By: Tom Roth When Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros play Portland’s Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on September 11th, it will mark the first time in exactly a year that the LA-based indie troupe has visited the City of Roses. For the curious, here are some other good bits to know about the band before […]
By: Tom Roth As far as alt hip hop acts go, it’s a fair consideration to view MC Sean Daley (Slug) and DJ Anthony Davis (Ant) as godfathers of the genre. Together as Minneapolis-based Atmosphere, their catalog approaches the legendary breadth of better known hip-hop artists such as E-40 and Too $hort, with 7 studio […]
Happy Monday. We’re back from a rousing time in Portland over the past two weekends including the Apes on Tape 100K Party and MusicFestNW 2012. Today’s pick comes from an MFNW2012 performer, Menomena. Now, Menomena has been one of the best bands in Portland over the past decade. However, in the fall of 2010, founding […]
Grizzly Bear’s new album Shields is easily one of 2012’s most anticipated indie albums. And after what’s seemed like quite a long wait since their wonderful 2009 album Veckatatmist, Shields is now streaming in its entirety. So what are you waiting for?! Get on over to NPR!
As promised during his Thursday night set at Portland’s MusicFestNW 2012, Flying Lotus has released his remix of Frank Ocean’s “Thinking of You”. Steve told us Thursday that he wasn’t quite finished with the track, but would “release it next week on Twitter”. That time’s come a bit early, and you can stream the track […]