It being PDX Pop Now! day and all, we thought we’d share a little gem from the future compilation for ya. While the album features songs from some of our city’s more famous acts (Blitzen Trapper, Pink Martini, YACHT), I think one of the main reasons the festival (and the comp) are so successful is by introducing new blood to a broad audience. Someone who buys the CD for the unreleased Joggers song might be blown away by a band they’ve never heard of—and I have a feeling lots of folks will be spelling the virtues of Bodhi after hearing “Nadine,” its rawking slice of garage-pop bliss.

Beginning behind a layer of tape hiss, “Nadine” jumps out from the get go, quickly adding a tight, jaunty bassline, tumbling drums, jangly guitar and a sick farfisa organ lick. The song doesn’t gradually build as much as it struts, complete with the shouting marching orders of a singer who has clearly studied at the Jack White school of vocal inflection. I hear a little Iggy Pop, too, in both the vocals and the way “Nadine” lodges itself into every corner of your brain like the uptempo songs on Lust For Life. It’s the type of song you want to listen to at maximum volume, speakers crackling with distortion and neighbors not asking to turn it down but instead yelling to crank that shit up. Go ahead and try it—you just might have a new favorite band.

Download audio file (nadine.mp3)

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