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Shows of the Week: Che’s Underground Sounds Have Always Informed the Mainstream
What to see and hear this week.
Four Portland Record Stores to Keep in Heavy Rotation
Score top-notch vinyl at three new shops (and a newly relocated classic).
Wet Leg Proves They’re No One Hit Wonder at Revolution Hall
Stage effects were sometimes a bit much, but Wet Leg’s “moisturizer” tracks were as well-received as its biggest song, “Chaise Longue.”
Bikini Drone Squeezed Out the Last Drops of Summer at Leisure Public House
The vocalists’ timbres added a tenor section that helped punctuate their bandmates’ funk-disco jams.
Seattle Songwriter Dean Johnson Brings the Small, Everyday Interactions to Life
The artist opens for Gregory Alan Isakov at Edgefield on Sept. 7.
Shows of the Week: BendreTheGiant Takes the Stage for Holocene’s End of Summer Party
What to see and hear this week.
Shows of the Week: Toody Cole Honors the Late Fred Cole’s Birthday
What to see and hear this week.
Brent Knopf and Patti King Float in the ’80s With Their Synthy Duo Port Velvet
“There was an uncanny locus from whatever was in the water in 1983.”
Sounds of Rose City: Screenshot
Vinny White spoke with the post-rock band ahead of their Star Theater concert on Aug. 8.
Portland’s Music Community Rallies Around Burn Money Music Following Fire
iLoveMakonnen, Logan Lynn and Bocha are raising funds to help the music studio damaged by fire on Aug. 13.
Tekla Waterfield and Jeff Fielder Explore Postpartum Psychosis on New Album
The Seattle musicians preview their new album “Mother Mind” on Sept. 4 with Navid Eliot.
Beaverton Music Festival Returns on Saturday
Genres including country, folk, funk, rock and Motown will get played at the second annual festival on Aug. 23.