Spin Cycle — Entidade

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Spin Cycle: Your Art Is Not an Island

The sticky wicket of adhering to the notion of artistic identity can either stifle or shepherd musicians across a variety of styles. But one of the more beautiful parts of anyone’s creative passage is

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Spin Cycle: Into the Woods

Summertime respites are pretty much mandatory for Portlanders who can still hear the faint echoes of raindrops at the dawn of each day. For me, the unplugged therapy of Mt. Hood camping, kayaking, lak

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Spin Cycle: Brain Food

Look, it’s a very good problem to have when it’s so tough to whittle down all the great new music in Portland for this here humble column. The city has churned out a glut of formidable albums in June

portlandmercury.com·há 2 meses

Spin Cycle: Very Proud of Ya

Pride Month, like most if not all designated awareness months, ought to just be imbued into the everyday fabric of society. Pride in who you are, what you believe, how you identify, and how you show u

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Spin Cycle: Songs From the Wild

A favorite pastime of mine is to take long walks in the Buckman neighborhood, trying to determine from where the echoes of practicing musicians are originating. Depending on the day, an acoustic perfo

portlandmercury.com·há 4 meses

Spin Cycle: Call It By Its Name

I didn’t set out to cover two Portland metal bands in successive editions of Spin Cycle, but here we are. The laws of the muses operating as they do, the heavier end of the audio spectrum has been dom

portlandmercury.com·há 4 meses

Spin Cycle: Go Your Own Way

It probably goes without saying that it’s difficult to choose just three albums to feature for each edition of Spin Cycle. Inundated by a flurry of cultural crib sheets, personal recommendations, and

portlandmercury.com·há 4 meses

Spin Cycle: Get Up to Get Down!

Somehow, until recently, I hadn’t yet attended any live shows at the Get Down—the subterranean Central Eastside venue thriving since its 2022 opening. With a flush of seasonably accurate sunshine tant