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New Music
Kate Tucker - Faster Than Cars
Seattle’s Kate Tucker and The Sons of Sweden will be playing at Bumbershoot Monday September 1 at noon, on the Wells Fargo Stage – Northwest Court.
Wallpaper - evrytm we do it
Wallpaper with evrytm we do it. Catch them in Portland on Aug. 6th & 7th, 2008.
More Music
- GZA - Fame
- Santogold and Diplo - Right Brigade
- Lykke Li - Remixed By Black Kids
- Guidance Counselor - Forming
- Mystery Jets - Young Love
Latest Interview
Tea For Julie Interview
From left to right: (Jad, Michael, Travis, John)
Listen to the interview with Tea For Julie
There are 3 things that happen once every four years that NW Noise can think of: Presidential elections, leap years and full length record releases from Tea For Julie.
Continue reading Tea For Julie Interview
More Interviews
- Ehren Ebbage Interview
- Intervision Interview
- Libbie Schrader - NWN Internet Interviews
- Amy Jay - NWN Internet Interviews
- Oh Darling Interview
Latest Review
The Slants: Slanted Eyes, Slanted Hearts
Sakura Sakura
Being the chief resident “Asian expert” of NW Noise, it only makes sense for me to review the debut album Slanted Eyes, Slanted Hearts from Portland-based Chinatown dance rock band, The Slants. While the band’s name may raise a few eyebrows, their music is sure to gain attention based its own merit. Living in a town where “everyone is in a band”, it can be difficult to find a lot of diversity within the local music community. However, The Slants are unlike anything I have heard in the Portland scene, and as much as I love the “Portland sound,” in this case, that’s a good thing.
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More Reviews
- Brandon Chandler Review
- Ehren Ebbage - Ten Cent Souvenir
- Spoon, et al, at the Edgefield...
- Perhapst - A Sonic Journey
- Not at Sasquatch...but with Blind Pilot
News
MFNW is the Shit
2008 has brought a great MFNW. Blogs and humans all say it’s the tops this year for music in Portland. Well, true to form, I plan on attending on the last day. Saturday. This is a short, uncomprehensible list of bands I’d like to see tomorrow.
Ash Street
Flipper
Crystal Ballroom
Fleet Foxes
Menomena
The Helio Sequence
Wonder
Ratatat
Fez
Blind Pilot
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Articles
Sneak Peek of NW Girls Make Noise CD
Here’s the cover for the soon-to-be-released Debra Alryn set at the NW Girls Make Noise concert last December. Album goes on sale July 18th, at Doug Fir.
More Articles
- Oh Darling - Band Brief
- Sasquatch Report: Day 2
- Sasquatch Report: Day 1
- Initial PDX Pop Now 2008 Line-Up
- Urban Outfitters Summer Mix
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