I was involved in a car accident on a snowy evening in Minnesota during the Christmas break of my freshman year in college. I sustained numerous injuries: a broken clavicle; ligaments torn from the spine; a fractured elbow; and, a fractured pelvis. I remained in the hospital for three weeks. I had to suspend my …
Month: April 2022
Move over, Beatles. There are new mop tops in town and they’re just as cute and just as poppy. But the similarities end there. Sitting On Stacy is a pop punk band from San Diego and they headlined at one of the new Crocodile clubs called Madame Lou’s. Sitting On Stacy is a young band …
[This song is beautiful, strong, exemplary, intense, air-clearing and coalition-building. Please listen. In small doses it can cure you of a two pack habit. At full strength it will inspire children to build their own university and animals exposed to it will never go extinct. It is also quite catchy and good music with which …
Image credit: Melanie Lehmann House legends Klangkarussell have released their next hit single, ‘This Love (Ft. Poppy Baskcomb)’ on the 7th of April via their own imprint, Bias Beach Records. The single follows their gold-status release, ‘Home’ which was written and sung by renowned lyricist songwriter Andrew Jackson (Dua Lipa, Kygo, Gryffin and Eminem) and …
There are at least 100 million success stories in the Philippine diaspora and this young musician is the latest. beabadoobee, aka Beatrice Laus, was, according to Wikipedia, “born in Iloilo City in the Philippines on 3 June 2000 and moved to London with her parents at the age of 3.She grew up in West London …
Behold the official video for “Knockin’” featuring Ledisi, George Porter Jr, Ian Neville, and Ivan Neville. The new recording is the sixth single unveiled from the upcoming soundtrack release Take Me To The River: New Orleans.The music video for “Knockin’” features footage taken from the forthcoming feature documentary film Take Me To The River: New …
Altın Gün is an Amsterdam-based Turkish psych band that was signed to ATO Records after King Gizzard championed them. Success has continued to follow them, including wide-reaching praise for their third album Yol, and sold-out shows around the world. Now, they are embarking on their own headline US run, which includes sold-out dates and a …
Los Angeles, CA (April 8, 2022) – Venezuelan artist and creative director Andrekza [An•DRECK•sa], releases debut album Cassette featuring focus track “Mil Curitas”produced by famed producer Albert Hype (Bad Bunny, Kali Uchis, Rauw Alejandro) via Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak En Fuego.The album includes collaborations with genre-bending artists such as Gabriel Garzón-Montano and Carlos Sadness. “Andrekza is a true creative. She’s a fusion of life experiences, and it shows in …
Heartfelt lyrics and emotive vocals have helped Jade Hilton evolve into her distinctive sound. The singer/songwriter fuses earthly folk melodies over alt-pop beats. After graduating from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign playing Division 1 tennis, she moved back home to Toronto and began releasing music. Now, she’s ready to unveil her debut album, Unrequited, produced by Dominic …
Portland, Oregon, has some of the most beautiful landscapes and recreational spots in the entire country. One of the most engaging ways to experience its beauty is by going on a relaxing train ride around the area. Oregon has a robust rail system that connects its major cities, so there are plenty of sights to see. Train …
April 5, 2002 – the day Layne Staley of Alice in Chains died due to heroin addiction. 20 years ago today. (Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain died on April 5 also, eight years earlier. It’s a rough calendar day for Seattle musicians.) AIC, from the Pacific Northwest, got the “grunge” label along with Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Pearl …
On Sunday, I attended a memorial service for a deceased neighbor whose family could not have a proper Jewish service due to COVID gathering restrictions. Ruth would have turned 85 years old yesterday. The outdoor service, situated next to Ruth’s headstone and that of her husband who had died 106 weeks earlier, started with a …
Belfast singer-songwriter Gareth Dunlop released the title track of his upcoming album Animal (out April 22) alongside a stunning, surreal video. “Animal” was inspired by the artist’s internal monologue about hangups and oddities in songwriting. Dunlop explains: “A great piece of advice I once received was to ‘write like no-one will ever hear it.’ It tricks my brain into being …
Dashboard Confessional appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s #playathome series recently. The band performed “Here’s To Moving On” from their new album, All The Truth That I Can Tell, available now via Hidden Note Records/AWAL. The first all-new Dashboard Confessional LP in four years, All The Truth That I Can Tell is available in a variety of formats, including digital, CD, cassette, …
This is an incredibly fun punk pop tune, as it should be. No one should fear the good health which comes from a plant-based diet. Whalien will perform in Portland at Starday Tavern on April 10th, and at Goodfoot Lounge on April 16th. East Portland Blog has been known to frequent at least two of …
RitaKAS is a 24 year old singer/songwriter born and raised in Lithuania. She studied at the Kaunas Juozas Gruodis conservatory and Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. She currently lives in Los Angeles. Because of her huge love for both classical and pop music, she creates songs that have elements of both the pop and …
Here is the long-awaited and, frankly, quite great, official video for “red room.” a song by Southeast Portland band, Marble. Lonely echoing guitars, femme vocals both lovely and frustrated, and images of modern day service industry disconnection and disaffection present a sad and pained beauty in this audio meditation on depression and hope. “red room” …