We’ve all heard a symphony before. There’s Beethoven’s famous Fifth with its notorious “dun dun dun duuuun.” Most of us at least know that one and maybe a few others,…
Lady Gaga Seen Outside Southeast Portland Recording Studio
They’re both famous for putting a bird on it, and they’re back together: Lady Gaga is (probably) in Portland. Tough girl on the mend. A post shared by xoxo, Gaga…
Ecstatic Rock: King Gizzard at Crystal Ballroom
As I sat in bed listening to the most recent King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard album, Sketches of Brunswick East—a collaboration with Mild High Club released this August, KG’s…
Three Oh Sees previews: dancers, stoners, music nerds
Alright, so all y’all inveterate Oh Sees fans, you can skip this little article. You bought your tickets to the newly ‘Thee’-less, freshly Paul Quattrone–d, Orc-touring Oh Sees’ Sept. 25…
Solar eclipse of the heart playlist
Total Eclipse of the Black Hole Sun I live for excuses for a Bonnie Tyler song. She is, after all, like a karaoke cheat code, and on Monday, Aug. 21,…
Solve for Why: Allie X’s Technology, Identity-Influenced Art Pop
It’s been three years since Beyoncé performed behind the word FEMINIST in larger-than-life lights. It’s been five years since 2011 was declared “the year of the woman” across entertainment media….
Intergenerational femme-punks: Blondie, Garbage at McMenamins Edgefield
Waiting in rush hour traffic gives me ample time to replay Blondie and Garbage’s new albums: Pollinator (2017) and Strange Little Birds (2016). The former is a series of collaborations…
Off-campus events calendar: July 25–31
FEATURED EVENT PARADE 2nd Annual Portlandia Mermaid Parade Noon, Saturday, July 29 Japanese American Historical Plaza Free, all ages Celebrating both the eponymous Raymond Kaskey sculpture and “the living culture…
On-campus events calendar: July 25–31
FEATURED EVENT FILM Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) July 28–30, multiple times 5th Avenue Cinema $4–5 (free w/PSU ID), all ages “I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way.” I…
On-campus calendar: July 18–24
FEATURED EVENT FILM 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Monday, July 24, 7 p.m. Whitsell Auditorium $6–9, all ages Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece on the tension between humanity, nature, and technology still…
Off-campus calendar: July 18–24
FEATURED EVENT MUSIC FESTIVAL 14th Annual PDX Pop Now! July 21–23 AudioCinema Free, all ages The nonprofit known as PDX Pop Now! is dedicated to cultivating space for all-ages music…