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Starfucker at Branx and Sasquatch: A Q/A with Shawn Glassford

About to take their “longest break from shows we’ve had in maybe three years” to continue working on their next, double LP, catch what’ll likely be Starfucker’s last two NW shows for a while: May 24 at Branx with UMO and Wampire and May 25 at Sasquatch!



Bumbershoot announces 2012 lineup

See the full list (as far as they’ve booked it today). M Ward will be there. / Photo by Autumn De Wilde


Brainfeeder to bring array of LA electro flavors to Rotture on May 9th

Created by electro-whiz Flying Lotus, Brainfeeder is an LA-based music collective that will showcase some of its rising stars, including Samiyam, Mono/Poly, and Ryat, on Wednesday, May 9th, at Rotture.


Live video: Sophie Barker streaming live from Music Millennium

Watch her perform live at 5pm via OMN and Stumptown Bliss.


Sophie Barker wraps up her U.S. tour with two shows in Portland on May 5th – OMN/Stumptown Bliss live streaming from Music Millennium on Saturday

The most recognizable voice from Zero 7′s “In the Waiting Line,” Sophie Barker shares her wistfully airy voice on her newest full length, ‘Seagull.’ See her perform at the White Eagle Saloon after her Music Millennium show this Saturday


Photos: Neon Indian, Lemonade and Silent Diane at the Doug Fir Lounge on 4/26/12
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Photos: Metronomy at the Rose Garden on 4/24/12
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Photos: Soul’d Out Music Festival 2012: SBTRKT and Machinedrum at the Wonder Ballroom on 4/18/12
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Neon Indian ready to get strange at the Doug Fir

Catch Neon Indian back at the Doug Fir again on Thursday, April 26. Tickets are already sold out but there will be a small quantity available at the door starting at 8pm.


Record Store Day: Saturday, April 21

Celebrate and support your Oregonian, indie record stores this Saturday. In return, they’ll shower you with special releases, super limited edition 7-inches, noteworthy collaborations, and freebies.


Seeking Justice: A Q/A with Gaspard Augé

The Parisian electronic party starters are set to rock a sold-out Roseland on Tuesday, April 24 as part of the Soul’d Out Music Festival. Until then, Justice’s Gaspard Augé discusses their second album and his distaste for “French” mustard.


Trust in town

Toronto’s Trust played Portland for the first time on April 15 at Rotture in support of their debut album “TRST.”


WTF?! What The Festival announces inaugural fest in White River Canyon, OR; lineup includes Beats Antique, Bonobo, Dillon Francis, Gold Panda, Emancipator, Paper Diamond and more

The inaugural What The Festival will take place from July 27 to 29 in the White River Canyon, 100 miles east of Portland, just outside of the boundaries of the Mt. Hood National Forest. Get the complete lineup (so far) here.


Miike Snow produces a zero-gravity hubbub at the Roseland

At the Roseland on Wednesday, April 11th, Miike Snow blasted far beyond the clean-cut limitations of their studio albums and had everyone moving and grooving on the dance floor.


Photos: Chairlift and Nite Jewel at Doug Fir Lounge on 4/8/12
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Your guide to the 2012 Soul’d Out Music Festival

Soul, Funk, Hip-Hop, Blues, Jazz, World, Electro and all hybrids. Two weeks of musical joy.


SXSW Report: Business and Pleasure

Each year thousands of musicians and music industry professionals migrate to the middle of Texas to that not-unlike-Portland-town of Austin for SXSW, the annual music festival and conference.


From LAX to PDX: YACHT on the small stage

It’s not often that YACHT plays Portland’s intimate clubs anymore so it was a treat to reminisce in the bittersweet lyrics “If I can’t go to heaven let me go to LA / Or the far West Texas desert or an Oregon summer day” at Mississippi Studios on Thursday night.


Video: Asher Fulero on his Keyboard Summit at the Goodfoot Lounge

He has gathered one talented mess of Portland’s finest keyboard players, backed by a hot band. Also, listen to a track from his new forthcoming album. / Photo by Zipporah Lomax


Holocene’s ROCKBOX is all about dance

Once a month Holocene hosts ROCKBOX, a collaboration of three local DJs bringing PDX partygoers what they want to hear.