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Record Review: Tender Loving Empire Records Sampler
Tender Loving Empire Records Friends & Friends of Friends, Vol. 4 Portland, OR “Great collection of songs from Portland and beyond” Portland, Oregon: the Oregon Trail, Redwood trees, and rainy...
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Mountain Sounds – Self-Titled
Mountain Sounds Mountain Sounds San Lucas Sacatepequez, Guatemala & Portland, OR (Self-Released) “Collision of cultures, recorded in an abandoned Guatemalan orphanage” Mountain Sounds is driven by...
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Slutty Hearts live in Portland
WHERE: East End – Portland, OR WHEN: February 27 HIGHLIGHT: “Lo-fi, dark, vampy garage rock” If there is a renaissance of ‘60s-style garage rock bands happening in Portland right now, the Slutty Hearts...
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Interview with Jason Rivera of Gaytheist
Why The Abrasive PDX 3-Piece Turned Its Drummer Into Their Frontman Gaytheist. Say it out loud. OK, did you get that out of your system? Spin labeled them as “unfortunately named,” which we think it...
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Typhoon: How the 11-Member Group Used its Numbers to Create Their Own Scene
Typhoon has moved away from the vernacular music traditions of their early recordings, which had song titles like “Sea Shanty,” “Sea Shanty 2” and “Gypsy Song,” to a relatively more pop sound. My...
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Lovers –“A Friend in the World” album review
The first thing that jumped into my mind when I heard this album by Lovers is the ’90s era. A few of the songs seem like they should have been featured on The Perks of Being a Wallflower soundtrack, or...
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