Makaya McCraven performing at Pickathon 2019 Todd Cooper Happy Halloween, faithful readers and music lovers. In addition to pumpkin-spiced everything, the holidays, and general coziness, the time has come yet again for another edition of our Pickathon Starlight series, featuring top-notch video footage of some of the stand-out, late-night performances from Pickathon 2019. The first […]
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Jenni Moore is a former music editor and hip-hop columnist and current freelancer at The Portland Mercury. She also writes about comedy, cannabis, movies, TV, and her hatred of taxidermy.
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Movie Review: Harriet Offers a Reimagining of Harriet Tubman’s Tremendous Triumph
Glen Wilson / Focus Features Aside from the assistance that the formerly enslaved Harriet Tubman got from the Underground Railroad, it’s hard to imagine exactly how she pulled off all her heroics. With Harriet, audiences are given a live-action reimagining of Harriet Tubman’s journey to self-liberation: changing her name, hiding in bales of hay, being […]
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Watch this New Behind-the-Scenes Video Documenting the Making of Blossom’s Album Maybe
Blossom performing at her album release party in June. Ashley Walters Happy Friday, Portland! It’s a pretty rad day for the Portland music scene. Today—in addition to new full-length releases from Wynne, Myke Bogan, and Swiggle Mandela—Blossom released a new behind-the-scenes video shot and edited by Riley Brown, the Portland hip-hop scene’s most stalwart director/videographer. […]
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Local Hip-Hop News: Sir Nai’s Geek Tape, Wynne’s “Ego Check,” the Thesis, and More!
Wynne, JID As I write this column, I’m still coming down from the for-once-not-weed-induced high of seeing Dodgr sell out an unrecognizable Roseland Theater last Saturday. With bill support from regional favorites Maarquii and Blimes & Gab, it was inspiring to see Dodgr set a glimmering precedent for other artists in the city who have […]
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The Latest in Portland Hip-Hop: Sir Nai’s Geek Tape, Wynne’s “Ego Check,” the Thesis, and More!
The latest in Portland hip-hop.
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Little Dragon Announce Tour (Including Portland!), Release New Single “Tongue Kissing”
Little Dragon Ellen Edmar Yesterday, Swedish electronic music outfit Little Dragon announced a North American/European tour that’ll kick off in 2020. Following shows in Seattle (May 4) and Vancouver (May 5), the four-piece will make a stop in Portland on May 6 at the Roseland Theater; tickets go on sale this Friday, October 25. The […]
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Live Review: Dodgr at Roseland
Dodgr Photos by Minh Tran In a recent interview with Dodgr that discussed Red Bull Presents: Dodgr—her then-forthcoming headliner gig at Roseland, and her last show in Portland for a while—the artist said “I hope that when everybody walks into the Roseland on October 19, they feel like it’s not the Roseland. That’s the goal.” […]
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Interview: Dodgr Talks Going Home, Big Roseland Gig, and Forthcoming Solo Debut
Dodgr Analogue photos by Minh Tran For Portland rapper/singer Dodgr (AKA Alana Chenevert, and FKA the Last Artful, Dodgr), the road to success may have been strewn with some personal heartbreak, but it’s also characterized by an increasingly positive reception from listeners, industry players, and hip-hop concertgoers—and for damn good reason. Having parted ways with […]
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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Is Unnecessary, But I’ll Take It
Walt Disney Pictures As I entered the theater to see Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, I tried to come up with some things I hoped to get from this movie that didn’t get neatly wrapped in a nice bow in 2014’s Maleficent. I just wasn’t sure what else about this story needed telling. The first Maleficent […]
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Watch LA Choreographer Nicole Kirkland’s Dance Video to Dodgr’s Single “Wrong Way”
If you loved our Q&A with Portland-via-LA artist Dodgr—in which the rapper/singer drops several gems of wisdom, and looks ahead to her first time headlining the Roseland—check out this video of Los Angeles choreographer Nicole Kirkland and two other dancers cutting loose to Dodgr’s single “Wrong Way.” In our recent interview with Dodgr, the rapper/singer […]
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Dodgr Talks Going Home, Big Roseland Gig, and Forthcoming Solo Album
For Portland rapper/singer Dodgr (AKA Alana Chenevert, and FKA the Last Artful, Dodgr), the road to success may have been strewn with some personal heartbreak, but it’s also characterized by an increasingly positive reception from listeners, industry players, and hip-hop concertgoers—and for damn good reason. Having parted ways with record label EYRST in 2016 and […]
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Record Review: On 85 to Africa, Jidenna’s Globally Minded Message Is Felt
Jidenna, 85 to Africa Wondaland/Epic Rapper/singer Jidenna’s new album 85 to Africa is a trip through the African diaspora that verges on sonic cinema. (The title refers to Atlanta’s I-85, which’ll get you to the airport where you can catch a direct flight to Africa.) Having shelved his three-piece-suit look from “Classic Man,” his sophomore […]