It’s a week overdue, but please enjoy the Mercury‘s *belated* December playlist, a collection of songs from artists headed to Portland in these final days of 2018. Things always slow down once the winter chill sets in, but there’s still plenty to do this month, from Mama Bird Recording Co.’s second annual Winter Wassail 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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Navigating Politics at the Dinner Table
Is it worth trying to change your right-wing relatives’ minds?
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Celebrating 15 Years of Mississippi Records
Celebrating 15 years of Mississippi Records.
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Blitzen Trapper Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of Furr
TYLER KOHLHOFF A decade after its release, Blitzen Trapper’s breakthrough LP Furr plays like an artifact from the lost (and perhaps mythological) city of “Old Portland.” It’s ironic how the album’s cover depicts the band’s name carved into a tree trunk—like they always knew it’d eventually preserve the memory of a bygone era. “When we […]
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Win Tickets to Iron Maiden’s First Portland Show in 32 Years
Next fall, Iron Maiden will touch down in Portland for the first time since 1987—the year when the Simpsons first debuted on national television and Alf reigned supreme. A lot has changed since those days, but the pioneering British metalheads haven’t stopped howling to packed arenas around the world. Iron Maiden’s “Legacy of the Beast” […]
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The Pacific Northwestern Gothic of Blitzen Trapper’s Furr, 10 Years Later
The Pacific Northwestern gothic of Blitzen Trapper’s Furr.
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Here Are 30 Songs to Listen to This November
Hey, it’s November! HAVE YOU VOTED? If not… why are you reading this? If you have already cast your ballot into the swift river of democracy, please enjoy the Mercury‘s November playlist, a collection of songs from artists coming to Portland this month. Aside from all that VOTING (*eyebrow wiggle*), it’s going to be a […]
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Suspiria Review: Meat Hooks, Ballerina Witches, and Thom Yorke’s Stupid Voice
There’s so much to love about Dario Argento’s 1977 giallo horror film Suspiria: the oversaturated color palette of neon pinks and purples; the melodramatic, opulent gore (impaling by stained glass, so fancy!); Goblin’s twinkling score; and viscerally disturbing images of stuff like maggots falling from the ceilings, which will never not make me frantically comb […]
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Marrow Is Enriching Local Youth with All-Ages Music, Art, and Community Support
PHOTOS BY MOLLY MACALPINE The primary goal of Marrow—a nonprofit community space in St. Johns that focuses on arts, education, and activism—is to offer “a hub for youth to grow and strengthen, so they can go out into their communities and provide support, education, and mutual aid, like blood cells from marrow.” Originally born in […]
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London Fields Review: The Cinematic Equivalent of a Sewage Truck Colliding with a Tanker Full of Gasoline
It’s probably a fool’s errand to try to explain what London Fields is about. Though it was shot in 2013, the flashy film’s release was delayed due to several legal disputes that likely had something to do with the fact that it’s the cinematic equivalent of a sewage truck colliding with a tanker full of […]
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Ariana Grande Is Coming to Portland
Ariana Grande—pop star, dangerous woman, and miniature pig mother—just announced the world tour dates in support of her new album Sweetener, and brace yourselves: She’s coming to Portland to perform at Moda Center on Tuesday April 30, 2019. Grande’s name has dominated recent entertainment news cycles due to the death of her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller […]