Right offa the bat, let me tell ya: Despite the fact that this week’s WW left her out of the listings section (and halleluwah.org did the same), the Blow (aka Portland’s Khaela Maricich) is playing Halleluwah tonight at Holocene. Which is always fun. Then again, if you aren’t stoked about Halleluwah, you likely haven’t been […]

Two Menomena items today!
The first is that the band recently paired with a Boston-based shoe company, PF Flyers, to produce the its latest video—a high end computer graphics affair about a horny ass bee. Don’t freak out—the video (set to debut Saturday at the PF Flyers website) doesn’t feature any in-video shoe branding. PF just […]

The inaugural Halleluwah Festival of Enthused Arts was epic. Massive to the point of absurdity. Indie-pop kids, noise-heads and music geeks of the hardest core were practically locked into the massive, industrial R.J. Templeton building, former home of Disjecta, for two sweaty, 14-hour days of musical marathon.
There were two stages hosting simultaneous shows nearly […]

[COUNTRY ROCK] Local twang-rock outfit Power of County has been kicking shit, so to speak, around Portland for a few years now. But thanks to a serendipitous tour with prodigal grandson Hank Williams III and alt-country writer Jim Goad, Power of County recently got the chance to showcase its matching, moniker-bearing black leather vests to […]

[GLAM ROCK] Roller-skating fans, rejoice. For one night, you can relive your childhood roller-rink birthday parties—but with spandex, booze and rock ’n’ roll.
“We just love the roller disco,” says Tony Mengis, bassist for local quintet the Soda Pop Kids. Fittingly, the band’s playing an unofficial release show for its upcoming debut, Teen Bop Dream […]

Crazy videogame houseparty beep-boop clickety clicks.
Damnit, where’s Michael Byrne when I need him?
This is the second remix of Blitzen Trapper’s “Sci-Fi Kid” we’ve posted on the site (there seems to be a trend), and you can find the first here. This one is just kinda weird and, if you want my take […]

So we ended the show in Stonehenge, right? We made a driving schedule, and then proceeded to drive all through the night. Nine and a half hours of continual driving took us to the birthplace of Whitebus. Once everyone arrived, we converged at the Berkeley marina and proceeded to ass out for about…four hours. […]

When, exactly, did Nike get cool? I know they were cool when I was thirteen, for sure, and then there was awhile when they were totally not cool. Now they’re way cooler than me—friends with Cat Power and Ghostface, even! I’m sure there’ll be swooshes aplenty at these special, early, Audiocinema shows, but who cares! […]

You: “Wha?”
Me: “Yes, free Decemberists mp3! Go get it here! All you gotta do is join their mailing list, which you want to be on anyway because it is quaint!”
You: “But I’ve already downloaded all of the unreleased Decemberists tracks on some new file sharing program!”
Me: Shame on you! I’ve met Chris […]

Episode lucky #7 of These Are The Days features some tracks from a few artists performing at this year’s Halleluwah Festival, taking place August 31-September 2 at Holocene. Halleluwah is the second or maybe third or fourth of many festivals taking place over the last and next few months showcasing what can be an overwhelming […]