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Jenni Moore

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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Hear in Portland: Lose Yr Mind Fest Adds Afterparty Dance Nights

Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival with Alana Rich, and give Oh, Rose’s new record some love.
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Holy September! Summer 2024 is cooling down, and we’re still processing Live Nation’s dystopian plans for the city’s Central Eastside. Increasingly prominent nonprofit MusicPortland has been fighting the decision, but developers aren’t backing down. We’ll be watching the upcoming September 19 hearing on the matter very closely. In the meantime, if you just came to […]

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Hear in Portland: Wynne’s “Dog In Me” Is an Unapologetic Bop

Plus, a rebrand of the beloved summer block party in front of Green Muse, and Greaterkind’s long-awaited Change of Plans.
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In this column, we regard Pickathon as the climax of our Portland-area summer music season, but even as the season hits twilight mode, there are plenty of other worthy music updates to get into this month. Here comes the latest, Hear in Portland! MUST SEE:  Upcoming local event(s) featuring local artist(s). Soul Festival Block Party […]

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Pickathon 2024 Maintains the Live Music Magic

The farm music fest sent everyone home with a new favorite band—we were surprised to find plenty were from Portland!
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Portland-area farm music fest Pickathon could have lost some of its magic this year. There were more tickets on offer, which meant a potential for larger crowds. The days were hot and dusty—even if they weren’t as scorching as previous summers. And anytime you left Pendarvis Farm, you needed to wind through a suburban subdivision, […]

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The Mercury’s Guide to Pickathon 2024: Nine Music Picks You Must Not Miss

Listen for La Lom, Andi Oasis, and Lo Steele. Plus, our hot anticipation for Geese’s Justin Bieber cover
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The forecast for this year’s Pickathon looks temperate compared to the past two scorchers, but the line-up is looking hotter than ever. Here are nine picks from the Mercury’s music nerds. See you in the forest!

Sitting at your desk waiting to fuck off and get in a field? Here are the Mercury’s music picks for Pickathon 2024. Fight us in the comments. I love talking about music.

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Hear in Portland: Oregon Wildfires Ignited Inspiration on Rasheed Jamal’s The Mandala Effect

Plus, Blossom and Night Heron split the bill at Hey, Love and a Beat Happening lands at L’Atelier Yaffe.
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From our Hear in Portland music column this week:
•Blossom and Night Heron split the bill at Hey, Love
•the beatmaker-focused showcase A Beat Happening lands at L’Atelier Yaffe
• We’re loving rapper Rasheed Jamal’s first album in five years.

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HEAR IN PORTLAND: We Hear Destiny’s Child in Majik9’s Catchy New Anthem

Plus, Lambo Lawson headlines the Thesis, and Childish Gambino says he’s retiring his stage name—right after all these releases and tour dates.
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In our Hear in Portland music column this week:
• A catchy new bop from Majik9 was inspired by Destiny’s Child
• The Thesis is out here arranging marriages
• Donald Glover says he’s retiring his Childish Gambino name after aprox one million more releases

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Hear in Portland: Soulful Singer Dani Danger Releases “Break This Spell”

NBD, acclaimed rapper Donte Thomas casually drops four new songs, is Aminé’s Best Day Ever festival actually a best weekend?
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Hear in Portland this week:
• acclaimed local rapper Donte Thomas casually drops four new songs, NBD!
• We are immediately in love again with Dani Danger’s new track “Break This Spell”
• Aminé’s Best Day Ever sounds like it might actually be a Best Weekend…

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HEAR IN PORTLAND: Nonbinary Girlfriend, Moorea Masa & The Mood, and New Music from Talilo Marfil

Get the latest music news (and latest tunes) to stick in your ears.
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This week we’re stoked about three upcoming shows happening in May. And looking forward to summer, July will bring a chance to see teenage emcee That Girl Lay Lay take the Roseland stage for her first ever headliner tour. Get into all the good stuff that’s happening right… Hear in Portland.  MUST SEE:  Upcoming local […]

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Hear in Portland: Could the New Anthem for Women’s Basketball Come from a 14-Year-Old Portland Rapper?

The long-awaited Nasalrod split album is finally here; get frenetic at the Polaris Hall vinyl release show.
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This week, a Portland rap prodigy releases her first-ever single, Nasalrod’s long-awaited vinyl split has arrived, and Blossom teases a rock song from her new album! Come get into the new music news that’s happening Hear in Portland. MUST LISTEN:  New release(s) from a Portland-relevant artist.  “Swish,” J Prodigy According to local legends, Portland-based teen […]

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