All photos by Ryan J. Prado On Saturday night, droves arrived at the Crystal Ballroom for the triumphant Portland return of Sturgill Simpson, seemingly on a never-ending tour promoting his critically acclaimed second album Metamodern Sounds in Country Music. As updates from Friday’s terror attacks in Paris streamed into the world’s collective consciousness, there was […]
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Rare Diagram’s Justin Chase Channels His Inner Donald Fagen
Emma Browne Rare Diagram play their record-release show tonight—Tuesday, November 10—at Holocene (1001 SE Morrison) with Fur Coats and Coronation. “When I talk to other people who make music, it’s often like, ‘My parents showed me the Beatles when I was four,’” says Rare Diagram mastermind Justin Chase. “That just wasn’t at all how my […]
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Rare Diagram’s Sprawling Sound
Portland Band’s Symphonic, Jazzy Debut
The Portland band’s debut incorporates symphonic and jazz sounds.
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Make Time for Dilly Dally
Toronto Punks Take It to the Next Level
The Toronto punks take it to the next level.
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Joe Jackson: King of the City
His New Album Spotlights Four Cities from Around the Globe
He picked four international cities for his new album.
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The Woolen Men Zero in on New Portland
Digging into the Prolific Portland Trio’s Latest Album
Digging into the prolific local trio’s latest album.
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No Time for No Sittin’
Dirty Revival’s Debut Is for Dancing
Dirty Revival is a flag-bearer for Portland’s native eclectic nature.
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Hurry Up: Just Like High School, Sort Of
“EVERYTHING ABOUT this band is like we went back in time to high school,” says Kathy Foster, so it’s fitting that I’m talking to Hurry Up inside a former classroom at the former Washington High School building. Foster (drums), Westin Glass (guitar), Maggie Vail (bass), and Vail’s dog Johnny (dog) are settled around an indoor […]
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Old School
Hurry Up Takes It Slow
Hurry Up doesn’t need social media to promote their music.
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Balto: From Siberia to Portland
Call it By its Name 7″ by Balto Balto’s story must be told in stages. It begins with the breakdown of guitarist/vocalist Dan Sheron after a failed gig doing telemarketing and copy editing in Moscow (yes, that Moscow). Sheron rode a train to Siberia and wrote a series of songs during some bleak and, presumably, […]
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The Long Road Home
Balto’s Old-Fashioned Formation
The new version of Balto formed the old-fashioned way.