I’m a big fan of local rap, but when Benny The Butcher came to town the same night as The Thesis in November, I found myself making a gametime decision.…

In the first week of July, Mat Randol headlined The Thesis with Young Shirt Mayne as they promoted their joint album, Why Are You Like This?, and at one point…

Anti-fascists setup perimeter in anticipation of Proud Boy / “patriot” violence while police choose not not to engage. (Photo by Mac Smiff) Throughout the month of August, self-proclaimed “patriots”–a collection…

Portland legend Trox, long known for placing beats with industry standouts such as 50 Cent and Snoop, is back in town for his birthday, taking a break from his current…

When it comes to production and output, the big homie Cool Nutz is elite. Fresh off the New Year’s Day release of Failure Is The Feeling (which features the Dear…

Portland’s Barry White-voiced rapper Covi gets harmonic on his new track about the increased anxiety Black folks faced in the midst of the pandemic as racist, institutional violence continued through…

As I get back into music writing, there are a few projects that I want to cover; none, more than the electric Luke EP from Portland hitmaker YoungShirtMayne.

“Let me know when it’s gonna go down…” In his latest release, Portland mainstay Vursatyl (of the famed Lifesavas) uses his verses to lyrically lay out the endless confusion that…

After spending years in the same hip-hop orbit without really getting to know each other, well-known local DJ Ronin Roc and I became friends over this last summer between dodging…

You can pretty much always expect clean visuals and dizzying lyrics from Donte Thomas, and his New Year’s drop, la manzana, does both exquisitely. How you like them apples? Video…