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It’s that time of year again—Sabertooth Micro Fest returns to the Crystal Ballroom Friday, February 16 through Sunday, February 18 for three nights of mind-melting psychedelic stoner rock. From occult legends Coven to Portland’s own Cat Hoch, the lineup is jam-packed with a mix of new and old-school rock. There’s also a series of concerts […]

Behold! It’s the Mercury‘s February playlist, a selection of songs from Portland artists releasing new albums (Johanna Warren! Little Star! Kyle Craft!) and touring acts passing through town this month (Princess Nokia! Kikagaku Moyo! Miguel!). This is the very first in a series of playlists we’ll be sharing each month to keep your ears happy […]

JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD Thurs 2/1 Doug Fir Ebru Yildiz Nashville singer/songwriter Jessica Lea Mayfield’s 2014 album Make My Head Sing… is among my all-time favorites, and for good reason: Throughout, Mayfield sings numbly about turbulent romance, drugs, and her own death, with periodic sparks of deadpan wit (like her stuttered “sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sadness” on “Seein* Starz”). She’s […]

Laurelthirst via GoFundMe A new GoFundMe campaign hopes to raise $235,000 by the end of March so the current proprietors of the Laurelthirst Public House—Nick Zerr, Brandon Logan, Bart Yanoch, and local musician Lewi Longmire—can purchase the building that’s housed the venue since 1988. The four partners bought the business from longtime owners David Lee […]

Sacha Lecca UPDATE: The Doug Fir has added a second Pussy Riot show Wednesday, March 21. Tickets are still available, but I reckon it’ll sell out quick. Godspeed. *** After posting a cryptic message about an “epic, once-in-a-lifetime, historical opportunity” on social media, this morning the Doug Fir announced a show with Russian punk band […]

FIRST AID KIT Fri 1/26 Roseland CATHARINE MCNELLY The first time I heard the voices of Klara and Johanna Söderberg, I was a Fleet Foxes-crazed teenager feverishly searching for live videos of the Seattle folk band on YouTube. Somewhere in the depths of this wormhole I stumbled upon the Söderberg sisters’ viral cover of “Tiger […]

Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images Elton John is quitting the road. Today at a press conference in New York, the 71-year-old legend told moderator Anderson Cooper he’s retiring from touring to spend more time with his young children, but noted, “That doesn’t mean I won’t still be creative.” And John’s not going out without a […]

Leon Bennett / Stringer / Getty Images Even more good concert news after Monday’s announcement that Kendrick Lamar will stop at the Sunlight Supply Amphitheater in Ridgefield on his “TDE: The Championship Tour” this May: the iconic Erykah Badu is playing this year’s Soul’d Out Music Festival, which draws some of the world’s best R&B, […]

Thurs 1/25 Revolution Hall ALEX HISCHER For the past few years, John Maus has been toiling over his fourth album, Screen Memories, in his rural Minnesota hometown. Inspired by civilization’s quickening march toward the apocalypse, it’s a record of monolithic sounds and anxiety-laced lyrics (it even ends with a song titled “Bombs Away”). Like his […]