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The Sun Ra Arkestra Descends Upon Hollywood Theatre

The nearly yearly occurance has become a pilgrimage for both the Arkestra and Portland. 
Corbin Smith

He is a miracle of the highest order, a grand eccentric, and true genius of the cosmos. A peerless 20th century composer, a poet, a brilliant pianist, a live performance visionary, one of the greatest to ever have lived. A man who may or may not have tripped to Saturn, where the doomed pettiness of […]

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Concert Review: Riding the Synth Wave with Olivia Block + Pete Swanson + Seth Nehil

Compelling and confusing experimental grooves on a laid-back Sunday night at Holocene.
Avatar photo Holly Hazelwood

Southeast Morrison’s Holocene is easily one of the best places in Portland for music that feels like Capital-A “Art.” Artists like Chicago’s greatest unsung avant-garde pioneer Olivia Block, former Yellow Swans synth maestro Pete Swanson, and Hopscotch art installation contributor Seth Nehil are perfect for a space like this. Will you get to dance? Maybe—but […]

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Live Show Review: Haley Heynderickx Debuted New Songs at Her Friday April 14 Solo Show

Fans gazed up at Heynderickx with a mix of holy reverence and girl crush.
Avatar photo Rose Wong

For those who eagerly await the follow up to Haley Heynderickx debut album, “I Need to Start a Garden” here are some things we noticed about new tracks she debuted at her solo show on April 14.
Are you eagerly awaiting new work from Portland-based singer-songwriter Haley Heynderickx? She showed off some new songs at her solo show, on April 14. Here’s what we noticed:

New tracks suggest humans have forsaken the natural world.
Humans have forsaken the natural world, new tracks from the Portland-based singer-songwriter seemed to suggest.
Fans gazed up at Heynderickx with a mix of holy reverence and girl crush. 
The Portland-based singer-songwriter went from sneaking into Mississippi Studios shows to headlining onstage.

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Live Review: Andy Shauf Plays The Neon Skyline at Revolution Hall, Portland’s Drunk Dads Yell Questions About His Guitar

Avatar photo Suzette Smith

The expression you wear when dads in the audience are yelling your song titles like stadium chants. Colin Medley The crowd in attendance to see Andy Shauf, at Revolution Hall on Monday, was a little too antsy for a seated performance. You could hear it in the quips that a variety of dads and browned-out-drunk […]

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Who’s Last, for Real This Time: The Who at Moda Center, May 17, 2016

Ned Lannamann

Christopher Keith Garcia “Let’s get together before we get much older.” It’s not very likely. Last night the Who played Portland for what is probably going to be the final time, and it was, against virtually every odd in the book, absolutely fantastic. The original band’s two surviving members—Roger Daltrey, 72, and Pete Townshend, who […]

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Chairlift and Lydia Ainsworth—Mississippi Studios, Wed March 23

Autumn Andel

All photos by Autumn Andel.Click on each photo for a larger version. Even if you were not familiar with the Mississippi neighborhood, you could identify Mississippi Studios—where Wednesday night’s sold-out Chairlift show took place—from blocks away by the rare sight of a prodigious tour bus parked outside its doors. Chairlift, the electropop project initiated by […]

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