Nolan Parker

Nolan Parker

Nolan Parker is the Mercury’s music editor. They also run the Portland-area community resource, Government Palace. Follow them on Instagram and Letterboxd. Send pitches, releases, and collaboration ideas here.

Mercury Music Picks Oct 14 1:30 PM

Mercury Music Picks: Whoopin’ It Up with ICP, Going Back for Seconds with Big Bite

Plus sacred choral music, Portland’s Omni Gardens, and Portland music news! 

Mercury Music Picks Oct 7 11:15 AM

Mercury Music Picks: Nonbinary Girlfriend Play Free Show, Duster Side Project Play Gaza Fundraiser 

Plus an Improvisation Summit, getting Nourished by Time, and Portland music news! 

Music Oct 2 3:00 PM

Dead Moon Night Rides Again

Celebrate Portland's best rock & roll band on October 5 at Cherry Sprout Park.

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Mercury Music Picks Sep 30 10:00 AM

Mercury Music Picks: 8th Annual Dead Moon Night, Karma Rivera Releases Debut Album

Plus Bijoux Cone, the sophisticated sleaze of Minus the Bear, and Portland music news!

Album Review Sep 29 11:00 AM

Album Review: The Sophisticated Sleaze of Menos el Oso Turns 20

Minus the Bear’s opus gets the deluxe treatment, heralding massive US tour

Album Review Sep 19 3:15 PM

Album Review: The Barbaras Take Us For A Ride

Rollercoasters has it all: The ups and downs of yearning, self-awareness, and boobs! 

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Fall Arts 2025 Sep 11 3:25 AM

Do This, Do That: Fall Arts 2025

Portland's grandest, thinkiest, most-engaging displays of art and culture! 

Mercury Music Picks Sep 9 12:00 PM

Mercury Music Picks: Dungeon Synth, NYC Rave, and Zambia’s WITCH

Plus Lose Yr Mind, the baby making music of NxWorries, and PDX Pop Now!

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Fresh Cuts Sep 8 11:15 AM

Fresh Cuts, the New Floral Design Workshop Series Launches Sept. 24

The Mercury is teaming with Fresh Cut Flowers for a new music and floral design workshop series… with Rico Nasty! 

Music Sep 4 2:00 PM

UPDATE: Eye-Popping Eyes & Ears Reframes, Moves to Barn Radio

Bijan Berahimi talks to us about curating his massive survey of visuals in music at PNCA, now on view at Wieden+Kennedy

Mercury Music Picks Sep 2 11:30 AM

Mercury Music Picks: Doom Legends Earth, a Slint Documentary, and Jivebomb are in Town

Plus, download Patricia Wolf's field recordings, nugaze, and Third Angle announce their 40th season!

Mercury Music Picks Aug 26 11:00 AM

Mercury Music Picks: Ural Thomas Brings the Pain, Fred Cole Turns 77

Plus Hazel and Red Pine are back, and Portland Music News!

Mercury Music Picks Aug 12 1:00 PM

Mercury Music Picks: The OO-Ray Album Release Show, Ces Cadáveres, Femi Kuti

Plus immigrant rights fundraisers, Club Alive, and Northwest Hardcore Fest!