Billy Idol performs during Project Pabst at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Ore. on July 27, 2024. Photos: Leah Flores. By Ben Niesen PORTLAND, Ore. — Project Pabst returned to Tom McCall Waterfront Park after a seven-year hiatus on Saturday and revitalized the picturesque riverside with a lineup…

STRFKR, “Parallel Realms.” STRFKR mined its demos and musical ideations for the electro-pop quartet’s eighth album, Parallel Realms. But once those songs were written, the band pulled the foot off the pedal and handed control over to others to land these songs in new territory. The result is a record…

Rachel Goodman’s top alt-rock and alt-pop songs of 2020. L to R; Row 1: Tame Impala, Caribou, Washed Out, Trace Mountains, The Big Moon, Future Islands. Row 2: Strfkr, Surfer Blood, Surf Rock Is Dead, Of Montreal, Hazel English, Suburban Living. Row 3: Jack River, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever,…