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The Long-Awaited Return of Electronic-Music Innovators Cabaret Voltaire

Stephen Mallinder talks “Nag, Nag, Nag,” reinventing the group’s music for their farewell tour, and more.
Avatar photo by Dave Segal

Anticipation to see British electronic-music pioneers Cabaret Voltaire perform has been building among some Americans for almost 50 years. Luckily for these diehards, the band—led by 71-year-old bassist/vocalist Stephen Mallinder—are touring North America for the final time this year, with a Portland date at Roseland Theater on May 8. Coming together in British industrial hub Sheffield during the mid-’70s, Mallinder, […]

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Getting High on Her Own Supply

For FKA twigs, dancing is just as important as singing on her Body High Tour.
Avatar photo by Andrew Jankowski

FKA twigs’ Body High Tour was delayed last year by a host of production-related problems including visa issues, but if anything, the London-based singer only delayed gratification for her “Twiglets.” By the time of her rescheduled Portland appearance on Saturday, April 4, FKA twigs—AKA Tahliah Barnett—was not only promoting her acclaimed album Eusexua, but its […]

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Snakes on the Dance Floor

Swedish producer Cobrah turned Wonder Ballroom into a gay rave.
Avatar photo by Andrew Jankowski

The Wonder Ballroom has long been a springboard for queer pop icons launching into the stratosphere, from Durand Bernarr’s concert last spring ahead of his Grammy win to the local stop nearly 20 years ago of Lady Gaga’s Fame Ball tour.  Swedish producer and beatsmith Cobrah slithered into Wonder’s pantheon on Wednesday, April 1 during […]

Posted inQueer

Blow Pony Rides Into the Sunset

The long-running LGBTQ+ dance party ends March 28.
Avatar photo Andrew Jankowski

The long-running LGBTQ+ electronic dance party Blow Pony will saddle up for the last time on Saturday, March 28. Airick X—Blow Pony’s co-founder, who was known for several years as Airick Redwolf and Airick Heater—is retiring the party after uniting the queer community on the dance floor for 19 years, per a statement shared on […]

Posted inQueer Guide 2025

This Vogue Femme Class Teaches Ball Culture Core Elements and History

Teacher Latroy Robinson balances biochemistry by day and ballroom by night.
Avatar photo Suzette Smith

Stretch those calves, Latroy Robinson tells us. By day, Robinson is a senior research assistant at OHSU. By night, he is TwoMoods—a performer in the local and national ballroom scene. “I get very left brain, right brain satisfaction from it,” says Robinson.  Sometimes Robinson goes right from work to the club. If the club stays […]

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Four Hilarious Things That Happened at Takahiro Yamamoto’s NOTHINGBEING

Consideration of pace and comfort on the Time Based Art Festival’s second night.
Avatar photo Suzette Smith

“Oh, the performance has started,” Allie Hankins said, interrupting our conversation. She didn’t point, gesture, or treat the situation with immediacy, so I turned my head to find Takahiro Yamamoto in the crowd. NOTHINGBEING‘s choreographer / “instigator” stood in a throng of masked, golden hour-lit TBA festival attendees. They chatted in little clumps, in the […]

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