Mercury EverOut Staff

FILM—Now in its eighth year, the Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival—better known as POWFest—features films made by women, from documentaries to dramas to shorts and cartoons. The booking is usually excellent—and tonight, things kick off with a party followed by The Sisterhood of the Night, a modern-day take on the Salem witch trials. ERIK HENRIKSENHollywood […]

MUSIC—One-woman show Natasha Kmeto has been steadily gaining traction in Portland (where she joined the Dropping Gems family) and beyond, as people catch on to the soulful strength of her voice, slow-jamming production, and powerful presence onstage. Her latest record, Crisis, is boosting her to the next level, so get it while you can. MARJORIE […]

FILM—It’s not enough to just own the albums; you want to be a real killer bee, you gotta know the inspirations. The Hollywood’s Kung Fu Theater series presents a double dose of 35mm classic Wu Tang swordplay, with 1983’s Bastard Swordsman and 1976’s The Magic Blade. You can’t join the swarm if you don’t know […]

MUSIC—Swervedriver’s first album in 17 years, I Wasn’t Born to Lose You, pretty much picks up right where the Brit shoegazers left off. It’s another mass of blurry, dreamy songs that still manages to hook and catch your ears—a lick here, a word there—while thickly rushing by. Go remind yourself that the ’90s weren’t as […]

FRIDAY, MARCH 6 MUSIC—One of the many reasons to love Prince is his habit of tacking on secret shows whenever he tours, compacting the formidable power of his pop kingdom into tiny, tiny venues full of lucky, lucky people. Seeing fully on-point tribute act Erotic City at the homey Spare Room is the closest thing to […]

BLAZERS—Messing with Texas is (supposedly) a no-no. But it’s so fun! Even the Dallas Mavericks know it—they’ve been messing with themselves the past week, what with all the locker-room discord and public shouting matches between coach and player. Sounds like a perfect opportunity for the Blazers to steal a win from a Western Conference powerhouse. […]

MUSIC—The stars are brighter in Canada, at least when it comes to great indie pop band Stars. With their lush boy-girl vocals, infectious melodies, and sad-sack edge, this band of five is lovely incarnate. Their newest album, No One Is Lost, is just as poppy as their past synth parties, so wear your sparkly dancing […]

MUSIC—Are you having a terrible week? Enter Caribou’s (AKA Dan Snaith) easy-to-love electro-pop. He has built entire albums around learning how to swim, and his latest, Our Love, continues Swim‘s reliably ecstatic drum machines, jaunty synths that bob along like light reflected in a swimming pool, and some discordantly melancholy lyrics. He gets you! MEGAN […]

TV—Here’s your official reminder that the entire third season of the highly acclaimed House of Cards is now available on Netflix. This season, the inscrutable Frank Underwood (an extremely oily Kevin Spacey) may have achieved his sought-after dream, but now finds his long supportive wife Claire (the terrific Robin Wright) is ready for her moment […]

MUSIC—You might know Daniel Lanois best from his numerous production credits (Peter Gabriel, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris), but he’s run a parallel career with albums of his own, from the gorgeous, folk-flecked Acadie to the remarkable new Flesh and Machine, which warps his trademark guitar-tronics into cosmic testimonials. NED LANNAMANNw/Rocco DeLuca; Doug Fir, 830 E […]

BANDS ‘N’ BEERS—Here’s a great way to get SUPER HAPPY DRUNK and not feel so BAD about it. It’s called the Malt Ball, and it’s a showcase for some of the city’s BEST local bands (Holy Grove, Blue Skies for Black Hearts, Pinehurst Kids) and some of the state’s BEST craft brewers (Fort George, Hopworks, […]

MUSIC—One of my best musical memories remains seeing Langhorne Slim in the woods at Pickathon back in 2010, a gig so earnest and rollicking that blood ended up splattering a banjo. Tonight, the Slim takes the stage solo for a whole bunch of sharp, earnest country; expect it to be just as intense and just […]