Music Blog
The second day of the Non-COMMvention featured Willie Nelson, Brandi Carlile, The Walkmen, Zeus, and Nada Surf among the highlights.
There's a hot Memorial Day weekend ahead rain or shine at Bend's Les Schwab Amphitheater, with headliners The Shins and Beck bookending the action Friday and Sunday. We've got ticket pairs for both and we're just giving them away!
The 2-disc, 41-track collection is once again an intriguing collection of knowns and unknowns covering a gigantic slice of the Portland music scene. The release show happens June 7th at Holocene.
Notes and photos from the 2012 Non-Comm gathering of triple-A stations in Philadelphia, where Father John Misty, JD McPherson, and Lee Fields & The Expressions provided musical highlights.
Jackpot Records' Issac Slusarenko lists some of the records that have helped define his 15 years as the store's owner. Jackpot! Recording and Jackpot Records celebrate their dual anniversaries Friday night with a stellar lineup at the Bagdad Theater.
The soaring, Hopelandic-singing quartet from Iceland introduces their first studio album in four years worldwide tonight. Listen to Valtari in its entirety here beginning at 7.
The former Portlander and rare-voiced singer-songwriter returns to town, playing the Doug Fir with opener Stefan Jecusco.
Local filmmaker James Winters pays homage to the memory of MCA with this spot-on re-creation of the Beastie Boys' classic "Sabotage" video. Even better? He cast his kids as the stars.
Portland band The Upsidedown returned from a year-long hiatus with a set opening for Sleepy Sun Sunday night at Mississippi Studios.
The singer for the long-running Florida-based band has dealt with gender dysphoria for years, plans to begin living as a woman.
Current Top Plays on opbmusic:
1. Jack White: Blunderbuss
2. Father John Misty: Fear Fun
3. Dr. John: Locked Down
4. Moonface: With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery
5. M. Ward: A Wasteland Companion
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