Before we left Chico in the AM we went on hotels.com to search for a place to stay in Reno. We saw in one of the banners on the website that Credence Clearwater Revival was playing in Reno the same night as us. But un-intimidated we booked a room in the same hotel, or […]

For a song that either swipes its title from a centuries old myth concerning a gold city or an Alaskan gold mine, I definitely expected some odes to gold in Mattress’ video for “Eldorado.” That expectation has held true, but director Grace Carter didn’t go the obvious conceptual choice of dipping solo band member […]

Doesn’t look like a Portland-related story on first look, does it? But longtime Portland resident Dave Allen, of Pampelmoose.com fame (pictured at left with Burnham above), is generally considered a local celebrity. He’s bowing out of Gang of Four (again!). No real reason was given by the press release folks, but this time around, the […]

Just so everyone knows, it’s that time of year. The top ten vote getters from our annual Best New Band poll (of local industry types, bookers, club owners, writers, etc.) will be featured as tomorrow’s WW cover story. This is the fifth Best New Band issue, and while there are a few clear front-runners from […]

Los Dandies Warhols, those Cinco de Mayo-loving fellas with the groovy hair, are dropping some new ish soon, and the promotional blitz starts today. The album is called Earth to the Dandy Warhols (I hope to god it’s not capitalized a la the press release), and it’ll hit stores this summer on their own label, […]

WEINLAND Total tour presents: The La Reality tour 2008.
Dear Diary,
In March we released our new record/first record as WEINLAND (artist formerly known as John Weinland). Now we embark on a real life journey down the western coast of the United States.
This is what happens when you pick 5 people that are totally […]

Portland’s only full-time rap and r&b station, Jammin’ 95.5, is flipping over to sports on June 12. The Oregonian’s blog framed the switch with the introductory sentence: “Ready for a second sports talk radio station in town?” Not, mind you, “Ready for one less mainstream rap station?” Priorities, I guess.
Now I’m not saying losing Jammin’ […]

Kevin Robinson from Portland experimental pop duo Viva Voce sent an excited email to some friends in the press last weekend about his new project, Blue Giant. The band features Robinson’s VV bandmate and wife, Anita, ex-Swords/Project dude Evan Railton and Seth Lorinczi of Portland’s the Golden Bears. “Simply put,” Kevin writes on the band’s […]

On Friday night, Brendan Fowler—the Los Angeles lad that takes stages as BARR—performed his insightful-spoken-word-over-iPod-music at Backspace. Fowler smiled through out, whether he was immersed in a long verse or just playing with the lighting that flashed on and off in step with his voice. Missed out on the adventure? Take a journey into the […]

Portland/Las Vegas MC Meezilini bills himself as the Voice of The Streets. Now, I’m not in a position to verify that claim. Sure, occasionally, when streets is talkin’, I hear them. But it’s usually because streets is talkin’ really loud. When they’re just talkin’ at a normal volume, I may or may not hear streets. […]