Pages tagged “portland”

The 10 Best Things About Portland, Oregon

The 10 Best Things About Portland, Oregon

There are plenty of reasons why Portland has acquired “It Town” status over the past few years, but these are the secrets about what makes Stumptown the kind of irreplaceable, slightly twee, irreplicably shaggy berg it’s become.  read more

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Portland Record Store Manager Talks Flaming Lips' Surprise Release

Portland Record Store Manager Talks Flaming Lips' Surprise Release

Yesterday we reported that the Flaming Lips’ six-hour song was online and available to listen to. But the album also had a physical release: An extremely limited, exclusive release with Jackpot Records, a Portland, Ore.-based retailer on Sept. 20.   read more

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The Five Most Influential College Towns

The Five Most Influential College Towns

What are some of the most successful college towns when it comes to sending music out into the world? Here are our favorite five.  read more

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Best of What's Next: AgesandAges

Best of What's Next: AgesandAges

“We recognize the inherent underlying doom in all this. These songs are self-affirming. They're like propaganda music. Anytime you have someone insisting over and over that things are great, you wonder if that's the case.”  read more

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Catching Up With... Loch Lomond

Catching Up With... Loch Lomond

The latest recipe for Indie Band seems to be a ton of members, boatloads of intstruments and an epic sound, but often missing is the ability to restrain the cacophony enough to create a dynamic that highlights the emotional pinnacles in the music as well the calm that precedes them. Hailing from Portland, Ore., Loch Lomond does all of the above and wonderfully so.  read more

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Portlandia Review
(Ep. 1.03 - Aimee)

<i>Portlandia</i> Review<br>(Ep. 1.03 - Aimee)

Portlandia—the original IFC comedy series created, written by and starring Fred Armisen (Saturday Night Live) and Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-Kinney’s singer/guitarist)—is midway through its six-episode run. And that’s such a shame because the show is just hitting its sublimely funny stride....  read more

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Dolorean: The Unfazed

Dolorean: <i>The Unfazed</i>

Portland-scene staples create another modern folk-rock soundtrack for self-reflection  read more

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Led Zeppelin Tribute Album to Feature M. Ward & Laura Veirs

Led Zeppelin Tribute Album to Feature M. Ward & Laura Veirs

From The Land of Ice And Snow, Jealous Butcher Records’ 50-track, two-disc Led Zeppelin tribute album drops on October 12, and it promises to be totally awesome....  read more

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Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen Want You to Join Them on Television

Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen Want You to Join Them on Television

Let’s face it: Summer’s not the best season for television. Luckily, web series abound, and thanks to IFC, we can expect to see a lot more of one of the funniest ones we know: ThunderAnt....  read more

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A Man, A Plan, Some Hams: Bijijoo?

A Man, A Plan, Some Hams: Bijijoo?

Somewhere in the depths of Oregon there lives a man who has spent the past six months painstakingly creating 44 unique masterpieces. He goes only by Bijijoo...  read more

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