Author: Nikki Volpicelli
Thursday's Soul'd Out Music Fest-closing show from DJ Shadow was like stepping into a Burning Man audience rehearsal.
A Philly native recounts her first Dr. Dog show away from home-- Monday night's Portland performance just a week after the release of the band's new Be the Void.
The trio made up of local music veterans impressed with a debut EP late last year and did much the same at Rontom's Sunday night.
The Canadian act with the hot debut out this year in Feel It Break brought its cathedral-sized sound to a sold out Holocene Monday night.
The hardcore band, scheduled to play in Portland this Wednesday, may cancel the rest of its North American tour.
Year five looks to be the festival's best and biggest yet. Here's a look at some of what's ahead this week.

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