10 local artists Portland’s music insiders think you need to hear right now. Writing a song is no easy feat. Is the hook intoxicating enough? Does the chorus soar? The pressure can be overwhelming, ...

We've got another nine new rock and metal tours announced over this past week, plus several festival lineup reveals, special reunion shows and a few holiday dates as well. Leading the way, My Chemical ...

Our writers' picks for the very best bands since rock became a permanent part of popular music. One thing is for sure every ...

Dream pop group Phoebe Rings makes their first U.S. tour stop at Globe Iron on Tuesday, supporting their debut album "Aseurai" released in June.

From a promoter's mission to a rock renaissance, Bobby Clay explains why Sick New World is betting big on our complex festival history.

There just aren't many places doing holiday music as well as New Orleans and South Louisiana. So Gambit put together a ...

Though we are only five years into the 2020s, death metal is proving itself to be one of the defining genres of the decade. Looking back on the 2010s, death metal went through extraordinary growth ...

From his time at the legendary Roadrunner Records where he worked with breakthrough artists like Sepultura, Slipknot, and ...

It was a real magical time in the late ‘80s, early ‘90s, where he had all these different types of bands and they all supported each other and there was actual venues to go to,” says Zach Cordner, ...

These five '80s rock and metal guitarists who started great new bands serve as an unfortunate reminder that previous success and loads of talent don't guarantee future prosperity. That doesn't mean we ...

From The Police to Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and Deep Purple; The Who guitarist Pete Townshend has dismissed more than a few ...