The Dawn Ever creeping Awakened me with fright. The light emerging… Increased my sight. In the birth of my thoughts I examine my plight. And set my sails to navigate a new day.
Thursday February 8th, 2024Ponderosa Lounge 8pm / Tickets $15-$25 Jubitz Truck Stop 10350 N Vancouver Way, Portland, OR 97217 https://www.tylorandthetrainrobbers.com/ For the past decade, Tylor & the Train Robbers have been blazing trails, carving a path through the heartland with their roots country and Americana music. With boots worn thin from relentless touring, they’ve crisscrossed the country, honing …
Sleater-KInney has released the new video for their song, “Untidy Creature” and they posted these words about it on their Facebook page: Our new single and video “Untidy Creature” is out now – watch + stream and pre-order Little Rope (out Jan 19): https://i.sleater-kinney.com/UntidyCreature It was the first song we wrote for Little Rope, although …
GeminiiDRAGON will be performing in PORTLAND, OR on 1/25-26/24 at these locations: 1/25/24 PNC LIVE 2:30 PM1/25/24 Music Millenium Records in Store Performance 6PM1/26/24 MEKONG BISTRO 8PM From the murky bayous of Louisiana comes a fresh face to the global Blues music scene. Vocal dynamo GeminiiDRAGON has channeled her love for late 60s and 70s blues artists and bands of greatness …
Acclaimed singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Dylan LeBlanc will perform at Mississippi Studios in Portland on February 14th. LeBlanc is touring in support of Coyote, his new cinematic folk rock concept album that has received praise from American Songwriter, No Depression, Far Out, PopMatters, and more since its October 20th release on ATO Records. See details & ticket information for his Portland performance HERE. Coyote is a …
I had a funny thought that I was looking to share with someone and the residents of East Portland were the first people that came to mind. Helter skelter, and Wabi Sabi oscillate in an edgy mitosis. Just listening to and watching a video of The Beatles writing said song. Seams they are pretty high …
Photo Credit A decade ago, Nike co-founder Phil Knight bequeathed a whopping amount of money to the University of Oregon to build a facility for only athletes. My memory is foggy, but I thought the structure was a hybrid dorm and training complex for football players only. Maybe not. A quick search found this: https://www.businessinsider.com/phil-knight-own-locker-oregon-football-facility-2013-9 …
This song is so good I wish there were still commercial rock radio stations on which to play it, but since there aren’t, I hope KEXP is playing it up in Seattle. In the post-radio era, we at least have the internet, and this catchy post-punk explosion underscored by an eye-catching video of betrayal and …
After thirty-ish years, still going strong. This is quite amazing. The sonic fire of S-K’s early years is still burning. Still love Carrie’s signature contrapuntal guitar lines punctuating Corinne’s soaring vocals. It may be better to burn out than fade away, but it’s always better to remain en fuego. Speaking of fires, here’s the hot …
James Julian Villa has already shared two emo bedroom-pop jams in 2023 (My Friends Are Sober, F PPL), but now he’s trading in the black eye-liner for barbed wire in his toxic breakup anthem “Alibis”. Dirty synths and 80s inspired rock guitars provide a power-pop backdrop to a brutally honest performance by James and co-writer …
Portland, Oregon based four-piece Rayon, describe their sound as, “a life-long post punk and Sonic Youth fan trying to reconcile their love of The Kinks and 60’s British Pop.” The bands latest single, “Driving” comes off of the bands 2022 album, Colour – released on vinyl via Little Cloud Records. Recorded straight to tape, the …
Credit: Augustus Clarke (Photographer), Mikey Robbins (Artwork Designer) THE SINGLE PRESENTED BY DR. DRE: “THE GREATEST” IS TO BE FEATURED IN ESPN HEISMAN TROPHY PROMOS FEATURING (WE HOPE) AWESOME OREGON DUCK QUARTERBACK BO NICKS LISTEN HERE December 1, 2023 – Santa Monica, CA – Today, British soul legend Marsha Ambrosius launches her soaring composition “The Greatest.” Listen HERE via Aftermath/Interscope Records. The expansive …
Portland-based indie pop band, Corvair is pleased to release their latest Christmas song, a cover of Low’s “Long Way Around the Sea” out today onPaper Walls Records (US) and wiaiwya records (UK).This is the fourth Christmas song that Corvair has released in four years and they are currently working on a Christmas EP to be released in …
Legendary Portland musician and composer Taj Church has a great show coming up on 11/26 at 7PM at Beer Brats & Beats (8826 SE Stark, Portland …the venue that is never too loud and never too quiet…) on a bill which includes Cyclop Toad, So Lately, Cloud Stokely and Lucia Luna. Taj has released new …
Starover Blue is a six-piece experimental dream pop group based here in Portland, enjoyed by fans of groups like Cocteau Twins, Big Thief, Beach House, The Joy Formidable, and Wye Oak. Drop whatever you’re doing and make plans to see them at Holocene (1001 SE Morrison), Nov. 26 with goodgrief and Tim Yee. Kendall Sallay, …
Lawless Barbecue Opens Second Location at My-O-My Bar PORTLAND, Ore. — November 8, 2023 — Lawless Barbecue has launched a new second location to provide its authentic Kansas City barbecue to patrons of the My-O-My bar on Northeast Sandy Boulevard. Lawless has developed a devoted following during its past two years at the Little Beast Brewing Beer Garden, and …
Madge is the power-punching, self-produced artist banishing bros and blood suckers. Today, they deliver the “TALL GRASS” jam with Portugal. The Man HERE and a self-directed music video is to come. The one-person (pronouns they/them), DIY-pop project is Mormon-raised, Brooklyn-based artist, who is somewhat sad and angry, has written for Pussy Riot, Brooke Candy, Yungblud, Travis Barker, Slayyyter etc, and has lots of …
Join Frankie and the Witch Fingers as they perform at Revolution Hall on Tuesday, October 31! The Los Angeles psych-rock juggernauts are embarking on an extensive run of headline U.S. tour dates this fall, which include performances at such esteemed venues as Warsaw in Brooklyn and The Troubadour in Los Angeles, in support of their recently released album, Data Doom. Through six progressively expansive …
On their sophomore full-length album, No Easy Way Out, Portland, Oregon’s Supplemental Pills examine tragedy underneath a bed of pulsating drone-rock following the murder of their bass player Aron Christensen in 2022. Inspired by artists like Spacemen 3, The Velvet Underground, and The Brian Jonestown Massacre, the band is comprised of Ezra Meredith (vocals/guitar), his brother Joel …
Portland artist Cyrus Nobipoor has given us a beautiful piece of music for everyone, but especially for those of us who— like this thoughtful version of an old song— survived the 80s and lived on to mellow with age into something more beautiful and more low key. It’s a fantastic trumpet cover of The Smiths’, …
PORTLAND, OREGON – October 14, 2023 – The Pacific Northwest hip hop scene is about to experience a tsunami of talent as The Antelope Fishermen, the largest active rap collective in the United States, proudly announce the release of their highly anticipated debut album, “The Fish Tank,” set to drop on October 20th, 2023. “The …
Austin, TX party-punks A Giant Dog are headed to Portland soon. Their latest record, a narrative concept album called Bite, came out earlier this year on Merge Records. Audiences love their onstage anarchy and white-knuckle recordings, but Bite is a different beast altogether — the band went to rural France (where there was plenty of room to run off-leash) at …
Rêve du Troubadour is the first solo album from Louis Michot, fiddler, songwriter and lead vocalist for Grammy winners Lost Bayou Ramblers. Special guests on these recordings include Nigerien Tuareg guitar wizard Bombino, and critically acclaimed singer / cellist Leyla McCalla among others. Kirkland Middleton of the Ramblers engineered and mixed the album at Nina Highway …
Multi-platinum singer-songwriter Bishop Briggs will be playing Portland’s Roseland Theater on October 13th (10 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97209) for her DON’T LOOK DOWN North American Tour with MISTERWIVES. In recent news, Bishop recently released a new EP called When Everything Went Dark (listen HERE) as well as shared her music video for “Bad”, which marks her directorial debut. Watch the “Bad” music …
Chris Pierce is playing Portland’s Mississippi Studios on September 6, coming up! Portland, ORMississippi StudiosSeptember 6, 2023‘LET ALL WHO WILL’ TOUR https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/3929723/chris-pierce-portland-mississippi-studios With his new album, Let All Who Will, acclaimed Los Angeles singer and songwriter Chris Pierce delivers a powerful set of songs that amplify unheralded voices and aim to bring us together across …
Yes, Portland, Pickathon 2023 took place from August 3-6, 2023, and Nat Schmid was there to capture the beautiful sights and artistic moments for all time. Here are Nat’s decidedly analog prints of the event. Thanks to the ever-helpful Devon Leger for his assistance. This should help you to get ready for the coming greatness …
Yes, Portland, Pickathon 2023 took place from August 3-6, 2023, and Nat Schmid was there to capture the beautiful sights and artistic moments for all time. Here are Nat’s decidedly analog prints of the event. Thanks to the ever-helpful Devon Leger for his assistance. This should help you to get ready for the coming greatness …
Yes, Portland, Pickathon 2023 took place from August 3-6, 2023, and Nat Schmid was there to capture the beautiful sights and artistic moments for all time. Here are Nat’s decidedly analog prints of the event. Thanks to the ever-helpful Devon Leger for his assistance. This should help you to get ready for the coming greatness …
Northwest rock legend and longtime friend of East Portland Blog, Jim Basnight, is headed back to Portland for three action-packed live shows during the weekend of August 26th and 27th. These will be great shows. Be sure to check him out! (https://jimbasnightmusic.com/) The full Jim Basnight Band will appear on Saturday, August 26th at Paradise …