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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.
This Way Up Channel 4 To steal a line from the current-best show on TV, HBO’s Succession: Here at the Mercury, we work hard, but we play soft. (Why would you play hard?) And all that soft play comes in the form of winding down in front of the tube. So what are we watching […]
Hulu /Jeff Neumann Hulu’s Wu-Tang: An American Saga series, which includes Method Man and RZA on its list of executive producers, tells the momentous story of a group of young Black men grappling with their decisions to either pursue an unlikely music career or continue their lucrative-albeit-dangerous adventures in crime. This new biopic is just […]
Getty images Strapped for cash but want nothing more than to see indie folk band Bon Iver perform tracks from their new album I, I live? Or maybe you just need a little extra push to go catch folk sister-trio Joseph at the Roseland? You’re in luck! In collaboration with Monqui, the Mercury is giving […]
Dame D.O.L.L.A. Nick Depaula Summer ain’t over yet, folks. There’s still lots of sun to squint at, music to hear, and fun to be had before the days start to get painfully short. Take advantage of the last few weeks of the season by getting out and enjoying what’s left of these warm nights. (Or, […]
Take advantage of the last few weeks of the season by getting out and enjoying what’s left of these warm nights.
Seratones’ soul-fired sophomore album Power is political, lean, and thoroughly satisfying.
Previews of Wu-Tang: An American Saga, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, and Carnival Row.
Mohanad Elshieky TBS Libyan-born, Portland-based comedian Mohanad Elshieky appeared on Conan on TBS for a stand-up set last night, and predictably, it’s genius. Having lived in the United States for five years, Elshieky’s five-minute set featured his “I need to speak to America’s manager” bit, which smartly points out that the product is nothing like […]
Daniel Caesar Jenni Moore Following his drunken defense of known culture vulture Yes Julz, I wasn’t sure what the crowd for Canadian R&B singer Daniel Caesar would be like, and to be honest I didn’t really care. I was too focused on being excited about seeing the opener, 19-year-old Jamaican reggae singer Koffee, whose debut […]
I first discovered Portland native Corey Harper back in 2016, when he opened for Justin Bieber on the West Coast leg of his “Purpose Tour.” Strapped with a guitar, Harper managed to command and impress an arena full of die-hard beliebers. So when he returned to Portland the following year (he now lives in LA) […]
Veronica Rose After the August 8 death of Brad Swet and Brandon Blackmore, two arborists who were taking down installations from Pickathon in Happy Valley, the music fest and GuildWorks (the company the men worked for) came together to launch a fundraiser to benefit the victim’s families and honor the men’s legacy. Both Swet and […]
Raquel Divar Rose Leon As far as Portland’s hip-hop music calendar is concerned, August might just be the busiest month of the year so far. Between Portland Hip-Hop Week, Damian Lillard AKA Dame DOLLA’s recent release of Big D.O.L.L.A. (pretty damn good!), and a bunch of other new releases from local artists popping up, there’s […]
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