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Hey Portland, you okay? Just a few weeks in, 2024 is already feeling like a doozy. For local music fans who are enjoying their regained electricity and freedom, here are some new developments, events, and upcoming music buzz to anticipate Hear in Portland! MUST SEE: Upcoming local event(s) featuring local artist(s). WRK! New band alert! Improvisational vocalist and one-woman soul band Amenta Abioto (Yawa), has joined forces with Brown Alice (Vaughn Kimmons of interplanetary post-soul...

We’re almost to summer, music nerds! Whether you’re into rock, jazz, or pop, there’s a little something for everyone this week, thanks to an increasing amount of genre-fluidity running rampant these days. Here are two shows and one new release to dig into this month and beyond... right Hear in Portland! MUST SEE: Upcoming local show(s) featuring local artist(s). The Prids One of Portland’s most enduringly epic rock groups, the Prids, will soon bring their...

New Year’s Eve

There are only four nights left until 2023—but this column is a safe space for last minute New Year's Eve plans. Going as far back as October, Hear in Portland has been noting NYE music shows that look particularly fun. Here's an easy round-up of this column's NYE show recommendations, with some updates, in no particular order: DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid, Orquestra Pacifico Tropical If you’re looking for a dance-focused NYE 2022 party,...

New home

The day that André Burgos invited me to listen to records on his porch turned out to be the day vinyl pressings for his solo project arrived in the mail. Burgos is well known to Portlanders as one half of the post-soul / space-jazz duo Brown Calculus and the keyboardist in the band Tribe Mars. However, he also performs and records under the moniker Brown Calvin: a persona that represents his solo ventures, which have...

The Sávila show that was promised hits Polaris Hall. We're amped for Brown Calvin's Album Release Party and more! It's all HEAR IN PORTLAND!

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