The Angry Orts are neither angry nor orts. In case you don’t know what orts, are, they are, essentially, table scraps. If The Angry Orts’s show was a buffet, there would be nary a scrap to be found. I caught their show at The Woods last night and found myself drowned in a crowd that
Before The Ocean Floor’s show at Rontom’s last week, I got a chance to sit down with them and talk about their projects, their sound and which artists they like the best.
Yesterday I caught up with Madison, who recently released installment one of four of her EP series, The Noise Some People Make. As mentioned before, Madison left her studies of neurology and psychology to pursue her pop ambitions. The coolest thing about Madison is that she is writing, recording and producing her records on her
Modern Skirts, a four-piece from Athens, GA, sure know to groove on a sick pop hook. Gramahawk, Modern Skirts’s latest album, drops today. It’s ten tracks of clattering cymbals, soaring synth and lilting lyrics. The devil really is in the details with Modern Skirts. They manage to produce thrillingly catchy songs that unfold, little by
Don’t dismiss Madison as a regurgitation of pop stars like Kesha or Lady GaGa. While her songs are quite dancey, Madison brings an original style to pop music- and a lot of sex appeal. Madison released the first installment of her four part EP series, The Noise Some People Make last Tuesday. The four-song set
Being at Rontom’s to see The Ocean Floor last night was a bit…muffled. Kind of like being underwater. It was difficult to hear the band clearly, which was a shame. The Ocean Floor is one of the most eclectic Portland bands I’ve had the pleasure to come across. The four-piece sound like a cross between
Van Go Lion, an exciting electropop duo from Portland, are in the process of recording their first full length album. Amy Paige and Josh Loerzel met a couple years back when Amy put an ad on Craigslist looking for a band to sing with. Pure pop perfection was born when Amy and Josh met, and
In March of 2008, Sam Humans and The Heliogoats stayed in a rental house together while performing at SXSW. The two acts formed a bond and decided to work on a project together. The result is a ten song split EP, Live Free & Let Loose. Sam Humans, formerly Modernstate, opens the EP with “Hate
Celilo have been quite the indie darlings since the release of their album Bending Mirrors in 2009. The alt-country, self-described ‘bootgazing’ five piece from Portland has seen their share of hardship and triumph over the last few years. Since the death of their drummer, Kipp Crawford in late 2009, Celilo has worked to move past
If I didn’t mention in my previous review of Little Beirut’s show on December 10 how much I LOVE them, let me do it now. I love Little Beirut. They played an amazing, intimate show at the Buckley Center on the University of Portland campus, for free. They also gave me an incredibly warm and