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Spin Cycle: Get Up to Get Down!

Earworm audio dispatches from formidable live acts near and far.

by Ryan J. Prado April 10, 2026 3:00 pmApril 10, 2026 3:09 pm

Somehow, until recently, I hadn’t yet attended any live shows at the Get Down—the subterranean Central Eastside venue thriving since its 2022 opening. With a flush of seasonably accurate sunshine tantalizing even the most curmudgeonly amongst us this past weekend in Portland, I made it a point to touch base with the venue during a […]

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Reborn to Lose

The Born Losers Are Back

Matthew W. SullivanSeptember 11, 2013 4:00 amJuly 12, 2022 7:52 pm

Anchorage/Portland punk band the Born Losers are back.

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Great Ideas Are Made in Oregon

A Kick-Ass Music Festival in One of the Weirdest Places on Earth

Maranda BishAugust 9, 2012 4:00 amJuly 12, 2022 7:47 pm

The Great Idea fest is a kick-ass music festival in one of the weirdest places on Earth.

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It’s the End of the World as We Know It

The Builders and the Butchers Welcome the Reckoning

Ezra Ace CaraeffFebruary 10, 2011 4:00 amJuly 12, 2022 7:39 pm

The Builders and the Butchers welcome the reckoning.

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Murder in the Air

The Builders and the Butchers’ Delayed Salvation

Ned LannamannJune 18, 2009 4:00 amJuly 12, 2022 7:30 pm

The Builders and the Butchers release their long-awaited sophomore
album.

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The People’s Junkyard Band

The Builders and the Butchers + Everyone Else

Ezra Ace CaraeffAugust 23, 2007 4:00 amJuly 12, 2022 7:22 pm

The original intention of the Builders and the Butchers was to make funeral music, but on the way to the cemetery something changed. Instead of heads hanging low and mournful elegies to the deceased, this local ensemble turned the funeral plot into a graveside party by way of the junkyard. Liberally grabbing from bluegrass, country, […]

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