In its first year on the waterfront, MusicfestNW featured Portlanders Shy Girls, EMA, Wild Ones and Modern Kin alongside headliners Girl Talk, Spoon, HAIM, Phantogram and many more over the course of two hot August days. Check out photos from day one and day two.
As the evening sun dipped below Portland’s skyline on Sunday, August 17 at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards raised a drumstick in the air and took a moment to gaze out over the Willamette River. I followed her lead and paused to remind myself where the hell I was. Less than 24 hours removed from a raucous, confetti-soaked dance party hosted by Girl Talk under the shadow of a bridge I drive... read more
