Russian Circles Stage Brutally Efficient Post-metal Clinic at Portland, OR’s Revolution Hall (SHOW REVIEW)

Russian Circles Stage Brutally Efficient Post-metal Clinic at Portland, OR’s Revolution Hall (SHOW REVIEW)

Across two decades, Russian Circles have evolved from a sinister math-rock outfit to a brutally efficient post-metal machine that’s finally selling out theaters across the world. Their headlining gig at Revolution Hall on Saturday, March 15th was one such show, and within the span of their first two tracks–“309” from their 2011 Empros, and “Harper […]

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Drugdealer, Rose City Band, Zeta, Sun Atoms and More: The Best Acts We Saw at Treefort Music Fest 2023 (REVIEW/PHOTOS)

Drugdealer, Rose City Band, Zeta, Sun Atoms and More: The Best Acts We Saw at Treefort Music Fest 2023 (REVIEW/PHOTOS)

Anyone who’s followed the music scene in the Pacific Northwest has heard murmurs from scenester friends about the lowkey cool of Boise’s Treefort Music Festival, which consumes the Idaho capitol the week after South By Southwest winds down. What started in 2012 as a modest affair that spanned a small collection of dive bars and […]

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These Are the Can’t-miss Acts at Treefort Music Festival 2023 (PREVIEW)

These Are the Can’t-miss Acts at Treefort Music Festival 2023 (PREVIEW)

Now in its 11th installment, Boise’s Treefort Music Festival keeps on keepin’ on as the Northwest’s premier little festival that could. Founded in 2012 as the region’s answer to SXSW, both the festival and its host city now toe the line between low-key and loved to death. Treefort’s glory days of raucous punk shows in […]

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