Music Fest NW Lineup!

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Portlanders (and anyone who wants to come to Portland), clear your calendars! September 7-11 is Music Fest NorthWest, and it looks incredible this year. Aside from the amazing headliners like Band of Horses and Iron and Wine, MFNW has something for everyone from Portland’s diverse assortment of amazing music. Read on to check out the

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Weekend Playlist – Feb. 4, 2011

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Welcome to another weekend! Start it off right with music from the artists we’ve featured this week at BestNewBands.com. “Steel My Heart” – The Angry Orts Liz Livengood got a chance to sit down with The Angry Orts before their show at The Woods in Portland last Saturday. Read the rest of Liz’s post here.

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Orts! Orts! Orts! Angry Orts!

Before their awesome show at The Woods last Saturday, I sat down with all of The Angry Orts for a chat. Over champagne and PBRs, we discussed nerdy words, what’s on their iPod(s) and whether they get more action now that they’re in a band. ***This video may contain language that is offensive to you.

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The Angry Orts Rock The Woods

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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

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