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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.
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Nathan Yoder
Mar 1, 2022
Treefort Turns Ten - A Preview
Treefort, one of the best fests in the Northwest (gotta love a cheesy rhyme), turns ten this year! I (Nathan) attended the inaugural gather
Nathan Yoder
Jan 26, 2022
A Chat with Patricia Wolf
In the Portland, Oregon music ecosystem, Patricia Wolf is everywhere. She's an innovative musician, pushing sonic boundaries with her uniqu
Nathan Yoder
Jan 19, 2022
A Chat with American Dreams Records
American Dreams Records is, in their words, a "label dedicated to showcasing art inspired by wonder, intention, and hope." Expanding on the
Nathan Yoder
Jan 2, 2022
Quiet
About a month ago I purchased Ilyas Ahmed's song HOW TO TRANSFORM INTO COMPLETE & TOTAL SILENCE the same morning that I ordered a copy of Jo
Nathan Yoder
Dec 2, 2021
DC in 2022
2021 was a strange year for DC, so I'm gonna switch over to first person to tell you all about it, as well as my plans for the site in 2022.
Nathan Yoder
Dec 1, 2021
DC's Favorite Albums of 2021
There were so many amazing albums released in 2021, and it was difficult to narrow it down to just ten, but after much deliberation and hand
Nathan Yoder
Nov 30, 2021
DC's Favorite EPs of 2021
DC heard a ton of EPs over the past 12 months and enjoyed a good number of them. But here at the year's close, three stuck with us, seeming
Nathan Yoder
Nov 29, 2021
DC's Favorite Songs of 2021
Many of the tracks we favor carry a poppy flavor (please forgive the rhyme), as you'll see in our roundup below. Sure, the albums we cover
Nathan Yoder
Oct 18, 2021
The Black Dice!
Black Dice (there is no "the" in the group's name, actually), collage together these psychedelic scraps to make woozy electronic jams. Biza
Nathan Yoder
Oct 4, 2021
A Treefort Weekend - Five Favorites
Each year I look forward to Boise's Treefort Music Fest. It always feels like the start of winter's thaw, and the energy in the city's stre
Nathan Yoder
Sep 14, 2021
Saariselka+Golden Retriever at The Old Church & Marisa Anderson+William Tyler at Mississippi Studios
Finally, a concert review! It's been just about nineteen months since I wrote about Fennesz blowing out the Holocene sound system right b
Nathan Yoder
Aug 17, 2021
A Chat with Peter Broderick
Over my years as an obsessive music consumer and researcher, I've noticed Peter Broderick's name everywhere. Producer credits. Accompanist
Nathan Yoder
Aug 10, 2021
A Chat with Lucy Claire
Lucy Claire is a London-based artist who explores the intersections of classical composition, nature-based field recording, spoken word, and
Nathan Yoder
Jul 28, 2021
Summer Doze
If you're also looking to relax a bit, to "summer doze" for a spell, we've put together a mini mix for that specific purpose. It's only thi
Nathan Yoder
Apr 1, 2021
A Chat with Lisa/Liza
Liza Victoria (who records as Lisa/Liza) is a musician we've followed closely for a few years now. Something about her unique songcraft and
Nathan Yoder
Mar 18, 2021
Spring Sketches
DC offers up a few sounds which don't quite amount to a full playlist, but when sequenced one after another, they add some bright hues and v
Nathan Yoder
Mar 9, 2021
A Chat with Patrick McDermott of North Americans
North Americans is a collaborative instrumental guitar project with McDermott at the helm, and he was gracious enough to take our call a few
Nathan Yoder
Feb 1, 2021
A Chat with Marisa Dabice
Over the course of an hour of back-and-forth messaging, Dabice shared a bit about her love of tie-dying, revisited Patience highlights, talk
Nathan Yoder
Jan 11, 2021
Soundwalking Portland
Beginning last November, and running well into 2021, the contemporary arts organization is presenting a series of "soundwalks" - guided adve
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