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The Last Pogonew

Portland's old New-Wave champions Theatre of Sheep tend the flock.
Willamette Week  |  Jay Horton  |  12-19-2007  |  Concerts

World's Greatest Ghosts Proves More Catchy than Spookynew

For the most part, the Laneys seem satisfied with their version of the rock-star dream. "Family and being happy. That's really what we want." In Portland, that's a perfectly reasonable goal.
Willamette Week  |  Jim Sandberg  |  12-12-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

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

YACHT and the Thermals Prove Goofiness and Age Know No Boundsnew

This must be a joke, right? A fire code-taunting publicity stunt, some hacker's Make-A-Wish or a trenchant satire of music industry 2.0? Homegrown pop-punk sensation the Thermals caps its annus mirabilis with a free concert at cafe/gamer haven Backspace?
Willamette Week  |  Jay Horton  |  12-05-2007  |  Concerts

Kevin Robinson and Ohmega Watts Share the Lovenew

After being introduced to one another in 2005, it wasn't long before the indie rocker and hip-hop head made plans for collaboration.
Willamette Week  |  Casey Jarman  |  12-05-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

The Reign of Cool Nutz Isn't Over Yetnew

In 1997, Cool Nutz released Harsh Game for the People, a funky, slang-infused cruise through the streets of pre-gentrification Northeast that's widely considered the first classic Portland hip-hop record (he's released nearly 10 since).
Willamette Week  |  Casey Jarman  |  11-28-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Former Bella Fayes Frontman Lael Alderman Goes Solonew

Of Birds saunters through a number of genres -- New Wave, indie-pop, British-invasion balladry -- all of which are led by Alderman's confident, malleable vocals (equally capable of Britt Daniel falsetto, Pete Yorn warble or Julian Casablancas hesitant aggression).
Willamette Week  |  Jay Horton  |  11-28-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Living Proof Debuts with Positive Hip-hopnew

And at its delirious, beat-mixing, Northwest-pimping best, Living Proof emerges as a tumbling young outfit on the verge of big things.
Willamette Week  |  Stephen Marc Beaudoin  |  11-28-2007  |  Reviews

Sleep and Zelly Rock: A Positive Pairnew

The idea of dancehall reggae and hip-hop co-habitating under the same beats is hardly new -- remember Snow? But where most efforts of that variety target mainstream club-goers, Sleep and Zelly Rock's collabo is positive and real.
Willamette Week  |  Casey Jarman  |  11-14-2007  |  Reviews

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

Growing Out of I Can Lick Any Sonofabitchnew

Michael Dean Damron's new band, Thee Loyal Bastards, turns the volume down a touch and puts greater emphasis on songwriting.
Willamette Week  |  Casey Jarmon  |  11-07-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Southern Belle Breaks Your Toysnew

The lo-fi indie-pop trio joins forces with upwards of 20 friends for a "Little Boys Club" meeting, where they create franken-toys.
Willamette Week  |  Nilina Mason-Campbell  |  11-07-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Queercore Icons Team Dresch Have Never Been Predictablenew

Since the Portland-based punk band formed 14 years ago, its four queer members have broken social and musical conventions, but has anything changed?
Willamette Week  |  Paige Richmond  |  10-31-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Michele Wylen Gets her Dance Onnew

Wylen doesn't know exactly how she came to be branded a dance act, but making her live debut opening for Liverpool-based electronic act Ladytron last October may have had something to do with it.
Willamette Week  |  Nilina Mason-Campbell  |  10-31-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Portland Hip-Hop Had to Start Somewherenew

The U-Krew represents a long list of firsts: They were the first Portland hip-hop group to ever show up on MTV or BET, and the group likely retains its title as the most widely heard hip-hop group ever to come out of Stumptown after its single "If U Were Mine" reached No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1990.
Willamette Week  |  Casey Jarmen  |  10-31-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

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