Nagle on the Monstrous Rise of the Alt-Right
Angela Nagle seems fearless. Who else would dive deep into the Alt-Right’s swamp of Pepe the Frog memes, conspiracy theories, and anonymous depravity unified by a hatred of “PC culture,” feminism, and multiculturalism, and a love for Donald Trump? Her new book, Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4Chan and Tumblr to Trump and […]
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Slouching Toward the Beltway in Kill All Normies
Angela Nagle on the Monstrous Rise of the Alt-Right
Angela Nagle on the monstrous rise of the Alt-Right.
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The Shivas’ New EP Focuses on Sultry, Down-Tempo Tracks
In a city with as many psych bands as there are microbreweries, you’d be hard-pressed to find a group with as extensive and consistent a discography as the Shivas. Behind five full-length albums and what’s quite possibly the single best garage-pop song to come out of the Northwest (“You Make Me Wanna Die” from 2014’s […]
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A “Hate Group” Affiliate Came to Town to Talk About Refugees. It Went How You’d Expect.
A protester waits outside of a controversial debate at Lewis & Clark College Tuesday night. Cameron Crowell Local activists on Tuesday were barred entry from a debate at Lewis & Clark College featuring a prominent advocate affiliated with an organization known for its hateful, often-false rhetoric. The controversy stemmed from the appearance of Jessica Vaughan, […]
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Two Moons Merge Alienation with Connection
TWO MOONS And a third guy. Claire Gunville “I LIKE TO THINK of albums as photographs, because visual representation and recording goes hand in hand with audio,” says Two Moons’ Aaron Liu. “What I’m saying isn’t science, per se. I don’t want to sound like a stoner or anything like that, but sound is about […]
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Two Moons, Alone Together
The Portland Trio Merges Alienation with Connection
On their new EP, Strings, the Portland Trio merge alienation with connection.
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Meek to Chic
PORCHES I’m seein’ double here! PALEY FAIRMAN IN 2013, Porches released a beautiful record called Slow Dance in the Cosmos that assuredly fell in the indie-rock category. Since then, Porches—the project of New York songwriter Aaron Maine—has shifted its sound. Maine started to teach himself how to record and edit on his own using Logic […]
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Porches Move from Indie-Rock Meek to Dance-Pop Chic
The Brooklyn Band Wants You to Dance
With their new album and EP, the Brooklyn band wants you to dance.
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Blowout Shotguns Beers as Communal Catharsis
Peach Pit.” title=”BLOWOUT Pound Pit > Peach Pit.” width=”500″ height=”334″> BLOWOUT Pound Pit > Peach Pit. Sarah Eaton BLOWOUT’S DEBUT full-length, No Beer, No Dad, tells downcast stories of young punks coping with the isolation of early adulthood. But first, the album begins with a recording of the Portland punk four-piece shotgunning beers. Then you […]