OregonLive.com: Pop Music
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OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ If you still associate Steve Smith with Dirty Vegas, you might expect something a little more electronic for his singer-songwriter debut, "This Town." Surprisingly, not so much. Instead, rock and… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ Photo by Autumn de Wilde The band name the Little Ones is either twee or adorable, depending on your point of view. But if you listen to their music, the… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ Coco B'sWith all the recent REM news, here are some mp3s from one of their musical descendants, California-based Coco B's. They've got a very 90s-ish, Lemonheads, alt-rock sounded, but updated.… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ World-folk mainstays Poi Dog Pondering are back with a new studio album, the rather unimaginatively titled "7." (Is this an epidemic? My beloved Portishead named their new album "Third," and… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ The kind folks of chamber-rock band Buoy LaRue invited me to a small house shindig to celebrate their upcoming album (release party is June 21, so still a ways off).… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ Detail of "Colin Meloy Sings Live!" album cover I managed to grab a quick 15 minutes on the phone with Colin Meloy, frontman for the Decemberists who's now on a… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ If you're making your way as a solo artist after being part of a well-known band, you can either try to distance yourself entirely from that previous endeavor or embrace… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ You might know Dan Snaith under his previous monikier, Manitoba, or you might know him by his current nom-de-music, Caribou, or you might not know him at all -- in… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ ameliaband.com Portland band Amelia has a beautiful, melancholy new CD, "A Long, Lovely List of Repairs," and they're hitting local stages so you can hear it. They play Saturday at… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ So a longer Colin Meloy podcast is upcoming, but I wanted to get this snippet up today because it's timely. The Decemberists frontman and I spoke today about his new… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ Scott H. Biram calls himself a "Dirty Old One Man Band," but what does that even mean these days? Yes, he's got a rousing, quasi-religious revival take on hillbilly punk,… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ Scotland Barr There's a "Dixie wind blowing through the Northwest," and critic Don Campbell suggests you catch it. Portland alt-country band Scotland Barr & the Slow Drags are playing a… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ The Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey builds quirky, rhythmically varied soundscapes by combining piano, melodica, trap set and electric bass. To get the true Jacob Fred experience, of course, you must… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ From Lopez and Hamilton's Kings of Harmony (no relation), some fun Dixieland -- it's almost the weekend, rejoice! Download: Dixieland. Via the very excellent Project Gutenberg.... Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ So local folk singer Laura Gibson's on tour with Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy, who's got a new record out, and has put out several tour-only EPs. Maybe Laura's learning from… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ Get fox trotting, people. Download: Jazz de Luxe. Via the excellent Project Gutenberg.... Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ I feel like a polka today. Download: Dinah Polka, Charles Lowe, xylophone. Via the very excellent Project Gutenberg.... Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ Shoehorn This month brings an impressive crop of new CDs from Portland-based jazz artists, all of whom will be hitting local stages to support their discs. We highlight four we… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ Among the artists I'm excited about this year is folk-pop singer Basia Bulat. Don't let the autoharp fool you -- she's acoustic, yes, but also quite contemporary. Her songs could,… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ Ornette Coleman The 5th Annual Portland Jazz Festival kicks off on Friday, offering dozens of shows and performers. To help you get ready, pop music critic Luciana Lopez zeros in… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ Bjork in love The theme of this week's music podcast is, of course, love. Ah, but there are many different kinds of love, right? Listen here: The artists you'll find… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ A few tidbits from my inbox: 1. Echo Helstrom's song "Where I Sleep" will be on this Tuesday's episode of WB's One Tree Hill. 2. Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy will… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ Pop music critic Luciana Lopez has a love-hate relationship with the Grammy Awards. But if Luciana's favorites -- Amy Winehouse, Ledisi, The Shins, sometimes Kanye West -- win on Sunday,… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ Thirty years ago, the prototypical jazz funk group The Jeff Lorber Fusion was playing at Ray's Helm on Northeast Broadway. On February 8, Lorber and Marlon McLain will relive old… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ San Francisco world-jam band New Monsoon are in town at the Doug Fir tonight, blending ecletic rhythms from around the world with jam's loose, winding explorations. As for their live… Read full post »
OregonLive.com: Pop Music ❤ Luciana Lopez's top albums of the year? Check. Now it's time for the best songs of 2007. Jay-Z's favorite made the list. Did yours? Click on the media player above… Read full post »
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