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.
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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
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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
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Music StoriesBorn: 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
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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
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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
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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
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