There is a guitarist in town who goes by the nickname "Cricket." If you know him you know why that is his nickname. For those of you unfamiliar, he is the guitarist for Portland's [...]
Gwar. I am not sure why I keep going to their show. I’m pretty hard to offend…but they manage to offend me every single time. Let’s start at the beginning. Against the Grain started the [...]
We had the opportunity to talk with guitarist extraordinaire of Idle Hands, Silver Talon, and Leathürbitch out of Portland, Oregon. MIRP: First of all, I want to say welcome home. You had quite the adventure. [...]
By all accounts, trained musicians, and seemingly assembled like an American Boy band by their producer, this clan of Mongolian musicians blew me away. Blew. Me. Away. In line I saw pre-pubescent girls dressed [...]
It was one of those special nights when all of the Portland Metal scene came together for one purpose. Metal. Jerimia and I arrived early to conduct the interview with Tatiana and Eugene of Jinjer. [...]
Puddle of Mudd – Show Review – September 27th, 2019 – Portland, Oregon I’m a metal girl, and I really wanted this show. There are few bands in the genre of Puddle of Mudd [...]
I’ve seen Periphery quite a few times, but sadly I hadn’t picked up the new album yet. Every single time I looked at the tour flyer or the merch on site, I saw "HAIL SATAN." [...]
The debate on the way home between my-self and MIRP co-founder and photographer Jer was who was better: Chevelle or Three Days Grace. I was Team Chevelle, he was arguing for Three Days Grace, but [...]
New York’s Dub Trio opened the show with a mix of nearly every type of music. Technically great, this instrumental trio gave a worthy performance opening up for Incubus. Combining rock, punk, jazz, experimental, [...]
