In March , I posted Alela Diane 's new song "The Way We Fall," and now there's some more information about the album it comes from, the upcoming About Farewell . The album, Diane's fourth, will be self-released on June 25 on Diane's new label Rusted Blue Records. (They are in the phone book just above Rusted Root Records, who I know you call all the time .) The album was begun in late 2011 and the first part of 2012 at Flora Recording Studios with John Askew, with guest musicians Heather Woods Broderick, Holcombe Waller, and [...]
We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River by Richmond Fontaine RICHMOND FONTAINE ( Al's Den , 303 SW 12th) It's been a long, long while since the members of Richmond Fontaine, all working on other projects, took the stage as Richmond Fontaine. Well, just like that, Richmond Fontaine has declared itself back, playing an entire week at the Crystal Hotel's Al's Den, with all sorts of special guests. Is another hiatus looming? Better not tempt fate and miss out. DENIS C. THERIAULT [...]
TENDER LOVING EMPIRE FORT GEORGE BEERTHDAY PARTY ( Bunk Bar , 1028 SE Water) Fort George Brewery's new seasonal, Tender Loving Empire, is a solid addition to an already strong lineup. The Astoria brewer could regale you with tales of the Northwest pale ale's citrus and pine notes. We just think it's tasty. Celebrate the brew's "beerthday" along with bands from its name's progenitor, powerhouse Portland indie label Tender Loving Empire. DIRK VANDERHART Damp Face by La Luz DON'T, LA LUZ, BATH [...]
PORTLAND CELLO PROJECT, SCHOOL OF ROCK ( Aladdin Theater , 3017 SE Milwaukie) The Portland Cello Project has a well-earned reputation for its mind-blowing, genre-bending arrangements of rock anthems and masterworks. Tonight's show features Bach and Dave Brubeck. And the kids from the Portland School of Rock will help out on some of the selected works of pop genius Beck Hansen. DENIS C. THERIAULT VIETNAM, GAP DREAM, SMALL ARMS ( Dante's , 350 W Burnside) Michael Gerner leads [...]
Open up and say "vvvvvv," it's Video Vriday! Nick Jaina has a video for his song "High Beams," off his great, great new album Primary Perception . This short, simple track is given effective visual treatment by director Jason Leonard, who shot the clip at his Affiche Poster Studio in Northeast Portland. As Jaina told American Songwriter , Leonard "set up two projectors in a way that someone dancing behind the screen would block one projector and the other would show through. The intended effect [...]
James Brown was born on May 3, 1933 in Barnwell, South Carolina. He died in 2006. In between, the Godfather of Soul made the world a funkier place. Happy birthday, James Brown, and rest in peace. From T.A.M.I. Show , 1964: With Sammy Davis Jr. on Hollywood Palace , 1969: Averting a riot in Boston on April 5, 1968, after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated: [...]
BLEACHED, EX-COPS, GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH, BIG EYES ( Star Theater , 13 NW 6th) Read our article on Bleached . KVELERTAK, CANCER BATS, BLACK TUSK, NORSKA ( Hawthorne Theatre , 1507 SE César E. Chávez) Read our article on Kvelertak . THE CAVE SINGERS, BLEEDING RAINBOW ( Wonder Ballroom [...]
Before My Body , core members Jordan Bagnall and Darren Bridenbeck lent their talents to a myriad of Portland bands including Typhoon, Forty Hundy Thundy, Breakfast Mountain, and What Can Skulls Tell Us. From the basis of Jordan's own electronic-leaning demos, they eventually came together under the moniker of My Body, debuting as a four-piece band with Alex Fitch on drums and Dan Hubner on bass. However, soon greener pastures in the form of brick buildings and brownstones came-a-calling and the band—fresh off of forming—headed east to New York. Still very much a Portland band in terms [...]
METZ, WHITE LUNG, WL ( Holocene , 1001 SE Morrison) Breakneck rock at thunderous volumes is the name of Metz's game, so prepare to get blown to the back of the room by the sheer weight of the Toronto trio's sound. Also on board are White Lung, the charismatic, whip-smart Vancouver, BC punk band fronted by Mish Way, who's as badass as rock stars come. NED LANNAMANN WHITEHORSE, SANTI ELIJAH HOLLEY ( Doug Fir , 830 E Burnside) [...]
Say cheese! It's another toothsome Mercury music section, filled with all kinds of aural chemical concoctions for your ears. Remember, it's meant for topical use only. This is some bad medicine, baby. • • • Caitlin Rose has a winning smile and an even winning-er album, filled with classic American pop. LISTEN: Caitlin Rose - "Only a Clown" • • • Bleached 's summery debut album is the kind of sugar-sweet punk-pop sure to give you serious cavities. [...]
Photographer Minh Tran took in the Crystal Castles show at the Roseland on Monday. Here's what he heard and saw. Sequestered in a minute area stage left, directly facing an array of rapid-fire, high-power stage lights, and allowed only to photograph the first three songs, I mustered what I could. Then I spent the remainder of the show watching the crowd take photos four inches from Alice's face with their HD phones. I imagine this is what the horseshoe maker felt like watching the construction of a freeway. Much, much [...]
This Saturday, May 5 , the Portland Cello Project teams up with Portland School of Rock students to form a giant behemoth called Portlandportland Rockproject Celloschool . Okay, I just made that up, but the two groups are performing a special show together at the Aladdin Theater that they're calling "Beck, Brubeck and Bach"; the program naturally will comprise pieces by those three composers. (Somewhere, Burt Bacharach is taking a long hard look in the mirror.) Actually, this is precisely why Portland Cello Project is so great: They've found the [...]
MAY DAY MUSIC FEST: RED FANG, DOG SHREDDER, SONS OF HUNS ( Alhambra Theatre , 4811 SE Hawthorne) The Alhambra Theatre (formerly Mt. Tabor Theater) is celebrating Portland's great music scene with their five-day May Day Music Fest. And they're kicking it off tonight with much beloved heavy-duty rockers Red Fang, who may melt your face with awesomeness. Check out the entire fest lineup, which includes such greats as Sage Francis, Y la Bamba, Black Prairie, and more! WM. STEVEN HUMPHREY Also, read our article on the opening of Alhambra Theatre . [...]
It ain't easy to make this year's four-day series of Open Season fashion shows even more exciting than their all-star lineup already is, but Pendleton's The Portland Collection has scored a nice little feather for their cap: Joining them for their presentation of the new Fall 2013 collection on Wednesday, May 15 at Rontoms (6 pm) will be the live accompaniment of none other than kickass Portland band Lovers . This year's series takes place at some of the loveliest inner southeast venues, but they're relatively small, [...]
We've been eagerly awaiting Sun Angle 's first full-length album Diamond Junk , and hooray, there's a stream of the full album that you can listen to right now. The album, produced by Menonema's Danny Seim, comes out next week on New Moss Records, and captures the trio in all their explosive, brain-liquifying, orgiastic splendor. There's also a new Into the Woods video for album track "Time Snakes," which you can check out above. It involves a house party, animal masks, and a lot of weed. (Are you surprised?) Sun Angle play [...]
The second proper full-length from UK's Wolf People is out today—it's their third record overall, including a compilation of early material from 2005-2007 called Tidings , and 2010's splendid Steeple . That latter record was my first introduction to the English band, and it blew me away via the band's dark but not overtly heavy take on classic rock, British folk, Led Zep blooze, and trans-European psychedelia. Seriously, it's an incredible album. Despite being released on indie powerhouse Jagjaguwar—Wolf People is the first British band on that label—it made little of an impression Stateside. [...]
Mr. Screwdriver Man by A VOLCANO A VOLCANO, AH GOD, YOUNG DAD, MISTER TANG ( Backspace , 115 NW 5th) Young Dad might be the perfect antidote to all the '90s-revival folk and pop music that's in heavy rotation around town (not that it's a problem, there's just a lot of it). This four-piece makes loud, cathartic, noisy music that you'll want to thrash your head along with. Their Bandcamp page is stocked with some new, rowdy recordings that will be exciting to check out live. Meanwhile, Ah God is [...]
Last night, Dr. Dog brought their medical degrees and delightfully furry coats to the Crystal Ballroom, co-headlining a show with Dawes. Photographer Rachel Milbauer was there to capture Dr. Dog's set, and she reports: "Dr. Dog rocked (as usual). They played mostly old songs, maybe only four off their new record, closing with an awesome, stripped down version of 'Lonesome.'" More photos after the jump! [...]
It's a new episode of Pleased to Meet You , in which our host Nilina Mason-Campbell interviews emerging local musicians in unconventional but oddly appropriate places. This week she joins party rapper Neo G Yo to play some videogames, and to find out why that's so appropriate, click play! For past episodes of Pleased to Meet You , click here . [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Man oh man, it's Music Monday! Local Celebrity by Lubec Starting the week off is a marvelous new song from Portland band Lubec that moved here from Virginia a couple years ago (and named themselves after a town in Maine). The song's called "Local Celebrity" and it boasts dueling male-female vocals and fuzz-drenched guitars to give it a charming shoegaze-twee feel. The song is a preview from their upcoming album The Thrall , which they're currently recording with Robert Comitz of Nucular Aminals at his Frawg Pound Studio, and it's currently [...]
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