Portland may be music heaven most of the time, but often, the culture of constantly rotating indie rock and electro-pop gets a little tiresome and stagnat. The Scion Garagefest was a much-needed breath of fresh air into a music scene begging for something a bit more rowdy. Out of the whole day and all the many bands that played, the last half of the line up at Berbati's Pan was one of the more solid parts of the festival. DOWNLOAD: Black Lips - Black Lips - I Saw A Ghost (Lean) [...]
Portland may be music heaven most of the time, but often, the culture of constantly rotating indie rock and electro-pop gets a little tiresome and stagnat. The Scion Garagefest was a much-needed breath of fresh air into a music scene begging for something a bit more rowdy. Out of the whole day and all the many bands that played, the last half of the line up at Berbati's Pan was one of the more solid parts of the festival. DOWNLOAD: Black Lips - Black Lips - I Saw A Ghost (Lean) [...]
Terry Six is the sole surviving member of Portland, Oregon power-pop group the Exploding Hearts—whose brief career came to an end when three of the band's members died in a car wreck. Six, the Hearts' guitarist, never gave up making music. And he hasn't let go of that sweet power-pop sound either. In 2006, The Nice Boys—with Six fronting the group—released their self-titled debut. The album's best track, "Johnny Guitar," is as influenced by the Hearts' catalogue as it by Cheap Trick's. The Nice [...]
HIGH FIVE, y'all! Titus Andronicus , currently on tour with Lucero and in a few weeks, Ted Leo, traffic in shambolic, flailing punk with nice layer of pop - ala the Clean, the Clash and the Pogues. joset-of-nazareths-blues my-time-outside-the-womb http://www.myspace.com/titusan dronicus The Exploding Hearts have one crusher of a story - [...]
"I will whip your child." -- Tom on his new, The Ghostface Killer-inspired business venture ($10/whip; belt not provided) "See, I can do this art stuff." -- Tom, looking for an NEA grant for his anti-commercialism Snickers installation "I guess what I'm trying to say is, if I can change, and you can change, everybody can change." -- Rocky Balboa in the inspirational Rocky IV "You missed school for four stitches?" -- Tom, expressing doubt about Petey's excuse for his Opening Day absence "Anything [...]
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