Music (Sigh) Another musician is leaving our small town for the bright lights of a bigger city. This time, it’s Animal Farm’s talented MC/producer/manager Gen. Erik. On “Dear Portland,” the Focused Noise CEO writes a break-up song for his old flame (Stumptown), explaining that he’ll always love her, but is taking off with a much better-dressed, well-connected lady friend that can help him su...   More

Music Man, times are tough these days. Oregon is back at number 2 in terms of national unemployment rate rankings, which is where the state was when the recession supposedly “ended,” and Portlanders are feeling it. NPR reported earlier this year that wages in the city are sometimes ...   More

Music Sleepyvillain has the type of name that people think they recognize, but really don’t. When I asked my editor if he'd ever heard of the Portland-based musician, he quickly answered, “I think so,” only to realize he was probably thinking of the local hip-hop artist Sleep, or local MC Sleepyhead. The confusion should not deter you: Sleepvillain’s music, despite not being very well-known even...   More

Bar Reviews Apparently, in Belgium, bar food is both delicious and served at ridiculously low prices. Can’t afford a plane ticket? No worries. Portland’s own Bazi Bierbrasserie (1522 SE 32nd Ave., 234-8888,   More

Music Photos by McKenna Johnson.Yesterday afternoon, hoards of music fans ventured to Southeast’s Produce Row Café, where they were treated to cheap drinks and great music as part of the Do-over, a Los Angeles-bred afternoon dance party featuring some of the West Coast’s most prominent up-and-coming DJs. Hosted by Adidas, the event—the latest in a series of PDX Do-Over dates—gave...   More

Music In today’s musical landscape, the mashing of genres is not only customary, but also an expected occurrence by a generation of listeners that has grown fond of pushing the guidelines of what certain types of music ought to sound like. Ray Charles combining gospel with rhythm and blues was innovative at the time, but now seems pretty straightforward compared to the outlandish mishmash of sounds ba...   More

Top 5 Toby Keith, “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” After 9/11, country badass Toby Keith warned the terrorists responsible that they would be punished for crossing “Mother Freedom” by getting   More

Music The first time I had ever heard of local hip-hop legend Cool Nutz was a tattered hand-drawn flyer on a Killingsworth streetlight post that read, “I Hate Cool Nutz.” I assumed that these signs, which were plastered all over Northeast Portland close to a decade ago, were meant to degrade the now 20-year hip-hop veteran, publicly showing someone’s distaste with his music. That same week, as I e...   More