Cary Clarke

The idea that led to the star-studded concert taking place at 8 pm on Friday, May 11 in Cleveland High School’s auditorium, a benefit for Portland Public Schools’ under-funded-unto-death music programs, first came to Dash Robb when he had to plan an assembly as part of a class project. Robb, a senior at Lincoln High […]

“We’re not snobs. We like to have fun.” These two simple sentences conclude the press release announcing that this Saturday will mark the second anniversary of Cacophony, a showcase of, by, and for Portland’s connoisseurs of experimental and extreme music, held monthly at the Someday Lounge. In their unpretentious assertion of playfulness, these eight words […]

On Friday, April 27, at the Wonder Ballroom, as part of their last concert of the 2006-07 season, Portland’s Third Angle New Music Ensemble will be performing two pieces by the late composer Jim Pepper. Until reading the evening’s program I had never heard Pepper’s name, let alone his music. Jim Pepper was a saxophonist, […]

Know any itsy-bitsy people who play guitar? If so, do I have a great gift suggestion for you: Beginning Sunday, April 22, a handful of small-scale guitars, each hand-painted by a distinguished member of Portland’s music glitterati, will go up for auction on eBay. Appropriately, the proceeds from the sale of the 23-inch novelty instruments […]

One of the ways in which local culture trumps the money and marketing of mass culture is by facilitating personal relationships. No matter how hi-def their television, or how many posters they have of him on their walls, most Portland teenagers will never actually know 50 Cent. On the other hand, young people in Portland […]

It is with great sadness I must write that independent record store Music Millennium’s branch on NW 23rd may soon have to shut its doors for good. Without some flexibility from their landlord in the way of temporarily reduced rent while the store updates its business model, this locally owned gem would likely not live […]

A quick look at the calendar for all-ages music venue the Vera Project reveals recent or upcoming appearances by some of the best our city has to offer: Wet Confetti, Small Sails, Panther, Ghost to Falco, and YACHT. The only problem is the Vera Project is in Seattle. If you are under 21, want to […]

I’ve often heard the drum-electronics-and-voice stylings of local duo Dat’r referred to as dance music. But while the music is loop-based—and though I’ve witnessed the group transform a humble Southeast Portland backyard into the staging ground for a Rio-style baile funk explosion—”dance music” doesn’t quite strike me as accurate. Rather, I think of Dat’r as […]

Panther/Copy Hey, I’ve got a plan. Let’s all meet up at Holocene on Friday night to celebrate the simultaneous release of great albums by two local electronic music luminaries, Panther and Copy. We’ll stomp around the dancefloor like epileptic Nintendo characters as only Portlanders can. We’ll have fun, we’ll get sweaty, we’ll get tired, and […]