Music Stories "My dad used to sit by the phone and gig five nights a week," says 29-year-old Portland tenor saxophonist Dusty York of his father, Michael. But it's hard to get a paying gig these days. And with the ... More
Visions Of York
The Blue Monk may be jazz history, but Dusty York's making his own.
Music Stories "My dad used to sit by the phone and gig five nights a week," says 29-year-old Portland tenor saxophonist Dusty York of his father, Michael. But it's hard to get a paying gig these days. And with the ... More
Benefit for ? of the Mysterians, Saturday, May 12
Nuggets tribute benefits the mysterious, homeless and oblivious.
Music Stories [GARAGE-ROCK TRIBUTE] When I reached Question Mark—frontman for garage-rock legends ? and the Mysterians—via telephone at his Chicago hotel room, he had no idea there was to be a benefit f ... More
Poison Idea Returns to the Stage with...Dead Moon!?
News A week from Friday, Poison Idea will play their first show since much beloved guitarist Pig Champion passed away in January 2006. The local legends have played without Pig on and off for the last 10 years, and it seems they've waited a... More
The Ones, The Ones (Wax Vaccine)
The Ones elicit love, hate and something in between.
Music Stories [ROCK 'N' ROLL] I've heard the Ones described as both the best band in town and the worst. Which leads me to wonder: What could be so heinously awful or unbelievably awesome about a band whose music l ... More
Get Used To It
This year's best new bands take Portland one step closer to utopia.
Music Stories "I think there was a time when it was necessary for people to point out that it was going to be a queer show or a queer band," says New Bloods bassist Cassia Gammill. "Now it's a band, and queerness i ... More
FAILING RECORDS: A Compilation of Portland Music Volume 4 (Failing Records)
Failing's fourth comp earns your trust and then tests your limits.
Music Stories [MIXED BAG] If you're one of the 4,000 or so people who are expected (based on past sales) to pick up a copy of Failing Records: A Compilation of Portland Music Volume 4, you'll be getting two very di ... More
Rabbits, April 8 at Tube
Christ returns to Tube to wreak vengeance with vorpal Rabbits.
Music Stories [DOOM SLOP] Tube celebrates Christian holidays with metal. This past Christmas, for example, fashionable metalheads with mustaches unwrapped legendary low-tone project Thrones. But grateful for such a ... More
Clorox Girls, J'aime Les Filles (BYO Records)
Clorox Girls' latest release uses covers to get you under theirs.
Music Stories [PUNK POP] Clorox Girls has always been a sexually deceptive band. During the trio's first trip to Mexico City, frontman Justin Maurer attracted catcalls from many in the crowd who assumed from the ba ... More
Lyrics by Local Band Chanted During Soldier Effigy Burning
News By now you've probably gotten wind of what, in the ten days since the anti-war protest, has generated national attention. If you're just tuning in, a group of about 30 masked demonstrators burned the effigy of a soldier at the massive protest downtown. What you probably haven't heard is that a lyric from loca... More
Hey Lover, Hey Lover (Hovercraft Productions)
Hey Lover's all fun and games until somebody plays Kill the Arab.
Music Stories [EXUBERENCE] The most fun drummer in Portland is Hey Lover's Terah Beth Baltzer. Live, she bounces with such enthusiasm that her straight blond hair falls all over her face, forcing her to shake it ba ... More
Top Articles from Jason Simms
Tragic Inspiration
The inimitable sound and admirable ideals of the local hardcore legends you've never heard of. Down On The Corner, Out In The Street
How street performing earned one local man spare change—and an unwanted part in Rent. Broken Record
Riot Cop finds itself in bad company on a new punk comp Clit Ripper, In Front Of The Kids (Torn to Pieces)
Clit Ripper's latest is right on—except for those poorly chosen names. Grey Metal
Agalloch, Portland's greatest metal band, lurks in the shadows of the Pacific Northwest. Dried Out
Drunken Boat sobers up in the name of fans and goodwill. Goregon Massacre Festival, Friday & Saturday, June 22 & 23
PDX's second annual blood summit marks it capital of the undead nation. Shifting Gears
Jammin' 95.5 radio host PK gets outta the PlayHouse and into the bike lane. Clorox Girls, J'aime Les Filles (BYO Records)
Clorox Girls' latest release uses covers to get you under theirs. Music Art Resource Collective Body Art Benefit
A music benefit celebrates bare vampire breasts—and painted human ones.
The inimitable sound and admirable ideals of the local hardcore legends you've never heard of. Down On The Corner, Out In The Street
How street performing earned one local man spare change—and an unwanted part in Rent. Broken Record
Riot Cop finds itself in bad company on a new punk comp Clit Ripper, In Front Of The Kids (Torn to Pieces)
Clit Ripper's latest is right on—except for those poorly chosen names. Grey Metal
Agalloch, Portland's greatest metal band, lurks in the shadows of the Pacific Northwest. Dried Out
Drunken Boat sobers up in the name of fans and goodwill. Goregon Massacre Festival, Friday & Saturday, June 22 & 23
PDX's second annual blood summit marks it capital of the undead nation. Shifting Gears
Jammin' 95.5 radio host PK gets outta the PlayHouse and into the bike lane. Clorox Girls, J'aime Les Filles (BYO Records)
Clorox Girls' latest release uses covers to get you under theirs. Music Art Resource Collective Body Art Benefit
A music benefit celebrates bare vampire breasts—and painted human ones.
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