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Pickathon favorite Butcher Brown tours through to support Solar Music Portland's date with Wynne approaches Revolutions Per Movie's first live podcast taping—with R.E.M.'s Peter Buck! Here's the god music news, Hear in Portland! This show-heavy Hear in Portland update has details on Portland's date with Wynne, Pickathon favorite Butcher Brown's December show, and Revolutions Per Movie's first live podcast taping—with R.E.M.'s Peter Buck! ...

This week is filled with happy local music developments, like Wynne invited lots of local hip-hop talent to support her upcoming “Some Like It Hot” tour—from Mic Capes, to Bocha and Donte Thomas, to 3Way Heff—but we’ve got some even more exciting music news afoot. This week we’re over the moon about The Thesis on a boat, and two upcoming album release shows. Let’s get into it all, Hear In Portland! MUST SEE: Upcoming local...

Hear in Portland music news: We're smoking Fountaine's new "Northeast Phonk," My People's Market hits its fifth anniversary, and a super smooth show bill of Soccer Mommy and Tops In JenniferKayMo's Hear in Portland column this week: We're smoking Fountaine's new "Northeast Phonk," My People's Market hits its fifth anniversary, and a super smooth show bill of Soccer Mommy and Tops

When you can’t beat the summer heat, you may as well just wait it out and enjoy the relative coolness of summer nights. This week we’re talking about the return (and expansion) of PDX Pop Now!, a Maita show on the Rontoms patio, and Savila and Blossom who’re set to play Mississippi Studios, where you can also take the post-show festivities to Bar Bar’s expansive patio. MUST-SEE: Two can’t miss upcoming shows. Sávila, BlossomCome out...

Hello Mercury Music readers! It's Mac Smiff, and I’ll be covering for our beloved Jennifer Moore while she takes some time to celebrate and bond with her adorable new baby! No worries, she’ll be back. But in the meantime you’ll have to put up with me. This weekend contains the much anticipated confluence of Juneteenth and the annual Pride Festival, so expect it to be busy outside, even if this rain keeps falling through the...

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! GOOD AFTERNOON, PORTLAND! First things first: If you love all things "sexy," then you will not want to miss the debut of the super sexy HUMP! Film Festival... starting TONIGHT! So get...

February might very well be getting colder, but the music scene is heating up. We also might be going to war as a country… Good afternoon! Just locally speaking, there’s actually a lot to get excited about: Maarquii finally headlines The Thesis in March, we have two new noteworthy rap releases, and reggae fans can rejoice over the fact that Koffee is on tour and ON HER WAY. Read on for the full scoop! MUST-SEE:...

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, PORTLAND! It's another chilly, sunny day with a high of 49, and rain returns Saturday night and into Sunday. It's also a good day to enter any room like...

Lots of local shows have been getting canceled in recent weeks (in light of the wildly contagious Omicron variant, obvi), but if you’re boostered and braving the crowds, there’s at least one appealing local hip-hop show going down at Kelly’s Olympian tonight (Thurs, Jan 6), plus a promising spring show to look forward to. And if you’re taking the safest, most cautious route by staying out of these streets for the foreseeable future, there’s plenty...

While December is a notoriously slow month for, well, everything, it’s a great time to let local artists shine, as well as looking forward to what new music projects and live music opportunities 2022 will bring. Read on to check out two new rap releases, a winter showcase benefitting Friends of Noise, and exciting future happenings from Portland’s MAITA. MUST-LISTEN: Two great new releases from locally relevant artists. “Helvetica” and “At the Louvre,” Drae Sl...