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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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It’s Dumb That It’s Still Illegal to Consume Weed at Concerts—But That’s Not Changing Anytime Soon
A primer on why it’s still illegal to consume weed at concerts.
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What We’re Listening To: Aldous Harding, Girlpool, and More!
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 […]
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Listen to the Mercury‘s April Playlist, Featuring Leikeli47, Babehoven, and More!
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 […]
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Cher—My Real Mom—Is Coming to Portland
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 […]
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Shana Cleveland’s New Album Night of the Worm Moon Embraces the Beauty in Uncertainty
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 […]
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What We’re Listening To: Lizzo, Weyes Blood, Jenny Lewis, and More
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, […]
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Us Review: Jordan Peele Has Created the Ultimate Anxiety Nightmare
The first thing that flashes onscreen in Us, the latest from Get Out writer/director/producer Jordan Peele, is a creepy little tidbit of information: There are thousands of miles of tunnels beneath the US with “no known purpose at all.” The anxiety that line triggers—that anything could be happening right under our feet—courses throughout Us. Us […]
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After Months of Uncertainty, KMHD Will Remain at OPB
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 […]
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Pickathon Starlight Series, Episode 5: Rising Appalachia
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 […]
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As Better Oblivion Community Center, Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst Find Solidarity Within the Proverbial Dumpster Fire
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 […]
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Pickathon Adds Phil Lesh, Karma Rivera, Reptaliens, and More to Its 2019 Lineup
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 […]