KBOO’s Sunday shows go around the world in 390 minutes.
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The charter for KBOO, Portland’s left-of-the-dial
community radio station, vows to use its frequency to fill needs that
other media doesn’t, bringing content to underserved groups. Tune in to
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How many twangs does it take to get to the alt-country center of a local rock band?
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[TWANG-ROCK] When Nick Foltz’s input dislodged from his
bass during a recent Truckstop Darlin’ performance, he ran offstage
mid-song in search of a quick fix. Within less than two tunes, he ha
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Formed: In 2003 in New York City.
Sounds like: A lovely sample platter of mopey rock sounds from the ’80s, ’90s and aughts flipped over and then rubbed into the carpet.
For fans of: Bauhau
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Illmaculate’s long-delayed debut album has guts—now can it find ears?
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Greg Poe hasn’t grown any—height-wise—since gracing the cover of WW
in 2009. The Portland MC, better known as Illmaculate, is still
5-foot-5 with a crooked Blazers cap. And while he jokes ab
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Wells moves beyond her classical/hip-hop mash-up reputation into new territory.
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[POST-CLASSICAL] For three years, Emily
Wells has carried the Notorious B.I.G. on her back. In 2009, the
Texas-born singer-producer went into the studio and, in her distinctive
warble, recited t
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Dan Bejar’s longtime musical project,
Destroyer, has gone through many permutations, from edgy, drip-dry pop
to motorik showtunes written on MIDI synths. For 2011’s Kaputt,
Bejar and company
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William Helfrich tries to untangle his past and makes his best album in the process.
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[SINGER-SONGWRITER] William Helfrich woke up one morning a
few years ago and realized he was a grown-up. It was something none of
his previous life experiences—not going to college, not holding
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Formed: 2002 in San Francisco.
Sounds like: A Saturday Night Fever-style dance floor made of melting chocolate.
For fans of: Boards of Canada’s Geogaddi, anything on the Ghost Box label, Luk
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A journey from old-timey Americana to pop that would rather not be called cute.
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[HOMEMADE POP] Julie Vitells grew up in what she calls “a
pop-culture vacuum.” With hippie parents and a natural proclivity toward
“old-timey stuff,” the young musician—who spent her ear
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