Anna Knowlden Heart—sisters, rock ‘n’ roll icons, and shag haircut pioneers—are reuniting after a three-year break. This morning the band announced their 39-date “Love Alive Tour,” which will stop at the Sunlight Supply Amphitheater in Ridgefield on Tuesday, September 3 with Elle King and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Ann and Nancy Wilson decided to […]
CK Dolan
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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I Am the Night: Family Secrets, the Black Dahlia, and Neo-Noir Clichés
TNT Directed by Wonder Woman‘s Patty Jenkins, TNT’s new limited series I Am the Night is a strange hybrid of fact and fiction. It centers on the real-life story of Fauna Hodel, who was raised by Black parents in Reno, Nevada, but later discovered that she was adopted and not multiracial, as she’d grown up […]
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Here Are 28 Songs to Get You Through February (And the Dregs of Winter)
Behold! It’s the Mercury‘s <a href="February playlist, a collection of songs from local artists releasing new music and touring acts headed to Portland this month. It might be the most miserable time of year, but there’s plenty to look forward to over the next few weeks: Y La Bamba is performing at Revolution Hall to […]
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Beat Your Winter Blues with TV That Won’t Bum You Out
It’s winter and things are bleak. The sun is MIA. Happy brain chemicals are at an annual low. ’Tis the season to hibernate, and great news: There’s a wealth of uplifting new TV that’ll keep you company without bumming you out! Broad City (Comedy Central, Hulu, iTunes, Amazon)It’s the end of an era: Broad City […]
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It’s Bleak Out There! Beat Your Winter Blues with Happy TV
Everything isn’t terrible!
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A Guide to Dipping a Reluctant Toe into the World of Budgeting Apps
How to dip a reluctant toe into the world of budgeting apps.
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Despite Its Terrible Name, Schitt’s Creek Is the Best Sitcom on TV
pop tv In the first episode of Schitt’s Creek—the Canadian sitcom created by Eugene Levy and his son Daniel—the unfathomably wealthy Rose family loses everything and, in an ironic twist of fate, must uproot their lives to move to the show’s titular podunk town. It’s one of the most hilarious pilots of all time, from […]
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Pickathon Announces Its 2019 Lineup: Lucius, Yob, Khruangbin, and More!
Tinariwen at Pickathon 2018 Katie Summer Pickathon kicked off its 21st year tonight with a lineup announcement party at Revolution Hall that included performances from Black Belt Eagle Scout (whose debut LP Mother of My Children was one of Portland’s best albums of 2018), Eric Johnson of Fruit Bats, and Laura Veirs, who will all […]
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Grace and Frankie Returns with a Wedding, RuPaul, and 50,000 Vibrators
Netflix The premise of Netflix dramedy Grace and Frankie is incredible: After their husbands (who are business partners at a law firm) reveal their decades-long affair and their plans to come out to the world as romantic partners, frenemies Grace (Jane Fonda) and Frankie (Lily Tomlin) move into a beach house in La Jolla, California, […]
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A Tale of Two Fyre Festival Documentaries: Cheese Sandwiches, Schadenfreude, and Ja Rule
Netflix This week, streaming giants Hulu and Netflix dropped rival documentaries about Fyre Fest—the beautiful disaster that, in April 2017, practically imploded the internet with rich kid schadenfreude after an attendee posted a photo of a sad cheese sandwich. If you’re not familiar (or need a refresher), the whole mess began when rapper Ja Rule […]
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The Reel Music Fest Offers Movies for Your Ears
The Ballad of Shirley Collins Each year, the Northwest Film Center rounds up a slew of new and noteworthy music-related films for its Reel Music series—illustrating not just the power of documentary filmmaking as a tool to tell musicians’ stories, but also the ever-changing roles that sound and music play in today’s audiovisual narratives. With […]
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Celebrate Dolly Parton’s 73rd Birthday with Doll Party
AARON TOMASKO Whether or not you like country, it’s hard to deny that Dolly Parton is a musical genius. She has composed more than 3,000 songs and holds two Guinness World Records. Her voice is like auditory serotonin, whether she’s falsetto-yodeling on “Joshua,” fluttering in a perfectly synchronized three-part harmony with Emmylou Harris and Linda […]