After their outstanding performance at The Woods last Sunday night, I headed out back with Kali and Matt (and later Graham) from Portland’s The Ascetic Junkies. We chatted for a bit, about musical guilty pleasures, Boston vs. Portland and other miscellany. Check out my video interview with The Ascetic Junkies below: In addition to being
The Ascetic Junkies: Fun At Mississippi Studios
Portland’s Mississippi Studios was packed last night for the Nicole Atkins/Cotton Jones show. People who showed up early enough to see The Ascetic Junkies open were the lucky ones, though. In spite of their austere-sounding name, The Ascetic Junkies play with pure hedonistic abandon. They’re a pop band. Or are they a bluegrass band? They