Not long after interviewing Tom Campesinos!, I was off to catch Portland’s own Parenthetical Girls. I’ve seen parenthetical Girls perform a number of times before, but never in such an empty room [3 people watching above are in Los Campesinos!]. I’ve also never seen Parenthetical Girls play so energetic, making amazing use of the space [...]

At 55, one might have expected Gary Wilson to have settled down (with Linda or Cindy, or Mary, or whoever else he is obsessed with). Thank god he hasn’t. Saturday saw Gary Wilson, backed by Eugene’s own The Mood, delivering exactly what the YouTube videos and written accounts have promised: insanity. Although his subject matter [...]

Like Fleet Foxes two days prior, Yeasayer took to the stage at 12:00 or so to more or less start the last day’s amazing lineup. Surprisingly energetic for it being so early, Yeasayer played phenomenally with their debut crossing over very well into the live setting. While their album never blew me away, their live [...]

I was standing toward the front of a dismal White Rabbits crowd who, like me, skipped the Cold War Kids to wait for about 30 minutes while listening to Sum 41’s All Killer No Filler in what feels like its entirety. If you’re fortunate, you saw White Rabbits last Saturday with the sure-to-be amazing Miles [...]

After a beautiful 4 hour drive we’ve finally arrived at Sasquatch. Fleet Foxes played a very pretty set that seemingly won over the surprisingly large crowd. I cheated by hanging in the air conditioned press tent until Portland’s own THE SHAKY HANDS took the stage.

The shaky hands took to [...]

After much groveling, and a handshake with Stephen himself, I managed to get into the WOW Hall last night. Just about right on time, I arrived to the tunes of Portland’s own The Joggers. They played a lot of songs, mainly coming from both their Solid Guild and With a Cape and Cane LPs. [...]

Arthur & Yu took the stage after a bit of a delay playing a number of tracks off their self-titled Hardly Art debut. Though this kind of show isn’t common for Eugene, a group or two of people felt it wasn’t significant enough to shut up for. They powered through their set regardless, undoubtedly picking [...]

-Day One-
Photo’s and Commentary by Erik.

Portland, for the most part, is by no means a boring city if you have an open mind for entertainment. Tons of bands live here and there is some sort of show happening on any given night. Granted, never did I imagine that this past Monday would turn out how [...]