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  • Kassi Valazza

    Kassi Valazza: 'Highway Sounds' [EP]

  • Margo Cilker, Fluff & Gravy Records

    Margo Cilker: 'Pohorylle'

  • YoungShirtMayne

    YoungShirtMayne: "Bounce" (feat. KayelaJ)

  • Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno

    Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno: "Hollowed Hearts"

  • Stoner Control

    Stoner Control: "Learning To Swim"

  • Dame D.O.L.L.A.

    Dame D.O.L.L.A.: "They Sleep" (feat. Brookfield Duece)

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    Beyoncé: "Freedom" (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

  • Mic Crenshaw, photo by Tojo Andrianarivo

    Mic Crenshaw: "All Over The World"

  • Jordan Fletcher

    Jordan Fletcher: 'Somewhere Off Alberta' [Album]

  • Parisalexa

    Parisalexa: '2 Real' [Album]

  • Blair Borax

    Blair Borax: “Empty”

  • Jeff Bond, Jeff Bond

    Jeff Bond: "Holiday"

  • Murray

    Murray: 'Polar: The Leaks' [Single]

  • Cardioid

    Cardioid: "Party Time"

  • Glistener

    Glistener: "Shadows"

Audio Archive

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  • Wipers, Jackpot Records
  • Tommy Alexander
  • Hailey Verhaalen
  • Vortex Music Magazine, photo by Andrew Wallner
  • Sir Nai
  • Scott Toddy
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  • Olivia Awbrey
  • Isabeau Waia'u Walker
  • Gaytheist, Hex Records
  • Whim, Fluff & Gravy Records
  • Lisa Vazquez, Doug Fir Lounge
  • Fox and Bones, Dutch Records
  • Olivia Awbrey
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  • Contra Party
  • Phosphene
  • Michalangela
  • Rose City Band
  • Storybound
  • Curtis Salgado, Music Millennium, photo by John Alcala
  • Mo Troper, Tender Loving Empire Records
  • Korgy & Bass, Cavity Search Records
  • Jake William Capistran
  • S1
  • Kinski
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  • Rachel Frankel
  • Hustle and Drone
  • Abronia
  • Wynne, Wonder Ballroom, photo by Henry Ward
  • Dan Cable Presents
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  • Cat Hoch, Amplus Records
  • Courtney Noe
  • J. Graves
  • Nosila
  • TK & The Holy Know-Nothings, Taylor Kingman, Lewi Longmire
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  • Pok Pok
  • Sahel Sounds
  • Kid Indigo, Kelly's Olympian, The Thesis, photo by Ashley Strom
  • Darrell Grant, Edna Vazquez, Alberta Rose Theatre, photo by Miri Stebivka
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  • Maiah Wynne
  • Small Million
  • Help
  • Rasheed Jamal
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  • Supertandad
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  • Kendall Core
  • The Future of What, CD Baby, Marmoset
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  • Anna Tivel, Fluff & Gravy Records
  • Holiday Breath Records
  • Josephine Antoinette
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  • Butter, Arlo Indigo
  • Jacob Miller
  • Anna Tivel, Fluff & Gravy Records
  • Shook Twins, photo by Jessie McCall
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  • Merō
  • Deathlist
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  • The Cabin Project
  • Fox and Bones, Sarah Wild, Brass Tacks, The Future of What
  • Gordon Keepers
  • Fox and Bones
  • Cloud Castle
  • Lee and the Bees
  • Tara Velarde, Making the Move
  • Stephan Nance
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  • Curtis Gatewood, It’s Future Time
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  • Ben Larsen
  • The Future of What, Koll Guitar Co., Benson Amps, Ear Trumpet Labs
  • Whim
  • Dazzleships Records
  • Arlo Indigo
  • Butter
  • Gina Chavez
  • The Future of What, ADX Portland, Good Cheer Records, J-Fell Presents, Harefest
  • Lorain
  • Strange Hotels
  • Whiskey Dixie & The Big Wet Country
  • Hand Habits, Aladdin Theater, photo by Chad Lanning
  • The Angry Lisas
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  • Superorganism
  • No Kind of Rider
  • Dan Cable Presents
  • Hayley Kiyoko, Moda Center, photo by Emma Davis
  • Abbey Hendrix
  • Hop Along, Wonder Ballroom, photo by Roderick Allen
  • Starover Blue
  • The Resolectrics
  • Chanti Darling
  • Mic Capes, Jack London Revue, photo by Wesley Lapointe
  • Daren Todd
  • Roses & Revolutions, Wonder Ballroom, photo by Emma Davis
  • Mondo Cozmo, Edgefield Amphitheater, photo by Sydnie Kobza
  • Chanti Darling
  • The Heavy Hustle
  • Kingsley
  • Kyle Craft
  • Deathlist
  • Sugarland
  • Steven Strauss, B-Side Studios
  • Blossom, The Lot at Zidell Yards, photo by John Alcala
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  • Laura Veirs, Jason Quigley Photography, photo by Jason Quigley
  • Sugarland
  • Pond, Revolution Hall, photo by Blake Sourisseau
  • Matt Dorrien, Mama Bird Recording Co.
  • BlackWater HolyLight
  • The Forever Agos
  • Moorea Masa
  • Caitlin Jemma
  • Salvatore Manalo
  • Dan Cable Presents
  • Mic Capes, Jack London Revue, photo by Wesley Lapointe
  • Miya Folick, Crystal Ballroom, photo by Emma Davis
  • JoJo Scott
  • MAITA
  • Kory Quinn, OK Theatre
  • Tara Velarde
  • Dan Cable Presents
  • Mal London, Jack London Revue, photo by Wesley Lapointe
  • David Pollack
  • Slow Corpse, Tender Loving Empire Records
  • Dua Lipa, Roseland Theater
  • Year Of The Coyote
  • GLASYS, The Future of What
  • Danny James, Badfoot Records
  • Freaks of the Sea
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  • Dan Cable Presents
  • Kyle Craft
  • Fruition
  • Just People
  • courtship., Crystal Ballroom, photo by Sydnie Kobza
  • Kingsley
  • Typhoon
  • Aminé, photo by Brian Kinnes
  • Salvatore Manalo
  • Caustic Touch, Accident Prone Records
  • Karyn Ann
  • The Toads
  • Terry Time Brother
  • Dame D.O.L.L.A.
  • Dogheart
  • Kingsley
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  • Taylor Kingman, Mama Bird Recording Co.
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  • Hailey Niswanger
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  • The Future of What
  • Dan Cable Presents
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  • Laryssa Birdseye
  • Ages and Ages
  • SZA
  • Months
  • Dan Cable Presents
  • Fritzwa
  • The Domestics
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  • H.E.R., Moda Center, Rose Quarter, photo by Paul Garcia
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  • Mordecai
  • Autonomics, Rola Music
  • Welles, Roseland Theater, photo by John Alcala
  • Jonny Cool
  • Rasheed Jamal
  • Dan Cable Presents
  • Myke Bogan
  • Tony Ozier
  • Danny Dodge
  • James Blunt, Moda Center, Rose Quarter, photo by John Alcala
  • Dan Cable Presents
  • The Junebugs
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  • Three For Silver
  • Dan Cable Presents
  • Afterlife Revival
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  • Small Skies
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  • Pickwick
  • Dan Cable Presents
  • Jacob Miller
  • TENTS
  • Ashley Xtina
  • Sweeping Exits
  • Jake William Capistran
  • July Talk, Crystal Ballroom, photo by Ignacio Quintana
  • Dan Cable Presents
  • King Black Acid
  • Scott Pemberton
  • Cedar Teeth
  • Haley Johnsen
  • Small Leaks Sink Ships, Lefse Records
  • Spare Spells
  • Bed.
  • Atlas Genius, Crystal Ballroom, photo by Sydnie Kobza
  • Vikesh Kapoor
  • Ella Mai, Crystal Ballroom, photo by Brandon Sean
  • Korgy & Bass
  • Portugal. The Man
  • Donte Thomas, Bocha
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  • Bart Budwig
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  • Spencer Ludwig, Wonder Ballroom, photo by John Alcala
  • Olivia Awbrey
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  • Dan Cable Presents
  • Earth World
  • Barra Brown
  • Sallie Ford
  • Noah Kite
  • ROBy, Miss Lopez Media, photo by Renée Lopez
  • Chanti Darling, Edgefield Amphitheater, photo by Elbert Giron
  • Jon Koonce
  • Bocha, Donte Thomas, Produce, photo by Joshua Manus
  • The Last Artful, Dodgr, Neill Von Tally, EYRST
  • Shy Girls
  • John Craigie
  • David Bazan
  • Siren and the Sea
  • Blossom, Pickathon, Pendarvis Farm, photo by Sam Gehrke
  • Atlas and the Astronaut
  • Nataly Dawn
  • Aan, Party Damage Records
  • Fernando Viciconte, Doug Fir Lounge, photo by Chad Lanning
  • Glenn Waco, Miss Lopez Media, photo by Renée Lopez
  • I$$A, MOGO Music Festival, J-Fell Presents, Dante's, The Thesis, photo by Miss Ellanea
  • Rasheed Jamal
  • bestof2016
  • Reva DeVito
  • XYLØ, Wonder Ballroom, photo by Sydnie Kobza
  • The Future of What
  • Rasheed Jamal
  • Shura, Roseland Theater, photo by Sydnie Kobza
  • Human
  • Donte Thomas, Produce
  • The Head and the Heart, Edgefield Amphitheater, photo by Ignacio Quintana
  • KT Tunstall, Wonder Ballroom, photo by Paul Garcia
  • Moorea Masa
  • Nick Jaina, Fluff & Gravy Records
  • Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Pickathon, Pendarvis Farm, photo by Sam Gehrke
  • 10 String Symphony, Gritty Birds, photo by Jeni Wren Stottrup
  • Sarah Wild
  • Ages and Ages
  • Maurice and the Stiff Sisters
  • Party Boyz
  • The Future of What
  • Phases, Oregon Zoo Amphitheatre, photo by Sydnie Kobza
  • STS9, Summer Meltdown, photo by Colin Hudson
  • AWOLNATION, 94.7 FM, photo by Bren Swogger
  • GLASYS
  • Phases, Oregon Zoo Amphitheatre, photo by Sydnie Kobza
  • The Future of What
  • Mitch Wilson
  • Courtney Noe
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  • Genders
  • labels-to-watch
  • The Future of What, Kill Rock Stars, Tender Loving Empire Records, Fluff & Gravy Records, Good Cheer Records
  • Aminé
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  • The Claypool Lennon Delirium, Oregon Zoo Amphitheatre, photo by Kevin Pettigrew
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  • The Posies
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  • Megan Diana
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  • Mbrascatu
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  • Cherry Glazerr
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  • The Kora Band
  • Death Songs
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