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Wooden Indian Burial Ground: Saturday, Nov. 24

Paving an expressway to your skull, straight through old, loud Portland.


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[PSYCHEDELIC GARAGE] Justin Fowler, singer-guitarist for psych-garage conjurers Wooden Indian Burial Ground, has been around Portland long enough to remember what the city used to be like. Accor   More
 
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

Mic Check: Dethklok


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Dethklok is not a band to be fucked with. The quintet ranks as the world’s seventh-largest economy, and almost single-handedly keeps the distilling industry afloat. Its concerts are so riotous   More
 
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 AP KRYZA

Ancient Heat: Friday, Nov. 23

Portland’s hottest dance band is just getting warmed up.


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[NEW DISCO] For a band that has released only one 12-inch single, the sizzling Oh...You Bad EP, Ancient Heat does not lack fans in its hometown of Portland.  “I can’t really say how it ha   More
 
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 ROBERT HAM

This Must Be the Place

Akron/Family’s Dana Buoy has spent his life on the move. He’s ready to settle down­—in Portland.


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Dana Janssen doesn’t stay in one place for too long. During the course of our conversation at Fresh Pot on North Mississippi Avenue...   More
 
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 ROBERT HAM

Siren’s Echo: Wednesday, Nov. 14

Portland’s only female hip-hop duo returns—but don’t call it a comeback.


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[TIMELESS HIP-HOP] To hear Toni Hill and Sabrina “Syndel” Britt, of singer-rapper duo Siren’s Echo, discuss their artistic relationship, you’d think they were twins separated at birth. O   More
 
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

Pony Village: Sunday, Nov. 18

Indie rock inspired by late nights, early mornings and the cold, gray Northwest (and a little Phil Spector, too).


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[BLEARY-EYED ROCK] It’s 5 am on election night, and Ryan Barber is just getting home from his job as sound guy at Kelly’s Olympian. The presidential race was called hours ago, and the Pony V   More
 
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 MARK STOCK

Primer: Susanna Hoffs


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Born: In 1959 in Los Angeles. Sounds like: Fluttery, jangly pop that sounds great coming out of a transistor radio.  For fans of: Big Star, Fleetwood Mac, Paul Williams, Jon Brion, Aimee Mann. Latest release: Someday, Hoffs’ third solo album, showcases her ageless voice and heartfelt lyrical explorations of love, heartbreak and growing old gracefully.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012 ROBERT HAM

The Thrill of it All

Thrill Jockey Records founder Bettina Richards talks 20 years of music without borders.


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Twenty years ago, Bettina Richards lived in a cramped fourth-floor walk-up in a particularly heroin-infested section of pre-Giuliani Manhattan. Out of that apartment, Richards, a self-professed    More
 
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

Primer: Psychic TV


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Formed: In London in 1981. Sounds like: The quick rush of a DMT hit expanded to sometimes-epic lengths.  For fans of: Throbbing Gristle, Coil, 808 State, Brion Gysin, William S. Burroughs, Timo   More
 
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 ROBERT HAM

Japandroids: Tuesday, Nov. 13

Cool rockin’ daddies born in the B.C., eh.


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[BUDDY ROCK] Japandroids had the breakup talk. After three rough years booking their own little shows in Vancouver, B.C., the exuberant power duo was planning to call it quits, self-releasing its    More
 
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR
 

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