Darci Phenix Releases Her Dreamy New Album, Sable

Learn how the multi-disciplinary Portland artist uses her hands to get out of her head.

Gaytheist Return With Frenetic New Album, The Mustache Stays

It’s the first album in five years from the long-running Portland-based noise-rockers.

The Mercury's Favorite Culture Moments of 2024

Doing something stupid in Ladds, dressing up for the movies, and finding catharsis at live shows, et al.

Oregon Folk Singer Jeffrey Martin Captures Live Music Magic at Mississippi Studios

Martin's heart-on-sleeve folk tunes are like walking past a graveyard of love and loss, light and dark, hurt, hope, faith, and uncertainty.

Dreamgaze PDX Revives Portland Shoegaze With a Two-Day Fest in St. Johns

St. Johns' Shoegaze Revival

Members of Portland bands Ten Million Lights and Kallai worked together to organize two-day music fest Dreamgaze PDX.

In the Shadow of Writer's Block, Blind Pilot Triumphantly Returns

Last summer, frontman Israel Nebeker suddenly found a path through his eight-year compositon drought.

Three Country / Folk-Rock / Psych-Rock Acts That Stood Out at FairWell Festival's Year Two

If you didn't make it down to Deschutes County Fairgrounds last weekend, you should still hear Adeem the Artist, S.G. Goodman, and Black Opry Revue.

New Solo Work From the Owner of Moon Glyph Records Is Reliably Enchanting

Steve Rosborough wants Omni Gardens’ music to feel like a lazy afternoon or your favorite sweater.

Bory Debut Perfectly Splits Elliott Smith's Figure 8 and DIY Vibe of Elephant 6

The comparison comes from producer Mo Troper, but we think they nailed it.

MusicOregon Awards $57,000 in Grants to 18 Portland- and Vancouver-Area Musicians

The Echo Fund supports a historically overlooked creative pursuit: popular music.

Oregon Jazz Legend Dan Balmer to Release New Album on Local Label

An offshoot of the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble, PJCE Records has comissioned new arrangements of Balmer's music for his record release show.

The Wandering Drones of Water Shrew Trio

The local label supergroup of Bud Tapes' Emmet Martin and Oranj Discs' Skyler Pia release a studio album with Boreen's Morgan O’Sullivan.

As No-No Boy, Dr. Julian Saporiti Turned His Research Into Brainy, Bright Folk Songs

"Empire Electric" sounds like Sufjan Stevens' 50-albums-for-50-states project, but about Asian experience in America.

Portland's Coolest New Record Shop Is Three Record Stores, a Bookstore, a Radio Station, and a Label