AltWeeklies Wire
Phantom Lights Isn't Breaking New Ground & That's OKnew
Chordae Tendinae easily takes you back with a very specific brand of nostalgia -- think Heavens to Betsy.
Willamette Week |
Devan Cook |
07-25-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Chordae Tendinae, Phantom Lights
Buoy LaRue: Beck Meets Beethovennew
Making classical crossover sexy, and not too catchy.
Willamette Week |
Stephen Marc Beaudoin |
07-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Buoy LaRue
Getting Circular With Portugal. The Mannew
The quartet's history is almost as circuitous as the reasoning behind the band's cryptic name.
Willamette Week |
Brandon Seifert |
07-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Portugal. The Man
The Rainy States' Positive Outlook Predicts Sunny Skiesnew
The band's rich, lilting rock tapestries ooze with teamwork.
Willamette Week |
Amy McCullough |
07-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Rainy States
Fist Fite: Portland's 'Next Big Thing'new
At a packed Seattle gig with Klaxons in April, the band's merch consisted of old, inside-out T-shirts drawn on with Sharpie markers -- and kids bought them before the band even played.
Willamette Week |
Michael Byrne |
07-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fist Fite
The Rules of Winningnew
Morgan Grace gets idyllic, whether she means to or not.
Willamette Week |
Amy McCullough |
07-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Morgan Grace
The Robot Ate Me, Saturday, July 7new
TRAM takes listeners on a long, strange trip through its creator's life.
Willamette Week |
Brandon Seifert |
07-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: TRAM
Lead Charmparticle on Growing Up and Career-appropriate Eyewearnew
Learning to play without longtime collaborator Adam Wayne has taught Pamela Rooney to be a true songwriter and confident full-time frontwoman.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
06-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Charmparticles
Screen Shotsnew
While MTV withers, Portland's music-video directors are making the genre sing again.
Willamette Week |
Michael Byrne |
06-21-2007 |
Music
Matt McCormick Gets Appropriately Atmosphericnew
The poetic visual beauty of the industrial and urban landscapes that the Portland filmmaker captures on film are as unlikely as the soundscapes he composes/documents on Very Stereo.
Willamette Week |
Michael Byrne |
06-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Matt McCormick, Very Stereo
Alaska to Portland: The Great Music Migration?new
Since 1996 (when 36 Crazyfists moved to PDX after a fruitless year in Seattle), Portland has become the primary destination for young Alaskan musicians.
Willamette Week |
Brandon Seifert |
06-21-2007 |
Music
Side Project is Born Out of Good Times ... And Sounds Like Itnew
Decemberist Chris Funk strikes and gets wasted (in a good way).
Willamette Week |
Amy McCullough |
05-31-2007 |
Reviews
LKN's Definitive Recording is Yet to Comenew
Lauren K. Newman's fifth release comes closest yet to capturing its creator, but there are still improvements to be made.
Willamette Week |
Jason Simms |
05-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: LKN, Postulate II
Drunken Boat Sobers Upnew
The Portland band promises that only one or two members are blacked out at a time during shows these days.
Willamette Week |
Jason Simms |
05-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Drunken Boat
Thrash Band's Ode to Serial Killersnew
Despite the cringe-inspiring name, Clit Ripper is a talented band.
Willamette Week |
Jason Simms |
05-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Clit Ripper, In Front of the Kids
