By now we all know the drill with PDX Pop Now!: Three glorious days of (Free! Local! All Ages!) music deep within the SE industrial district, all of your favorite bands, a few fresh-faced surprises, and a chance to watch the future of Portland music take shape right before your very eyes. This year’s PPN! festival will go down from July 22-24 at Refuge PDX (116 SE Yamhill), and click here to see the full lineup.

Ezra Ace Caraeff is the former Music Editor for the Mercury, and spent nearly a third of his life working at the paper. More importantly, he is the owner of Olive, the Mercury’s unofficial office dog....