I’m pretty sure most Oregonians think Dubstep is a kind of dance, so I didn’t expect much of a turn-out for a Dubstep show in Portland, especially one that unfortunately fell on a wednesday, and for opening act Monkeytek my expectations were correct. This isn’t to say he didn’t do an amazing job though. I [...]

Sasha was correct when he called Ratatat’s new album, “noisier and more fleshed out”. This was on immaculate display at Holocene last night, where they were joined by family member, and perfect reason for Portland Pride, E*Rock.

E*Rock’s album is far less interesting than his live shows, where he is able to combine both his glitchy [...]

[ July 9, 2008; 8:00 pm; ] It’s too bad you are going to be at Kode9 tonight (not) because Matmos happens to be playing at the Aladdin Theater at the same time. Yesterday I had the good fortune of catching them do an improv set at KPSU in front of no more than 5 other people.

Improv albums almost never work, simply [...]

[ July 12, 2008 to July 13, 2008. ]

Although this festival is all for charity, and no press are given comped tickets, I somehow managed to win a pair by telling Sub-Pop that Wolf Eyes’ Human Animal is the best album they’ve ever put out on the label. Although that may be true, one thing Sub-Pop 20 has allowed me to do is [...]

[ June 29, 2008; 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm. ] Photo stolen from someone’s Flickr

If you scroll down, you will see that a few days ago I made mention of White Fang’s basketball party/ Poetry Reading/ All around good time. I’m really really excited about that, but since that STARTS AT SEVEN, one can assume it might be done by 9:30.

If in fact this is [...]

[ June 29, 2008; ]

White Fang (my very favorite guys in Portland) are going to be playing a show at Brooklyn Park Basketball Court this Sunday the 29th… I think around 8 or 9:00PM. Though the line-up fluctuates from show to show, this show very well could include all 50000000 members. If you haven’t seen WHT FNG live before, [...]

[ August 15, 2008; 8:00 pm; ]  

As promised I came up with Seven songs to post one each day, allowing you an evening and the next day to ponder and appreciate the track. As expected I didn’t commit, for that I am sorry. If it is any conselation I have a pretty good excuse (I moved and cancelled my internet).

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That the powers that be charged $27 for this show is truly a shame. Eugene will never be Seattle, as someone so appropriately put it, and for KWVA and whoever else sponsored this to think that people would be willing to pay that much for bands who have played Eugene in the past (for $10) [...]

It’d been a year or two since I’d seen Daughters. In that time the band has gotten more and more metal in their aesthetic and their sound. Although they’ve always been a great live band, last Tuesday’s set saw them completely outdoing themselves. Live, singer Alexis Marshall’s vocals are incoherent anyway, so it’s suiting that [...]

If my duty as a music blogger is to inform you of what is good and going on, I may have steered you in the wrong direction. Recall 6 months or so ago when I asked you to please write Fabulous Diamonds and tell them to play Portland. Whether or not you did, they’ve played [...]