BLACK MILK Wed 6/20 Jack London Revue Delaney Teichler Black Milk has been killing the game for more than a decade. Known for his innovative approach, the Detroit-born rapper/producer’s new record Fever is his seventh studio album since his 2005 debut, Sound of the City. During his rise, he’s collaborated with and been cosigned by […]
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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Janelle Monáe’s New Album Dirty Computer Is a Defiant Celebration of Marginalized Identities
Juco When singer, actress, and musical visionary Janelle Monáe dropped her third studio album Dirty Computer in April, it was a landmark moment. Recorded under the mentorship of Prince, it’s Monaé’s Afro-futurist love letter to women, people of color, and LGBTQIA folks. “Dirty Computer is really an album that celebrates marginalized groups today,” she explained […]
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Janelle Monáe Takes Her Sex-Positive Sound to the Next Dimension
Her New Album Dirty Computer Is a Defiant Celebration of Marginalized Identities
Her new album Dirty Computer is a defiant celebration of marginalized identities.
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Chanti Darling’s Light Disco for Dark Times
The Musician Discusses Being a Black Queer Artist in Portland
It’s the first week of Pride month, and I’m giddy walking into my next assignment: an interview with retro-futurist R&B singer Chanticleer Trü at an unassuming bar on Southeast Belmont. Ever since his solo project Chanti Darling stole my heart at a Holocene show a couple of years ago, I’ve looked forward to the day […]
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The First Hip-Hop Dispensary Is Opening in Portland
Flossin Media When I got word that (A) there’s a new Black-owned cannabis business in town and (B) it’s the “first historical hip-hop dispensary” in the country, my first thoughts were, “How in the hell has no one else done this yet?” and, “Aw, how cute and special and dope that this is happening in […]
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Live Review: James Taylor at Moda Center, Tues June 5
Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve been a James Taylor fan by default. Growing up, I remember my mom playing Taylor’s extremely gentle folk, blues, and classic rock around the house and, though my music tastes have always differed from my hers, Taylor’s songs were nearly impossible to take issue with. It wasn’t […]
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Sneaker Wave
The First Hip-Hop Dispensary Is Opening in Portland
The latest in Portland hip-hop.
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It’s Time to Learn Some Nude Beach Etiquette!
How to Not Be a Jerk and/or a Creep at Sauvie Island
It’s time to learn some nude beach etiquette!
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How a Survivor of the Pulse Nightclub Massacre Changed His Life and Those Around Him
White House Photo/Pete Souza “On one hand, I was lucky,” Brandon Wolf tells a packed gym of teenagers. “I had survived the worst mass shooting in modern US history by hiding [next to] a urinal. On the other hand, I was just feet from where my friends kissed each other goodbye.” A survivor of the […]
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Finding Purpose In the Wake of Tragedy
How a Survivor of the Pulse Nightclub Massacre Changed His Life and Those Around Him
How a survivor of the Pulse Nightclub Massacre changed his life and those around him.
