LUBEC Their Cosmic Debt is the unexpected ’10s sequel to Cosmic Slop. Claire Gunville OVER THE SATISFYING clink of ricocheting pool balls, Lubec frontman Eddie Charlton (vocals/guitar) describes the inspiration behind the Portland band’s newest record, Cosmic Debt. “It’s basically the balance of your karma throughout all the lives you’ve led, and hopefully in a […]
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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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Lubec’s Forced Pause
On Cosmic Debt, the Portland Band Stops to Reflect
On Cosmic Debt, Lubec stops to reflect.
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“His Word Against Mine”
Stories of sexual assault from the Portland music community
Stories of sexual assault from the Portland music community
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My Roommate, the Weed Chemist
A Conversation with Green Leaf Lab About Canna Science
A conversation with Green Leaf Lab about weed science.
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Cleaning the Slate with Johanna Warren
JOHANNA WARREN Gemini I is based on tarot cards, and the next one’s based on Chutes & Ladders! Allyce Andrew BRITISH OCCULTIST, magician, and mountaineer Aleister Crowley was infamous in the 1940s for myriad reasons, among them his creation of the Thoth Tarot deck. Two of these cards—the Lovers and the Devil—serve as the symbolic […]
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Johanna Warren’s Gemini I Cleans the Slate
The First of Her Twin Albums Sees Love as Both Blessing and Curse
The first of Johanna Warren’s twin albums, Gemini I, sees love as both a blessing and curse.
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Enter to Win Tickets to Northwest Hesh Fest
Northwest Hesh Fest is back! Starting this Thursday, Dante’s will host three nights of killer bands, from local heavy icons Red Fang (who release their latest record Only Ghost in a few weeks, to the hazy psych-metal of Britain’s Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, to post-black metalheads Deafheaven. This year’s Hesh Fest should not be […]
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Record Review: Sheers, Sheers
HASAN MAHMOOD COSMIC JAZZINESS pulses through Portland art-pop duo Sheers’ self-titled debut. Frontwoman Lily Breshears is known for her work with Big Haunt and Haley Heynderickx, but this EP marks her bold solo debut. Its four tracks hang in an airtight stillness where each small sound is a delicate but tremendous starburst. Opener “In Case” […]
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Record Review: Lynnae Gryffin, Information
COURTESY OF LYNNAE GRYFFIN ON HER NEW EP Information, Lynnae Gryffin uses the jagged sounds of rock music to make expansive, smeared landscapes—much like if she were using the pulpy juice of wild berries as watercolors. The EP’s four songs temper harsh guitar tones with production effects that sound sampled from windswept moors. Untamed, angular […]
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Record Review: Lynnae Gryffin, Information
Lynnae Gryffin plucks the thorns from jagged rock on her new EP, Information.
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Record Review: Sheers, Sheers
Sheers’ self-titled debut is classically influenced pop, but wanders to the furthest outskirts of tradition.
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The Portland Music Scene Is Changing
(For the Better, Mostly)
The Portland music scene is changing (for the better, mostly).