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Meet Hush Records' Chad Crouch, Your "Full-service Label Guy"new

Back when Portland-born Crouch started Hush 10 years ago, things were a bit more, well, quiet on Portland's musical front.

Willamette Week | Amy McCullough | 07-09-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: indie rock, Portland, Chad Crouch, Hush Records

PIAPTK Releases Music Worth Its Weight in Vinylnew

Until two years ago, Matt Dixon was "just some dude in Olympia that wanted to put out a record series."

Willamette Week | Amy McCullough | 07-02-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: vinyl, records, labels, Crash That Took Me, People In a Position to Know

Carcrashlander Shares Stories From the Road and Little Poopsnew

The first release from San Francisco's Parks and Records, Carcrashlander graces the label's website alongside P&R artists' favorite parks and such eco-friendly advice as: "When boiling water, be sure to put a lid on the pot [to] save energy."

Willamette Week | Amy McCullough | 01-09-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Carcrashlander

Peter Broderick, Baby Geniusnew

A true multi-instrumentalist, he can be heard playing everything from piano and violin to saw and theremin on records by everyone from Laura Gibson, Loch Lomond and Dolorean to Norfolk & Western and his own chamber-folk outfit (with Justin Ringle and sister Heather Broderick), Horse Feathers.

Willamette Week | Amy McCullough | 12-12-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Float, Peter Broderick

Bassist Joanna Bolme Gets Official with Quasinew

Fresh off tour with Quasi -- of which she's now an "official" member -- Bolme talks about why Portland needs more bassists, and why she doesn't talk about (ex-boyfriend) Elliott Smith.

Willamette Week | Amy McCullough | 11-14-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Leigh Marble Opens Up, Gets Dark.new

Pray you're never Leigh Marble's muse. If it doesn't work out, he will write the most hurtful, yet somehow tender, song about the whole mess, and it will burn.

Willamette Week | Amy McCullough | 10-17-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Leigh Marble, Red Tornado