Fleet Foxes Veronica Rose Last Thursday night, Fleet Foxes hit the Crystal Ballroom for one of their first shows in six years. The folk band—which formed in Seattle in the mid-’00s, then went quiet after releasing and touring the Grammy-nominated Helplessness Blues in 2011—performed a mix of old and new songs from their forthcoming album […]
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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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Fleet Foxes Return with an Abstract, Experimental Folk Album
FLEET FOXES Thurs 5/18 Crystal Ballroom Shawn Brackbill Next time you’re looking for someone to blame for the Pacific Northwest’s recent influx of transplants, I’d (jokingly) recommend pointing a finger at Fleet Foxes. After all, the band’s folksy hymnals partly inspired my migration north from California six years ago. Formed in Seattle in the mid-’00s, […]
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Planning on Dying Soon? Here’s the Guide to Dying in Portland You Need to Read.
Candice Goodman You and everyone you know will die. Thinking about our mortality can be terrifying, which is probably why we’re so averse to discussing the objective realities of death. If you’re reading this, you probably live in Portland. Maybe you’ve lived here your whole life, and have already experienced the passing of someone close. […]
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Our Guide to 3 Days in Portland
ALVVAYS Thurs 5/18 Wonder Ballroom Courtesy of the artist Most of the people going to Red Bull Sound Select’s 3 Days in Portland concerts probably live in Portland, but whatever—the three-day mini-festival has an incredible lineup and the tickets are cheap ($10 per show). Here’s what to expect each night, from Alvvays’ yacht-pop to NAO’s […]
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Tonic Lounge Cancels Swedish Death Metal Band’s Concert Following Reports of Predatory Behavior
Ester Segarra Swedish death metal band Shining was scheduled to play the Tonic Lounge tomorrow as part of its “No Safe Space” tour, but yesterday in a Facebook post the venue announced its decision to cancel the concert due to reported behaviors of lead singer Niklas Kvarforth. The Tonic Lounge ultimately decided to cancel the […]
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Festival Guide
Prepare Yourself for 3 Days in Portland
Prepare yourself for 3 Days in Portland.
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How to Die in Portland
Planning on Dying? Here’s Everything You Need to Know.
A guide to dying in Portland.
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Tonight: Aimee Mann Brings Her Sarcasm-Laced Folk to Portland
AIMEE MANN Wed 5/10 Revolution Hall SHERYL NIELDS Whether she’s playing a toeless nihilist in The Big Lebowski or delivering sarcasm-laced lyrics throughout her nine-album solo catalog, Aimee Mann brings dry humor to everything she does. It came out in 1999, but I’m still unsure if the song “Save Me” is an honest plea for […]
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Charly Bliss Brings “Bubblegum-Grunge” to Portland
CHARLY BLISS Mon 5/8 Mississippi Studios Shervin Lainez Eva Grace Hendricks sounds like she broke into a Party City store, sucked some helium tanks dry, and scream-sang her darkest secrets into the plastic microphone of a karaoke rental. Charly Bliss is Hendricks (guitar/vocals), her brother Sam (drums), Spencer Fox (guitar), and Dan Shure (bass). They […]
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Should the Fast & Furious Family Go to Outer Space? A Point/Counterpoint On the Most Urgent Issue of Our Time
PhotoShop: Nick Olmstead. Background: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona. Fast Fam: Universal. POINT: YES, THE FAST & FURIOUS FAMILY SHOULD GO TO OUTER SPACEby Erik Henriksen Before we look to the future, we must look to the past. Remember the olden days. In the olden days (2001), it was enough for a gang of […]
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David Crosby Found Twitter (And We Are All in His Crosshairs)
DAVID CROSBY Letting his freak flag fly. HENRY DILTZ David Crosby has one of the best voices in rock ’n’ roll. Along with Roger McGuinn’s jangling Rickenbacker 12-string, Crosby’s rich tenor and adventurous harmonies defined the Byrds’ early sound (no disrespect to Gene Clark and Chris Hillman). He doesn’t get enough credit for the great, […]
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Whitney Ballen’s New EP Is All About Leaving
WHITNEY BALLEN Songs of loss. Courtesy of the artist The title of Whitney Ballen’s new EP Being Here Is Hard was inspired by a simple thought that struck the Seattle musician one day on her way to work: Sometimes just being “here”—whether that’s this moment, headspace, city, country, or planet—can be exhausting. Being Here Is […]