Best New Band 2015: The Ballots

Every year, in the spirit of transparency—and to make it perfectly clear that Best New Band is a poll, not an arbitrary list—we publish the ballots of every Best New Band voter. What follows is that list of voters names, titles and the bands or artists that they casted votes for. If the votes are numbered, that is because the voter chose to rank their nominees. If they are not numbered, the voter chose to weight each vote equally. We offer voters the opportunity to conceal their identity, which is the reason some ballots are listed as "anonymous." 

As my predecessor often pointed out, there may be imperfections in this list, as copying and pasting a little over 200 entries is, frankly, a bit mind-numbing. But then, the entire Best New Band process isn't an exact science. Every year, our voting pool grows—nearly 600 went out this year; of course, not everyone returns a ballot, which is why the total number of votes fluctuates—but does it ever represent the true breadth of the Portland music scene? Probably not. It's a big, wonderfully eclectic community, after all. But it's something we aim to improve each year. Hopefully, next year we'll have an even bigger and more diverse list of contributors, to make this as accurate a litmus test as possible.

In an effort for even fuller disclosure, I have included the full text of the instructions sent to each voter, to give you an idea of how the poll is tabulated. If you are a voter and notices any mistakes pertaining to your particular ballot, please let me know by emailing bestnewband [at] wweek.com.

Thanks for reading and, if you're name is on the list below, for your participation!

THE LETTER

Dear Esteemed Member of the Portland Music Community,

Congratulations! You have been selected to take part in Willamette Week's Best New Band Poll 2015, where the Portland music community looks back over the last year and crowns one group, solo artist or DJ the greatest new talent in town.

Here's what we need from you (please read all this carefully, especially the bolded parts):

Clink the following link, which will take you to our Google form and follow the directions carefully: [POLL CLOSED.] DO NOT VOTE BY RESPONDING TO THIS EMAIL. 

As always, you can vote for any music-making entity, be it a band, solo performer, DJ or an MC. You can rank them one through five, or give no rankings if you want to spread your points equally. If you can't think of five new acts that have made an impact on you in the last year, then just send us however many you like, whether it's four, three, two or just one. "New," obviously, is relative (just like "band" and even "best"). Don't stress out on the wording too much. BUT DO STRESS ON REPLYING BY THE DEADLINE: TUESDAY, MARCH 31 at 11:59 PM.

When all the ballots have been collected, we will assign points for each band you voted for based on how you ranked them. (No. 1 = 5 pts., No. 2 = 4 pts., No. 3 = 3 pts., etc.) If you don't rank your votes by numbering each band, the points will be divided and distributed equally among your selections. We will then add up the points from all the ballots and come up with a Top 10, which will be published in an upcoming issue of Willamette Week along with profiles and photos and other such fanfare. The number one band will appear on the cover of the paper and, if available, will headline WW's Best New Band showcase.

You can vote for any band you like, as long as it is NOT a band you play in (you can vote for bands you work with—as long as you're voting as a TRUE FAN and not just a profiteer).

We also need your full name and your role in the music community. IF YOU DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR NAME AND TITLE IN YOUR FORM, YOUR VOTES WILL NOT BE COUNTED. Your votes will be published online, but if you would like your votes to remain anonymous, we can do that. Just let us know by responding to this email.

DO NOT VOTE FOR THESE PAST WINNERS. This is a list of bands that have already won and are thus ineligible. I repeat: DO NOT VOTE FOR THE FOLLOWING BANDS.

Aan

AgesAndAges

Ah Holly Fam'ly

Alan Singley and Pants Machine

Alela Diane

And And And

Atole

Au

Blind Pilot

Blitzen Trapper

Blouse

Brainstorm

Climber

Clorox Girls

Copy

Dat'r

Deelay Ceelay

Derby

DJ Beyonda

Dolorean

Dragging An Ox Through Water

Explode Into Colors

Fist Fite

Gaytheist

Genders

Grammies

Grandparents

Grouper

Guidance Counselor

Hey Lover

Horse Feathers

Hosannas

Jared Mees

Kelli Schaefer

Laura Gibson

Lifesavas

Like a Villain

Lion Fever

LKN

Loch Lomond

Lost Lander

Lovers

Magic Fades

Magic Mouth

Menomena

Minden

Miracles Club

Modern Kin

Monarques

Natasha Kmeto

New Blood

Nick Jaina

Norfolk & Western

Nurses

Old Believers

Old Light

Onuinu

Operative

Paint By Numbers

Please Step Out of the Vehicle

Point Juncture WA

Pure Bathing Culture

Pure Country Gold

Purple and Green

Radiation City

Red Fang

Reva Devito

Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside

Shy Girls

Siren's Echo

Sons of Huns

Starfucker

Summer Cannibals

Sun Angle

Swan Island

Talkdemonic

The Builders & The Butchers

The Ghost Ease

The Kingdom

The Minds

The Nice Boys

The Ready

The Shaky Hands

The Snuggle Ups

The Thermals

The We Shared Milk

Tiburones

Tope

Tractor Operator

Tu Fawning

TxE

Typhoon

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Ural Thomas & the Pain

Valet

Viva Voce

Wampire

Weinland

Wet Confetti

White Fang

White Rainbow

Wild Ones

WL

Wooden Indian Burial Ground

Woolen Men

World's Greatest Ghosts

Y La Bamba

Fine print: 

— If you received this email at more than one email address, please only respond once, with one set of votes. 

— If this ballot arrived at a general email address for a record store, recording studio, bar, band, etc., feel free to pass it around within your company/organization, but please note: This is not a public ballot. Do not send the link to the Google form to random friends, your parents, etc. We want to avoid ballot stuffing as much as possible. If we receive a ballot from a name or organization we do not recognize, it will not be counted. If you have any questions about this, or anything else regarding these instructions, please email msinger@wweek.com.

Thanks so much! We get really excited at the chance to put local music on the cover of our paper each year, and we discover a lot of new music thanks to your votes. Thanks for all you do, all year-round, to strengthen this wonderful music community.

Now, let's introduce Portland to a bunch of new music!

Sincerely,

Matthew Singer
Music Editor, Willamette Week

THE BALLOTS

UNRANKED: 

Rob Jones
Jealous Butcher Records

1939 Ensemble
Hook & Anchor
Eyelids
Alialujah Choir

Josh Orion Kermiet (DJ Both Josh)
X-Ray FM

Aboriginal Flowers
Strange Babes
Sunfoot
Honeybucket
Blesst Chest

Megan Andricos
DJ/Promoter

Ancient Heat
Chanti Darling
Force Publique
Karl Kling

Jason Leivian
Floating World Comics, owner

Ancient Heat
Palo Verde
Aan Zee
Regular Music

Keith & Alex
Black Water Records

Andy Place and the Coolheads
Long Knife
Spetsnaz
Steel Chains
Wild Mohicans

Bim Ditson
And And And

Animal Eyes
Talkative
Fog Father
The Domestics
Sama Dams

Andrew Neerman
Beacon Sound

Apartment Fox
Brumes
Warm Hands
Gulls
Goodwin

John Lovell
Xray.FM

Appendixes
Hooded Hags
Asss
Leo
The Body

Jeff
Kingbanana.net

Bashface
Velaraas
Vigil Wolves
The Doom Generation
Throw

Jay Horton
Willamette Week

bed.
Coma Serfs
The Delines
The Shivas
Talkative

Amy Theberge
Tixie.com

Bitch'n
Talkative
Us Lights
Houndstooth
Yeah Great Fine

Kenric Ashe
dBMonkey

Blastula
The Fabulous Miss Wendy
Gooo
Smokey Kingdom

Jimmy Armstrong
Former Booker/Sound at Sandy Hut, Current Booker at Twilight Cafe and Bar. Bass Player for 48 Thrills

Blowout
More Hell
Fuzzy Dice
Static and the Cubes
Beach Party

Jose Delara
Caravan Recordings

Bobby Peru
Tyrants
Muscle and Marrow
Hot Victory
Honduran

Shay Davis
KPSU

Cambrian Explosion
Jackson Boone
Haley Heynderickx

John Shepski
Fluff and Gravy Records

Catherine Feeny and Chris Johnedis
The Hill Dogs
Sama Dams
Jeffrey Martin
Windus

John Pomietlasz
Fifth leg cat records

Charts
New Move
The Shivas
Dogheart

Jesse Munro Johnson
BOOMARM NATION

Citymouth
Grape God
Northern Draw
Marisa Anderson
Alter Echo & E3

Felisha Ledesma
S1

Coast2C
Krycek
Karmelloz
Matt Carlson
Noor

Shelley Bowers
Tour assistant 

Danava
Lord Dying
Liz Vice
Holy Grove
Graves at Sea

Patrick Foss
Patrick Foss, aka Petey J. Cool, aka PDJ Cool, member of Suicide Notes, formerly of Pure Country Gold, man about town & taste maker

Denizens
Pushy
Sex Crime
Criminal Guitars
Piss Test

Jerad Walker
opbmusic

Divers
Eyelids
Old Wave
Houndstooth
Greylag

Anna Jensen
Talent Buyer - Monqui

Divers
Eyelids
The Lonesome Billies
COMM
Is/Is

Ryan J. Prado
Portland Mercury, Vortex, PDX Pop Now!, Paste

Divers
Jackson Boone
Snowblind Traveler
The Domestics
Landlines

Matt Manza
MusicfestNW

Divers
Mimicking Birds

Cary Young
pc-pdx

Divers
Nasalrod
The Shivas
Guantanamo Baywatch
The Doubleclicks

Matthew Casebeer
DJ at opbmusic, Owner/Curator of RockRinseRepeat.com, keyboardist for various PDX bands

Divers
Old Wave
Just Lions
Holiday Friends
Hustle & Drone

Jim Sandberg
XRAY.fm
Divers
Orchestra Pacifico Tropical

Matthew Singer
Willamette Week Music Editor

Divers
Psychomagic
Roselit Bone
The Renaissance Coalition
Jackson Boone

Anonymous

Dogheart
Novosti
Redwood Son
Koncept
LiquidLight

David Gluck
PDX Pop Now/Rumblefish

Dylan Stark
Balto
Barna Howard
Divers
Dang!

Cory Haynes
CEO / Founder of STYLSS

EASTGHOST
THE LAST ARTFUL, DODGR
RAP CLASS
DREXLER

Pieter Hilton
Typhoon

El Comé Homé
Sunbathe

Patrick Griffin
CD Baby

Fog Father
Lubec
Thanks
Ali Muhareb
Rio Grands

Joel Williams
Sound Engineer, Bass/Vocals for Usnea, and Heavy Metal Trivia Dungeonmaster

G.L.O.S.S.
Muscle & Marrow
Phantom Family
Sempiternal Dusk
Hungers

Bud Wilson
Aan

ghost to falco
new move
ah god
skin walker
mascaras

Joshua James Amberson
Music Journalist

Golden Hour
Sara Renberg
Blowout
The Binary Marketing Show
Aboriginal Flowers

Annie Ostrowski
Riot Act Media/PDX Pop Now!

Hands In
Snowblind Traveler
Psychomagic
Usnea
Jackson Boone

Peter Vaughan Shaver
Attorney, Sound Advice

Holy Grove
Bearcubbin'
Eyelids
Edna Vazquez
The Lovesores

Ian Youngstrom
Event Coordinator at St. Johns Bizarre

Houndstooth
Mic Capes
Tango Alpha Tango
Vinnie Dewayne
Coronation

HR Williams
Lizard Music on XRAY FM

Hungry Ghost
Sad Horse
Faith Twain
Palo Verde
Old Lie

Pete Cottell
WWeek freelancer

Hustle and Drone
Bearcubbin'
U SCO
Lubec
Hands In

Travis Leipzig
The Deli Portland

Jackson Boone
The Domestics
Talkative
Hustle & Drone
Sama Dams

Misty Mary
WL

Johanna Warren
Pulse Emitter
Mascaras
Arctic Flowers
Golden Retriever

Matt King
Talent Buyer for Mississippi Studios and Revolution Hall

Joseph
The Lonesome Billies
The Weather Machine
Mimicking Birds
Phone Call

Mike Baden
opbmusic DJ

Kool Stuff Katie
Houndstooth
Divers
Mimicking Birds
Just Lions

Francis Storr
opbmusic

Kool Stuff Katie
Lord Dying
The Zags
Divers
Top Hat

Inessa Anderson
Oregon Music News, www.prp.fm (Portland Radio Project)

Liquid Light
Balto
Laura Ivancie
Brownish Black
Tim Snider

Sam Densmore
Musician/Firkin Tavern Booker

LiquidLight
Autonomics
Gabby Holt Band
The Hill Dogs
Talkative

Robert Komets
Marriage + Cancer / Frawg Pound Studio / Booker for Foggy Notion

Lithics
Honey Bucket
The Rat
Savila
Lunch

Anonymous

Liz Vice

Jenna Becker
Double Tee Concerts 

Liz Vice 

Hank Failing
Failing Records, Old Town Music, Toyboat Toyboat Toyboat

Lord master
Nasal Rod
Fools Rush
Supercrow
Atriarch

Miss Rikki
Host of Closet Radio on Xray.fm

Lost Cities
Gentle Bender
Rllrbll
Potsie
1939 Ensemble

Bryce Woodcock
music journalist

Lubec
mope grooves
lunch
Honeybucket
Cambrian explosion

Michael Yun
WL

Lyrels
Noor
Golden Retriever
Pulse Emitter
Houndstooth

Scott Derr
Turn! Turn! Turn!

Marisa Anderson
Roselit Bone
Audios Amigos
Jagula
Jenny don't and the Spurs

Jenny Logan
XRAY.FM Founder/Board President

Mascaras
Disenchanter
DIVERS
Regular Music
Busy Scissors

Brandon Nikola
Habesha Lounge/Manager

Mascaras
Orquestra Pacifico Tropical
Consumer
Psychomagic
Lee Corey Oswald

Mitch Lillie
Willamette Week

Massacooramaan
SPF666
Karmelloz
Jason Burns
Dylan Stark

Deena Barnwell
KBOO

Mic Capes
Grape God
Vinnie DeWayne
Rasheed Jamal
Hemmingway

Kaitie Todd
Willamette Week

Mimicking Birds
Hustle and Drone
Greylag
Tango Alpha Tango
Liz Vice

Kenny Fresh
Fresh Selects / Tight Songs

Myke Bogan
Mic Capes
Heartspace
The Last Artful Dodgr
New Move

Jeremy Petersen
XRAY-FM

New Move
Divers
Houndstooth
Psychomagic
The Zags

Talia Gordon
Needle Drop Co.

New Move
Rio Grandes
Mascaras
Leo

Josh Spacek
Needle Drop Co

New Move
Rio Grands
Mascaras

Lewi Longmire
musician/club booker

New Zoos
Thanks
Pretty Gritty
Crow & the Canyon
The Hill Dogs

Yousef Hatlani
Host/Photo Editor @ Faces on the Radio

No Kind of Rider
Illmaculate
Eyelids
Helens
Cambrian Explosion

Ryan Sollee
The Builders and the Butchers

Old Age
Red Yarn
New Move
Malachi Graham
Ezza Rose

Brendan Grubb
Songwriter & bass player for Ancient Heat & one of the managers at the Downtown Everyday Music

Orquestra Pacifico Tropical
The Moonshine
Sex Life
Federale
Von Trapps!

Frank Rinaldi
Doug Fir Lounge

PigWar
Joseph
Lonesome Billies
Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons
Delines

Alex Pepper
Booker/Production Manager

Polst
Toim
Oro Azoro
Divers
Faith Twain

Michael Rowan
Charts

Psychomagic
Divers
Talkative
The Domestics
Heavy Breather

Sons of Huns
Sons of Runs

R.I.P.
A Volcano
Honduran
Norska
Billions and Billions

Coco Madrid
SNAP! / Booty Bassment

Rap Class
Brumes
Opaline
Citymouth

Samuel Thomas
Rotture/Branx

Rap Class
Neka & Kahlo
James Panther
Body Academics
Citymouth

Leigh Feldman
LifeisaParty

Rasheed Jamal
Amine
Swahili
Hustle & Drone
Grape God

Bruce Poinsette
We Out Here Magazine

Rasheed Jamal
Load B
Mic Capes
Myke Bogan
Vinnie Dewayne

Aaron Colter
Banana Stand

Rasheed Jamal
Psychomagic
The Domestics
RILLA
Autonomics

Tom D'Antoni
Oregon Music News

Roseland Hunters
Sabroso
FoPo All-Stars
Jarrod Lawson
Oscar Frisbee and TV Hill

Jeremy Wilson
The Jeremy Wilson Foundation

Sam Densmore
Pretty Gritty
The Earnest Lovers
The Fourth Wall
Eyelids

Nathan Baumgartner
And And And

Sama Dams
Talkative
The Domestics
Animal Eyes
Fog Father

Rachelle Schmid
KPSU radio

Sama Dams
The Lower 48
Tango Alpha Tango
Brownish Black
Acoustic Minds

Rob Cullivan
Portland Tribune

Samsel & The Skirt
Blue Skies for Black Hearts
Millstone Grit
Tevis Hodge, Jr.
The Sentiments

Chris Cantino
Artist & Director

soul ipsum
karmelloz
c plus plus
rasheed jamal
spf666

Robert Ham
Freelance Writer

Spellcaster
Tezeta Band
Barra Brown Quartet
Redneck
Stochastic Mettle Union Local #35

Kyle Morton
Typhoon

St. Even
Mimicking Birds
Ezza Rose
Big Haunt
Vikesh Kapoor

Ben Salmon
Portland Mercury

The Autonomics
Myke Bogan
Drunk Dad
Old Wave
Orquestra Pacifico Tropical

Barret C. Stolte
Booker, Ash Street Saloon

The Critical Shakes
Die Like Gentlemen
Pediment
God Bless America
King Ghidora

Ezra Meredith
Deer Lodge

The Delines
Denver
Sarah Gwen
Drugstore Cowboy
Bad Assets

Papi Fimbres
Musician

the domestics
ah god
heavy breather
ali muhareb
wave collector

Maggie Morris
Genders/Sunbathe

The Domestics
IBQT
Mascaras
El Comé Homé
Ali Muhareb

Ryan Dobrowski
Blind Pilot

The Domestics
Peter Rainbeau 

Andrew Sloan
Tender Loving Empire

The Domestics
PWRHAUS
Barna Howard
Mark McGuire

Ingrid Renan
music consultant / curator

The Domestics
Sama Dams
Nasalrod
Talkative
Animal Eyes

Aaron
SSG Music

The Domestics
TOIM
Holy Grove
Backbiter
Blowout

Tyler Ferrin
Typhoon

The Fourth Wall
bed.
The Domestics

Erik Carlson
S1/Sohitek Records/DoublePlusGood

The Ocean Floor
Fringe Class
Charts
Purse Candy
Small Million

Jeremiah Hayden
Amigo Amiga Recordings

The Resistance
Vinnie Dewayne
Wishyunu
Chanterelles
Supercrow

Sallie Ford
Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside

The shivas
Annalisa Tornfelt
Siren & the sea
Bitch'n

Nalin Silva
Revolver Studios / Kelly's Olympian 

The Shivas
The Lower 48
Psycho Magic
Fanno Creek
Charts

Klyph
XRAY FM

Theory Hazit
Myke Bogan
Neka & Kahlo
Rasheed Jamal
Blossom

Jem Marie
The Ghost Ease

Tiny Knives
Orquestra Pacifico Tropical
Mascaras
Sister Palace
Lynnae Gryffin

Holland Andrews
Like a Villain

U Sco
Pulse Emitter
Toim
MSHR
Sama Dams

Benjamin Tyler
musician, music teacher

Us Lights
Coco Columbia
Fringe Class
The Fourth Wall
Gold Casio

Chris Bigalke
Showdeer Presents

Us Lights
Is/Is
Cult Choir
Love Cop
Opaline

Saidah Wilson
We Out Here Magazine

Vinnie Dewayne
The Resistance
Load B
Myke Bogan
Neka & Kahlo

Mike McKinnon
Natural Magic/Potato Champion

Young Ecstatics
Etbonz
Krycek
Acid Farm
Apartment Fox

RANKED RESPONSES:

Jared Mees
Label Manager- Tender Loving Empire

1. Domestics
2. 4th wall 
3. Mascaras
4. Bed.
5. Edna Vasquez

Jeff Rosenberg
WW/KBOO

1. A Year Afar
2. Shook Twins
3. The Sorry Devils

Brandon Widder
Willamette Week

1. Big Haunt
2. Divers
3. Navarone Bandit
4. Mimicking Birds
5. Sama Dams

James Dineen
XRAY/ Sessions From The Box

1. Cat Hoch
2. Comm
3. Swansea
4. Sama Dams
5. Golden Hour

Lucia Fasano
The Grrrl Front, Late Night Action

1. Chatterboxes
2. Blind Lovejoy
3. Golden Hour
4. Novelas
5. Piefight

Jason Urick
XRAY FM

1. Citymouth
2. Lyrels
3. Natural Magic
4. Goodwin
5. Coast2c

The Incredible Kid
KBOO/XRAY.FM

1. Coast2c
2. DJ Daniela Karina

Marc Swart
New Moss Records/Summer Cannibals

1. COMM
2. Hurry Up
3. Divers
4. Mascaras
5. Bed.

Patrick Dennehy
Co-owner - Belmont Records

1. Criminal Guitars
2. Souvenir Driver
3. Neptune Skyline
4. Watermill Kev And Kidd Fiddich
5. White Glove

Christopher Andersen
Alberta Street Pub

1. Crow and the Canyon
2. Rio Grands
3. Astro Tan
4. Scratchdog Stringband
5. The Family Almanac

Al James
Dolorean (retired)

1. Delines
2. PwrHaus
3. Denver
4. Houndstooth

Arya Imig
Valentines, Faces On The Radio

1. Dirty Revival
2. Jesus Miranda
3. Rod
4. Sancho
5. Helens

Alex Wideman
Talent Buyer for McMenamins (White Eagle, Al's Den, etc)

1. Dirty Revival
2. Rogue Giant
3. Marca Luna
4. The Stubborn Lovers
5. Pretty Gritty

Daniel Eichler
Mississippi Pizza Pub

1. Dirty Revival
2. Three for Silver
3. POPgoji
4. Love Gigantic
5. Swansea

Nathan Sonenfeld
Show Bookin Guy About Town

1. Dispossessed
2. Sol
3. Sancho
4. Drowse
5. Phantom Family

Matthew McLean
MFNW

1. Divers
2. Alialujah Choir
3. Hustle & Drone
4. Brownish Black
5. The Domestics

Whitey McConnaughy
Director

1. Divers

Ben Hubbird
CD Baby / Party Damage Records / XRAY.fm

1. Divers
2. Fog Father
3. Vinnie Dewayne
4. Moon Duo
5. Mascaras

Tony Prato
Bunk Bar

1. Divers
2. Heavy Breather
3. Charts
4. Dogheart
5. Gooo

Jessica Boudreaux
Summer Cannibals / New Moss Records

1. Divers
2. Hurry Up
3. White Glove
4. Mascaras
5. Eyelids

Blake Hickman
KPSU

1. DIVERS
2. Manny Monday
3. Mr Bones
4. Blow Out
5. Load B 

Chris Hnat
Grandstand Media & Management

1. Divers
2. Marriage and Cancer
3. New Move

Matt Brown
Bunk

1. Divers
2. Mascaras
3. Dogheart
4. Boone Howard
5. Fog Father

Jason Rivera
Gaytheist

1. Divers
2. Polst
3. Humours
4. Pynnacles
5. Down Gown

Cool Nutz
#BRUH

1. Drae Steves
2. Mikey Vegaz
3. DJ Fatboy
4. Vinnie Dewayne
5. Only One

David Christensen
opbmusic

1. Eyelids
2. The Delines
3. Holiday Friends
4. Edna Vazquez
5. Vikesh Kapoor

Jan Epstein
Opbmusic/X-ray dj

1. Eyelids
2. The Zags
3. The Vernon Pantons

Malia Slusarenko
Jackpot Record

1. Eyelids

Andre Jemison
We Out Here Magazine

1. Fountaine
2. Myke Bogan
3. Rasheed Jamal
4. Load B
5. Mic Capes

Dan Vidmar
Shy Girls

1. Gang$ign$
2. Vinnie Dewayne
3. Massacooraman
4. SPF666
5. SIRIS

Jimmy Leslie
Marriage Records, Gnar Tapes, White Fang (drums), The Memories (drums)

1. Guantanamo Baywatch
2. Mope Grooves
3. Mean Jeans
4. Love Cop
5. Therapists

Lanny Lieu
KPSU

1. Hemingway
2. Alexei Shiskin
3. Dresses
4. Hers
5. Mr. Bones

Lucas Chemotti
WWeek

1. Hemmingway
2. Your Rival
3. Blowout
4. Divers
5. Bed.

Dylan Magierek
Badman Recording Co./Type Foundry Studio

1. Holiday Friends
2. Greylag
3. Dao Strom
4. Sea Caves
5. Sean Flynn and The Royal We

Jon Barron
fan

1. Honey Bucket
2. Super Hit
3. Patsy's Rats

Ryan Messick
Tour Manager // Edward Sharpe, Phantogram, Blind Pilot

1. Hook & Anchor
2. Alialujah Choir
3. Guantanamo Baywatch
4. The Hill Dogs
5. Lesser Bangs

Aaron Ross
Host of "Who's the Ross?"

1. Hustle and Drone
2. tigerface
3. Laura Ivancie
4. Nature Thief 
5. Rio Grands

Aaron Meola
Dropping Gems / Hard Land Management

1. IBQT
2. Grape God
3. Rap Class
4. SPF666
5. Northern Draw

Grant Stolle aka Verbz
DJ / Host of Crate Diggers podcast

1. Illmaculate
2. Myke Bogan
3. Glenn Waco
4. Blossom
5. Dre C

Todd Berry
Greyday Records

1. Isaac Pierce
2. Cut Forty Five
3. Illmaculate
4. Paper Upper Cuts
5. Orquestra Pacifico Tropical

Jim
Analog Cafe

1. Jacuzzi
2. Casualties of Awesome
3. Drive by High Five

Jeni Wren Stottrup
PDX Pop Now! Gritty Birds podcast

1. Jarrod Lawson
2. Sama Dams
3. Liz Vice
4. The Domestics
5. Talkative

Noah Bernstein
GRAMMIES

1. Johanna Warren
2. U SCO
3. Bearcubbin'!
4. 1939 Ensemble
5. The Weather Machine

Matthew Quiet
Natural Magic

1. Krycek
2. Etbonz
3. Wav Fuzz
4. Acid Farm
5. Frack

Raf Spielman
Woolen Men

1. Landlines
2. Honey Bucket
3. Lithics
4. The Stops
5. Piss Test

Larry Crane
Jackpot! Recording Studio

1. Last Giant
2. Moon Duo
3. Lucia Fasano
4. Plankton Wat
5. Nails Hide Metal

Veronica Medici
Veronica Booking

1. LiquidLight
2. There Is No Mountain
3. LEO
4. Seance School
5. The Hugs

Liz Harris
Grouper

1. Marisa Anderson
2. Golden Retriever
3. Ilyas Ahmed
4. Valet
5. Cloaks

Cory Xander
Smellslikepop

1. Mascaras
2. Mimicking Birds
3. Sama Dams
4. Orchestra Pacifico Tropicale
5. Bike Thief

Alicia J. Rose
Music Video Maker/Music Photographer

1. Mascaras
2. Sama Dams
3. Divers
4. Esme Patterson
5. Secret Drum Band

Justin Cate
Hot Bone Records, VP of A&R

1. Mascaras 
2. Mimicking Birds
3. No La La
4. The Tamed West
5. New Move

Ted Thieman
Kendall Holladay Soft Rock Dee-Jay

1. Mascarras
2. Rodetta
3. Cambrian Explosion
4. Bombay Beach

Terry Currier
Music Millennium

1. Metts Ryan Collins
2. Pynnacles
3. Scott Pemberton
4. Jarrod Lawson
5. Hill Dogs

David Rose
The Know

1. mongoloid
2. lunch
3. divers
4. dark/light
5. ah god

Ryan Feigh
Freelance writer

1. Myke Bogan
2. Rasheed Jamal
3. Maze Koroma
4. Grape God
5. Fountaine

Ibeth Hernandez
Promoter

1. Myke Bogan 
2. Vinnie Dewayne 
3. Hustle and Drone 
4. DJ Doc Adam 
5. The God Damn Band 

Matthew Schonfeld
Willamette Week Contributor

1. Myke Bogan 
2. Vinnie Dewayne 
3. Stewart Villain 
4. Swahili 
5. Glenn Waco 

Parker Hall
Jackson Boone/Coma Serfs/WWeek

1. Neighbor Wave
2. Cat Hoch
3. Myke Bogan
4. Volcanic Pinnacles
5. Dovecotes

Anonymous

1. Orquestra Pacifico Tropical
2. The Resistance
3. Hands In
4. Fringe Class
5. Edna Vazquez

Michele Motta
former Booker of Club 21, current member of The band CRUSH HAZARD

1. Phantom Ships
2. Holy Grove
3. Pushy
4. Bitch School
5. Down Gown

Anthony McNamer
Record Label/Music Attorney

1. Priory
2. DJ Kitten
3. Chicharones

Terah Beth
Hey Lover

1. Psychomagic

Tom Humphrey
Host of Backroad to Nowhere, XRAY.fm

1. Pushy
2. Houndstooth
3. Barna Howard
4. White Glove
5. The Shivas

Ben Fuller (Ben Tactic)
Bubblin

1. Rap Class
2. Acid Farm
3. Ghost Feet
4. SPF666
5. Dylan Stark

Natasha Kmeto
Dropping Gems

1. Rap Class
2. SPF666
3. Coast2C
4. DJ Sappho
5. Ripley Snell

Connie Wohn
Event Producer

1. Rev.Shines (DJ)
2. Black Prairie 
3. Coast2C
4. Grape God 
5. Mission Spotlight

Chad Crouch
HUSH

1. Rio Grands
2. The Domestics
3. New Move
4. Young Bay
5. LEO

Joey Scruggs
Duff's Garage

1. Rocky Butte Wranglers
2. Fireweeds
3. Sallie Ford (the new band)
4. Ben Rice Band
5. Stevens-Hess Band

David Greenwald
The Oregonian

1. Sama Dams
2. Divers
3. Robin Bacior
4. Myke Bogan
5. Young Bae

December Carson
Siren Nation / Portland'5

1. Sara Jackson-Holman
2. Liz Vice
3. Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms
4. Edna Vazquez
5. Catherine Feeney

Mark and Tim Janchar
Hovercraft Records

1. Shitty Weekend
2. Lunch
3. White Glove
4. Psychomagic
5. Patsy's Rats

Jonnycat
Record label guy

1. Sloppy kisses
2. Piss test
3. Lunch
4. Dark/light
5. Mope grooves

Jordan Rasmussen
KPSU

1. Snow Roller
2. Fringe Class
3. EASTGHOST
4. Blowout
5. Ladywolf

Eric Tegethoff
The Deli Magazine

1. Snowblind Traveler
2. Tango Alpha Tango
3. Animal Eyes
4. Family Almanac
5. Helena Cinema Club

Mike Grabarek
magic fades

1. Soul Ipsum
2. C + +
3. karmeloz
4. portia
5. club chemtrail

Jeremy Scott
magic fades

1. soul ipsum
2. c ++
3. Karmeloz
4. Chemtrail Djs
5. Portia

Matthew Thomas Ross
Filmmaker

1. St. Even
2. Verner Pantons
3. Vikesh Kapoor
4. Run on Sentence
5. A Volcano

Dewey Mahood
Musician

1. Swahili
2. Mascaras
3. Implusive Machinations
4. Faxes
5. The Pynnacles

Gina Altamura
Holocene

1. Swahili
2. Phone Call
3. Sara Jackson-Holman
4. Blossom
5. Thanks

Theo Craig
XRAY.FM (DJ), PDX Pop Now! (Artistic Director), Rontoms Sunday Sessions (Talent Buyer), Mascaras (Bass), Cat Hoch (Bass)

1. Talkative
2. Hustle and Drone
3. Bearcubbin'
4. Big Haunt
5. Jackson Boone

Todd Walberg
Freelance Photographer

1. Talkative
2. Sama Dams
3. Fog Father
4. Animal Eyes
5. Hands In

Eric Ambrosius
PALS Clubhouse

1. Talkative
2. The Domestics
3. Fog Father
4. Hustle & Drone
5. Mascaras

Ashley Jocz
Wweek

1. Talkative 
2. The Domestics 
3. A volcano 
4. Ah God
5. Psychomagic

Mehran Azma (DJ Barrows)
DJ at XRAY / Promoter of Past Haunts

1. Tender Age
2. Adhere To Form
3. Caustic Touch
4. William Hart
5. Satsuma

Colin
portland punk

1. Tensor
2. The Stops
3. Backbiter
4. Sloppy Kisses
5. Steve

Chris Young
Vortex Music Magazine

1. Thanks
2. Grace Mitchell
3. Brownish Black
4. Big Haunt
5. Gold Casio

Louie Herr
Banana Stand

1. The Domestics
2. Bearcubbin'
3. Rasheed Jamal
4. Bevelers
5. Sama Dams

Stephen Leisy
Genders

1. The Domestics
2. Mascaras
3. Moon By You
4. Bleach Blonde Dudes
5. Sama Dams

Ryan Dornfeld
ELEVEN PDX

1. The Domestics
2. Psychomagic
3. Sama Dams
4. Ezza Rose
5. Dirty Looks

Noah Porter
Music Video Director

1. The Last Artful, Dodgr
2. Slick Devious
3. Vinnie Dewayne
4. Myke Bogan
5. Heartspace

Colin Hudson
Writer - SSG/the Deli Portland

1. The Lower 48
2. Tango Alpha Tango
3. The Best Dancers
4. Rio Grands
5. The Hill Dogs

Alex Steininger
In Music We Trust

1. The Pynnacles
2. The Delines
3. Hearts of Oak
4. Denver
5. Sarah Gwen

Keegan Meyer
XRAY FM DJ /// From The Garage (Thurs 2-4pm) /// Also former KPSU legend (2010 - 2014)

1. The Shivas
2. Talkative
3. Divers
4. Guantanamo Baywatch
5. Moon By You

Heather Hanson
The Super Groovy Cosmic Bus Entertainment

1. The Tamed West
2. Autonomics 
3. Joel Magid
4. Mascaras
5. Moon By You

Lisa Lepine PROmotion Queen
Creative Consultant

1. Three for Silver
2. Chervona
3. Alexa Wiley & The Wildness
4. Wil Kinky
5. Jacob Westfall

Matt Kalinowski 
Publicist, Noctilucent Arts

1. Three for Silver
2. Chervona
3. Mbrascatu
4. Professor Gall
5. Weather Machine

Casey Jarman
Writer, Co-Founder of Party Damage Records

1. Vinnie Dewayne
2. Divers
3. Mascaras
4. Glenn Waco
5. Rasheed Jamal

Michael Mannheimer
Freelance writer

1. Vinnie DeWayne
2. Rasheed Jamal
3. Divers 
4. Rio Grands
5. Dylan Stark

WWeek 2015