AltWeeklies Wire
Gossip Guitarist Wants the Best Club Night in Portland ... and the Worldnew
"The Gossip thing is pretty all-consuming," admits Nathan Howdeshell, known as Brace Paine when playing guitar with the soul-punk icons. "But there's always time to take pictures, do parties and make movies. I can't sit still for very long."
Willamette Week |
Nilina Mason-Campbell |
07-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
If You Were Toussaint Perrault's Homegirl, You'd Be Home By Now, Girlnew
Perrault recorded the songs for his first-ever album using analog equipment, and he always knew he wanted to release it in the most pure way possible--on thick, black vinyl.
Willamette Week |
Michael Mannheimer |
07-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Handful of PDX Pop Now!'s Founders Reminisce, Persevere and Conquer Genrenew
The annual PDX Pop Now! festival, which celebrates its fifth birthday this Friday through Sunday at Rotture, shows no signs of aging--even if it has caused a few gray hairs among the heads of four of its founders.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
07-23-2008 |
Concerts
The Long, Strange Musical Trip of King Black Acid's Daniel Riddlenew
Technically speaking, KBA is more a persona that exists to channel Riddle's muse than a proper band--the musically experimental Mr. Hyde to Riddle's Dr. Jekyll. And like a mad scientist, Riddle's two KBA-fronted bands, the Starseed Transmission and Womb Star Orchestra, have crafted guitar-fueled, effects-heavy sonic free-for-alls.
Willamette Week |
David Walker |
07-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
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
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
The Indecision -- and Resulting Pop Genius -- of Dykeritz's Jordan Blumnew
Blum is the sonic architect behind local electro-pop group Dykeritz, which, after two years of limited activity, returns this summer with a fantastic new record called Rearrangerologyistics.
Willamette Week |
Michael Mannheimer |
07-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Who is Portland's King of the Chrome, Spinnaface?new
Like Batman or Portland's own Famous Mysterious Actor, the emcee refuses to divulge the man behind the mask.
Willamette Week |
Sara Moskovitz |
07-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rollerball: Portland's Best-kept Secret for Far Too Longnew
These people are so humble, it doesn't occur to them that they ought to be lauded alongside local legends like Smegma, the Wipers and Yellow Swans. Musicians revere them.
Willamette Week |
Nathan Carson |
06-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Verbs' Shows Off Au's Compositionsnew
Beautiful and restrained instrumental passages lead into maniacal, choral group chants; vaudevillian theatrics nestle against almost-classical backdrops; accordions operate in waltz time.
Willamette Week |
Michael Mannheimer |
06-18-2008 |
Reviews
Blind Pilot Knows Your Story, Without Even Lookingnew
"The only way you get universal is by getting really, really specific, and avoiding universal cliches."
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
06-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Air Guitar Tips from Bjorn Turoquenew
Team U.S.A. is touring 24 cities, looking for rockers who can compete in the national finals in San Francisco and the world championships on Finland's Kuusisaari Island. Here's how to be one of them.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
06-18-2008 |
Music
Catchy Punk Antiheroes Red Dons Take It to the Streetsnew
Doug Burns, once frontman for punk band the Observers, and the rest of the Dons—bassist Hajji Husayn, drummer Richard Joachim and guitarist Andy Foote will be diving right into this aberrant world of co-ops and basements for a monthlong tour supporting their debut full-length, Death to Idealism.
Willamette Week |
Robert Ham |
05-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Point Juncture, WA Creates Weird Tapes Projectnew
Instead of releasing normal full-length records on cassette, what if they used tapes as a creative jump -- off for their friends' home experiments -- those that, otherwise, would never escape the bedroom?
Willamette Week |
Michael Mannheimer |
05-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Colin Meloy Tries His Hand, Er, Voice at Sam Cookenew
The EP is very Colin Meloy, which is exactly why it doesn't really work.
Willamette Week |
Amy McCullogh |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
