Whitney Captivates Audience at Revolution Hall
As April 12 approached and Portland’s rain refused to relent, I have to admit, I almost sold off my ticket to Whitney’s sold out show. It’s not …
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“Just a bunch of weirdos”: An interview with Moon Hooch’s Mike Wilbur
By Eva Love Ever since they were discovered in the subways of New York, Moon Hooch has made a name for itself as a powerful, experimental jazz …
Red Hot Chili Peppers concert review
The audience at a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert is a lot like what I imagine the audience at a Trump rally would be: overwhelmingly white, with …
Icelandic quartet Kaleo takes the Crystal Ballroom
IT IS A RITE OF passage for artists to struggle before achieving success in the music industry: traveling from city to city, staying in cheap motels and …
Basement live show review
By Harrison Puterbaugh BASEMENT’S CURRENT North American tour comes after some prolonged apprehension as to the direction of the band. Officially broken up since the This is …
Frankie Cosmos tweets Portland to a beautiful, sweaty concert
By Ben Weinstein THERE WAS something heartwarming about attending a sold out Frankie Cosmos show in Portland, 2,894.5 miles away from her home in New York City …
Rise of the sadboy: Yung Lean’s place within pop culture
BY CADE MILLER YUNG LEAN is the perfect example of an artist that could’ve only existed and rose to prominence through the power of the internet and …
Sitting down with Citizen: the Midwestern rockers talk aging, insecurity, and being a group of kids out on a headlining tour
BY MOLLY KIEFER & BEN WEINSTEIN MICHIGAN/OHIO quintet Citizen have been on the road since early March in support of their latest LP, “Everybody Is Going to Heaven,” …
Malian group Songhoy Blues brings the funk to Portland
BY LESLIE MUIR WHEN ALIOU TOURÉ took the stage on Monday night at the Doug Fir Lounge, he clutched his guitar close. With a sweeping look at …
Carly Rae Jepsen gives Portland a truly “Super Tuesday”
By Ben Weinstein /// Arts Editor It’s unfortunate that this clarification needs to be made, but based on comments I’ve received throughout the past few weeks I …
LC Orchestra Stuns Flanagan Chapel
By Sydney Owada /// Opinions Editor A conversation between violin, cello, and piano filled Flanagan Chapel at the start of the Lewis & Clark Orchestra’s performance, and Claude Debussy’s …