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Aldous Harding, “The Barrel” 4AD Behold: a sampling of the music we’re listening to right now at Mercury HQ! Ciara Dolan, Senior Editor & Music EditorAldous Harding, “The Barrel”: Aldous Harding is a freak genius. Right now I can’t stop listening to “The Barrel,” the first single from her new album Designer (out April 26 […]

Behold, the Mercury‘s April playlist, a collection of 30 songs from artists playing in Portland this month. There’s a lot going on in April: Lizzo is making her way back to Portland for two sold-out nights at the Roseland, and Soul’d Out Festival returns April 16-21 with a lineup that includes reunited hip-hop duo Eric […]

Cher, my real mom Warner Brothers Records I don’t need to tell you why Cher is amazing, but I will anyway: She has spent the past five decades bestowing her incredible pop music unto the ears of the world, singing sweet songs of hope and love with a voice that contains more power than a […]

ELEANOR PETRY Something strange lurks in the background of Shana Cleveland’s songs. It’s not necessarily sinister; there’s just a sense that an unknown entity is circling the perimeter, eyes glowing out from the shadows. Beginning with 2012’s Damp Face, the first EP from Cleveland’s surf-rock outfit La Luz, ghostly doo-wop harmonies are paired with lyrics […]

Weyes Blood, Titanic Rising Brett Stanley Behold: a sampling of the music we’re listening to right now at Mercury HQ! Blair Stenvick, News ReporterThis week I’ve been revisiting Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville, mostly because the first day of spring made me think of that line in “Dance of the Seven Veils” where she sings, […]

The past few months have been an emotional roller coaster for fans of KMHD, Portland’s only jazz radio station. In January, the board of education at Mount Hood Community College (MHCC) voted to end its partnership with Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB)—which has operated the station from its Southwest Portland headquarters since 2009, though the school […]

nehemiah sliwoski Beware the Ides of March, but also celebrate, because there are only 139 days until Pickathon! This edition of our ongoing Starlight Series—which spotlights performances at the nocturnal Starlight Stage from 2018’s festival—features Rising Appalachia, a soulful, genre-bending folk group led by sisters Leah and Chloe Smith, with a rotating cast of musicians […]

Sat 3/16 Doug Fir NIK FREITAS Earlier this year, beloved singer/songwriters Phoebe Bridgers and Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst shocked and delighted fans with the surprise release of Better Oblivion Community Center, the duo’s first collaborative LP. The album is named after an imagined wellness center where residents are blindfolded, as depicted in the music […]

Karma Rivera Miss Lopez Media This morning, Pickathon added several acts to its 2019 lineup, and it’s quite a mixed bag. The biggest announcement is that Phil Lesh—the Grateful Dead’s now-septuagenarian bass player—and his Terrapin Family Band will headline Thursday at the Mount Hood Stage, and will play again Friday at the Woods Stage. Bringing […]