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Once More With Feelingnew
Born Felipe Coronel in a South American military hospital, Immortal Technique has been waging war via a mic since the late '90s.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
03-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Immortal Technique, The 3rd World
The Righteous Pathnew
Alice Smith heeds the call.
The Portland Mercury |
Jalylah Burrell |
03-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cold Shivernew
Beach House, meet your new friend, reverb.
The Portland Mercury |
Rob Simonsen |
03-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Beach House, Devotion
Get Free, Die Tryingnew
Defining the indefinable Saul Williams.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
03-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Saul Williams
Life is Agonynew
Xiu Xu brings the pain.
The Portland Mercury |
Jenny Tatone |
03-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Xiu Xiu, Women as Lovers
Born Againnew
Panther's got a brand-new bag.
The Portland Mercury |
Andrew Tonry |
03-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Caretakers of the Heartnew
Shearer's songwriting voice has got one foot in the self-affirming whisper of Elliott Smith, and the other in the mud puddle of Gold Rush-era Neil Young.
The Portland Mercury |
Ned Lannamann |
02-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: La Lamentor, Weinland
The Original Sin of Gutter Twinsnew
The idea of combining the heavily tattooed, sullen skulk of Mark Lanegan -- he of ex-Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age fame -- alongside the glutinous howl of Greg Dulli -- he of Afghan Whigs and Twilight Singers fame -- is just plain wrong.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
02-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gutter Twins
The Pen, the Piano and Nick Jainanew
While he has a library of finished recordings -- including other solo work and time spent fronting the Binary Dolls -- Wool is the moment that Jaina arrives.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
02-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nick Jaina, Wool
The Question of Danavanew
The storied rise of Portland's hippest metal band is by now so familiar to indie rockers and headbangers alike, it might as well be in book form: Young malcontents escape the cornfields, form a band in psychedelic Portland, and score a big-label contract.
The Portland Mercury |
Mike Meyer |
02-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Legend of Ornette Colemannew
There was a time when jazz was one of the most radical of art forms. And at the vanguard stood Ornette Coleman.
The Portland Mercury |
Kevin Friedman |
02-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ornette Coleman
The Swerving Orchestra of Kay Kaynew
When Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground take the stage, they can be up to 17 people strong.
The Portland Mercury |
Trent Moorman |
02-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Zoroaster's Guide to Bar Fightingnew
"He was trying to pick a fight," says Zoroaster guitarist/vocalist Will Fiore, recounting the incident that would inspire the name of their debut full-length, Dog Magic.
The Portland Mercury |
Mike Meyer |
02-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Baby Dee's Erratic Mythologynew
In her storied life, this multi-instrumentalist and songwriter has progressed erratically, backwards, sideways.
The Portland Mercury |
Kurt B. Reighley |
02-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Baby Dee, Safe Inside the Day
Yeasayer Devours Styles, Goes Popnew
While Yeasayer's bizarre but enchanting debut, All Hour Cymbals, hardly aims for that kind of narrative focus, it shows the band similarly gorging itself on a host of styles and sounds.
The Portland Mercury |
John Motley |
01-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: All Hour Cymbals, Yeasayer
