Portland, Oregon-based quartet, Tu Fawning will release its debut full length, Hearts on Hold with Provenance Records on October 5. Tu Fawning is a collective of songsmiths and multi-instrumentalists founded by Joe Haege (31Knots, Menomena) and Corrina Repp. After releasing the Secession EP (Polyvinyl) in 2008, the group do

The mandolin player for Punch Brothers looks like Jude Law from i ♥ huckabees, when Law’s character goes crazy. Chris Thile gyrates from the waist up when he plays. Generally considered a bluegrass band, Punch Brothers plucked a hypnotic cover of Radiohead’s “Kid A” on the main stage at Pickathon.

I was walking around camp at Pickathon, heard Sallie Ford coming through the trees and went running for the stage. How fabulous! Sallie was one of the best voices I heard at the very talented music festival. This bluesy rocksy group from Portland will be playing Thursday night of MFNW. with- Mbilly Frank Turner Justin [...]

Chatham County Line at Pickathon 2010 All photos by Zachary Van Buuren

Saturday of MusicFest NW has the hopeless allure of the Smashing Pumpkins. If you didn’t get tickets (sold out) or a VIP pass (sold out) you have little chance of making it through the line of all the nostalgic fools from the PDX metro area who wants to relive the most depressing points of their [...]

Poetry gangs in Portland. I’m intrigued.

The official commercial for MFNW. Coming up September 8-12.

“I’m Bonnie Prince Billy. We’re happy to serve you tonight. If you have any complaints or suggestions just think about those for a while. Think about them in your sleeping bags. Think about whether you’d like them said to you after you just played a show.” Bonnie Prince Billy on the main stage,

To celebrate the fifth year of showcasing local artists, Sequential Art Gallery again features the work of Shinichi Moriyama. His new work, Portland’s Best Outsider Haunts, takes us on a tour of unpopulated and perhaps even unknown locations. His painting search for the beauty in the decrepitude, reassuring us that our im

Guildworks created the stunning stretched fabric patterns over our heads at Pickathon. They allowed us to go 72 feet in the air (safely harnessed in) on the same cherry pickers used to hang the lines between trees. Yes, there were many jokes about getting high at Pickathon. We have gorgeous images from both day and [...]

The City Repair Project built a geodesic dome in the woods at Pickathon, stringing little white and blue lights on a pinnacle. It was a space for musicians who were not on stage to meet and play together. They also provided a ridiculous amount of free food, primarily produce. Although there were many delicious and [...]

I REAAAAALLLY hate internet popularity contests, but an actor I’ve worked with, Adam Elliot Davis, is submitting himself to mass approval or indifference to get on Mad Men with a Banana Republic contest. I like Adam. And he looks like he should be on Mad Men. And how cool would it be to have someone [...]

Went to Pickathon. Best weekend so far in 2010. I only took one photo with my half-dead dinosaur of a camera, because I had a super rad photographer with me. You’ll see DTR turning into the Pickathon channel as pictures come my way. The one photo I did take was of the bike racks. This [...]

Photos from the Bear In Heaven Show at the Doug Fir on July 25, 2010. Twin Sister I loved Twin Sister from the first few strokes of the keyboard and the first sight of Andrea’s hair. The men sang high and bobbed their heads to the music, sometimes in unison. A few of the band [...]

PDX Pop Now! is happening now. The last band of the night is scheduled to go on at 12:15pm. We recommend checking out Tu Fawning, on at 11:35 on the outside stage. Full Schedule July 30 – August 1 Rotture 315 SE 3rd Ave FREE!

Pickathon is coming up in less than two weeks! I can’t wait! Pickathon is a 12-year-old, eclectic three-day music festival set in a beautiful, rural greenscape featuring a diverse line-up of bands and musicians whose music draws on the roots of classic American music including blues, folk, bluegrass and a multitude of

Describe the Ruckus is very excited to see Bear In Heaven at the Doug Fir on Sunday (July 25). This Brooklyn band is bringing their “synth-driven trio” to Portland with Twin Sister. Listen to their incredible “Lovesick Teenagers” on Pitchfork. 830 E. Burnside Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm $10 advance, $1

I am the pink-haired, watermelon-helmeted cyclist you’ve seen on the news talking about the Ladds Addition “tripwire.” I wanted to clear up some media inaccuracies and add some more details here. Most of the inaccuracies are pretty unimportant to the story. (Was the “tripwire” cut with a knife or tugged apart? Wha

Fol Chen (Los Angeles) and Grand Hallway (Seattle) played to a modest but energetic crowd, last week at Doug Fir. Before I go any further, I have to give a big grateful shout out to the uncannily friendly and accommodating Doug Fir management and door staff, thanks again everyone. Grand Hallway veered away from their

From the archives of Kate Beaton’s Hark! A Vagrant.

We’re way behind on our show reviews and photos due to summer travels. This is a terrible thing, especially for Hey Marseilles. Our review for them is the latest and they really deserve some good press. Hey Marseilles, hey, I’m sorry! Hey Marseilles played at Mississippi Studios back on June 10 with Portland b

Last Monday, The Strange Utopia Tour rolled into Berbati’s Pan and delivered a mesmerizing array of glitchy hiphop infused beats and earth shattering dubstep. The evening included sets from LA up and comers Teebs, Timeboy, and the rising star Schlomo with the audio visual wizardry of Dr. Strangeloop and his new

There was some confusion on the Pedalpalooza Calendar. Today’s zombie ride leaves at 7pm from Irving City Park (not the waterfront). Come at 6pm if you need help with makeup. 3RD ANNUAL ZOMBIE CYCLE OUTBREAK! 21+ Irving City Park, 3535 NE 7th Ave (at the basketball courts) 7:00pm – 12:00am Meet at 6pm if you n

The snack company COMBOS has ranked 50 major US cities in terms of manliness. Charlotte, NC, is the most manly while piddling Portland is quite the pansy and comes in last. According to the study, Charlotte now has chief bragging rights on manliness thanks to its top 10 rankings in the sports, manly lifestyle, manly retail

PAJAMA PARTY PEDAL! BOB, Hawthorne Bridge (intersection of Hawthorne Bridge and the river) 9:00am Don your favorite PJs, drape your bike in teddy bears and blankets, and enjoy a Sunday morning ride with fellow sleepy-heads. We will depart from BOB (FREE) and make a couple pit stops during the route at local bike-thru type e

The past two weeks, Portland has been celebrating Pedalpalooza, our bike fun festival. On Monday I went on the Dandy Warhols ride, which toured sites where the band members lived, practiced, and filmed music videos. We had a child’s trailer with a sound system blaring Dandy Warhols out the back. Zia McCabe, the keyboa

MARKETS OF PORTLAND RIDE & PICNIC Jamison Square, NW 10th Ave and Johnson St (Meet in the sandy area of the park) 11:00am Join us as we take a leisurely ride visiting the Portland Farmers Market at the North Park Blocks, Peoples Farmers Market and the Moreland Farmers Market. We will be visiting these three markets an