BestNewBands.com Genre: Funk, Soul Mood: Party time, upbeat Just like Minneapolis seemed to deliver a slew of talented acts to BNBTV (Hastings 3000, Phantom Tails, The Goondas), Portland area bands have been gracing our internet stage, starting with The Stagger and Sway. So get your fedoras out, ’cause before us we have a group embracing
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
Indie-electronica pop is en vogue and that’s can be partially attributed to the innovative sounds of STRFKR. The Portland, Oregon-based outfit, which formed in 2007, has been one of the standard-bearers for the electro-pop wave that has grown in the years since the band’s beginnings. The band’s latest release, , is the band’s first LP
Oh, Rocky Votolato, your beautiful voice and sweet songs have been missed. We wondered where you had gone. Your last album, The Brag And Cuss was quite somber, but we loved it all the same. Now we hear that you were feeling low and took a break from the world, quite literally. You did a
Pepper Rabbit’s off to quite a busy 2011 so far: after releasing their debut album, Beauregard, late last year, the duo of Xander Singh and Luc Laurent has played a non-stop string of shows with the likes of Passion Pit, Freelance Whales and Miniature Tigers. I recently had the opportunity to interview Xander Singh –
I was in Portland this weekend to celebrate a friend’s birthday, and so was Los Angeles DJ Skrillex – only the birthday was his own, not a friend’s. I’ve attended plenty of dubstep concerts in Eugene, but Skrillex’s hard-partyin’ set proved to be worth the road trip – it blew away all my previous knowledge/expectations
Legendary Portland record store Music Millenium will be hosting two of Portland’s indie veterans this week, the beloved men of The Decemberists and the lesser-known but also talented Dolorean. The record store, which has been around since 1969 and is known for its huge selection of music and knowledgeable staff, as well as the fact that
Portlanders can enjoy a night of mellow indie-folk at one of the rose city’s best music venues this Friday. Head to the Doug Fir early for some dinner or to enjoy some of the great happy hour bar food. Walk around the trendy East Burnside neighborhood or stick around at the bar until show time,
At Sam Bond’s Garage, there are certain things one can always count on: a packed house, and stronger-than-you’d-suspect beer. Local musicians Stagger & Sway know this, and even penned an ode to the notorious Eugene bar that encaptures the weird quirks that make Sam Bond’s special. Now, I’d consider myself a Monday-night bingo and Tuesday-night
Despite the fact that Broken Bells only announced themselves as a project just over a year ago, the duo has exploded onto the scene with force and an eclectic new sound. Broken Bells is the now familiar name of Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse) and James Mercer, frontman of the Pacific Northwest indie band The