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The Pack a.d., The Doug Fir Lounge, Portland OR

January 21, 2012

pics by ChrisT Our aural fixation with the The Pack a.d. took a brief hiatus last year. If they hit PDX in support of 2010′s we kill computers, we missed it. This year’s recorded release, Unpersons, is straight up heat. The kind of hook laden garage-blues-punk-blahblah hybrid that one listen through made me jones for [...]

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The Head And The Heart, Crystal Ballroom, Portland OR

November 14, 2011

Show Date: Oct 19, 2011 Ticket Price: $24.99 (scalped) Sorry sports fans for the radio silence. When I’m not feeling it, nothing happens. Not every show is worth writing about. Life isn’t always worth getting work in. This show is sold out. God, I love Portland. ChrisT champions this band to me. A year ago [...]

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Nevermind…20

October 2, 2011

Nirvana’s Nevermind is, of course, 20 years old. Indirectly, seems like many more are marking it with Pearl Jam’s movie. Or pulling in a show. If you are a fan or scalp, I’m sure you were on top of the live action. Even Chris Cornell is pulling indirect heat from it. I was 19 when [...]

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Free Show At Mississippi Studios, Portland OR

September 19, 2011

Cost=Free Sponsor=94.7FM Portland. Band=Bush Show Date: September 19th, 2011 Bush sold out the Rose Garden around 1996. Basketball arena with support from No Doubt and Goo Goo Dolls. To give some perspective, I think that would be about the equivalent of Foster The People and The Naked and Famous juicing a basketball arena now. Think [...]

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Shabazz Palaces, Roseland Theater, MFNW 2011, Portland OR

September 18, 2011

Friday night of Musicfest NW. Shabazz Palaces are opening for Seattle’s Macklemore and Lewis. Macklemore’s music is mainstream like Wonder Bread. The result is a disparate mix of show goers. Hipsters. Para-professionals (I think half the mezzanine was formalizing what exactly the perfect tweet was for this show), clued in music/hip-hop lovers, and ubiquitous suburban [...]

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Big Freedia, Dante’s, MFNW 2011, Portland OR

September 17, 2011

Big Freedia. Holy shit. This was a madhouse. Big Freedia’s given name is Freddy. Her performance is New Orleans bounce music. Huge ass beats (see what I did there?) with a lot of call and response hip hop style. And focus on getting asses moving. All asses. Gender, sexual orientation, size, etc are not considerations. [...]

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CAKE, The Doug Fir Lounge, Portland OR

September 16, 2011

This show is part of Cake’s 2011 tour. For select cities they are playing a small club show in addition to a show at a larger capacity venue. Lucky for Portland, we get a show at the approximately 400-ish person capacity Doug Fir Lounge. The Doug Fir Lounge is one of the best rooms in [...]

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Charles Bradley, Aladdin Theater, Portland OR, Sep 8

Charles Bradley, Aladdin Theater, MFNW 2011, Portland OR

September 9, 2011

This was a ridiculous show. Gamma radiation hot. Aladdin crowd smiling. Sooner or later, people will hear this music again. Either by Charles Bradley or someone younger. It resonates. For now, Charles Bradley is inspiring. And this man and his story is amazing. There will be some jaded cynics. But that won’t be as much [...]

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The Kills, Crystal Ballroom, MFNW 2011, Portland OR

September 8, 2011

Opening night of MusicfestNW at The Crystal. The Kills setting/getting things off. Party. Alright. Panic Whistle? Check. Bail Money? Check. Disinterested stare displaying the inner sereneity that is my true self? Fucking Check. Let’s do MFNW 2011. Alison “VV” Mosshart takes the stage with a killer hair dye job. Pink. Ankle high boots with a [...]

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The Naked And Famous, Roseland Theater, Portland OR

September 4, 2011

Show Date = September 3, 2011 Ticket Cost = $9.47 This is a promo “I Saw Them When” show for 94.7FM. Appreciate the subsidized ticket cost. Nice. Also appreciate Diamond going to this with me. Respect. Second time seeing The Naked And Famous. Did a half-ass review prior. Here’s the link. Compared to the first [...]

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