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Last Friday I had the pleasure of seeing Black Panther: Wakanda Forever on opening weekend, which is always a fun time. I think I’ll stick with the convention of reviewing things a week later to avoid ‘post-movie hype’ and other…

My Grandfather once told me that every good song was first written on an acoustic guitar. He pointed to musicians like Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Stevie Wonder, whose songs could be accompanied with only six strings and retain the energy…

FFO: Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, Saxon Shore Last Friday, October 28th, the Halloween weekend began at Mississippi studios with a decidedly international bill, rounded out by PNW post-rockers Unwed Sailor. The night was headlined by New Zealanders The Chills…

“King Princess is a bottom?” I asked my friend in between photographing Mikaela Strauss who wore a black crop top with bedazzled fringes and purple cargo pants, iconic. My friend AJ and I talked between bites of the fried catfish…

FFO: Broken Social Scene, Stars, Tegan and Sara, Blood Red Shoes Last Tuesday, October 11th, Canadian indie-rock stalwarts Metric brought the tour supporting their new album, Formentera, to the Crystal Ballroom. Metric formed in the 1990s, originally the project of…

Secrets are a funny thing. Sometimes they can be simple little things we keep to ourselves, or, they could change your life if it ever got out. Magdalena Bay envelops you in their secrets in a dazzling, infectious, and one…

On Wednesday night indie DIY band Girlpool kicked off their tour at the Wonder Ballroom in northeast Portland. A few weeks before the tour Girlpool announced, in an interview with Pitchfork, that this will be their Farewell Tour saying, “this…

One of the most revealing details I found out about my friend from high school was that their go to breakup song was (and maybe still is) “Iris” by the Goo Goo Dolls. That song and that album Dizzy Up…