Alien Boy’s 2021 album, Don’t Know What I Am, dealt in glimmering hooks and dialed-up distortion. The Portland alt-rock group’s next record, You Wanna Fade?, ups the stakes, turning their songs into ...

God damn, god damn, god damn—as Beyoncé would say—there’s a lotta stellar music being made in Portland right now! Longtime Rip City psych-outs, Grails drop their new album May 16 while up-and-coming ...

Whose idea was it to hold release shows for Alien Boy and Grails on the same night, at different venues a mile apart? I’d like to speak to your manager, please! On May 9, Alien Boy unveiled their ...