This is an all-timer, my friends. Portland queer folk collective Complimentary Colors joined us this week, and Ash, Camille, and Hannah instantly made us hope we could be friends IRL…as I’m sure most people hope for in their company. They make beautiful, emotional, honest music and they played three such tunes LIVE in studio. Plus, movie ettiquette, an organic conversation about Taco Bell, and Big Papa Drew. Just enjoy, y’all!

Music this week:

• "Not Coping Well" by Complimentary Colors (25:48)
• "Moonbeam Girl" by Complimentary Colors (48:37)
• "Fever Pitch" by Complimentary Colors (86:09)
• "Fly Fly" by Zookraught (105:29)

Portland trio Ogre come replete with refined, bruising chaos; a group whose Bandcamp page features a brief style guide (Arial only, please) would likely approve of the pomp and semicolon of this sentence. On the eve of their evolutionary new record "Bryan" (dropping May 29), Grace, Ace, and Nils of Ogre join the show to sow a little discord on the mics. In a sprawling conversation, we touch on Keanu, bowling beers, an abiding love of AI, eschewing stage banter, ogre-on-ogre crime vis a vis Shrek, and occasionally music. You'll effing LOVE it!

Music this week:

• "Arctillion 444" by Ogre (25:30)
• "An L.A. Funeral" by Orcutt Shelley Miller (49:45)
• "Hair" by Ogre (70:13)
• "firmly placed atop YHWH" by Rheumatoid Trapezoid (86:28)
• "Cabin Fever" by Slomosa (115:32)

Portland hip hop may not have a governing sound, but it thrives on sustained commitment, cross-pollination, experimentation, and progression. Slick Devious is the emodiment of that ethos and approach, to which we'd add rare introspection as an artist. All of this makes him a killer MC and an excellent conversationalist, and we get tons of both this episode. The fellas chat about the relative necessity of live performance, what an artist owes an audience in terms of connection, wet handshakes, generational diarrhea, the political ambiguity of the cybertruck, and factory-fresh foods. Slick also graces us with some world-premiere previews of upcoming projects.

Music this week:

• (Still Untitled w/Cabanna Project) by Slick Devious (34:01)
• "Trim" by Conrizzle (51:04)
• "Enrolled" by Slick Devious (65:15)
• "Runtz (Smoking Runtz)" by Slick Devious, produced by Nate Habits (76:02)
• "Everybody Needs to Be" by Kutiman (93:30)