Black Belt Eagle Scout JEREMY HERNANDEZ THURS APRIL 26 & FRI APRIL 27 KPSU AMP FEST w/Little Wings, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Nsayi Matingou, Sávila, Lake, Briana Marela, Oh, Rose, Gillian Frances; Parkway North at PSU’s Smith Memorial Student Union, 1825 SW BroadwayPortland State University’s student-run radio station KPSU puts together some of the best […]
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.
Posted inMovies & TV
The Endless Review: It’s Like The Truman Show, Except with a UFO Death Cult!
All Movies Are Improved by Adding UFO Death Cults
All movies are improved by adding UFO death cults.
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The Chronic (Pain): Five Edibles I Ate to Self-Medicate
BILL OXFORD / GETTY IMAGES Last August, I fractured my wrist and tore some cartilage in my hand. The particularly shitty thing about this kind of injury is that it can take months to heal—in my case, the estimated recovery time is about a year—and there’s hardly anything I can do about it, other than […]
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The Chronic (Pain): Five Edibles I Ate to Self-Medicate
Here’s What Worked and What Didn’t
Five edibles I ate to self-medicate.
Posted inMusic
Faustina Masigat Releases Her Powerfully Understated Debut
VINCENT BANCHERI Portland singer/songwriter Faustina Masigat just released her self-titled debut LP through Mama Bird Recording Co., the local record label that’s also home to up-and-coming musicians like Haley Heynderickx and Courtney Marie Andrews who’ve been getting attention beyond the Pacific Northwest. Masigat has, too—in a recent review, the Washington Post called her “a singular […]
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Faustina Masigat Crests the Wave
The Portland Singer/Songwriter Releases Her Powerfully Understated Debut
Faustina Masigat releases her powerfully understated debut.
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Soccer Mommy’s Clean Carves Out Space for Indie Rock Anthems
SOCCER MOMMY Thurs 4/5 Doug Fir Fat Possum Records “I don’t wanna be your fucking dog,” Nashville singer/songwriter Sophie Allison announces sharply at the beginning of “Your Dog,” one of the standouts on Clean, her newest record under the Soccer Mommy moniker. “I want a love that lets me breathe/I’ve been choking on your leash.” […]
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Here Are 30 Songs to Listen to This Month
Spring is finally here, and so is the Mercury‘s April playlist, a selection of songs from Portland artists releasing new albums and touring acts passing through town this month. Between the Soul’d Out Music Fest lineup (which includes Erykah Badu, Noname, and BJ the Chicago Kid), Haim’s “Sister Sister Sister” tour stop at the Schnitz […]
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The Laurelthirst Surpasses Its Fundraising Goal to Buy Its Building
LAURELTHIRST VIA GOFUNDME Two months ago, the current owners of the Laurelthirst Public House—Nick Zerr, Brandon Logan, Bart Yanoch, and local musician Lewi Longmire—launched a Gofundme campaign to raise $235,000 by the end of March so they could buy the building that’s housed the music venue for the past 30 years. They lowered that to […]
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This Week’s Best All-Ages Shows
TASHA BIELEGA WED MARCH 28 Skelevision w/Breaker Breaker, Friskies, Fire Nuns, Fantastic Plastic, Gardener; American Legion Local 134, 2104 NE AlbertaThe American Legion hall has low-key been one of the best all-ages venues in town for a while now, and this jam-packed bill proves it: The psychedelic surf-punks of Wave Action and Skelevision will celebrate […]
