I Tried (and Kind of Failed) to Make a Pizza from Ken Forkish’s New Cookbook
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Not as Easy as Pie
I Tried (and Kind of Failed) to Make a Pizza from Ken Forkish’s New Cookbook
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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No Goats Yet
NAKED HOUR Trimming the tree with breakup songs. Claire Anne PORTLAND TRIO Naked Hour’s upcoming debut, Always on the Weekend, is a series of vignettes chronicling the worst breakup ever. Songwriter, vocalist, and bassist Teal Bluestone’s nonlinear storytelling flourishes on what was originally envisioned as a concept album. She revisits what she calls “sentimental specific […]
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Naked Hour’s Debut Is the Least Lonely-Sounding Breakup Album
Always On The Weekend Chronicles the Demise of a Relationship
Their debut is the least lonely-sounding breakup album.
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Do You Have Free Tickets to See Rob Zombie in Auburn?
Facebook Following a recent class-action lawsuit against Ticketmaster for allegedly “deceptive” fee descriptions, if you bought concert tickets through the company between 1999 and 2013 you’re eligible for free or discounted tickets. There’s a huge list of 450 concerts nationwide that they’re offering ticket vouchers to, like Bob Dylan, the Cure, Wiz Khalifa, and more. […]
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Here’s Your Complete PDX Pop Now! 2016 Lineup
Next month Portland’s free all-ages festival PDX Pop Now! returns to AudioCinema (under the Hawthorne Bridge) for three days of local music. Today we’re sharing the lineup, which features over forty Portland bands from an array of genres. This year I’m excited to see Lithics, Little Star, Maze Koroma, Mic Capes, and Old Grape God, […]
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Premiere: Ezza Rose’s “Next to You” Video for Banana Stand’s Unpeeled Series
The third installment of Banana Stand’s Unpeeled Series is a video of local singer Ezza Rose playing “Next to You” last December. It’s a stripped-down, soulful folk song—Rose sits next to a piano gently strumming her acoustic guitar with a voice that’s reminiscent of Mazzy Star. Ezza Rose plays the Schoolyard Farms Fundraiser (hosted by […]
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Bed’s Slow-Motion Pop
BED The artists formerly known as Darth Vanderslice. Eric Evans BED’S got a silly name. But not quite as silly as their original band name, Darth Vanderslice. “I wonder if we’ve helped sell mattresses,” guitarist and vocalist Sierra Haager jokes. Since meeting in 2013, Haager and her husband Alex (bass/vocals) have left San Francisco, moved […]
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Bed’s Warm, Crackling Fuzz
The Portland Band’s New EP, Klickitat, Is Slow-Motion Pop
Their new EP, Klickitat, is slow-motion pop.
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Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Making Fun of Celebrities (Sort Of)
“Ever since I was born, I was dope,” Conner4Real (Andy Samberg) intimates at the beginning of Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. The film is 2016’s answer to 1984’s rock mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, but instead of satirizing self-inspired “rock gods,” the Lonely Island parodies the fame-mongering celebrities who desperately attempt to immortalize their inherent […]
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La Luz at Mississippi Studios, Wed June 1
Christopher Keith Garcia Christopher Keith Garcia Last night former Seattle (now LA) band La Luz drew hoards of people (a surprising number donning Hawaiian shirts) to Mississippi Studios for one of the most crowded shows I’ve ever seen at the venue. Opening act Sick Sad World takes their name from the surreal gossip-news TV show […]
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Phil Elverum Seeks Assistance During Wife Geneviève’s Battle with Cancer
GoFundMe Yesterday iconic Pacific Northwest musician Phil Elverum (the Microphones, Mount Eerie) announced via a GoFundMe campaign that just over a year ago his wife Geneviève (Woelv, Ô Paon) was diagnosed with inoperable stage four pancreatic cancer. The devastating news came mere months after the birth of their first child. The couple has lived in […]
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Behold Popstar, the Celebrity Fuckboy Incarnate
A Film That Never Stops Never Stopping Making Fun of Celebrities (Sort Of)
A Film That Never Stops Never Stopping Making Fun of Celebrities (Sort Of)