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Here’s a whole new batch of videos from our recent Ear Candy concerts at Mississippi Studios featuring up-and-coming Portland acts Keegan Bauer, the Crenshaw, Andrew Endres Collective, and Amani. The FREE monthly series—which we’ve been doing for over two years!—spotlights some of Portland’s best bands. Don’t miss the next Ear Candy Sunday June 26 for […]

We’ve got the exclusive premiere of Sunbathe’s “Magic Number,” a previously unreleased song that feels like it could soundtrack a montage of sweet but unreachable memories from the past. Maggie Morris, also the lead vocalist of Genders, repeatedly sings the phrase “like we used to” with honeyed nostalgia that’s mirrored in warm guitar tones and […]

LA SERA Throwing garage-pop fuzz to the wind. JULIA BROKAW THE CASUAL DEFLECTION of the title Music for Listening to Music To, La Sera’s fourth full-length, might read as impersonal or nonchalant. Maybe it is—but even so, on their new record frontwoman Katy Goodman, former bassist of Vivian Girls, and her husband Todd Wisenbaker joyously […]

LAST NIGHT Paul Simon was just as marvelous as you’d expect. He played to the sold-out Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall for nearly two hours, peppering his set with charming anecdotes and topical quips about Fred Armisen and Portlandia. Simon and his nine-piece band primarily played songs from 1986’s Graceland and 1990’s The Rhythm of the […]

Here’s a video of the Domestics playing their unreleased track “Montgomery Park” live at the Banana Stand. Last year the Portland five-piece released their self-titled debut, ten tracks of unassuming and devastatingly catchy rock ‘n’ roll. “Montgomery Park” pairs blistering, fuzzy riffs with heartbreaking lyrics like “You’re looking at me like I’m not enough/People change, […]

XIMENA BEDOYA THIS WEEK Portland’s Post Moves release their newest full-length, Mystery World Science Show. Its 12 songs of delicately moody guitar pop lazily but purposefully amble like a fat bumblebee buzzing from daisy to daisy. Sam Wenc’s campy, cerebral lyrics and Julian Morris’ backing vocals are married to Americana-tinged melodies, sounding like the Grateful […]

Mystery World Science Show is 12 songs of delicately moody guitar pop.

“I THINK there’s definitely a divide between youth culture and adult culture,” says Hannah Ginsberg, a junior at St. Mary’s Academy. Ginsberg is also a youth committee member at Friends of Noise, a new group dedicated to creating safe spaces for all-ages concerts in Portland, supporting arts education, and bridging this palpable gap in Portland’s […]

Reddit Last night Reddit user SharkRancher (great name) posted this photo of endearingly divey former all-ages venue Slabtown being demolished. Many commenters wistfully reminisced, while others bade farewell and good riddance to the space. The building’s demolition isn’t surprising—Slabtown officially closed its doors back in late 2014. Owner Doug Rogers eulogized, “We strove to make […]

New all-ages group Friends of Noise will host citywide all-ages shows.