Willamette Week - http://www.wweek.com/portland/articles.sec-872-1-.html Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT+7 en hourly 1 Portland Rock Trivia - Twelve absolutely random things you didn’t know about the Portland music scene. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19623-portland_rock_trivia_twelve_absolutely_random_things_you_didn%E2%80%99t_know_about_the_portland_musi.html 1.MusicfestNW began as the bastard child of SXSW...]]> Bowling With The Devil - Jessie Rogers' heavy-metal bowling league is changing lives. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-11547-bowling_with_the_devil_jessie_rogers_heavy_metal_bowling_league_is_changing_lives.html Giving Up the Ghost - Don’t fear the Reaper—even if it’s a really convincing-looking Reaper. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18709-giving_up_the_ghost_don%E2%80%99t_fear_the_reaper%E2%80%94even_if_it%E2%80%99s_a_really_convincing_l.html “A lot of black-metal bands have an agenda where they actually say, ‘We want you to kill yourself,’” bemoans Ghost’s frontman. “We don’t have an agenda. Our uppermost goal is not t]]> Primer: Lost Lockets - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-17454-primer_lost_lockets_.html Formed: In Portland in the deep winter of 2006. Sounds like: It sounds a lot like what David Lynch directing O Brother, Where Art Thou? would look like. For fans of: Gospel, Twin Peaks, Kate Bush, 4AD]]> Primer: Steely Dan - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-17661-primer_steely_dan_.html Formed: Walter Becker and Donald Fagen met at Bard College in 1967. Sounds like: Yacht rock! For fans of: Michael McDonald, Fleetwood Mac, Chicago, the Doobie Brothers, Duke Ellington, Bob Dylan and E]]> Punk’s Not Dead - Final Warning returns to Portland after a 22-year hiatus. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-9542-punkrss_not_dead_final_warning_returns_to_portland_after_a_22_year_hiatus.html Primer: Man Or Astroman? - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-16980-primer_man_or_astroman_.html Formed: Auburn, Ala., in 1992. Sounds like: The Ventures on a steady diet of Space Ghost and Hawkwind. For fans of: Surf rock, Link Wray, Dead Moon, Estrus Records, Mystery Science Theater 3000. Why you care: Man or Astroman? launched from its pad in the ]]> Primer: Queens of the Stone Age - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-17771-primer_queens_of_the_stone_age_.html Formed: In Palm Desert, Calif., 1997. Sounds like: Innovative corporate rock with pop hooks that shoots from the hip. Yup, that used to happen. For fans of: Kyuss, Devo, ZZ Top, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin,]]> Calamity Jane Saturday, July 24 - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-12230-calamity_jane_saturday_july_24_.html Where’s your guitar? - Rollerball—Portland's best-kept secret for far too long. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-9190-whererss_your_guitar_rollerballmdashportlands_best_kept_secret_for_far_too_long.html Album Review: Danava - <i>Hemisphere of Shadows</i> (Kemado) http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18289-album_review_danava_hemisphere_of_shadows_%28kemado%29.html [METAL] On its self-titled debut album in 2006, local hard-rock band Danava established itself as a formidable power trio with a healthy laser-gloss of analog synth to push its sound into outer ]]> <i>Star Wars: Uncut</i> - Greedo shot first. Han shot his own movie. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18782-star_wars_uncut_greedo_shot_first_han_shot_his_own_movie.html A long time ago, a USC student named George transformed his love of Buck Rogers serials, pulp novels and Japanese cinema into the greatest space-opera film of all time. Since then, he’s redeco]]> Lickity - Lickity's electro-party-punk was kind of an accident. No one's complaining. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-9821-lickity_lickitys_electro_party_punk_was_kind_of_an_accident_no_ones_complaining.html Album Review: Lost Lockets - <i>Love Not Fear</i> (Cochon Records) http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19300-album_review_lost_lockets_love_not_fear_%28cochon_records%29.html [SIREN SONGS] After several years in the making, the surrealist pop duo Lost Lockets has finally immortalized a collection of its finest tunes to wax. It’s never been easy to describe Lost Locke]]> Mongoloid Village <i>Mongoloid Village</i> - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-10224-mongoloid_village_mongoloid_village_.html <i>Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage</i> - Revenge of the—prog-metal—nerds. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-12092-rush_beyond_the_lighted_stage_revenge_of_themdashprog_metalmdashnerds.html Primer: Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19411-primer_ringo_starr_his_all_starr_band_.html Formed: In 1989, thanks to producer David Fishof, who envisioned a show where “everybody onstage is a star in their own right.”  Sounds like: The Travelling Wilburys with a stoned Caveman on]]> Halsey “Halseycaust” Swain - The wild life and wildlife of Portland’s most extreme visual artist. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20190-halsey_%E2%80%9Chalseycaust%E2%80%9D_swain_the_wild_life_and_wildlife_of_portland%E2%80%99s_most_ext.html Illustrator Halsey Swain speaks in a matter-of-fact, almost backwoods drawl. Though she has called Portland home for five years, she was born in Marblehead, Mass., not far from the other Salem.&nb]]> Album Review: Order Of The Gash - <i>Configuraton</i> (Self-Released) http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19162-album_review_order_of_the_gash_configuraton_%28self_released%29.html [DEATH METAL] Hearing Configuration makes me realize how many times I’ve seen Order of the Gash in DIY settings with inadequate sound systems. These three good folks operate without ego, alway]]> Primer: Opeth - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18052-primer_opeth_.html Formed: In 1990 in Stockholm. Sounds like: Swedish death metal from the ’90s having a fireside chat with progressive rock from the ’70s. For fans of: Morbid Angel, King Crimson, Camel, Metallica, ]]> Primer: Paul Di’Anno - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20049-primer_paul_di%E2%80%99anno_.html

Born: In 1958 in London.
Sounds like: Early Iron Maiden songs performed by less capable players who have not taken very good care of themselves.
For fans of: Iron Maiden, Blaze Bayley, Tim “Ripper

]]> Michael Chapman: Tuesday, Oct. 9 - The British folk rebel you’ve never heard of. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19715-michael_chapman_tuesday_oct_9_the_british_folk_rebel_you%E2%80%99ve_never_heard_of.html [BRITISH FOLK] “I’m not very good at doing what I’m told,” says Michael Chapman through a crackling phone line from Leeds, England. That’s an understatement. At age 71, Chapman, one of]]> Primer: Slayer - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-12390-primer_slayer_.html Primer: Pallbearer - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20214-primer_pallbearer_.html Formed: In Little Rock, Ark., in 2008.  Sounds like: A slow march through brimstone fields at the end of time. For fans of: Black Sabbath, Candlemass, Electric Wizard, Burning Witch, funerals, ]]> 7-Inch Roundup - Two new 7-inch releases, one crazy migraine http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-9444-7_inch_roundup_two_new_7_inch_releases_one_crazy_migraine.html Steel Pole Bath Tub - 1 a.m. Thursday, Doug Fir http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-9495-steel_pole_bath_tub_1_am_thursday_doug_fir.html The Jesus Lizard Thursday, Oct. 22 - The sons of Godzilla return to Portland, but will 49-year-old frontman David Yow still get naked? http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-11177-the_jesus_lizard_thursday_oct_22_the_sons_of_godzilla_return_to_portland_but_will_49_year_old_frontm.html Primer: The Accüsed - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-11037-primer_the_accuumlsed_.html Primer: Gwar - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-16599-primer_gwar_.html Primer: Isis - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-12044-primer_isis_.html