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Now in its 19th year, Pickathon is still Portland’s favorite holiday.

Here’s the best of the fest.

The North Star Ballroom, now Polaris Hall. Courtesy of Kevin Cradock Mississippi Studios owners Kevin Cradock and Jim Brunberg have purchased the North Star Ballroom (located at 635 N Killingsworth Ct). They’ll continue to rent the space for private events, but also plan to host concerts every so often. “We haven’t made any long-term decisions […]

CHASTITY BELT Fri 8/11 Star Theater Conner Lyons There’s a lot to love about Seattle’s Chastity Belt: Their band name. Their penchant for bucket hats and selfie sticks. Their wry sense of humor. But Julia Shapiro, Gretchen Grimm, Lydia Lund, and Annie Truscott’s new album, I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone, cuts the […]

La Luz plays Mississippi Studios in 2016 Christopher Garcia Valle This morning, Mississippi Studios announced that they’re giving away a Unicorn Pass in celebration of their 1000th Instagram post. With this year-long pass, the winner and one guest can go to any Mississippi Studios-produced concert. That’s a pretty big deal, given the excellent local and […]

LENORE Wed 7/19 Mississippi Studios Kim Smith Miller Sound + Vision is the Mercury‘s FREE monthly concert series at Mississippi Studios showcasing some of the city’s best up-and-coming musicians. July’s edition features a headlining performance by Lenore, the burgeoning folk project of Joy Pearson (the High Water Jazz Band) and Rebecca Marie Miller (the Mynabirds). […]

PERFUME GENIUS Sun 7/16 Revolution Hall Luke Gilford Perfume Genius is the project of singer/songwriter Mike Hadreas, whose previous albums—2010’s Learning, 2012’s Put Your Back N 2 It, and 2014’s Too Bright—revolve around themes of sexuality, addiction, chronic illness, abuse, and homophobia. He sings about being gay and the frustration of being punished for something […]

It’s that time of year again: PDX Pop Now!—Portland’s only three-day, all-ages festival—returns to AudioCinema under the Hawthorne Bridge July 21-23. There’ll be two outdoor stages, a street fair, a record fair, food carts, a beer garden, and the time-honored tradition of Rigksetball—a 32-band basketball tournament where the hoop’s attached to a tour van. The […]

Kevin Winter / Getty Images This morning Jay Z rolled out the dates for a massive North American tour in support of his 14th studio album, 4:44, which went platinum in its first week. Some critics are saying it’s his response to Beyoncé’s 2016 mega-hit record Lemonade, in which she alludes to her husband’s infidelity. […]

SOMBER AMELIA MOORE Night Divorce is the debut EP from Portland band Somber. Its seven tracks bleed together like one long dream sequence, but they sound stuck—thrashing against the walls, caught between worlds. “At the time we were writing Night Divorce, I was having a particularly bad period of night terrors and even sleep paralysis,” […]

Night Divorce is the debut EP from Portland band Somber. Its seven tracks bleed together like one long dream sequence, but they sound stuck—thrashing against the walls, caught between worlds. “At the time we were writing Night Divorce, I was having a particularly bad period of night terrors and even sleep paralysis,” says vocalist/keyboardist Myrrh […]