Artist: Future Historians

Between 2/26 and March 7, two Narcs were out vacationing working on a piece on Portland's and San Francisco's music scene. This first of three parts finds our young adventurers wandering the bearded streets of Portland in search of a venue with spellbinding sound. There are many thing that a Philadelphian will find familiar about Portland. The beer scene. The unpretentious vibe. The bikes. The universal signposts of hipster culture, the universal denial of said hipster culture. That choosing a spot for jazz [...]

• Future Historians - Swagger of your Mind
• Pancake Breakfast - h5ysuyhv731.mp3
• The Lower 48 - Miles from Minnesota

The first Portland Folk Festival has just announced its preliminary lineup — a healthy mix of local and international artists, who will be appearing in spaces throughout Downtown, Alberta, Mississippi and Southeast Portland from August 19-22. Most local folk fans will probably be familiar with names like Loch Lomond, the Freak Mountain Ramblers and Future Historians , but there are a few less conventional acts in the program who are also of note. Some of my favorites: Zimbabwean Chimurenga artist Thomas Mapfumo: Brazilian guitar virtuoso Celso [...]

Nick Jaina must have known he was already loved when he emerged on the Doug Fir stage to see a packed house, but that didn’t stop him from bribing the audience. “They’re as big as your head,” the songwriter said of the massive cookies he baked prior to the show and plopped next to the merch booth selling his new album, A Bird in the Opera House . Jaina wasn’t the only one debuting a new album Friday night. Future Historians opened the show with songs from their new effort, [...]