Loaded, agile and extremely sharp, Portland rock band, The Macks, are a knife. The five-piece outfit are releasing a brand new record with a title to fit. The Macks are a Knife becomes the band’s fifth LP and brings with it a whole new station. We see the band as more playful and conversational in the new album, but also tighter …
With intentions of launching a legitimate solo project after failed high school bands, Spen Oliver wrote hundreds of songs before writing the single “Don’t Let It Go”, which ended up featuring the vocals of Lillian Christopher and the production of Jackson Phillips (aka Day Wave). This unexpected gathering on the project’s debut would end up …
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 (Portland, OR): Pickathon has just released the second round of confirmed bands for the 2024 Festival, coming August 1-4 to Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon (12 miles outside Portland, OR). Beyond the major headliners announced in March 2024, including Courtney Barnett, Elephant Revival, Durand Jones, and Bonnie “Prince” Billy, the festival calls on many of today’s buzzy emerging stars that …
TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG: THE 2 TONE RECORDS STORY –RUDE BOYS, RACISM AND THE SOUNDTRACK OF A GENERATIONBY DANIEL RACHEL WITH INTRODUCTIONBY PAULINE BLACK (THE SELECTER) CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NEW BOOK CHRONICLES REMARKABLE HISTORY OF CROSS-CULTURAL BRITISH YOUTH MOVEMENT AND SUCH BANDS AS THE SPECIALS, THE SELECTER, MADNESS, AND THE BEAT BEST-SELLING AUTHOR DANIEL RACHELSET FOR …
An Ideal For Living Cover Art, credit: Joan LeMay Pre-Order Available Here First Book To Highlight The Format Features Contributions By Nearly 50 Music-Industry Veterans Including Britt Daniel (Spoon), Molly Neuman (Bratmobile), Chris Slusarenko (Guided By Voices, Eyelids), And Many More Today, author and veteran music writer and editor Corey duBrowa announces his first book, An Ideal For Living – A Celebration of …
Isn’t that a young Bun E. Carlos, then of Cheap Trick, in the upper left-hand corner, made up to look like a Juggalo? “Live fast, die clown,” oh gentle Brad Carlson of Rockford, Illinois…. Here’s what Nasalrod‘s Chairman and lead vocalist has to say about the upcoming show: “The amazing DIVERS will join us for …
The official video to “Real Power” by Gossip. Listen to the new single ‘Real Power’ by Gossip: https://gossip.lnk.to/realpower_single 💿 Real Power – The new album by Gossip – OUT NOW: https://gossip.lnk.to/realpower
“The Best Indie Festival in the Country” –Paste “…Pickathon…stay[s] true to an ethos of careful curation and sustainability.” -Rolling Stone “…impressively all-over-the-map lineup.” -Stereogum “sharp and idiosyncratic” –The New York Times Wednesday, March 20, 2024 – (Portland, OR): Pickathon announces the full lineup of bands for the 2024 Festival, coming August 1-4 to Pendarvis Farm …
Xinxin Xinxin is going on tour with Lionmilk and will be in Portland and appearing at Holocene (1001 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR 97214) on MARCH 24th, doors at 8. Here’s the lowdown from the Etix.com ticket page: The new quickly, quickly EP finds Portland, Oregon’s Graham Jonson back in his home studio, engrossed in ‘60s psychedelic …
Paving The Way For Another Decade Of The Premier Indie Music Festival On Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, OR (August 1 – 4, 2024; Limited Tickets On Sale Thurs @ 9 am PST) “The Best Indie Festival in the Country” –Paste “…Pickathon…stay[s] true to an ethos of careful curation and sustainability.”-Rolling Stone “sharp and idiosyncratic” –The New York Times …
This excellent sermon brought tears and chills. It was delivered in East Portland’s friendly and welcoming Sunnyside Seventh Day Adventist Church on February 24, 2024, a day of global heritage cosplay and flag presentation in the church as members celebrated every one of the “nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues” (Rev. 7:9 NKJV) bought and brought …
In an excellent sermon delivered 2/17/2024 at East Portland’s Sunnyside Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Pastor Seth Pierce discusses the propriety of musical instruments and styles in a worship setting and examines which instruments in particular have been perceived as potentially evil and inappropriate for Christians. His conclusions may surprise you.
Celebrated Oregon songwriters combine talents for Women’s History Month concerts (Portland, Ore.) – Eight performing artists join forces with a great band and hit the road in March and April to bring to seven Pacific Northwest cities their dynamic and joyful concert, She’s Speaking-LIVE: A Celebration of Women Songwriters. “Imagine eight powerhouse women singer-songwriters from a variety of backgrounds and musical …
Band: Napalm BeachAlbum: Teen Dream (aka self-titled Napalm Beach)Recorded: Triangle Studios, Seattle, Washington, with engineer Bill Stuber, 1985Remixed, remastered: Seattle, Washington, with producer Jack Endino, 2023Release date: January 25, 2024Label: Skullman Records (self-release)Guitar, vocals – Chris NewmanDrums – Sam HenryBass – Terry Gwartneyall songs written by Chris Newman Originally called The Untouchables, Napalm Beach was …
The lovable, catchy, sonic essay, December 32nd, from Portland’s scrappy alt-folk purist and film school student, AC Sapphire, will be one of the best albums released this year or any year. It is one of the very tallest trees in the current musical forest, one the coolest and most drinkable springs in the present day …
Photo Credit: Katja Ruge https://ffm.to/zorx81m Neil Leyton is a Canadian musician, born in Lisbon, who is rightly beloved by Northwest rock fans for his undying fandom of the underrated-but-mighty Spokane rock star, Michael Maker. This fine man has just released a new single called “These Seeds.” on European Phonographic Records. The song follows Leyton’s tradition …
The Dawn Ever creeping Awakened me with fright. The light emerging… Increased my sight. In the birth of my thoughts I examine my plight. And set my sails to navigate a new day.
Thursday February 8th, 2024Ponderosa Lounge 8pm / Tickets $15-$25 Jubitz Truck Stop 10350 N Vancouver Way, Portland, OR 97217 https://www.tylorandthetrainrobbers.com/ For the past decade, Tylor & the Train Robbers have been blazing trails, carving a path through the heartland with their roots country and Americana music. With boots worn thin from relentless touring, they’ve crisscrossed the country, honing …
Sleater-KInney has released the new video for their song, “Untidy Creature” and they posted these words about it on their Facebook page: Our new single and video “Untidy Creature” is out now – watch + stream and pre-order Little Rope (out Jan 19): https://i.sleater-kinney.com/UntidyCreature It was the first song we wrote for Little Rope, although …
GeminiiDRAGON will be performing in PORTLAND, OR on 1/25-26/24 at these locations: 1/25/24 PNC LIVE 2:30 PM1/25/24 Music Millenium Records in Store Performance 6PM1/26/24 MEKONG BISTRO 8PM From the murky bayous of Louisiana comes a fresh face to the global Blues music scene. Vocal dynamo GeminiiDRAGON has channeled her love for late 60s and 70s blues artists and bands of greatness …
Acclaimed singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Dylan LeBlanc will perform at Mississippi Studios in Portland on February 14th. LeBlanc is touring in support of Coyote, his new cinematic folk rock concept album that has received praise from American Songwriter, No Depression, Far Out, PopMatters, and more since its October 20th release on ATO Records. See details & ticket information for his Portland performance HERE. Coyote is a …
I had a funny thought that I was looking to share with someone and the residents of East Portland were the first people that came to mind. Helter skelter, and Wabi Sabi oscillate in an edgy mitosis. Just listening to and watching a video of The Beatles writing said song. Seams they are pretty high …
Photo Credit A decade ago, Nike co-founder Phil Knight bequeathed a whopping amount of money to the University of Oregon to build a facility for only athletes. My memory is foggy, but I thought the structure was a hybrid dorm and training complex for football players only. Maybe not. A quick search found this: https://www.businessinsider.com/phil-knight-own-locker-oregon-football-facility-2013-9 …
This song is so good I wish there were still commercial rock radio stations on which to play it, but since there aren’t, I hope KEXP is playing it up in Seattle. In the post-radio era, we at least have the internet, and this catchy post-punk explosion underscored by an eye-catching video of betrayal and …
After thirty-ish years, still going strong. This is quite amazing. The sonic fire of S-K’s early years is still burning. Still love Carrie’s signature contrapuntal guitar lines punctuating Corinne’s soaring vocals. It may be better to burn out than fade away, but it’s always better to remain en fuego. Speaking of fires, here’s the hot …
James Julian Villa has already shared two emo bedroom-pop jams in 2023 (My Friends Are Sober, F PPL), but now he’s trading in the black eye-liner for barbed wire in his toxic breakup anthem “Alibis”. Dirty synths and 80s inspired rock guitars provide a power-pop backdrop to a brutally honest performance by James and co-writer …
Portland, Oregon based four-piece Rayon, describe their sound as, “a life-long post punk and Sonic Youth fan trying to reconcile their love of The Kinks and 60’s British Pop.” The bands latest single, “Driving” comes off of the bands 2022 album, Colour – released on vinyl via Little Cloud Records. Recorded straight to tape, the …
Credit: Augustus Clarke (Photographer), Mikey Robbins (Artwork Designer) THE SINGLE PRESENTED BY DR. DRE: “THE GREATEST” IS TO BE FEATURED IN ESPN HEISMAN TROPHY PROMOS FEATURING (WE HOPE) AWESOME OREGON DUCK QUARTERBACK BO NICKS LISTEN HERE December 1, 2023 – Santa Monica, CA – Today, British soul legend Marsha Ambrosius launches her soaring composition “The Greatest.” Listen HERE via Aftermath/Interscope Records. The expansive …
Portland-based indie pop band, Corvair is pleased to release their latest Christmas song, a cover of Low’s “Long Way Around the Sea” out today onPaper Walls Records (US) and wiaiwya records (UK).This is the fourth Christmas song that Corvair has released in four years and they are currently working on a Christmas EP to be released in …