Heather Binns We’ve got a brand-new Pickathon video for you in our ongoing presentation of the Portland-area music festival’s Starlight Series, spotlighting the nocturnal magic of that intimate, after-hours stage where bands play into the wee hours. This season’s second episode features rising country singer/songwriter Brent Cobb playing “Let the Rain Come Down,” a track […]
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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Plastic Cactus’ Debut EP, Pricks, Sounds Sun-Drunk and Hallucinatory
PLASTIC CACTUS Tues 11/21 Mississippi Studios Clifford King Plastic Cactus is just about as far removed from the desert as its name suggests. Brooke Metropulos (guitar/vocals), Michaela Gradstein (guitar/vocals), Bill Willson (bass), and Tyler Brown (drums) formed in Portland in 2016 and released their debut EP, Pricks, last April. Despite the group’s Pacific Northwest roots, […]
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Greta Gerwig’s Great Lady Bird
A Coming-of-Age Movie That’s Exactly How It Should Be
A coming-of-age movie that’s exactly how it should be.
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After a Bizarre Publicity Stunt, the Domestics Release Their New Album with the Southern Poverty Law Center
Jason Quigley This morning Portland indie band the Domestics announced the immediate release of their new album Little Darkness in partnership with the Southern Poverty Law Center (which will receive 50 percent of the revenue). Three months ago the Domestics made national news for a strange and confusing publicity stunt that involved sending music industry […]
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Bill Murray Will Perform His Classical Album at the Schnitz Later This Month
Billy Murray performs New Worlds with Jan Vogler, Mira Wang, and Vanessa Perez Tues 11/28 at the Schnitz Jamie McCarthy / Getty Images Bill Murray is coming to the Schnitz Tuesday, November 28 in support of New Worlds, his new classical album with cellist Jan Vogler. The duo met on a flight from Berlin to […]
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Check Out the Wild Body and Miss Rayon’s Sound + Vision Performances!
The Wild Body Taj Bourgeois Sound + Vision is the FREE monthly concert series the Mercury hosts with Banana Stand Media and Mississippi Studios. Its eclectic lineups spotlight some of the city’s best up-and-coming talent, and this fall that’s included the rollicking, experimental post-punk of the Wild Body and Miss Rayon, a new band with […]
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Tragedy Girls: Get Ready to Root for Some Serial Killers
Tragedy Girls is being marketed as Clueless meets Scream, which is pretty accurate—it’s a slasher parody, but this time, the teenage girls are the hunters instead of the hunted. Sadie (Brianna Hildebrand) and McKayla (Alexandra Shipp) are the high school BFFs behind a true crime vlog that follows a string of murders in their small […]
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Kesha’s Rainbow Is an Imperfect Comeback
KESHA Sat 10/28 Roseland Olivia Bee Most people know Kesha Rose Sebert for her infamous 2010 debut single “Tik Tok.” The record-breaking hit sent a shockwave through mainstream pop—who was this, singing about getting crunk and brushing her teeth with hard alcohol? With the help of producer Dr. Luke, Kesha cultivated her reputation as pop […]
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Discovering Bigfoot Is a Bigfoot Documentary Made by a Bigfoot Hoaxer
It Also Sucks.
It also sucks.
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Beware the Tragedy Girls
Introducing the Scream Queens.
Introducing the scream queens.
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Live Review: Lose Yr Mind at the North Warehouse, Sat Oct 21
BlackWater HolyLight Thomas Teal BlackWater HolyLight Thomas Teal Over the weekend, hundreds of Portlanders gathered inside the cavernous North Warehouse for the fourth annual Lose Yr Mind. I wasn’t able to make the first night of the mini music festival, but braved the torrential downpour on Saturday to see BlackWater HolyLight, Public Eye, Tacocat, and […]
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This Year Lose Yr Mind Fest Is Changing Venues, Doubling in Size, and Delivering Its Best Lineup Yet
TACOCAT Sat 10/21 The North Warehouse Michael Lavine This weekend, hundreds of Portlanders will crowd beneath the warm glow of twinkle lights for the fourth annual Lose Yr Mind, a two-night warehouse festival showcasing some of the best garage and punk music in the business. Lose Yr Mind founder Elizabeth Elder says her inspiration for […]