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Deepest Currents is a Portland, Oregon-based music website, focusing on new releases and general reviews, as well as cultural events happening around the Pacific Northwest. Genre coverage varies widely, highlighting everything from indie rock to experimental. Navigate to the "About Us" tab for more information and the "Contact" tab to reach out. To browse what has been written already, scan this page, visit the "New Music" or "Features" tabs, or use the search function.

Nathan Yoder

Nov 22, 2023

A DC Farewell

I started Deepest Currents back in the summer of 2016 (on my 30th birthday to be exact) as a Wordpress hobby blog. I'd appreciated (and con

Nathan Yoder

Nov 20, 2023

2023 Favorites

Welcome to DC's final end-of-the-year favorites list! It's been a real hoot curating these countdowns over the past 7+ years, and I hope yo

Nathan Yoder

Oct 12, 2023

Tidewater

I've decided to call this mix "Tidewater" - named after the address of our lil shared A-frame on the Alsea River, upriver from Waldport on t

Nathan Yoder

Aug 9, 2023

A Chat with Ora Cogan

I've long been a fan of Ora Cogan's work. A recording artist based on Vancouver Island, she's been a mainstay in the PNW music community fo

Nathan Yoder

Jul 29, 2023

Seven Acts to Catch at Pickathon 2023

I get so excited about this wonderfully experiential music festival every year, and once the set times drop, I love nothing more than sharin

A DC Mix by Guest Curator Stefan Christoff

Nathan Yoder

Jul 17, 2023

A DC Mix by Guest Curator Stefan Christoff

This mix is an original for Deepest Currents that highlights a bunch of wonderful artists with strong links to independent creative spaces i

Nathan Yoder

Jun 29, 2023

A Chat with Ned Milligan

Ned Milligan and first I connected over email a couple years back, I think about some album promo stuff. I was drawn to his (and his label'

Nathan Yoder

Jun 28, 2023

Feels Like Floating

If you're on IG and follow a lot of SoCal new-agey, electronic-ish music accounts (you know, folks that seem to be connected with the Leavin

Audio Adventuring through North Eurasia Found Tapes

Nathan Yoder

May 3, 2023

Audio Adventuring through North Eurasia Found Tapes

About a year-and-a-half ago, back in early 2022, I stumbled across an album titled закуток ↬ якутск by катя егорова и егор клочих

Nathan Yoder

Apr 27, 2023

Breaking and Mending with Lisa/Liza

Liza Victoria has gotten a good deal of press from DC, which makes a lot of sense, as she's been one of my favorite singer-songwriters durin

Nathan Yoder

Mar 29, 2023

Piano Day

Back in 2015, the one-and-only Nils Frahm invented Piano Day. On the holiday's official website, Frahm writes, “Why does the world need a P

Nathan Yoder

Feb 21, 2023

A Chat with Lia Kohl

Lia Kohl is a Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist who dabbles in a bit of everything. She composes and she improvises. She works solo a

Nathan Yoder

Feb 14, 2023

Route 34

Over the past three-plus years, I've offered up a number of playlists on this site. Some of these mixes have been music festival primers, o

Nathan Yoder

Jan 10, 2023

Deepest Currents

Last summer I was fortunate enough to complete an artist residency at the Sou'wester Lodge on the Washington Coast. During my four days spe

Nathan Yoder

Dec 1, 2022

DC's Favorite Albums of 2022

Welcome to DC's annual favorite albums roundup! I change the format of this post a little bit each year, but the purpose remains the same.

Nathan Yoder

Nov 29, 2022

DC's 2022 Year in Listening

Today, however, I'm just gonna write about some random musical things I've loved over the past 12 months in a free-flowing format, without r

Nathan Yoder

Aug 2, 2022

Sounds from the Gulch

DC's official slogan is "a space to discover new sounds," and so far, all the "new sounds" featured on this site have been musical in some s

Nathan Yoder

Jul 21, 2022

A Pickathon Preview: Must-See Sets

Pickathon, the best fest in the Northwest, is BACK after a two-year hiatus! As I've expressed many times on this site, I am a long-time and

Nathan Yoder

Jul 7, 2022

A Dundee Lodge Campout Music Sampler

Every year I kick off festival season celebrating Treefort in Boise, and close things out in early August just down the road at Pickathon.

Nathan Yoder

Jun 20, 2022

A Chat with Mike Weis

Mike Weis is a Michiana-based sound artist, percussionist, photographer, and ecological activist. To an outsider, he seems to be juggling a