PDX Pop Now! will be returning to Rotture (320 SE 2nd Ave) on July 24th, 25th and 26th for the free, all-ages festival that showcases Portland’s diverse musical talent. This year’s festival will feature indoor and outdoor sets from Ah Holly Fam’ly, Animal Farm, Au, Autistic Youth, Benoit Pioulard, Breakfast Mountain, Chamber of Commerce (Blue Cranes + Paxselin Quartet), Church, Cull, Daniel Menche, DASH!, Deelay Ceelay, Don Hellions, Explode Into Colors, Fear No Music, Fist Fite, Grouper, Guidance Counselor, Inside Voices, Jeffrey Jerusalem, Laura Gibson, Lightheaded, Luck-One, Magic Johnson, Menomena, Morning Teleportation, MY-G, Nice Nice, Nucular Aminals, Nurses, Peter Broderick, Pierced Arrows, Purple Rhinestone Eagle, Red Fang, Rob Walmart, Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside, Strength, Tara Jane O’Neil, Teeath, The Andrew Oliver Sextet, The Estranged, The Mint Chicks, The Minus 5, The Old Believers, The Quick & Easy Boys, The Shaky Hands, Thrones and White Hinterland.
On July 16th, PDX Pop Now! will host “PDX Pop Now! at Portland City Hall,” a free all-ages show on the steps of Portland’s City Hall (1221 SW 4th Avenue) from 5-8:30pm. This lead-up to the PDX Pop Now! festival will feature performances by Y La Bamba, Point Juncture WA, and YACHT. “PDX Pop Now! is thrilled to once again bring local music to the steps of Portland City Hall in a celebration of the unique climate of civic support independent music enjoys in our town. By presenting a free, all-ages concert featuring some of the most exciting musicians creating in Portland today, and doing so in the middle of downtown just as many people are getting off of work and looking for a way to enjoy a summer evening, we intend to provide an accessible form for Portlanders to discover and appreciate the staggering wealth and diversity of incredible music being made by their neighbors.” Adding, “Additionally, we hope to throw a bright light on the fact that involvement in one’s local arts community is a legitimate and productive form of civic involvement, and one that can serve as a conduit to broader interest and participation in neighborhood and municipal affairs.”
The 2009 PDX Pop Now! compilation is now available for purchase at local retail outlets and online at CD Baby here. Proceeds from sales of the album go towards funding the festival and the rest of organization’s activities. The 6th installment of the heralded compilation features 40 tracks, including music from M. Ward, the Thermals, Jared Mees & The Grown Children, Starfucker, and Sandpeople as well as rare or previously unreleased tracks by Grouper, The Mint Chicks, Ethan Rose & Laura Gibson, Dykeritz, Explode Into Colors and Thrones.
The compilation and festival is brought to you in part by generous sponsorships from CD Baby, OPB Music, Button Magazine, Spectre Entertainment Group, Cravedog Inc., Rotture, 230 Publicity and Performer Magazine.
![Recommend [Pampelmoose]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/arkayne-media/img/badge/logo-recommend-badge-medium.png){kind=icon}
[...] PDX Pop Now Festival Announces Line Up, Laura Gibson and Ethan Rose Free MP3 [...]
June 25th, 2009 at 10:11 pm