Remlinger Farms, WA’s most exciting new concert venue, opened in down-home style

The chunky riffs roared through the field. Portugal. The Man, genuinely delighted to be back “home” in the Pacific Northwest, took the stage nestled against a bank of trees at Remlinger Farms, the most highly anticipated new concert venue of the year, with an unholy heavy metal medley featuring snippets of thrash metal masterpieces like “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and Slayer’s “Raining Blood.” The latter was a precursor to the actual rain — magically kept at bay until halfway through the Northwest alt-rockers’ set — which sprinkled the hoodie-clad...