Vee Hua 華婷婷Parenthetical Girls’ lead singer Zac Pennington is certainly a theatrical one. He boldly proves this by consistently capturing the attention of viewers, whether it be on stage during a performance or in this music video for “The...
Rotture Portland, OR 2011 – 03/31 RYAT Despite the fact that RYAT recently played our SXSW house party, I will admit that I had no idea what their live show was like. Because I was running around like a madwoman, all I knew was that their set...
Erik BurgI knew I was woefully underprepared for the White Fang record release party at the Holocene when I was only one of two people in the crowd not wearing black. By the end of the show, however, the only dress code was no clothing. And although...
Or see more photos and tag yourself on ORIGINAL PRESS RELEASE SXSW 2011 was the first time REDEFINE has ever attempted to throw a SXSW event. We went big. We booked thirty amazing bands to play two stages at a 22-bedroom vegan co-op called House Of...
Ryan Sollee of The Builders And The Butchers sings like he is the lovechild of Colin Meloy (of The Decemberists) and Jeff Mangum (of Neutral Milk Hotel). He croons nasally and lyricizes darkly. On the band’s latest album, Dead Reckoning, he...
The bookers of three of this year’s House of Commons — STAY POSI NO FUTURE, GARAGE_PSYCH_DANCE, and SUX BY SUXWEST — have curated this mixtape. Though all three events are fairly different, they overlap in noise and experimental sounds.
Doing pre-festival coverage for InterArts’ annual No.Fest isn’t always the easiest thing. Taking place in Portland’s northmost St. John’s neighborhood, No.Fest is a public event that asks you for a teeny tiny $1 donation for...
Morning Teleportation is certainly a band that radiates all of the positive vibes and energy of its music. With this music video for “Expanding Anyway,” I’m glad the band — young as it is — has taken a rather old-school...