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Daily Email - Thursday - 8/14/2025

August 14, 2025

OG podcasters Karen and Georgia announced their highly anticipated tour, and we have tickets to give out! Enter to win so you can enjoy stories of the occult, mysterious disappearances, cult activity, and more during My Favorite Murder Live.

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • Our pals at Do206 are giving away GA+ passes to Bumbershoot—Seattle’s weirdest, most wonderful arts + music fest—plus a hotel stay to crash in style. Weezer’s playing. That should settle it.*

  • Taylor Tomlinson is coming to Portland, and we're giving away tickets to see the queen of "mentally ill but self-aware" comedy. Enter now. Therapist not included.*

  • Gabriel & Dresden helped shape the soundtrack to your early 2000s emotional spiral - and now they’re back to finish the job. Catch the trance legends live with a set that’ll make you believe in late nights again at 45 East later this month.

  • Foxwarren vanished for years like a Canadian myth - now they’re back, harmonies intact, vibes immaculate. Andy Shauf’s band takes over Wonder Ballroom on December 6, and it’s gonna feel like stepping into a perfectly sad dream.

  • Imagine if a 70s funk record got struck by lightning and grew eight heads: that’s Polyrhythmics. Seattle’s psych-soul juggernaut is back on tour, blasting horn-heavy heat and deep-pocket grooves for two nights (including New Year’s Eve) at The Get Down.

THE BEST BOOKSTORES IN PORTLAND

Photo: Grand Gesture

Portland’s full of places to spend hours not talking to anyone - bookstores just happen to be the best of them. From legendary haunts to hidden gems, we rounded up the city’s top spots to get lost in a story (or at least pretend you’re working on a novel).

THIS WEEKEND

😂 Simon Gibson / Joshua Turek

Tomorrow @ Mississippi Studios (8PM) 

Simon Gibson and Joshua Turek bring sharp, punchy sets to the mic. One is a dry-wit assassin, and the other is an unapologetic chaos engine. Catch this comedy doubleheader before they blow up.

🤝 Men I Trust

Tomorrow @ Pioneer Square (7PM)

Men I Trust make music for staring out windows and rethinking your whole life, and they do it with a bassline so smooth it might actually be flirting with you. Catch their dream-pop spell live before it vanishes into a cloud of French-Canadian mist.

📣 Lamont Landers

Tomorrow @ Polaris Hall (9PM)

Lamont Landers brings red-dirt soul and unreal pipes to the stage - think Prince raised on Southern grit. This one’s for fans of deep grooves and zero skips.

🔥 Glass Animals

Saturday @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater (7PM)

Glass Animals once made a song about peanut butter that somehow slapped. Now they’re back with more sweaty, surreal pop to soundtrack your main character moments.

🪕 Shakey Graves & Trampled By Turtles

Saturday @ Pioneer Square (5PM)

Shakey Graves plays like he’s possessed by a bluesy ghost in cowboy boots. Trampled By Turtles shred acoustic strings like they owe them money. Together? It’s a rootsy fever dream with banjos, boot-stomps, and absolutely zero chill.

LOCALS ONLY

  • Treefort Festival season is approaching! Artist submissions are now open, and tickets will be available starting on September 12, with the first lineup announcement mid-October. Who do you think will be performing this year?

  • You’ve heard of “girl dinner,” but the real munchers know about Snack Fest! The FREE food event is coming on September 20, so show up with an empty stomach.

Song of the day: Nowhere Girl - B-Movie