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Portland scene report: October 31, 2008

Sibilance starts now
Civil Disturbance drummer Nick “Nikko” Villaci, who’s been in the local rock scene long enough to have produced progeny to fill out other local bands, has announced his retirement from the original music scene.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF  |  October 29, 2008
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Picnic + Homecoming

Music seen at Lincoln Park and SPACE Gallery, September 13, 2008
We’ll hope that both of the first-time ever events that took place last Saturday will return annually, and be as successful in the future as their debuts.
By SONYA TOMLINSON  |  September 17, 2008

Portland scene report: August 15, 2008

Sibilance
Big news out of the Rustic Overtones camp: keyboardist/vocalist Spencer Albee has left the band, replaced by Sean Morin.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF  |  August 13, 2008

Portland scene report: July 25, 2008

Sibilance starts now
The Portland music scene is getting all kinds of Web-friendly.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF  |  July 23, 2008
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Two and one

Gypsy Tailwind debut a tremendous vocal pairing
There’s something thrilling about the right harmony of opposite-sex voices, the meaning and emotion they can convey, the balance of power and grace.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  May 21, 2008
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Rustic live in Philly, with candles

On the road
“I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was impressed,” local Dave Robinson said after. “The guy’s voice is killer.”
By RYAN O'CONNELL  |  April 09, 2008
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Seek and Destroy

As Fast As pull out their Plastique
It’s an unpredictable world we live in.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  March 05, 2008

Portland scene report: February 29, 2008

Sibilance starts now
Called Destroy the Plastique Man , the album was begun on the West Coast in that Portland during Albee’s short-lived self-imposed exile from this Portland.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF  |  February 27, 2008

Portland scene report: February 15, 2008

Sibilance starts now
If it’s half as fun as the Ghost Bar in Vegas, it’ll be a whiz-bang affair.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF  |  February 13, 2008
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There is a Light

Is it at the end, or just the beginning?
What began as a pair of Rustic Overtones reunion shows at the Asylum has turned into what you might call a tour.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  July 25, 2007
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Rustic reunion

Are there Overtones of something long-term?
Yes, Rustic Overtones are back.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  June 06, 2007
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That’s just super(groups)

Some ideas for bands that may never be, but should
You know, ideas are the easy part. It’s the execution that gets tricky.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  January 03, 2007
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Living Wage

Living Wage
I had a girlfriend once who claimed to experience actual orgasms every time Phish played “Chalkdust Torture.”
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  November 01, 2006
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Soundoff: Eggbot

Weighing in on songs by Diamond Sharp and Raq
EGGBOT , the revolutionary, weighs in on songs by DIAMOND SHARP and RAQ .
By SOUNDOFF  |  September 27, 2006
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Cult following

Warming up to The Ice Arena
If you’re in Nashville and you play on somebody else’s record, you’re a session musician. If you do it in Portland, you’re just like everybody else.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  September 06, 2006
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Get ready for summer, punks

Releases from Pete Kilpatrick, Emilia Dahlin + Subject Bias are just the beginning
What has already been an active year on the local scene only ramps up for summer.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  June 14, 2006
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Hi Octone

As Fast As’s label debut is something fierce
Like Paranoid Social Club’s debut before it, As Fast As’ first record for Octone Records will be pretty familiar for the band’s local fans
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  May 10, 2006

Letters to the Portland Editor, April 28, 2006

 
Readers fire back on meteorological misconceptions, our Deaf Film Festival coverage, and As Fast As's whereabouts
By LETTERS TO THE PORTLAND EDITOR  |  April 26, 2006
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Ballot crunching

Don’t be an uneducated BMP voter
For the sake of whetting your whistles, here is a brief primer to the Portland Best Music Poll ballot’s major categories.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  April 05, 2006

Portland scene report, March 31, 2006

Sibilance
New music in the works for Now Transmission, Pete Kilpatrick, El Grande, Hi Fivin' White Guys, and Enchantments
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF  |  March 29, 2006

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