This is a video of very good band called Crushed Out. Like what you see? Then jump over to End Hits, where we’re giving away a pair of tickets to see ’em at Mississippi Studios on Thursday, January 31! Go on and win.
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Hovercraft Records Showcase and Giveaway
This Thursday, January 10, one of Portland’s trustiest DIY record labels, Hovercraft Records, is hosting a showcase at ye olde Doug Fir Lounge, with a stacked bill of the label’s finest, loudest bands (Clorox Girls, the Suicide Notes, Guantanamo Baywatch, Boom!, Hey Lover, Courtney and the Crushers, Pataha Hiss, the No Tomorrow Boys). There’s much […]
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Win Tickets to Radiation City
Michael Harper It’s a giving time of year, and we’re giving away a pair of tickets to see Radiation City on New Year’s Eve Eve (that’s Sunday, December 30). Click on over to End Hits to get yours!
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Win Tickets to Lavender Diamond
Autumn de Wilde Wipe those tears away, and jump on over to End Hits for a chance to win a pair of tickets to see Lavender Diamond at the Doug Fir tomorrow night! I mean, if you want too.
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Free Advice
At a time of year when people are wrestling with the pressing questions of their lives (Why am I estranged from/codependent on my family? Am I a failure because I can’t afford to buy better gifts/spend the holidays in Hawaii? What should my new year’s resolution be? Does this reindeer sweater make me look fat, […]
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(Legal) Free Pie Today
The Honey Pot A Recent Marionberry Pie. The Honey Pot Bakery, whose heart-lifting story of Thanksgiving thievery and community support recently wowed all those who had dashed their hat to the ground and thrown up their hands at this whole “humanity” thing, is giving away free pie this afternoon from 2-3pm. The offer is limited […]
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Win TIckets to King Tuff, White Fang, and the Mean Jeans
King Tuff + White Fang + The Mean Jeans = FUN. This math lesson is brought to you buy our current giveaway, in which you have the chance to win two tickets to see these three (awesome) bands at the Doug Fir on Sunday night. It’s gonna be a nutso freaky party, daddy, so go […]
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Win Tickets to the Cave Singers
The Cave Singers just announced their new album, due out in March, and that’s a brand-new song up there. You can learn more about that on End Hits, PLUS win a pair of tickets to see the Seattle band at the Doug Fir on Thursday. Click on over to win! That show is just about […]
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Win Tickets to Death Grips!
This Saturday night, confrontational hiphop outfit Death Grips plays the Star Theater. It will be all the things a good show will be—loud, sweaty, energetic, and just a little bit dangerous. We wrote about Death Grips in this week’s issue, so once you are done reading that, head over to End Hits to enter our […]
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Win Tickets to Lawrence Arabia
There’s no “of”—it’s simply Lawrence Arabia, the name behind shambling, churchyard folk-pop that’s both haunting and comfortable, drawing comparisons to the Zombies, Serge Gainsbourg, and the more melancholy strains of the Beatles. Lawrence Arabia is primarily the work of New Zealander James Milne, who seems to have perfectly captured the late-autumn damp of our fair […]
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Win Tickets to the Next Waltz!
Mirifoto Morgan Geer performs “Mystery Train” at 2011’s The Next Waltz. On Friday, November 23 and Saturday, November 24 at the Alberta Rose Theatre, a staggering list of Portland musicians will be recreating the Band’s The Last Waltz, the Thanksgiving farewell concert they performed in 1976 with a huge array of guests. It’s called The […]
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Win Tickets to Titus Andronicus
The splendid, majestic Titus Andronicus are playing Branx on Friday, November 16 on the heels of their excellent new Local Business album. And we’re giving away a pair of tickets to the show! Click on over to End Hits to get into it. (Or buy your tickets here, like a mere mortal.)