Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Hugs
A  notable profile on them in Interview_(magazine)|Interview Magazine, and a quote in New York Post by acclaimed movie director Gus Van Sant that both have quotes and detailed coverage. Those two articles are not small secondary sourcing. That is '''''definitely''''' not local publicity. Detailed coverage in NME, Interview Magazine, and New York Post seems more than sufficient. Both articles are in depth including quotes. Article could be edited to remove less regional and local coverage, if needed. Multiple features in the Portland Mercury and Willamette Weekly are borderline regional and are both notable publications as well as in depth. Article passes  and . I don't see any signs of 'vanity hits' in Google upon search. The national articles written on them from NME, Interview, and New York Post do come up in search results. Also, Google Search is not our arbiter-- the sources available to us to write the article are
— User:Beinganiceperson, 06:28, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:BAND (Wikipedia:Notability)