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Seattle musician Whitney Ballen’s new EP is all about leaving.

Nick Stokes The 11th annual St. Johns Bizarre returns to the North Portland neighborhood’s main drag Saturday, May 13 for an all-day celebration. The late spring revelry will include a street fair and parade, lots of food and beer, crafts, over 100 vendors, and music from some great (mostly) local bands: indie-rock veterans the Thermals, […]

Every month, the Portland Mercury, Mississippi Studios, and Banana Stand Media offer the good people of Portland a free concert featuring up-and-coming local acts. April’s lineup, for example, included singer/songwriter (and Mercury writer) Robin Bacior and Jessica Dennison + Jones, who just released their self-titled debut last month. In his review, Joshua James Amberson described […]

SAMPHA Sun 4/23 Moda Center Courtesy of the artist Known largely for his collaborations with big time hip-hop artists like Solange and Drake, London-based producer/keyboardist/singer Sampha Sisay released his disarmingly beautiful debut LP, Process, earlier this year. This album will shred your heart. Through electro-tinged R&B, Sampha works through the death of his mother and […]

Jonathan Bouknight This past January, singer/songwriter Julie Byrne released her second full-length album, Not Even Happiness. Byrne currently lives in New York City, where she works seasonally as a Central Park ranger, but her new record dwells in many corners of America. Bookended by opener “Follow My Voice” and closing track “I Live Now as […]

This summer, Portland’s premiere all-ages festival PDX Pop Now! will return to AudioCinema under the Hawthorne Bridge July 21-23. Over 35 local bands will perform, including a few sets from high school acts picked by the folks at Friends of Noise. There’ll be two outdoor stages, plus a record fair, food carts, a beer garden […]

MITSKI Not your mom. Ebru Yildiz Last year, Mitski Miyawaki released what will go down as one of the greatest indie rock records of all time, Puberty 2. It’s Mitski’s fourth full-length, but the first to propel her into the exciting mainstream current: Her outsider anthem “Your Best American Girl” was named one of the […]

MusicfestNW Presents: Project Pabst—which Senior Editor Ned Lannamann rightfully dubbed “ProjaMusaPabstFestNW” when the two festivals first announced their merger in late 2015—just unveiled the 2017 lineup for its PBR-fueled, two-day music festival August 26 and 27 at Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Iggy Pop headlines the first night! If you haven’t been keeping up-to-date on the […]

Mitski’s Puberty 2 is one of the greatest indie rock records ever.