Hear In Portland

Dry January is right! Portland’s music scene isn’t usually flush with live shows this time of year—even with the welcome addition of Portland Music Month—but with last weekend’s snow cancellations and our current citywide slow thaw, the music column this week is all about a stalwart hip-hop collab, a dreamy new single, and a music […]

In the music column this week: We’re looking at this will they or won’t they weekend weather and showcasing some shows to make plans about—never fear, only one of them is this weekend.

Cozy Blossom Sunday Sessions Show
Cool Nutz supports Too $hort’s Portland stop
Jay Si Proof’s album release show calls for costumes!

In this week’s music column:
The debut record by Portland-based neo-soul singer-songwriter Julia Logue will brighten your dark winter days
Golden Boy headline a show at Portland Music Month
The incredible Jamila Woods visits Portland in February

From our Hear in Portland music column this week:
Untraditional Christmas songs from notable locals
Your last a chance to relax to live music before Christmas craziness hits
Portlanders can see Y La Bamba in January—as part of Portland Music Month!

Our music column this week:
A new collab from a Portlander who just moved away 😢
A New Year’s Eve show where you might end up on a rooftop 🌹
And a show to add to your January calendar—it’s about to be Portland Music Month!

Hear in Portland this week:
The Thesis celebrates nine years of lit, local-focus hip-hop!
Ms. Arietta Ward throws you a party for HER birthday
Two prolific Pacific Northwest drag queens roast the holidays.

What music shows could warrant braving all this WEATHER? We’ve got some hot ones HEAR IN PORTLAND.

Check out our music column this week to read about a hip-hop showcase celebrating nine years of lit, local-focus shows, an eccentric birthday show for one of Portland’s most seasoned soul singers and the holiday season’s unmissable duo drag queen blowout at the Schnitz.

Hear in Portland music news this week:
“Just Have Fun!”—the new joint EP from Covi. & Drae Slapz—is… really fun!
Jenny Don’t and the Spurs headline a New Year’s Eve cowboy prom
Portlanders reeling from the 1905 closure, check out Keys Lounge

Your music news Hear in Portland this week:
One of the area’s most beloved nonprofits is raising funds to start an all-ages venue
Portland rapper-producer Fountaine farewell shows
Ural Thomas and the Pain headline a stacked New Year’s Eve bill

Our swift immersion into the busy holiday season means a slow season—for concerts and releases—is also upon us. Still, there’s a local rap show to get into next week, a Cameroonian-American multi-instrumentalist pushing the boundaries of indie rock at a Mississippi Studios, and a diverse array of musical genres and sounds coming up on the […]

A new full length album from Portland-based rapper Milc
A song written from the perspective of our music columnist’s boisterous and goofy 75-pound dog—it’s good!
How is this Beyoncé dance night not sold out?
We’ve got your fresh local music updates happening Hear in Portland.

Pickathon favorite Butcher Brown tours through to support Solar Music
Portland’s date with Wynne approaches
Revolutions Per Movie’s first live podcast taping—with R.E.M.’s Peter Buck!
Here’s the good music news, Hear in Portland!

This show-heavy Hear in Portland update has details on Portland’s date with Wynne, Pickathon favorite Butcher Brown’s December show, and Revolutions Per Movie’s first live podcast taping—with R.E.M.’s Peter Buck! Read our weekly music column by regular Mercury contributor Jenni Moore!