Time to resume regular programming around here. To kick off summer (summer in Oregon really doesn’t start till early-mid July, folks) I bring you a slew of free music courtesy of Suburban Home Records. If you’re not familiar with Suburban Home (SH), you should remedy that. They do a stellar job of supporting/promoting a bunch [...]
May May 24th (Monday): Broken Bells at Wonder Ballroom $30/$34 SOLD OUT May 26th (Wednesday): Bobby Bare Jr. at Mississippi Studios $12 May 27th (Thursday): Local Natives at Mississippi Studios $10 May 30th (Sunday): Kasey Anderson at The Woods $5 May 31st (Monday): Mumford and Sons at Aladdin Theater $12 SOLD OUT June June 1st [...]
MARCH March 9 (Tuesday): Weinland, The Maldives and Or, The Whale at Doug Fir. $9/$10. March 13 (Saturday): Star Anna and Kasey Anderson at The White Eagle. $5. March 24 (Wednesday): Okkervil River at Crystal Ballroom. Free with Jack Daniels promo tickets. March 28 (Sunday): The Low Anthem and Timbre Timbre at Doug Fir. $12. [...]
Midlake, The Courage of Others, February 2 Midlake’s 2006 Album, The Trials of VanOccupanther, has been a favorite of mine for a couple years now. This is a 21st Century Texas band channeling Fleetwood Mac, singing about things that happened in 1893 and keeping it all highly listenable. Live in Portland, March 6th, Wonder Ballroom [...]
In September 2007, I made my first trip to the fabled Austin, TX, to attend the Austin City Limits festival in Zilker Park. Among the 30+ acts I saw that weekend was Steve Earle, a long-time favorite of mine. At the time we were in town for ACL, Steve Earle was about to release his [...]