Holy shoot! The three-day series of Open Season fashion shows—the Mercury‘s 10th annual!—starts on Monday already, which means that this is your last chance to scoop up a pair of series passes to all three evenings for freeeeee! (If you don’t get it, don’t sweat it: tickets per show are just $5, though they’ll jump […]
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Win Tickets to Warpaint!
Mia Kirby Quick, stock up on almond milk! LA four-piece Warpaint are coming to ransack Portland’s pantry next week, with a show at the Wonder Ballroom on Thursday, May 1. Celebrate May Day with the group, which recently released an excellent self-titled album and have steadily built up a reputation for their terrific, bewitching live […]
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Win Tickets to Anvil
Longtime Canadian metal band Anvil is coming back to Portland next week to blast the roof off the Hawthorne Theatre on Thursday, April 24. We got to know Anvil from the hit documentary a few years back, and now Lips, Robb Reiner, and Sal Italiano—gotta love those names—will be rocking out in the flesh, just […]
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Win Tickets to Goat
This is video of Swedish band Goat playing at 2013’s Glastonbury Festival. As you can see, the group performs in masks and costumes, and they refer to their performances as “rituals.” Whether it’s performance art or just a bunch of hippies in masks, Goat’s live show has earned quite a reputation. If you want to […]
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Win a Pair of Tickets to Chromeo at the Roseland!
Click play, and try to keep from wheeling your roll-y office chair around to the beat. See? You can’t do it! It’s the latest from disco-funk duo Chromeo, who are coming to the Roseland on Monday, April 14. Want to win a pair of tickets to the show? Shake a tail feather over to End […]
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Want to See Bryan Ferry for Free?
Next week, living legend Bryan Ferry comes to Portland Town, and you just got measurably suaver while reading this sentence. The British crooner will be running through his peerless repertoire of Roxy Music and solo favorites, and we want you to be there. Really. That’s why, for your pleasure, we’re giving away two pairs of […]
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Win Tickets to NO
I can’t quite vouch for the wisdom of naming your band NO (although another band named itself Yes, and that seemed to work out pretty well). But that’s what this LA six-piece has done—and NO has a fine new album called El Prado which is well worth a spin; fans of the National and Interpol […]
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Win Tickets to the Black Lips
Here’s a stream of the new Black Lips album, the seventh from the rascally Atlanta punk/pop/garage/oh-just-listen-to-thing-already-it’s-great band. Oh, and hey, we’re giving away tickets to their show at the Hawthorne Theatre on Saturday, March 29! That’s all happening on End Hits—click on over.
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KGW Employee Goes In-Depth On Old Town Poop for Vice
Old Town Chinatown is on everyone’s mind lately. The Oregonian recently published a series looking at its challenges, and the proposed economic development that could take it from dingy and underused to a haven for “workforce housing.” And the city was abuzz last week after Mayor Charlie Hales announced popular vacation listing site Airbnb is […]
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Win Tickets to St. Vincent
St. Vincent is coming to the Crystal Ballroom! On Monday, March 24, Annie Clark will bring her skewed, polymorphous, very modern rock to the Portland stage, and we’re giving away a pair of tickets to the show! To enter to win, it’s just a hop, skip, and jump—actually, it’s easier than that, it’s just a […]
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Last Chance! Win Tickets to this Weekend’s MALT BALL!
OKAY, CHEAPOS! Here is your very last chance to win tickets to what has been called, “objectively, the best event ever”—okay, fine, I was the one who called it that, but I’m right. IT’S THE MALT BALL! Read all about it in detail here, but in short, it’s a two day festival featuring tons of […]
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Win Tickets to Party Boyz Ladiez Night with Sallie Ford’s New Band
Jason Quigley Sallie Ford’s new band This Friday night, Sallie Ford‘s new group plays its first official show, apart from their participation in a Lou Reed tribute night at Dante’s a few weeks back. Ford and her new backing band—which includes drummer Amanda Spring (from Point Juncture, WA), guitarist/bassist Anita Lee Elliott (from Viva Voce), […]