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The Long-Awaited Return of Electronic-Music Innovators Cabaret Voltaire

Stephen Mallinder talks “Nag, Nag, Nag,” reinventing the group’s music for their farewell tour, and more.
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Anticipation to see British electronic-music pioneers Cabaret Voltaire perform has been building among some Americans for almost 50 years. Luckily for these diehards, the band—led by 71-year-old bassist/vocalist Stephen Mallinder—are touring North America for the final time this year, with a Portland date at Roseland Theater on May 8. Coming together in British industrial hub Sheffield during the mid-’70s, Mallinder, […]

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Salami Rose Joe Louis’s Dream Pop Makes Catastrophic Ecological Degradation Sound So Good

See her Tuesday in Portland at Jack London Revue.
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Recording for Flying Lotus’s Brainfeeder label, Salami Rose Joe Louis (Lindsay Olsen) has blazed a distinctive trail in that fertile sector of California’s underground where electronic music and jazz converge. On early releases by this multi-instrumentalist and producer—such as 2019’s Zdenka 2080—Olsen sings in a hushed, dulcet manner over sparse, melodious electronic music that wears […]

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André 3000 Is Seriously Weird Live

Audience members called for OutKast hits, Mr. Benjamin replied with eerie minimalism and a variety of incredible-sounding instruments.
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Originally published in our sister publication, The Stranger.  André 3000’s not in the Dirty South anymore, literally or figuratively. The Grammy-winning ATLien rapper moved to LA, lost his urge to rhyme (at least with words), got heavily into flutes, and found some deep jazz cats in his area to augment his epic, enigmatic jams on […]

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Don’t Sleep on Stand-up Comedian Joe Pera

Meet the master of ambient comedy when he plays Rev Hall this weekend.
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Joe Pera is the ace knuckleball pitcher of comedy. The Buffalo-born comedian’s jokes come at you slowly and unpredictably; while they may initially seem underwhelming compared to those of high-velocity comics, they invariably wind up in the strike zone and make you shake your head in disbelief and amusement at their off-kilter trajectory and the […]

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Steve Turner Dishes the Dirt in Mud Ride

A History of Grunge in the Form of a Memoir by Mudhoney’s Guitarist
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Portland-via-Seattle musician Steve Turner has led a semi-charmed life. He’s made a decent living in the music business without succumbing to substance abuse and without his personal life descending into tabloidy drama. He’s had ample time to indulge in his main hobbies—skateboarding, collecting fuzz boxes, and accruing and selling records. Oh, and he played a […]

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Portland Label Launches Major Reissue for Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

They’re One of America’s Most Extraordinary—and Effortlessly Weird—Rock Bands
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Great news for fans of effortlessly weird American rock group Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 (henceforth TFUL 282): The new Portland label Bulbous Monocle will reissue several titles from their long out-of-print catalog, beginning with two of their more “accessible” offerings: the 1993 EP Admonishing the Bishops and the 1994 album Strangers From the Universe. […]

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The 10 Essential Releases You’ll Want to Snap Up During This Saturday’s Record Store Day!

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Betty Harris + The Meters + Allen Toussaint = must have. Soul Jazz Records Record Store Day (aka RSD) returns on Saturday, April 23, and, as per tradition, enough titles of quality and distinction will hit the bins to nullify the chronic complaints about this retail booster shot (non-essential major-label reissues clog the pressing plants, […]

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Andrew Weatherall, Revered Electronic Musician, DJ, and Screamadelica Producer, Has Died at 56

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RIP to one of the greatest electronic musicians, DJs, and remixers. Höga Nord Rekords Widely recognized as one of the world’s greatest electronic-music producers, remixers, and DJs, Andrew Weatherall passed away today at age 56 of pulmonary embolism, according to a statement released by his management. Weatherall came up through the UK’s late-’80s acid-house scene, […]

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RIP, Andy Gill, Revolutionary Guitarist for Post-Punk Innovators Gang of Four

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The Jimi Hendrix of post-punk. oneintenwords.com Andy Gill, the hugely influential guitarist for Leeds, England post-punk innovators Gang of Four, passed away on February 1 from pneumonia at age 64. Especially on Gang of Four‘s early singles, their 1979 debut LP Entertainment!, and 1981 sophomore album Solid Gold, Gill purveyed a scathing tone and slashing […]

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