Lose Yr Mind, Portland's DIY psych and indie rock music festival, returned for its seventh year this past weekend. Touring and local bands rocked the stage, but one thing was for certain - everyone was grateful to have shows back. The long weekend kicked off with two live, free sets from Roselit Bone and Silver [...]
Well, the day finally came. 548+ days since I had been to a show. If you know me, that was a VERY long time for me. Back on March 13, 2020, I flew to San Francisco to see my favorite band, Tame Impala, play at the Chase Center. As soon as I landed, I got [...]
Ty Segall started posting subliminal videos on his Instagram just days before he surprised fans and dropped his latest album "Harmonizer" on August 3. "Harmonizer" is his latest solo album since 2019's "Pig Man Lives: Volume 1." It includes contributions from The Freedom Band, and vocal contributions and album art by his wife Denée Segall. [...]
What is Florence Shaw even talking about? No one can be too sure, except perhaps herself. But there's something about her monotone, very British talking voice that draws you in on Dry Cleaning's debut record, "New Long Leg." You wouldn't expect such a stagnant singer to front such a noisy band, but that is what [...]
Maybe I'm adding to my own misery or maybe I'm just seeking a connection, but I always find myself turning on my "sad songs" playlist whenever I'm feeling down. There's just something about knowing that there's someone else out there that is (or at one time was) going through similar emotions that makes you feel [...]
Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" was my first ever vinyl purchase. Before I even knew I would go on to inherit my mother's vintage record player, I knew I would eventually own one. While camping near Sisters, Ore., a few years ago, my parents and I stopped in the many antique shops in the small Central Oregon [...]
What a year 2020 was, full of chaos, confusion and sorrow. Among all of the that, music can usually be a bit of a saving grace. An escape from the real world into a dream world all your own. Music can bring people together when factors of the world can tear us apart. For me [...]
This year brought many speed bumps for us all. Portland, my hometown, in particular, experienced countless ups and downs. At one moment we were allowed everywhere with face masks and social distancing, then the next thing you know everything is shut down. We even lost a few bars and restaurants along the way (one can [...]
Photo credit: Devon Seefeldt at Treefort Music Fest. Portland heavy psych queens Blackwater Holylight announced on Instagram that the four-piece is heading back to the studio to work on their third studio album. This comes after a successful last year for the band, which including a spot at the 2019 Desert Daze music festival, as [...]
Levitation's live sessions continued over the weekend with Frankie and the Witch Fingers, an L.A. based groovy, garage psych four-piece. The Session marks the seventh of the series as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the music industry. I first saw Frankie and the Witch Fingers in the confined, 98-cap basement of Portland's [...]
