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10 min read 2022-03-08 02:53:57

Portland garage/punk outfit Spoon Benders talk science, horror and the future

Edgy, witty, and entrancingly dark, Spoon Benders walk a musical line that straddles goth and classic garage rock. Drawing inspiration from legends

1 min read 2021-09-14 01:00:00

Alien Boy is among us once again! Well, really, they never left. The self described “loud gay band from Portland, OR,” released their sophomore

14 min read 2020-11-01 06:10:55

Listening to Floating Room’s new EP, Tired and True, for the first time: I was driving, smoke from the wildfires pressing down to the shoulders of

8 min read 2020-08-14 03:11:00

Cry Babe is two words and the story of three best friends making music and winning. After all, when life gives you lemons, you don’t have to settle

8 min read 2020-05-29 02:54:58

Jenny Logan couldn’t have timed the release of her band Deathlist’s latest album, You Won’t Be Here for Long, any better. Steeped in gloom,

10 min read 2020-02-04 00:00:00

Bryson Cone rides the line between dream and nightmare, flourishing in the subconscious space that’s just beyond comfortable and not yet scary.

6 min read 2019-10-19 02:56:52

Photo by: Eirinn Gragson Singer-songwriter, guitarist, doom metal harmonist, highway enthusiast, full-moon-wary Laura Palmer is the artist alter ego

6 min read 2019-07-14 16:00:33

Photo by Eirinn Gragson Bud Wilson has been releasing wild technicolor indie rock under the monicar Aan for over 10 years now. In that time, he and a

6 min read 2019-05-18 00:14:36

It’s the age old question: if you’re stranded on an island and can only bring three movies, three books, three albums, what do you bring? Well,

7 min read 2019-04-08 21:04:37

Photo by Eirinn Gragson Amenta Abioto works in layers that overlap and intersect — layers she lays down then pulls away, revealing something