Music Stories Sitting down for coffee in the Ace Hotel lobby, Pete Swanson is quite a sight. He flew back to Portland the day before, returning home from New York, where the prolific experimental musician att More
Man on the Run
For prolific experimentalist Pete Swanson, there’s no such thing as a vacation.
Music Stories Sitting down for coffee in the Ace Hotel lobby, Pete Swanson is quite a sight. He flew back to Portland the day before, returning home from New York, where the prolific experimental musician att More
Danny Corn: Friday, Jan. 4
An EDM lifer talks the past, present and future of electronic music.
Music Stories [ELECTRONIC] In the past 20 years, there have been at least three upswings in the popularity of electronic music: the rave/ecstasy period of the early ’90s; the big-beat and trip-hop explosion More
Primer: Keane
Music Stories Formed: In 1997 in Battle, East Sussex, England. Sounds like: A respectful embrace of modestly attractive thirtysomethings outside a well-scrubbed cafe in drizzling twilight as patrons mirthlessl More
Portland Exceptionalism
The best local albums of 2012.
Music Stories Admit it: You love lists. C’mon, you know you’re reading every single “Best of 2012” piece, either nodding with the satisfaction of having your own opinions validated or boiling with anger More
The Best From Everywhere Else 2012
Our music writers’ favorite albums of 2012 not made by their neighbors.
Music Stories Aesop Rock, Skelethon The old-school indie MC breaks a five-year silence with a characteristic torrent of impassioned poetry over rock-influenced beats. JONATHAN FROCHTZWAJG. Ava L More
The Best of Everything Else 2012
We didn’t just sit around listening to records all year. Some of us actually left the house.
Music Stories Best Show Almost No One Saw: Matthew Shipp Trio It was quite a surprise to find Jimmy Mak’s not even one-third full for a rare Portland appearance by powerhouse pianist Matthew Shipp and his t More
The Last of the Jewish Cowboys
The profanity and the profundity of Kinky Friedman.
Music Stories Remember Ann Richards? The former Texas governor, famous for the giant cotton ball on her head and for warning Girl Scouts about “Prince Charming on a motorcycle with a beer gut and a wandering More
Con Bro Chill: Saturday, Dec. 22
Are these guys serious? Very serious. Sort of.
Music Stories [GOOF POP] You know Con Bro Chill is readying for a video shoot when it looks like a rainbow exploded in the band’s garage. Neon-colored duct tape—a motif running through the five YouTube hits More
Primer: Paul Di’Anno
Music Stories Born: In 1958 in London.
Sounds like: Early Iron Maiden songs performed by less capable players who have not taken very good care of themselves.
For fans of: Iron Maiden, Blaze Bayley, Tim “Ripper
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Garage Days
Portland’s Woolen Men graduate from tapes to vinyl. Is world domination next?
Music Stories Stuffed into a booth at My Father’s Place, the three men who make up the Woolen Men wear serious expressions as they talk about touring and their place in the continuum of Portland’s punk- and More
Top Articles from Music Stories
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Why doesn’t Portland’s best band get along? You’re The Best—Around!
The WW music staff picks their best albums of 2011. Rhythm And Booze
Drinking with Destroyer’s Dan Bejar. The Rise and Fall and Rise of Starfucker
State Of The Artistery
An important Portland all-ages venue says goodbye (and good luck). One Small Dubstep
What is the dance music subgenre dubstep, exactly? Depends on who’s dancing. Samurai Jazz
Swiss pianist Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin gives experimental jazz its groove back. Just A Hobby
Fernando Viciconte tried to quit music. His friends wouldn’t let him. The Sound And The Fury
Kelli Schaefer takes a leap of faith. Ween: An Abbreviated History
Tracing the ascent of music’s most gleefully unclassifiable psychopaths.
Why doesn’t Portland’s best band get along? You’re The Best—Around!
The WW music staff picks their best albums of 2011. Rhythm And Booze
Drinking with Destroyer’s Dan Bejar. The Rise and Fall and Rise of Starfucker
State Of The Artistery
An important Portland all-ages venue says goodbye (and good luck). One Small Dubstep
What is the dance music subgenre dubstep, exactly? Depends on who’s dancing. Samurai Jazz
Swiss pianist Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin gives experimental jazz its groove back. Just A Hobby
Fernando Viciconte tried to quit music. His friends wouldn’t let him. The Sound And The Fury
Kelli Schaefer takes a leap of faith. Ween: An Abbreviated History
Tracing the ascent of music’s most gleefully unclassifiable psychopaths.
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