http://www.wweek.com/portland/articles.sec-894-1-.html Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT+7 en hourly 1 http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-17579-album_review_redwood_son_the_lion%E2%80%99s_inside_%288_ball_records%29.html [ROOTS-ROCK COCKTAIL] If opening tracks are meant to forecast an album’s mood, then “Long Fall,” the first cut off Redwood Son’s two-disc debut effort, The Lion’s Inside, signals clear sk]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-10990-tyler_stenson_friday_sept_11_local_songwriter_decides_to_test_out_his_portland_r%E9sum%E9_in_music_c.html http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-17517-top_five_can%E2%80%99t_miss_sets_at_the_sasquatch__festival_.html Matt and Kim (Saturday, 7:30 pm, Bigfoot Stage) Flexing the likability of the Portland Timbers and the infectious charm of the Muppets, Brooklyn’s dance-rock duo is the band you always wanted to p]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-9544-the_wanteds_friday_sept_19_the_unapologetically_unhip_wanteds_can_make_it_here_anywhere.html http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19771-album_review_cait_olds_prison_city_%28gorbie_international%29.html [BEDROOM FOLK] There’s a sense of quiet Western solitude in Cait Olds’ work. The Portland-via-California songwriter recorded full-length debut Prison City at Materials to Outlet, Jake Kelly’s ]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19331-top_five_promising_tribute_shows_this_week_.html Replacements tribute (Star Theater, Wednesday)Chase a screening of the excellent Color Me Obsessed with a musical tribute to the band that made rock ’n’ roll cool again.Joey Porter does Sly and th]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20271-lawz_spoken%E2%80%99s_chron_legacy_a_weed_scented_hip_hop_crime_drama_with_an_%E2%80%9980s_sound_and.html A suburban upbringing leaves lasting and vivid impressions that rival those produced by even the dankest of joints. Matthew Gonzales can testify. The Portland producer, known as both Lawz Spoken]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19886-pony_village_sunday_nov_18_indie_rock_inspired_by_late_nights_early_mornings_and_the_cold_gray_north.html [BLEARY-EYED ROCK] It’s 5 am on election night, and Ryan Barber is just getting home from his job as sound guy at Kelly’s Olympian. The presidential race was called hours ago, and the Pony V]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19742-album_review_corin_tucker_band_kill_my_blues_%28kill_rock_stars%29.html [PARENTAL PUNK] Collaboration cures what ails you. Corin Tucker took this for granted in the immediate wake of Sleater-Kinney’s breakup, evidenced by the Portlander’s introverted approach on]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19971-primer_sufjan_stevens_.html Born: In 1975 in Detroit.  Sounds like: The musical equivalent of childhood wonder. For fans of: Highly conceptualized folk, choirlike vocal richness, unobtrusive biblical references, found s]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20396-album_review_the_woolen_men_the_woolen_men_%28woodsist%29.html [PUNK ’N’ ROLL] When Portland garage-rock trio the Woolen Men signed with New York label Woodsist late last year, you could almost hear the city gasp. Would our beloved, punk-tinged lo-fi grou]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20537-shred_the_light_fantastic_the_adorable_electrocution_of_marnie_stern.html In 2006, Ben Parrish of the Portland- and Olympia-based record label Kill Rock Stars received a demo from a 31-year-old New York singer-guitarist named Marnie Stern. At the time, the label was bei]]>