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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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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 22, 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
Nov 20, 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
Oct 12, 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
Aug 9, 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
Nathan Yoder
Jul 29, 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
Jul 17, 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 29, 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
Nathan Yoder
Jun 28, 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
May 3, 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
Apr 27, 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
Mar 29, 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 21, 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
Feb 14, 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
Jan 10, 2023
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
Dec 1, 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
Nov 29, 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
Aug 2, 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 21, 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
Jul 7, 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
Nathan Yoder
Jun 20, 2022
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