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DIY scenes are a place for outsiders, misfits, and people who never quite fit into the gears of capitalism, but they’re also 3rd spaces where accountability, politics, and personal conflict can collide at full volume. Portland punks Triple Lutz step directly into that uncomfortable space on their debut album In the Hands of an Angry Mob, a record that sounds like a fistfight wit...

An expansive psychedelic folk journey rooted in community, experimentation, and cosmic curiosity. Some records feel like destinations. Liquid Donnon feels like a road that keeps unfolding beneath your feet. Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders FFO: Meat Puppets, Grateful Dead's exploratory years, Wolf Eyes, Acid Mothers Temple The latest release from Jeffrey Alexander + The Hea...

Every scene has its lore. Sometimes it's a forgotten cassette buried in a basement for fifty years. Occasionally, it's two musicians speaking entirely different musical languages and finding common ground somewhere between the notes. Perhaps it's a Portland band nurturing an art-rock chaos odyssey. This week's Underground Rundown wanders through all three.