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I didn’t set out to cover two Portland metal bands in successive editions of Spin Cycle, but here we are. The laws of the muses operating as they do, the heavier end of the audio spectrum has been dominating my brain space in the weeks leading up to summertime. Even a weeklong sojourn to Kauai […]
It probably goes without saying that it’s difficult to choose just three albums to feature for each edition of Spin Cycle. Inundated by a flurry of cultural crib sheets, personal recommendations, and last-minute rando diamonds in the rough, whittling down to what ends up in this column can be an internal struggle. And being off […]
Somehow, until recently, I hadn’t yet attended any live shows at the Get Down—the subterranean Central Eastside venue thriving since its 2022 opening. With a flush of seasonably accurate sunshine tantalizing even the most curmudgeonly amongst us this past weekend in Portland, I made it a point to touch base with the venue during a […]
If music truly is a salve for the weary heart, then I hope we’ve all been slathering it on nice and thick the past couple weeks. With the onrush of spring blossoms and the doldrums of wintertime peacing out in the rearview, it’s a time for transition, and for emphasizing the importance of breathing, of […]
Whether you’re an avid reader of these pages, or just a Portlander with a discerning live music landscape radar, it’s been hard to avoid story after story of independent live music venue closures and fundamental business model changes to some of the city’s most esteemed entertainment sites. Over the past 18 months, venerable establishments like […]
Welcome to Spin Cycle! It’s the biweekly aural hygiene you deserve in a handy-dandy cheat sheet format for albums of particular note from Portland and beyond! The Rose City is not unlike a homing beacon for discerning audiophiles, semi-professional appreciators of physical media, and folks who spend three-quarters of their waking lives with headphones fastened […]
Ryan J. Prado
In an age where search engine optimization is a vital consideration for news headlines, business upstarts, and pretty much all creative endeavors, you’d be forgiven if you thought that a band called Guitar would drift into eternal, unsearchable obscurity. But ask Guitar brainchild Saia Kuli about the would-be gaffe, it’s the innate humor in such […]
Ryan J. Prado
It might not have a name yet, but the realization of the much-ballyhooed mid-sized music venue by Portland’s Monqui Presents and AEG Presents is well underway at the corner of Northeast 9th and Multnomah. Demolition at the site of the former Nordstrom inside the 1.472 million square foot footprint of Lloyd Center Mall has been […]
Despite a renaissance of new music venues sprouting up around Portland’s Central Eastside, the delayed relaunch of one of the city’s most beloved venues is on the tip of many local showgoers’ tongues. The reopening efforts of the Doug Fir Lounge in the former Le Bistro Montage digs has encountered ongoing bureaucratic speed bumps due […]
When Portland five-piece Times Infinity first began writing songs for what would become their fifth album, Boy on Horse, they were in the midst of their rollicking 2018 West Coast tour, at which time it looked as though the country might finally escape from underneath Donald Trump’s grubby thumb. By the time the band was […]
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