Miami pop-funk band Magic City Hippies brought tropical heat to Portland’s Wonder Ballroom.
Mando takes us on a tour of Rival Console’s new album Articulation, while Zach splits his time between Oscar Jerome’s jazz fusion masterpiece Breathe Deep and the new Black Crown Initiate LP Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape.
Wild is a beautiful collection of emotive music from Tourist that sends shivers down your spine as if compelling you to get up and move your body; Charles Elias Ingalls aka CharlestheFirst fuses atmospheric bass and hip-hop flexes with serpentine grace on his new LP, No Dimmer.
UK-based duo Leatherette’s latest album is a smooth-yet-bold taste of instrumental hip hop that is sure to melt all anxiety. Mono/Poly unleashes forced sonic metamorphosis and flexes his musical range on this new LP, MONOTOMIC.
This week we examine the unannounced NOVO SONIC SYSTEM EP from Gesaffelstein and touch on Opeth’s new LP In Cauda Venenum.
Bringing the best of post-rock, metal, drone and grunge to the stage, this Chicago trio descended on Portland’s Wonder Ballroom
In this ethereal issue we discuss Telefon Tel Aviv's Dreams Are Not Enough and Trentemøller's Obverse.
Teebs teams up with Noah Lennox (Panda Bear) for the single Studie in anticipation for his upcoming album, Anicca; Slenderbodies’ latest album, Komorebi is surprising and satisfying in all the right ways, adding new texture to the group’s silky library of sound.
This explosive Chicago post-punk trio surprised us beyond description during their Wonder Ballroom set opening for Russian Circles.
Bristol’s finest indie electronic group brought their own brand of soulful dancefloor alchemy to the Doug Fir Lounge.
Join us for the first installment of a new weekly column - New Music Friday. John “JMac” McCarten, AKA Manic Focus, drops his new album Lost in a Digital World. Blood Cultures delivers their second LP, Oh Uncertainty! A Universe Despairs.
Four days of eclectic music and outdoor recreation come together in Washington for a weekend unlike any other. Our favorite Northwest music festival is a little-known secret tucked away in the mountains and trees of Darrington.
Back-capping their show with Weather in its entirety, the SF-based electronic outfit delivered an audiovisual journey through rainy forests, California coasts, and abstract hallucinations.
Scott Hansen set out to deviate from his signature sound, while simultaneously seeking a return to form. Weather feels like an homage to his roots whose risks don’t pay off.
Summer Meltdown is our #1 choice of all Pacific Northwest music festivals, combining world-class music and natural beauty.
LA-based doomsday DJ Henry Laufer toured through Portland in support of his new LP “The End,” donning a neon wig to chug Coronas and cheers the audience with his Juul. Bump was of course front row for all of it.
The Madison-based quartet is a cross-country road trip in the middle of summer. The windows are open. The skies, wind, and sun blanket you as you inch towards your destination.
Take a peek inside the world of emerging tech, art, and pioneering electronic musicians at this annual San Francisco celebration of sonic and visual experimentation.
Toronto’s finest pop-punk quartet graced the Wonder Ballroom for the Portland stop of the “Morbid Stuff” tour.
Elegant, emotional electronic pop flooded The Independent when San Francisco’s own Mike Deni played his home city.
The Bay Area-based experimental musician induces both pleasant ethereal dreams and endless crunchy nightmares, and that's why you need to listen to her immediately.
