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A space to discover new sounds

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, capturing 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

Mar 5, 2020

Frances Quinlan and Mary Lattimore at the Doug Fir - 03/03/2020

Two indie stars hailing from the Philly music scene brought their tour through Portland on Tuesday night, and though their stringed performa

Nathan Yoder

Mar 2, 2020

Album of the Week - Caribou - Suddenly

Over the past two decades, Dan Snaith has worked on transforming Caribou from a two-kit, kaleidoscopic, freak folk project into an electro-p

Nathan Yoder

Feb 24, 2020

Album of the Week - Medhane - FULL CIRCLE

An exciting up-and-coming artist out of New York, Medhane shows off his lyrical and production chops over the fifteen minute blur that is FU

Nathan Yoder

Feb 20, 2020

A Treefort 2020 Preview: Five Must-See Acts

Every March, Boise's Treefort Music Fest kicks off festival season. Growing in scope each year, the five-day celebration now goes beyond li

Nathan Yoder

Feb 17, 2020

Album of the Week - Beach Bunny - Honeymoon

Sometimes we need music to act as a calming agent - a centering meditation in our hectic lives. Ambient soundscapes, acoustic instrumentals

Nathan Yoder

Feb 11, 2020

Sessa at the Doug Fir - 02/09/2020

For the first time in his touring career, Sessa, the mononymous Brazilian singer/songwriter, came to Portland to share his enchanting melodi

Nathan Yoder

Feb 10, 2020

Album of the Week - Tristan Eckerson - Decades

Solo piano has claimed a lot of space in these early days of Deepest Currents, and while this past Friday rendered a standout electronic alb

Nathan Yoder

Feb 3, 2020

Album of the Week - Andras - Joyful

This past January in the Pacific Northwest was an especially dark and dreary one. It was Portland's wettest month on record in nearly three

Nathan Yoder

Jan 26, 2020

Album of the Week - Itoko Toma - The Window

Oft-overlooked minimalist compositions are so important to seek out in today's noisy world. Distractions abound from all directions - the n

Nathan Yoder

Jan 24, 2020

Thanks.

A quickly-created, ten-track playlist to show a bit of thanks.

Nathan Yoder

Jan 20, 2020

Album of the Week - ovrkast. - Try Again

On his debut album, this up-and-coming producer/rapper out of East Oakland needs only seventeen minutes to showcase his chops. Boasting...

Nathan Yoder

Jan 13, 2020

Album of the Week - Leandro Fresco and Rafael Anton Irisarri - Una Presencia En La Brisa

Drone, by nature, often feels dark and gloomy, but the majority of the tracks on this collaborative work feel light and airy, like the...

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