Cut of the Day: "Pendulum," Pure Bathing Culture

Music If I told you the new single from Pure Bathing Culture was dreamy and heart-swelling, would you really be surprised? Probably not. And that's what makes "Pendulum," the first song released from the duo's full-length debut, Moon Tides, a perfect choice to introduce the group to a national audience. Last we heard from ...   More

 

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER

One Door of Perception Closes, Another Opens

Ray Manzarek is gone, but is Jim Morrison still with us...and living in rural Oregon?

Music Yesterday, the world lost Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek, who succumbed to cancer at age 74. While I went through a major Doors period at one point in my life—and will still contend the band is unfairly maligned in modern rock-crit consciousness—   More

 

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER

PDX Charts

Top selling albums and songs in Portland, May 6-12

Music Every week, we list the top selling albums from local record stores Music Millennium, Jackpot Records, Everyday Music and Beacon Sound, and the top streamed tracks in Portland on    More

 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER

Happy 90th Birthday, Harry Smith!

Interviews with Rani Singh, director of the Harry Smith Archives, and musician Joe McMurrian, organizer of Harry Smith's One Kind Favor: A Tribute Concert to the Anthology of American Folk Music.

Music This month, proto-hippie shaman and Portland-born polymath Harry Smith turns 90, and his hometown is throwing him a party. Several, in fact. Never mind that he died in 1991: Considering the man’s resume, the milestone deserves a celebration, regardless of where his spirit resides. Along with being an accomplished experimental fi...   More

 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER

Out of Print

So much music. So little page space. Here are some shows we missed in this week's print edition.

Music Wednesday, May 15 White Fang, Colleen Green, Heavy Hawaii, Comaserfs [PUNK] Spazzy Portland punks White Fang headline this showcase of West Coast basement-party upstarts. Make sure to get there early for San Diego surf-wavers Heavy Hawaii and, especially, L.A.'s Colleen Green, whose dreamy bedroom pop-punk plays like a stonier version of Best Coast. Star Theater, 1...   More

 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER

Cut of the Day: "Zombies (G_Force Remix)," Radiation City featuring TxE

Also, watch a short film about how this collision of Portland indie-pop and indie hip-hop came about.

Music Radiation City's anticipated second album, Animals in the Median, comes out next Tuesday on Tender Loving Empire (currently streaming here), but the i...   More

 

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER

Puttering Around: Glowing Greens

WW's quest to find Portland's best miniature golf course

Features Fore! With spring in the air—and with every other fun activity from a Normal American ChildhoodTM having been already co-opted for ironic enjoyment then played out—over the next week WW brings you reviews of Portland-area putt-putt courses. We're also pretty excited about    More

 

Monday, May 13, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER

Win Tickets to Sun Angle's Record Release Show Tonight!

You read the review in this week's paper—you read it, right?—now, get your copy of one of the most anticipated local albums of the year at Mississippi Studios!

Music Despite what the current weather might indicate, a storm is coming, and its name is Sun Angle. Tonight, the Portland super-trio and Best New Band finalist celebrates the release of its first full-length album, Diamond Junk...   More

 

Friday, May 10, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER

Out of Print

So much music. So little page space. Here are some shows we missed in this week's print edition.

Music Thursday, May 9 Laura Stevenson, Field Mouse, Dresses [INDIE-POP] It is easy to dig a band when they let their freak flag fly as though it is the most normal thing in the world. Laura Stevenson and the Cans combine upbeat tempos with silly and clever wordplay, all to the imperfectly polished range and cadence of Stevenson’s borderline euphoric vocals. But this is more t...   More

 

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 by MATTHEW SINGER

Blood Bros

Wampire crawls out of the basement.

Music Stories Six years ago, the last band anyone would’ve pegged to make it big outside of Portland might have been Wampire. First of all, there’s that name. An inside joke goofing on the German pronunciat   More

 

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 MATTHEW SINGER