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It's been a wild ride to the finish line, but the dust has finally settled and we are excited to announce the overall final results of our "Best Emerging Act of 2011"! We would like to thank all the bands who were in the running. Together, along with many other talented acts not listed, your efforts make up the vibrant music culture that is increasingly drawing the attention of the national spotlight. Keep fighting the good fight in 2012 and we look forward to hearing all the latest jams! Congratulations to this year's top three acts! 1. [...]

The Brewcycle is a 15-passenger bicycle that tours Portland's breweries. For a two hour tour it's $20 per seat during the week; on Friday and Saturday it's $25 per seat. Also, it's available to rent the entire bike by the hour for $150 per hour during the week and $170 per hour Fridays and Saturdays. That's all. Just keepin' it boozy, green and weird. Photo by LaValle PDX .

Stream the entire mix: Tracklisting:: Benoit & Sergio - Everybody Dada, Rui Da Silva feat. One - Crazy Love (Mastiksoul remix) Hardrive - Deep Inside (Harry Choo Choo Romero Dirty Piano remix) [Tommie Sunshine Edit] Patrick Zigon - Momento Magico feat. Caramelo Criminal (Pascal Feos and Frank Leicher remix) Random Soul - Music Inside ThreeSixty & Dirty Harris - Brass Haus Dean Mickoski - Me Fatije (Club Mix) Lee Guthrie - Do This (Minicoolboyz remix) Luke [...]

Shout out to Josh and Mer for providing us with exclusive download links for two of their songs off their upcoming album Planet Music (soundcloud). Stream "Morning Eden Mars" and "Skeleton Key" below. DOWNLOAD "Morning Eden Mars" DOWNLOAD "Skeleton Key" Click more to read our exclusive Q&A with Josh and Mer.1. What can fans expect with your upcoming [...]

• Josh and Mer - Morning Eden Mars
• Josh and Mer - Skeleton Key

We are happy to announce that the final round of our "Best Emerging Act of 2011"--the Fans' Poll--has finally concluded! While this portion of voting is only one part of the entire process, it is a crucial poll--one that not only wins the top act the "Artist of the Month" banner at the top of the page, but also has commonly broken close ties for "Best Emerging Act" in years past. All that being said, we would like to congratulate the following "Top Three" acts and their fans for their dedication in getting out the vote: 1. [...]

Laura Gibson sang to friendly faces at home in Portland Friday night. Cozy, be-balconied Mississippi Studios played a lovely host - I spied from on high as Mike Midlo , Breathe Owl Breathe , and Gibson played in the spotlight (for the second time that night). A real treat of an evening: little known opener turn out to be gems, songs I hope will be played sound even better live. Growing up in Northeast Portland, we had neighborhood pancake breakfasts in The Madeline School parking lot each summer. The grocer from [...]

• Laura Gibson - La Grande

some-disgraced-cosmonaut : Portlandia | The Dream of the 1890s is Alive in Portland #thelovelyfiancee literally was cackling with glee during this whole skit. it was amazing and joyous.

There wasn't much to do for the boys of Animal Eyes in their native Alaska besides wait around for oil checks and 4:20 in the afternoon. More importantly though, they were looking for the simple chance to make some jams with friends. So with restless hearts and heads full of smoke, and the promise of great tunes and cheap rent, it makes sense that the crew would set its course on the warmer southern climate of Portland. Which is to say that while these guys certainly have a propensity for the psychadelic, these aren't your average roaming hippies. [...]

Chicago results HERE . Nashville results HERE . New England results HERE . NYC results HERE . Philly results HERE . The Deli's Staff

Independent Bands and Artists, We have a 2 stages night show booked at the Gypsy Lounge in Austin's East Side on Thursday 03.15, with Reptar and Body Language confirmed amongst others. We have a couple of opening/closing slots available and we are looking for artists interested in playing. If you are, please go HERE . P.S. The Deli this year will be in Austin with a magazine (10k copies, all glossy!). If you are interested in promoting your show with an ad please contact as at rates [...]

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Alex says it best : "Somehow they managed to be satirical AND self reflexive. Damn." Portlandia continues to surprise me as one of the funnies sketch comedy shows in existence, not because I've lived in Portland, but because they continually land resonate jokes at hipster/nerd culture. The video above is a perfect example of that. Here's the context . Bonus: Echo Echo on Portlandia .

Wroom // Fungal Overlord If you ever, like me, get in the mood for some absolutely soul-crushing drone the search can sometimes be long and arduous. For me, drone is either something that sucks me in or it doesn't. Fortunately, the folks at Sweat Lodge Guru made the search a little easier by releasing Wroom 's Fungal Overlord. The label not only claims it as one of their best, but also likens it to an "intense, stunning walk through a spidery metallic drone [...]

Favorite track of 2012, so far. Yea, we're only a month in, but I find something fresh in this every.damn.time I listen to it. I'd confuse this for the original because of how good it is, but RAC gets so electro weird on it that it goes far beyond any original's experimentation limit. Zee Avi - Concrete Wall (RAC Mix) RAC (Remix Artists Collective) Genre: Dance Remix Styles: Rock/Electronica/Synth-pop/Dan ce Location: Portland, Oregon Members: André Allen Anjos, Andrew [...]

• Zee Avi - Concrete Wall (RAC Remix)

Here's a peek at the new track from Orcas—the collaboration between Portland's Benoît Pioulard and Seattle's Rafael Anton Irisarri (who records as the Sight Below)—from their forthcoming self-titled album, due out on April 24 on German label Morr Music. It's a soothing, wisping song with the frame of a conventional melody, but the picture within depicts something far more elusive, more abstract. It's soothing, but filled with the notion of decay, which fits in well with the song title: "Carrion" is both rotten, rancid meat and sustenance to certain animals. It ends quite suddenly, providing a jarring conclusion to a [...]

And so here it is 2012 and with it comes another totally rad idea from Portland Oregon's own Tender Loving Empire . It seems the label founders, mates Jared and Brianne Mees, in addition to their band (Jared Mees and The Grown Children) and handmade goods/printing studio/consignment store, have yet again found a way to push the envelope when it comes to community unity between fans and their favorite bands. The Priceless Music Project is a new take on the e-commerce platform of pay-what-you-want for music model. Fans can choose the option of paying nothing for an album, yet agree to [...]

"Mind Control" is, unintentionally, our homage to the era of our parents generation; the most experimental, psychedelic rock song we dared to place in our debut album without veering too far from our original intent. It's our black sheep; but we love it just the same. Josh And Mer return with a second single from their upcoming debut album ' Planet Music .' Listen to the beautifully crafted 'Mind Control' below. You're zoning out period begins now! Josh And Mer - Mind Control

Portland's Y La Bamba returns Februar 28 with a new record called Court The Storm on Tender Loving Empire . The band has just released "Squawk", the album's opening track, and we hear a similar South American-influenced art folk we received on their debut full-length Lupon from 2010. "Squawk" features harmony vocals, hand claps, and wild melodies. Check out the song below and keep an eye out for the new record! Download: "Squawk" by Y La Bamba

• Y La Bamba - Squawk

Portland record label Tender Loving Empire is trying to raise funds to build a next-generation shopping system to allow customers to "pay what they what" for the label's various albums. Jared Mees, who founded the record label, is calling this the " Priceless Music Project ." The goal, is to develop the system and then make it open-source for other record labels to use. The cat is out of the bag. Music is free. Despite what record labels, the federal government or Metallica has to say about it, your favorite album [...]

DJ Tronic - Techno Trip 2012 Saint Schiziode - Eleonor Lui - Azul Alessandro Diga - Move to the Groove Humantronic - Kilei Brian Sanhaji - 2000 Watt (Angel Costa remix) Djamel - Drink, Feck, Arps Franck Valat - Burning Red Snapper - Chimee (Radionasty remix) The Advent - Distract Cari Lekebusch & Jesper Dahlback - 1985 Again Erreome - Fat Dolly Alexander D'niel - Alpha Centauri [...]