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pdx pop now! breaks a few hearts and keeps city singing for joy

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Although it would be impossible to give someone a well concocted taste of Portland’s incredibly rich music community in one weekend, the peeps at PdxPopNow! have been baking up a 3 day FREE and ALL AGE festival for several years now that comes mighty close. It always features some of the cities most acclaimed [...]

the finn riggins super punch out

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Not only was I fortunate enough to catch up with Haily, Idaho’s Finn Riggins recently, I also got socked in the ribs a few times by the trio’s live set. It was a transcendent post-punk/post-epic 70′s rock experience. Having just returned from a 32 state tour, I found Cameron Bouiss (drums, steel drum, [...]

Dude, where’s my hype?

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

What the hell happened to you, record industry?  You used to be so fun.  One week away from the ‘official’ release of my already favorite album of 2008 and nothing peppy detected from Island.  In fact, that is the saddest label artist profile I’ve ever seen. There’s roughly, I don’t know, ZERO content.  Shame on [...]

Nadine Mooney

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Meet Nadine Mooney. She’s eccentric, endearing, adorable, >>>eccentric<<<, and in MouseHouseWormHole she has released one of the spookiest whimsical PDX folksy albums of 2008.
Here’s a cut:
Nadine Mooney – Chaos
You can get it from TLE.
Post by Jon Ragel.