Jason Desomer Four years after opening their first brewpub on North Mississippi, StormBreaker Brewing owners Dan Malech and Rob Lutz expanded in May to a second location in the St. Johns neighborhood. While I sip a hazy Jurassic Juice IPA (which I’m told was not named to coincide with the release of Jurassic World: Fallen […]
CK Dolan
Formerly a senior editor and the music editor at the Mercury, CK Dolan writes about music, movies, TV, the death industry, and pickles.
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Here Are 31 Songs to Get You Through July
Find some sweet relief from reality with the Mercury‘s July playlist, a selection of songs from Portland artists releasing new music and touring acts passing through town this month. Here’s a quick rundown of this month’s concert highlights: Willie Nelson’s bringing his braids to the Edgefield for a sold-show, Tacocat is playing the Portland Pickles’ […]
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Don’t Be Fooled by the Spandex. GLOW Is the Most Relevant Show on TV
Set in mid-1980s Los Angeles—specifically, in an unglamorous warehouse in the San Fernando Valley—two intertwined conflicts drove GLOW’s first season. Inspired by the real-life TV show Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, which aired between 1986 and 1990, Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch’s Netflix series followed the underdog story of a group of struggling actors trying to […]
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PDX Pop Now! Announces Its 15th Anniversary Lineup
Next month marks 15 years of PDX Pop Now!, the city’s beloved free, all-ages music festival. Its longevity is well worth celebrating, especially given the recent changes with other Portland-area festivals. The only major difference with this year’s PDX Pop Now! is that it’ll take place over two days rather than three: Saturday July 21 […]
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GLOW’s Second Season Proves It’s the Most Relevant Show on TV
Don’t Be Fooled by the Spandex
Don’t be fooled by the Spandex.
Posted inFood and Drink
Beer Crawl: Suds in St. Johns
Lots to Drink Along Lombard
There’s a lot to drink along Lombard in the St. Johns neighborhood.
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StormBreaker Brewing: Where You Can Throw an Axe and Sip an IPA
The Brewpub Settles into Its Spacious New St. Johns Outpost
StormBreaker Brewing settles into its spacious new St. Johns outpost.
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The Hollywood Theatre’s Outdoor Movie Series Begins Saturday with O Brother, Where Art Thou? at Rooster Rock State Park
The Hollywood Theatre is picking up its outdoor movie series again this summer, with four music-themed films scheduled to screen at Oregon State Parks in the Portland area through August. It’ll kick off this Saturday, June 30, with the Coen brothers’ Odyssey-riffing classic O Brother, Where Art Thou? at Rooster Rock State Park, located along […]
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Peach Kelli Pop’s New Album Features Full-Throttle Hooks and Explosive Sweetness
GINA NEGRINI The cover artwork of “sunshine punk” band Peach Kelli Pop’s new album Gentle Leader is the perfect representation of their music: It depicts a bedroom where rainbows, hearts, and butterflies coexist alongside more sinister images, like someone wearing a creepy Easter Bunny suit and disembodied reptilian claws holding a pink sword. When we […]
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Peach Kelli Pop’s New Album Is Sunshine Punk with Pit Bulls
Gentle Leader Features Full-Throttle Hooks and Explosive Sweetness
Gentle Leader features full-throttle hooks and explosive sweetness.
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Hearts Beat Loud Review: Cute, Quirky, and Boring as Hell
Sorry, Nick Offerman :(
Sorry, Nick Offerman 🙁
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Pickathon Starlight Series, Episode 9: Ty Segall & the Freedom Band
Brud Giles Pickathon 2018 is officially less than two months away, meaning now’s the perfect time to reminisce about last year, dust off those wooden sporks, and mentally prepare for the wildest, woodsiest weekend of the year. And what better outlet for Pickathon nostalgia than our ongoing Starlight series, which spotlights performances from the festival’s […]