Hear In Portland

This week the cold rolled in to duet with Portland’s seasonally appropriate perma-rain. And while we want you to stay warm, we also want you soaking in these listen-worthy happenings in Portland’s active music scene. For instance, the rapper behind one of the summer’s bounciest tracks is about to headline the Thesis’ second to last […]

A fire repair benefit for Mississippi Records challenges you to dress like our favorite (or not!) album cover
Dial into the slowed down + reverb version of Karma Rivera and Chilifa Nem’s “Taraji P”
We consider Providence Park’s recently announced glow-up possibilities
Get into the music news—Hear in Portland

Just a week before Christmas, the Domo Branch and Charlie Brown will lead the 17-piece Brown Branch Big Band in tribute to jazz legend Count Basie.

Domo Branch and Charlie Brown will lead the 17-piece Brown Branch Big Band in tribute to jazz legend Count Basie, Portland-based Nigerian singer-songwriter Izzy Baba Melo drops “Something Huge,” and there are many, excellent places to catch A Beat happening, but this one is free. Get into these local music happenings, right Hear in Portland. 

•Brown Branch Big Band honor jazz legend Count Basie
• Portland-based Nigerian singer-songwriter Izzy Baba Melo drops “Something Huge”
• The many, excellent places to catch A Beat Happening
• Get into these local music happenings, right Hear in Portland. 

Domo Branch and Charlie Brown III offer a modern twist to jazz legend Count Basie at a holiday tribute show.

•Brown Branch Big Band honor jazz legend Count Basie
• Portland-based Nigerian singer-songwriter Izzy Baba Melo drops “Something Huge”
• The many, excellent places to catch A Beat Happening
• Get into these local music happenings, right Hear in Portland. 

The weather is reliably soggy, and the world is dark right now; we don’t know about y’all, but we are ready for some premature holiday cheer, chill beats, and “SOMETHING HUGE.” Get into these local music happenings, right Hear in Portland.

Of course Chris Slusarenko should have a music and film podcast.

The frontman of Eyelids and former owner of Clinton Street Video, Chris Slusarenko started a podcast. Plus, we’re sobbing about Dame D.O.L.L.A.’s “Farewell” and vibing with A Beat Happening at OMSI—this week Hear in Portland.

PDX Pop Now! for Fall, NYC rap duo Armand Hammer at Polaris Hall, and Dame D.O.L.L.A features in yet another soft focus music video shot in a Portland rose garden. This is your local music news Hear in Portland.

No more leaving town for a bit—we’re staying HEAR IN PORTLAND to catch up on Dani Danger’s debut music video, and a powerful song about trans erasure from Bijoux Cone. Plus, there’s still time to check out the final shows at the Doug Fir’s soon-to-close Jupiter Hotel location.

Greetings from the season of Wynne.

This column became a regular Wynne update so gradually… no, we knew. New Wynne single alert! Great experimental pop show alert! And Travis Scott added a second Moda Center show. This is the week… Hear in Portland!

This week is filled with happy local music developments, like Wynne invited lots of local hip-hop talent to support her upcoming “Some Like It Hot” tour—from Mic Capes, to Bocha and Donte Thomas, to 3Way Heff—but we’ve got some even more exciting music news afoot. This week we’re over the moon about The Thesis on […]

Alright folks, there’s only about a month of summer left and it’s wrapping up quite nicely, if we do say so ourselves. The summer concert season leads into a very busy fall show calendar, and we are here for it. This week we’re jazzed about an exciting Pink Martini show at McMenamins Grand Lodge, a […]

•Orquestra Pacifico Tropicale promises new songs and a third album
•Dani Danger’s gorgeous new “Addicted to Love” is good listening for the inevitable traffic jam at the 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, Jeremih concert.

Sit down Portland. Portland-based high femme artist Maarquii has announced a final show. Take heart, Portland. Dame D.O.L.L.A announced the release date for his next album, and the St. Johns Kidz Outside Festival is bound to be a guaranteed good time. Catch up on the music news Her in Portland!