Picked By: Liz Livengood Who: Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr Where: Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR When: Monday, June 6th at 9pm Cost: $10 advance, $12 day of show Age Restrictions: 21+
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Sasquatch! in Review: Part Two
Continuing where we left off from my Sasquatch! in Review: Part One post, Saturday night of Sasquatch! had me waiting patiently for Robyn’s set to start at the Bigfoot stage. I tried to get into the Banana Shack dance tent to watch The Glitch Mob, but it was packed. What I could hear of the
Sasquatch! in Review: Part One
photo credit: Kyle Johnson (official Sasquatch! Flickr page) The tenth anniversary of the Pacific Northwest’s Sasquatch! Music Festival 2011 had its ups and downs: riots broke out at the festival entrance, bipolar weather had people burning one minute and freezing the next, and many concertgoers’ tents, including my friends’, were literally ripped apart and looted
The Sasquatch! 2011 Lineup is Here!
A larger version of this poster can be viewed at The Portland Mercury Music fans of the Pacific Northwest are in for a treat this Memorial Day weekend, as the 10th anniversary of the Sasquatch! Music Festival in Gorge, Washington promises a myriad of musical legends, as well as your favorite indie bands. Sasquatch! will
Robyn Is Giving New York What it Wants: Her
This weekend, one of my favorite artists, Robyn, is going to to grace the legendary stage of New York’s Radio City Music Hall, and you guessed it, I will be watching and dancing every step of the way. You can read my review of her last performance in New York, at Terminal 5, HERE. But
Sarah Jaffe: On future plans and living in a town where she will never be cool
It used to be that one couldn’t live in the relatively small town of Denton, Texas without having heard of local singer/songwriter Sarah Jaffe. But now, it’s difficult to find a person in the indie music world who hasn’t run across her instantly recognizeable brand of dusky folk in the last year or so. Her
Talk About…Pop Music (with Van Go Lion)
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
Best Venues of 2010
Voting for the Best Venues of 2010 has closed, but here’s a look at some of the nominees from the category. El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles, CA Earlier this month, Claire Gallagher caught “adorable” Kina Grannis at the El Rey. Claire wrote, “Kina began her set around 10 to a roar of applause from
The Weekend Playlist for November 12, 2010
photo credit – Kelly Knapp In our latest installment of the newly-revamped Weekend Playlist, we look back on some of the week’s posts, accompanied by music from our featured artists. Cameras – Matt and Kim:Last Saturday, Cervante Pope reviewed Sidewalks, the latest album from Matt and Kim. Cervante wrote, “The album opens with ‘Block After
Robyn Will Never Have to Dance Alone in New York’s Terminal 5
Is Robyn an electro-pop tour-de-force? If you asked anyone at New York City’s Terminal 5 last night while Maluca or Natalia Kills were on stage, warming up the crowd with their own blend of tropical punk and synthpop, the answer was already ‘yes’. If you asked me, as an enormous Robyn fan, I knew the