It doesn’t take a lot of dot-connecting genius to figure why music was a crucial component of “Portlandia,” which recently wrapped its eighth and final season. The host city is a rock town, but more ...

During a visit to the set of Portlandia last year, I noticed Janet Weiss off to the side, watching the monitors as Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen prepared to film a sketch with Kumail Nanjiani. It ...

brought an audience member onstage to play the part of Armisen and Brownstein's child. On the screen behind them, footage of a cruise around Portland neighborhoods ran, while Armisen, Brownstein and ...

“Portlandia” star says Donald Trump could make political punk protests relevant again. On the eighth and final season of the offbeat IFC sketch-comedy show, Armisen and Carrie Brownstein help a ...

Over the course of its eight season run, the IFC comedy Portlandia has played host to many rock legends and indie stalwarts. Jack White showed up for an episode. So has Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock.

After a pre-taped introduction by actor Kyle MacLachlan, reprising his role as the eccentric mayor of Portland, Portlandia stars/creators Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein promptly took the stage to ...

“Portlandia” never received mainstream recognition, but Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein are probably fine with that. The show kicks off its eighth and final season this week, and since 2011, the ...

In one of the episodes screened at Portlandia's season three premiere last night, two of the characters played by Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein try to take back MTV. They storm into the company's ...

Our individual tastes in comedy say an awful lot about us, obviously, and it’s not just as simple as “Dane Cook people” versus “Louis CK people.” For instance, you either “get” IFC’s sketch-comedy ...

The IFC series recently wrapped its eighth and final season. ARMISEN: Squiggleman was a character (played by Berry) who was a popular singer of children’s music. When our characters, Brendan and ...