Album spotlight: Getting “High” with Freebase Hyperspace
June 23, 2022
Portland cosmic rock quartet’s new album “Planet High” marks a creative leap forward.
Portland cosmic rock quartet’s new album “Planet High” marks a creative leap forward.
The Portland-based singer-songwriter releases her latest album with a concert at The Old Church.
Black Bandcamp Matters: A wealth of sounds, from JxJURY to Darrell Grant.
Japanese musician Yosuke Fujita brings his custom built pipe organ to The Old Church.
Psych-folk family Faun Fables performs at Misdemeanor Meadows.
The rising artist performs at The Six in Southeast Portland.
King Hannah comes to Doug Fir; Sigur Rós subdues the Theater of the Clouds audience.
Tuvan throat singer Enrique Ugalde opens for Bauhaus at The Schnitz.
Soothing experimental music; distressing black metal; heartfelt folk-pop; nasty, brutish, and short punk rock.
Former Yeasayer member’s solo act arrives at Holocene.
Drum ‘n’ bass gathering Juice celebrates its 17th anniversary at Holocene.
Bay Area rapper and podcaster performs at Jack London Revue on Friday.
Gabriel Kahane’s magnificent online embargo; Spiritualized semicircles at Revolution Hall.
Local rapper/producer performs at Kelly’s Olympian this week.
Faded, worn-in roots-pop; bubbly synths; brutal noise-punk; emotionally charged player piano; deluxe hip-hop.
Harp-and-bassoon duo Hats & Heels perform women composers at Beall Concert Hall.
Psych-pop, smoldering jazzy backbeats, hellgrazing black metal, exploratory rap, Kulululu.
Gordon Grdina at Holocene with Creative Music Guild; Circuit Des Yeux’s visceral psych-folk.
GUZO, Shane Mcdonell, and Physical Strength perform on the third concert of Creative Music Guild’s Discordance series.
The Cookers at PDX Jazz Fest; Old Time Relijun at Holocene; Dinosaur Jr. at Wonder Ballroom
A return to “regular” programming at below-the-radar Southeast venue.
Heartfelt quirkiness, affirmational hip-hop, perfectly balanced post-bop, sparkling Mellotronica, de-Vocodered Air covers, and more.
Portland metal quintet dwells in the void.
Monthly hip-hop showcase enters its eighth year with Prince Hyph, THE DOE FLOW, and The Gard3n
Saloli and June Magnolia find inspiration in fresh instruments
Portland duo Mojo Holler returns to the stage; punk legends X return to the road
Working class jazz, mountainous ambient, heavy electronica, psychedelic New Age, lo-fi Puntera, Sonic Meditations, molasses-slow hip-hop, delectable weird-angled pop
Machado Mijiga levels up and gets in the grooves; Squid builds a confusing subgenre hedge maze
Mia Pixley brings her cello to Newmark Theatre; James Powers jams his birthday at The 1905; HANiF dishes disses at Georgie’s
Baroness hits the road; Bewitcher comes home; Soccer Mommy and IDLES and their guitar techs
Robert Ham’s monthly scouring of Bandcamp to find good new stuff by Oregon musicians to add to your digital library.
The title of Marina Allen’s debut album Candlepower does exactly what the best album titles do: evoke a multitude of images in the mind of anyone who happens upon the record even before they’ve heard one note of it. For me, it
Robert Ham gets out & about to where the music was, and where it’s going to be.
A fortuitous partnership results in “a brilliant LP that calls to mind the mood of vintage alt-country classics.”
Eyelids release a live album; Sour Deez, Wavy Josef, MadgesdiqCEG, and Hinnessy Da Goon at The Thesis.
Spoon Benders burst out, Kadren busts a rhythmic rhyme, Kiefer tumbles forward
New this month from local artists: darkwave, splashy psych-pop, mental cinematheque, jazz for fly fishing, a griot tape & more–just in time for Bandcamp’s Fee Free First Friday.
Jeffrey Silverstein gets a drummer; Negativland brings Sue-C to Holocene; Mdou Moctar apologizes for being SO LOUD
Featuring Arooj Aftab, María Isabel, and Shahzad Ismaily
Mon Laferte, Milk Carton Kids, Marisa Anderson & William Tyler
Mat Randol on a sharp level, Doug Martsch at Sou’Wester, Megadeth and Lamb of God at Moda
Now Hear This scours Bandcamp for new work from local artists. This time around: lowkey collaborations, Gothic chamber-folk, Neo-psychedelia, and plenty more–just in time for Bandcamp’s next Fee Free First Friday.
Portland future-pop/R&B artist Jan Julius talks with Robert Ham about music, life, a new album, and utopia.
Now Hear This is a monthly column that scours the pages of music distributor Bandcamp, looking for new work from local artists that would make fine additions to your digital library. This time around, that includes smoldering hip-hop, unaffected bluegrass, experimental music
Now Hear This scours Bandcamp for new work from local artists that would make fine additions to your digital library. Normally, you’d have one of Bandcamp’s Fee Free First Fridays to look forward to….
Multidisciplinary hip-hop artist Old Grape God rolls the pandemic: Since May 2020 he’s released six full-length albums, with a seventh out soon.
Now Hear This scours Bandcamp for new work from local artists. This time around, that includes surprisingly polished folk demos, “rock music?”, propulsive punk for smashing stuff, and plenty more–just in time for Bandcamp’s next Fee Free First Friday.
Lizzy Ellison moved to L.A. and then came home to Portland. Now, with Cardioid, she’s making her mark again.
Robert Ham’s monthly cruise through Bandcamp’s catalog unearths some good new local sounds.
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