Best New Bands » Portland concerts http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Grouper Dreams Big at Disjecta http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/grouper-dreams-big-at-disjecta/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/grouper-dreams-big-at-disjecta/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 05:08:56 +0000 “Do we have any knitters in the house?” asked Disjecta Art Center Executive Director Bryan Suereth this past Friday night. It wasn’t until two hands quickly shot up in the audience that I realized this question wasn’t a joke. The second annual Quiet Music Festival would be exactly what it advertised to be: quiet. Until

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