Alicia J. Rose In the wee hours of Pickathon, after the other stages have gone dark, the Starlight Stage lights up, sending festgoers with tunes to carry them off to their campsites and sleeping bags. We’ve shown some exclusive videos of this late-night magic in this spring’s Starlight Series (check out clips of Sonny and […]
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Pickathon Starlight Series, Episode 2: Israel Nash
Israel Nash on Pickathon’s Starlight Stage. Tim LaBarge Here’s the exclusive new episode of the Pickathon Starlight Series, which was filmed at last summer’s Pickathon festival on their small Starlight Stage during the wee hours of the morning. The clip showcases a growling guitar showcase from Texas singer/songwriter Israel Nash. For this song, “Mansions,” Nash […]
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Pickathon Adds to 2016’s Lineup, Plus the Starlight Series Premiere!
Pickathon’s Starlight Stage Tim LaBarge Pickathon‘s announced some new additions to their lineup this year. Some great new performers have been added to the 2016 festival, which takes place at Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon, on August 5-7. Joining the ranks of Wolf Parade, Jeff Tweedy, Beach House, and many more are the following: […]
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Pickathon Slab Sessions, Episode 6: Summer Cannibals
Travis Button Here’s the latest Slab Session from Pickathon! We’ve posted a few of these already—intimate performances that were shot at last summer’s Pickathon on the mythic “slab” at Pendarvis Farm, a short hop away from the rest of the festival. This new clip is a very special one, featuring a stripped-down, brand-new track from […]
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Pickathon Lineup Announcement! And Slab Sessions, Episode 5: Joseph
Last night Pickathon announced the first part of its lineup for the 2016 festival at a special event at Revolution Hall (missed it? Click here or check out the poster above), and today, to celebrate, we’re posting the latest episode of our Slab Sessions series. This one’s pretty fantastic, with Oregon sister trio Joseph playing […]
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Pickathon Announces the First Round of Its 2016 Lineup
Pickathon’s 2016 mascot, “Stone E. Coyote.” Pickathon tickets went on sale early this morning, and tonight the Portland-area music festival announced the first round of acts playing this year’s festival at its lineup announcement party tonight at Revolution Hall. Amid performances from the Woolen Men, Fruit Bats, and the Easy Leaves, Pickathon revealed roughly 40 […]
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Pickathon Slab Sessions, Episode 4: Kevin Morby
Pickathon will be announcing the first part of its 2016 lineup at a special party at Revolution Hall on Monday, January 18, but if you can’t wait that long, we’ve got another special Slab Session for you. Continuing our exclusive series of videos you can’t see anywhere else, here’s Kevin Morby performing at the Pickathon […]
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Pickathon Slab Sessions, Episode 3: Grandparents
Travis Button Grandparents at Pickathon’s Slab Remember summer? It wasn’t so long ago, friend—a time of sunshine and golden-green and cutoffs and armpit funk and sweat dripping straight down through your eyebrows. And now it’s possible to shake off the chill and relive those magical, hot, hot days through this sweltering new video from Portland’s […]
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Pickathon Slab Sessions, Episode 2: Wand
Nehemiah Sliwoski Wand’s Cory Hanson The Portland Mercury and The Stranger are proud to host Pickathon‘s Slab Sessions, a video series filmed at this past summer’s Pickathon festival by Half Stop Sessions. During down time in between sets, a handful of Pickathon performers set up away from the bustling crowds to perform some intimate sessions […]
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Introducing Pickathon’s Slab Sessions: Episode 1 with the Weather Station
Travis Button The Weather Station at the Slab If your Pickathon itch is acting up, the Portland Mercury and our sister paper The Stranger have just the sweet relief you need. Oregon’s best music festival is confined to only a few days in highest summertime, but during those precious hours, there’s enough musical bounty to […]
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Pickathon Diaries: Pickathon Pic-athon 2015!
Katie Summer Viet Cong Katie Summer Sinkane This marked my fourth year in a row celebrating my birthday at the best place on earth, Pendarvis Farm, and my most playful Pickathon yet. Through a few years of experience I have learned to camp more, stress less, and stay open to being blown away by something […]
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Pickathon Diaries: Tearing up the Schedule
Photos by Autumn Andel. See all her incredible Pickathon 2015 pics here. After a decade of hearing about the greatness of Pickathon from friends, family, and strangers, I finally made my first trip to the farm this year. I live in Bend, so it’s a three-hour drive for me, and I got a later start […]