Khruangbin Packs Portland, OR’s Edgefield for Monday Night Dance Party (PHOTOS)
On a full moon Monday night, August 19th, Khruangbin played the second of two sold-out shows at Portland’s Edgefield, bringing their smooth grooves to a field chock-full of adoring fans. Monday afternoon traffic didn’t deter people from coming out and enjoying two sets on a lovely late summer evening. Peter Cat Recording Co. opened the […]
String Cheese Incident Settles In, Gets Rowdy on Night Two of Portland, OR Run (PHOTOS/SETLIST)
Friday, July 26th, marked the second night of String Cheese Incident’s three nights at Portland, Oregon’s Edgefield. The band brought some serious heat and busted out some big hitters, including the first-set closing “Johnny Cash” and a big, rollicking “Desert Dawn” sandwich in the second set. Set One: Come As You Are, Little Hands > […]
Hiss Golden Messenger Delivers Two Intimate Special Performances at Portland’s Old Church (PHOTOS)
Hiss Golden Messenger gave Portland, Oregon fans a special experience by playing two nights at The Old Church, a historic landmark in downtown Portland built in 1882 that’s on the National Register of Historic Places. The intimate space, sublime acoustics, and unique nightly setlist with no repeats made for some truly special performances. Glide was […]
Red Fang Takes No Prisoners with Hard Rock Rager in Portland, OR (PHOTOS)
On Friday, July 12th, Red Fang wrapped up the U.S. portion of their summer tour with a raucous hometown show at Portland, Oregon’s Crystal Ballroom. The band played material covering the entirety of its nearly 20-year existence. In August, Red Fang takes their sludge stoner rock show to Europe. Garage psych rockers Spoon Benders opened […]
Portland, OR’s Waterfront Blues Fest Brings the Heat with St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Lucinda Williams, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Greensky Bluegrass and More (PHOTOS)
A heat wave settled in over much of the West Coast just in time for this year’s Independence Day weekend, putting a damper on many a celebration, but not dampening spirits. For Portland, Oregon, America’s 248th birthday also marked the opening of the city’s 37th Waterfront Blues Festival. Despite water refill stations, misters, and even […]
Frankie and the Witch Fingers Deliver Prog-Psych Epicness at Portland, OR’s Sabertooth Fest (PHOTOS)
Frankie and the Witch Fingers headlined night one of the Sabertooth micro psych festival at Portland’s Crystal Ballroom. Before the Witch Fingers threw down, the audience was loosened up with powerful sets from Fluid Druid, Death Valley Girls, and Black Mountain. Check out some photos from night one of the festival:
Willy Tea Taylor Delivers Uplifting Folk-rock Performance to Adoring Fans in Portland, OR (PHOTOS)
Willy Tea Taylor and his band, The Fellership, are on a West Coast tour, and on Wednesday, May 22nd, that tour brought them to Portland, Oregon’s Polaris Hall. The Turkey Buzzards opened the show, and the duo remained on stage to serve the Fellership with bass and acoustic guitar. Willy Tea also brought along his […]
Aaron Lee Tasjan Treats Portland, OR to His Theory of ‘Stellar Evolution’ (PHOTOS)
Aaron Lee Tasjan is currently on tour supporting his latest release, 2024’s Stellar Evolution. On Friday, May 17th, Tasjan and his band treated fans at Portland, Oregon’s Polaris Hall to a set that included several songs from the new album, including “Pants,” “I Love America Better Than You,” and a song apparently written in Portland, […]
Everyone Orchestra Throws a Funky Improvisational Dance Party in Portland, OR (PHOTOS)
The latest installment of the Matt Butler-conducted Everyone Orchestra took place at Portland, Oregon’s The Get Down on Saturday, May 11th. For this round of spontaneous improvisational sonic explorations, Butler employed the talents of several members of opening act Scott Law Band, including Scott Law on guitar, Micah Kassal on drums, Jeff Baxter on keyboards, […]
Grace Potter’s ‘Mother Road’ Leads to Career-spanning Rock Performance in Portland, OR (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)
In late August of 2023, after offering up a series of singles, Grace Potter released her fifth studio album to the world. With a name inspired by a line from John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath, and songs inspired by several road trips Potter took to find the space to make sense of life changes and […]