NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR, 11/21/07: “Warning: This blog is ENTIRELY sarcastic. I apologize if the Thacher community thought I was unappreciative and jesting at their expense. I meant to contrast (through a tongue-in-cheek approach) how AMAZINGLY AMAZING the Thacher experience was in the middle of a long, thankless tour. Please don’t read this entry […]

Since reuniting three years ago, things haven’t been the same for queercore punk band Team Dresch. The scene has changed—as the band discussed in this week’s WW—but the members’ lives are different, too. Singer-guitarist Jody Bleyle lives in Los Angeles, raising a family, while bassist Donna Dresch, singer-guitarist Kaia Wilson, and drummer Marci Martinez […]

Ritchie Young is a troubadour. Like the European singer-songwriters of the High Middle Ages, the lyricist and leader singer for Loch Lomond tells a story with every song he writes. On the track “Song in ¾” from the band’s latest album Paper the Walls, Young’s lyrics are both linear and repetitive. He moves through […]

[ELECTRO-POP] Michele Wylen doesn’t know exactly how she came to be branded a dance act, but making her live debut opening for Liverpool-based electronic act Ladytron last October may have had something to do with it. Less than 24 hours after emailing the MP3 of her electro-pop song “Cruel” to a family friend, she received […]

[INDIE ROCK] Weathering everything from the demise of grunge to the demise of Elliott Smith, Jackpot Records—a quality-controlled haven of vinyl and CDs focusing on “the best of what an artist has to offer”—has been a vital part of Portland’s music scene longer than most transplants have been out of high school. A former clerk […]

If you missed the 13th installment of Portland Lounge Series, lemme tell ya, you missed some fun. Even with the absence of our scheduled third guest, Martha Mosqueda, we had a nice evening and heard some fantastic tunes via Greg Dalbey (aka Train to Nowhere) of Ferocious Eagle and Skyler Norwood of Point Juncture, […]

New Young Pony Club descended on Portland for the first time Friday night as apart of its current North American tour. The tour has brought the band from Canada to the US, east coast to west coast. Opening up the night (a bit later than planned) was local act Reverse Dotty and the Candy Cane […]

On Saturday, Portland, I was reminded of how much I dislike this time of year. That day, I received a Facebook invitation from fellow music journalist Cary Clarke to see his prog rock band, At Dusk, play a show. The message looked like this:
Event: Rererato Halloween Party
“At Dusk + Please Step Out of the […]

Violin and synth-centric dance rockers Reverse Dotty and the Candy Cane Shivs now have a video under their belt. The group’s video for “Egg Room” has all the elements of becoming a cult classic—if only it was feature length. Its song-length running time shouldn’t stop it from midnight showings, however. What would you dress […]

[This report comes via LocalCut contributor Anika Sabin. It’s not her fault it’s late. -Ed.] October is upon us! For Portlanders this means bundling up, caravaning out to Sauvie Island and taking refuge in bookstores and coffee shops across our rain-weathered city. For New Yorkers however, mid-October means the ascension of CMJ. From all over […]