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Sloane Leong For many years, local libraries have allowed patrons to check out physical media—from vinyl LPs to eight tracks to cassettes to CDs—free of charge. Last month, Multnomah County Library launched the Library Music Project, an online platform that’s continuing this legacy of accessibility by curating an online collection of albums from local artists […]

Ben Moon Blind Pilot’s 2008 debut 3 Rounds and a Sound came out when I was a freshman in high school, years before I’d ever considered moving to Oregon. The album’s 11 tracks of gently strummed acoustic guitar, banjo, horns, and frontman Israel Nebeker’s tender lyrics served as soft indie folk lullabies for my raging […]

Behold, the Multnomah County Library’s new music streaming platform.

The Portland indie folk band celebrates the 10th anniversary of their debut.

KING PRINCESS Sat 7/21 Doug Fir Clare Gillen Like the name suggests, King Princess (AKA Mikaela Straus) makes music that plays with gender and artfully subverts the status quo of mainstream pop. In February the 19-year-old genderqueer singer/songwriter and producer dropped her debut single “1950,” a song inspired by the lesbian love story in Patricia […]

Over the past few years, Portland media outlets (this one included) have kept a weary tally of clubs shuttered by rising rents, lamenting the shrinking options for underage music fans. That issue persists today—how venues that serve alcohol (and rely on drink sales to survive) can allow minors without breaking rules imposed by the Oregon […]

The always free, always all-ages festival celebrates its 15th year.