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Photos by Jason Quigley. Here are some photos from last night’s sold-out Courtney Barnett show at the Crystal Ballroom. Tons more snapshots of the Australian artist and opener Alvvays after the jump! COURTNEY BARNETT ALVVAYS

This morning TMZ reported that there was a fatality at Prince’s Paisley Park Estate in Chanhassen, Minnesota, where he lives and records. They have now confirmed that Prince—whose full name is Prince Rogers Nelson—has passed away at age 57. Days earlier the singer’s private jet made an emergency landing in Moline, IL following a health […]

Dej Loaf’s confidence is contagious.

Yowler Last night’s sold-out show at Analog featured a stacked lineup of three stellar bands: Yowler, Eskimeaux, and Frankie Cosmos. The air was thick at the venue’s upstairs stage, the sweltering heat only minorly alleviated by two dinky fans pointed towards walls. Get some more fans, Analog! First up was Yowler, the solo project of […]

Gabriel Green According to a press release, tonight’s Lush show at the Crystal Ballroom has been postponed to September 27 due to “ongoing visa issues.” Portland’s off the itinerary (for now), but if you can hustle up to Seattle tomorrow the band will play the Showbox before heading south to finish their West Coast tour. […]

A photo posted by Charlie Hales (@mayorpdx) on Apr 18, 2016 at 12:16pm PDT Prior to his (literally) incendiary show at Moda Center Friday night, Sir Paul McCartney helped Dan Mathews of PETA decree Portland this year’s most vegan-friendly city in America. McCartney, himself a vegetarian since 1975, was given an edible arrangement of vegetable […]

There’s a new community radio station in town—Freeform Portland is now broadcasting live at 90.3 FM. The station is run entirely by local volunteers who deejay 24/7, commercial-free radio for the people of Portland. Freeform’s website says, “Freeform radio is a programming format in which the DJ is given total control over what to play, […]

FRANKIE COSMOS Outside with the cuties. MATTHEW JAMES-WILSON SINCE 2009, Greta Kline has released dozens of albums’ worth of songs on Bandcamp under the moniker Frankie Cosmos. Her airy voice resurrects the ’90s twee-punk of K Records bands like the Softies, but with lyrics that are marked by a profoundly conversational intimacy. In 2014 she […]

Radiooooo.com is a new, *free* online service that allows you to travel through time and space to discover music. Users have the ability to suggest music to the site editors and further build its vast catalog of tunes dating back to 1900. It’s pretty incredible—you just click on any country, select a decade, and decide […]

Photos by Christopher Keith Garcia. Last night SZA took the stage with Risky Star and Joyya Marie for the first night of Portland’s Soul’d Out Festival. The (literally) sold-out show packed the Wonder Ballroom a full hour before local soul singer and emcee Risky Star started performing. He played just a couple of infectious tracks […]