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Forty Feet Tall Scream at 2025 So Far in Brand New LP Out Today Titled, "Clean The Cage" - Early Access Review

08/22/2025 | 0 comments

By Tobias Wisner // The heavyweight Portland Post-Punk rockers have come up with their best material I’ve heard from them so far. Framing the record as “a dichotomy,” the band oscillates ...

CRIMEWAVE: A Darkwave Party at Holocene, Aug. 28th - Preview

08/21/2025 | 0 comments

By MATT HANSEN // Dance party celebrating the darker side of dance music will be at Holocene next Thursday

Die Sexual, July 18th at Star Theater - Preview

07/03/2025 | 0 comments

By MATT HANSEN // LA dark electronic duo will open for Matte Blvck at Star Theater on the Holy Wars Tour

Bullet For My Valentine & Trivium's 'The Poison Ascendancy' Tour. BOSTON, MASS. May 02, 2025 / Photos & Review

05/15/2025 | 0 comments

by Alison Webster // There are many times when Portland, Oregon gets passed up by huge international tours, so I will have to travel to get coverage of many touring bands. This time, I flew to Philadelphia, ...

Transcendence at Theater of the Clouds with Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds 5/10/2025

05/15/2025 | 0 comments

By ANTHONY PIDGEON // Nick Cave’s current Wild God tour, supporting his latest album of the same name, is his first North American performance with The Bad Seeds in 7 years, and last Saturday at ...

Cruelties + Thieves, June 5th at Twilight Cafe - Preview

05/13/2025 | 0 comments

By MATT HANSEN // San Diego darkwave artist will team up with Thieves (Ministry Tribute) and PlasticBlood for a show that fully acknowledges the turbulence of our times

H⊗mo Superior: An X-Men Themed Queer Dance Party & Drag Show at The Get Down, May 17th - Preview

04/28/2025 | 0 comments

By MATT HANSEN // Drag event celebrating Marvel's mutants is now in it's third year and features even more celebrity guests and live performances

XTR Human, May 8th at The Coffin - Preview

04/24/2025 | 0 comments

By MATT HANSEN // German EBM industrial artist returns to The Coffin on The Sledgehammer Tour

Marie Davidson at Holocene on 4/10/25 - Review

04/14/2025 | 0 comments

By MATT HANSEN // Canadian electronic producer made her Portland live debut at Holocene touring in support of the album 'City of Clowns'

Treefort Music Fest: Local DJ Scene (Interview)

03/30/2025 | 0 comments

By MATT HANSEN // Idaho based DJs performing at Treefort this weekend fill us in on the Boise scene

JoJo with Emmy Meli at Roseland Theater on 03/09/2025

03/23/2025 | 0 comments

By CHRISTINA HALL // JoJo shared that this was a year of vulnerability and how it's a great way to find that others feel the same way and that you are not alone

Melissa Aldana at the Old Church Concert Hall, March 4th, 2025-PSU Jazz Ensemble/George Colligan. - Review

03/13/2025 | 0 comments

By MICHAEL SHOEHORN CONLEY // A master class and a concert from saxophonist Melissa Aldana. Both inspiring.

Treefort Music Fest: March 26th - 30th in Boise, Idaho

03/10/2025 | 0 comments

By MATT HANSEN // Complete list of Oregon bands playing Treefort this year

PSU Jazz Band with Melissa Aldana: March 4th, 2025, 7pm, The Old Church PSU Jazz Band with Melissa Aldana / Preview

02/26/2025 | 0 comments

By MICHAEL SHOEHORN CONLEY // Melissa Aldana, a native of Chile, has been making a name for herself as one of the great saxophonists in today’s jazz world. She was recently named Downbeat magazine’s ...

Portland's Folk Festival Moments 2025

02/24/2025 | 0 comments

By MIKE PENK and BOB HOWARD // Photos by DEBRA PENK // A dream comes true, after six years Fox and Bones bring national attention to the Portland folk scene.

Kerry King w/Municipal Waste and Alien Weaponry at the Roseland Theater on 01/19/25 Photos

01/31/2025 | 0 comments

By BENJAMIN MAH //

Portland's Folk Festival Kicks Off This Weekend at McMenamins Crystal Ballroom

01/15/2025 | 0 comments

By BOB HOWARD // Act now, Portland's Folk Festival is the hottest ticket in town hopefully...it's not sold out

Portland bass legend talks about Bobby Rush

12/20/2024 | 0 comments

By Rob Shoemaker // The long-time bass player in Norman Sylvester's band went to see Bobby Rush at Jack London. His impressions.

Fox No Bones at Al's Den

12/03/2024 | 0 comments

By MIKE PENK // Photos by DEBRA PENK // A full house was treated to a rare solo concert by Sarah Vitort

Mann Releases 2nd Track of Next Metal Album

11/19/2024 | 0 comments

By Bob Howard//Portland Bassist Extraordinaire, Lisa Mann, awakens her inner crone to the bone

(P)reviews

Forty Feet Tall Scream at 2025 So Far in Brand New LP Out Today Titled, "Clean The Cage" - Early Access Review

By Tobias Wisner // The heavyweight Portland Post-Punk rockers have come up with their best material I’ve heard from them so far. Framing the record as “a dichotomy,” the band oscillates between the dreamy and melancholic to the enraged and thrashing seamlessly - channeling the exasperation, sadness, and anger this year has brought for many Americans who possess eyes, ears, and the ability to read. The official album release show is slated for Saturday, August 23rd at The Get Down - featuring support from The Macks and Buddy Wynkoop.

CRIMEWAVE: A Darkwave Party at Holocene, Aug. 28th - Preview

By MATT HANSEN // Dance party celebrating the darker side of dance music will be at Holocene next Thursday

Die Sexual, July 18th at Star Theater - Preview

By MATT HANSEN // LA dark electronic duo will open for Matte Blvck at Star Theater on the Holy Wars Tour

Bullet For My Valentine & Trivium's 'The Poison Ascendancy' Tour. BOSTON, MASS. May 02, 2025 / Photos & Review

by Alison Webster // There are many times when Portland, Oregon gets passed up by huge international tours, so I will have to travel to get coverage of many touring bands. This time, I flew to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the gorgeous city of Boston, Massachusetts to experience the Bullet For My Valentine & Trivium's 'The Poison Ascendancy' Tour, which has been taking place throughout Europe, The States & Canada in 2025.

Transcendence at Theater of the Clouds with Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds 5/10/2025

By ANTHONY PIDGEON // Nick Cave’s current Wild God tour, supporting his latest album of the same name, is his first North American performance with The Bad Seeds in 7 years, and last Saturday at Theater of the Clouds in Portland, 3,000 lucky fans experienced nearly 3 hours of inspired collaboration.

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Mary Flower and PJCE together again for the first time / Coffeeshop Conversations #442

Jul 25, 2025

By TOM D'ANTONI // One of the most unusual and looked-forward-to musical events of this or any other year, Mary Flrower playing with the Portland Jazz Composers Orchestra "a night of musical fusion where fingerstyle roots blossom into Jazz band brilliance." Friday, August 29, kicking off the 2025 Montavilla Jazz Festival.

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