ISTOCK/damedeeso For better or for worse, today is Valentine’s Day. Whether you’re spending the evening with someone special, celebrating yourself, or moping alone by candlelight and cursing romance, the Mercury‘s music team has the soundtrack covered with a playlist of songs that capture the best and worst of love. See if you got a Mercury […]
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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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TonightโDon’t Miss Cherry Glazerr’s Radioactive Rock at the Doug Fir
DARIA KOBAYASHI RITCH WHEN THEY released Haxel Princess in 2014, two-thirds of Cherry Glazerrโs members were still in high school. The Los Angeles bandโs snarling full-length debut unleashed the uniquely formidable rage of teenage girls via razorblade guitar riffs and Clementine Creevyโs alternating mix of coyote yowls and detached, playful ghost whispers. Haxel Princess captivates […]
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Photos: Run the Jewels at the Crystal Ballroom, Mon Feb 6
Christopher Garcia Valle Christopher Garcia Valle Run the Jewels packed the Crystal Ballroom last night for a sold-out show and lots of smiles. They’re currently touring in support of their new album RTJ3โcheck out the duo’s just-released NPR Tiny Desk concert and lots more photos of El-P and Killer Mike after the jump! Christopher Garcia […]
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Lola Kirke’s Debut Kicks Around the Dusty Realms of Gram Parsons Country
LOLA KIRKE All thatโs missing is the Nudie suit. Georgia Hilmer LOTS OF PEOPLE ask Lola Kirke what itโs like to play a musician on TV. Sheโs the star of Amazon Studiosโ series Mozart in the Jungle, which follows her character, aspiring professional oboist Hailey Rutledge, as she tries to forge a classical music career […]
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Lola Kirkeโs New EP Contains Zero Oboe Solos
The Actor/Musician’s Debut Kicks Around the Dusty Realms of Gram Parsons Country
Actor/musician Lola Kirke’s debut EP kicks around the dusty realms of Gram Parsons country.
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Is Your Band Sexist, or Are Womxn Just Annoying?
¯_(ツ)_/¯ Let’s Find Out!
Is your band name sexist? Let’s find out!
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UPDATED: Portlanders Are Marching at PDX to Protest Donald Trump’s Refugee Ban
Ciara Dolan UPDATED 6:30 PMGood news! Multiple outlets are now reporting that a federal judge has granted a temporary stoppage to Trump’s plan to keep refugees from entering the country, while freeing those who are currently detained at airports, thanks to an emergency hearing brought about by the ACLU. From the New York Times: Judge […]
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Solange Is Headlining This Year’s Soul’d Out Music Festival
GIVING US some of the best news weโre likely to hear all week, this morning Portland’s annual Soul’d Out Music Festival announced its 2017 lineup, andโtake a deep breath before you read thisโSolange is headlining! She’s responsible for creating A Seat at the Table, one of the best, blackest, most emotionally intelligent records of 2016 […]
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Sasquatch! Music Festival Announces Its 2017 Lineup
Every Memorial Day weekend, Sasquatch! Music Festival takes over the Gorge Amphitheater for three days of music and windswept hairdos. It’s the Pacific Northwest’s version of Coachella, but instead of bros with boardshorts and polarized Ray Bans there’s an influx of Canadians and breathtaking views of the eastern Columbia River Gorge. This year Frank Ocean, […]
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Kanye Wasn’t Asked to Perform at Trump’s Inauguration Because It Will Be a “Typically and Traditionally American” Affair
It’s no secret that Trump’s team has been struggling to find musical guests willing to perform at his inauguration, and holding down the few they do manage to convince. So far they’ve been turned down by the likes of Charlotte Church, Elton John, and Moby, and earlier this week Bruce Springsteen tribute act the B […]
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Tonight Cate Le Bon’s Bringing Surreal Guitar Pop to Portland
CATE LE BON Peekaboo! IVANA KLIฤKOVIฤ LAST YEAR Welsh musician Cate Le Bon released her fourth full-length, Crab Day. The asymmetrical guitar pop record is named after an imagined holiday created by Le Bonโs niece, who was incredulous about the purpose of April Foolโs Day and instead decided to spend April 1 celebrating 10-legged crustaceans. […]
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Fighting Fascism on a Budget
Five Ways to Resist When You’re Broke
Five ways to resist when you’re broke.