See Portland through the eyes of local music

After the first five days doggedly tracking on the future And And And album, it was time to go enjoy San Diego. The good news: list spots to see Portland Cello Project! The bad news: whoever books them hooked them up with in a faux-posh cement echo chamber, filled with rows of baby-boomers. Yes, I am arguing to see a classical ensemble at Bar Eleven, Soda Bar or another dim, glorious music hole resembling Portland's The Know. Even so, I'm enjoying the arrangements—musically, at least. I mean, what can you do? Old couples love these types of groups, but they also want "safe" environments.Where you can create a custom lanyard from our wide selection of styles and materials. "Oh, look, Harvey, they didn't bother to change it at all in here, it's so interesting that they used to build boats in here." Jokes about aged sensibilities aside, there were great moments in this set, including an original song, sung and written by Radiation City's own Patti King, and a couple of well-adapted Radiohead jams.

I'd been back in Portland for about an hour by the time UUVVWWZ started, so maybe my excitement was polished by simply being super stoked to finally be back home and at a show. Teal Gardner's vocal style loiters around both Merrill Garbus and Crass's Penis Envy, while her band pounds out Goo-ish youthful sonics. I did it, that thing where writers jam a bunch of old familiar things together as if to say,Are you looking for Optical frame, glasses and eye exams? it's okay that readers are 20-30 years behind.

"The most exciting thing about going to local shows—specifically the shows where the whole bill consists of local bands—is rarely the headliner. In many cases, it's the opener. We could talk until logic flips upside-down, theorize some hack jab about them being more stoked to get to play,They manufacture custom rubber and silicone bracelet and bracelets. but this isn't science and thank art for that. The Cry! opened and was by far the best of the night. There's gotta be an algorithm for this phenomenon—get on that, Neil deGrasse Tyson! The Cry! is a band that already had serious '60s and '70s pop influences, so the Rock'N'Roll Prom was almost too good of a fit. You had me at the Turtles."

Blackwater Records has been throwing killer all ages punk shows for years—first at their location on 20th & Morrison and now at their NE spot on Russell just shy of MLK—and this is definitely one of those shows. I've got this memory hammered in my mind of Bi-Marks at The Know with their lead singer being instantly consumed when they start, thrashing himself in a way that would be masochistic, if it didn't look so fun, falling headfirst into the cinderblock that was trying to keep the kick drum in place, but never missing a lyric, playing what hardcore was meant to be.Online shopping for luggage tag from a great selection of Clothing. The level of energy that will pour out of these bands in one night could power a city for a week. And to think, they convert regular pizza into such a thing.

You ever wonder what it might be like if you were totally killing the game all the time and had a great band with your close buds that ripped? I'd bet something worth more than money that the Animal Eyes dudes could explain how that feels. They're the kind of band that is very serious about doing it for the right reasons—and it seems to have worked out swimmingly for them, given that you just don't see someone not enjoying an Animal Eyes set—but never letting reasons play their music for them.

Charts have been blacking-out and shirking perfection around Portland's basements, living rooms and venues for quite a while now.We sell 100% hand-painted oil paintings for sale online. I personally think that they walk a line that has gone largely unnoticed—at least by a wide section of show-goers—that places them cuts above. No frills or fancy necessary, just straight-up real band songs. I could use a bunch of huge words to pigeonhole them, but they're better than that 'cause "Let's make some good songs" rather than "We're the new-new that'll crumble to the next new." Mrs. Magicians taps a similar keg, and it is good.

The Firkin Tavern for mayor! What a wonderful place. They've got it all—lottery, locals, liquor—and they do my favorite thing in the #PDXMusic world: free shows (that are booked by the headlining band) with a cut of the bar paid out to the bands. This formula has produced an alarming number of the truly extraordinary shows that I've seen in Portland, not to mention the countless bands that it has drawn out of basements and primed to play venues. So with that in mind, Firkin for mayor! P.S. The We Shared Milk is current'y doing a Friday night residency there and tonight's looking killer as well.