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Review: Big Meat Hammer at Geno's Rock Club

Music Seen
On my way to the club, I walked hunched in the drizzle behind a fellow in a leather jacket with white paint on the back: "Punks not dead." I pondered this idea and assumed we were heading to the same place, only to watch him pass by Geno's without a glance.

By CHAD CHAMBERLAIN | July 01, 2009

Cambiata, Olivia Cornell and The Precious, Elijah Ocean and more

Sibilance
OLIVIA CORNELL & THE PRECIOUS have released their first CD, available now at Bull Moose and the like. Though they won't be playing out again until fall, have a listen to Filthy Things if you've got a jones on for some girl-rock mixed with some NYC punk flavor.

By PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF | July 01, 2009

Portland Music News: June 26, 2009

Sibilance
The "Sibilance" staff sat in on DAVE GUTTER's new project, with EVAN CASAS, being mastered by ADAM AYAN at Gateway. The record's called The Key to Adore and is more organic and subdued than what you've heard from Gutter before. Watch out for his cover of "The Man Comes Around." Look for the disc by end of summer.

By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | June 24, 2009

Music Seen: Gypsy Tailwind at Port City Music Hall

It's a kind of magic
Sometimes "studio magic" doesn't translate well to the stage — especially when 15 musicians perform in a single song. But other times, you wish such large live performances were being recorded for the next album.

By JEFF INGLIS | June 24, 2009

Music Seen: Karaoke with DJ Annie; Bentley's Saloon, Arundel

No irony here
There is no irony at Bentley's Saloon. This is kind of hard to process, because the crowd at the bar is totally incoherent: there are, primarily, biker dudes and chicks, along with cowboy types, hard-drinking college kids, senior citizens, and the odd hippie with dreadlocks.

By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | June 17, 2009

Portland Music News: June 19, 2009

Sibilance
Yeah, this makes us feel a little old: The June 27 show at the Port City Music Hall will be a 20th anniversary show for TWISTED ROOTS . SUN GODS IN EXILE (fresh off a release show for their debut album) and SIDECAR RADIO open, and there's word that original TR bassist NEIL COLLINS will sit in for a few songs.

By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | June 17, 2009

Portland Music News: June 5, 2009

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There aren't too many people who've been around and about the local scene more than MATT SHARDLOW over the past 15 years. He's played with the HOBBES , ZION TRAIN , 8 TRACK , STATE RADIO , and various CLASH OF THE TITANS ensembles, while doing sound at the Big Easy for a spell and being a hired gun in general.

By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | June 03, 2009

Anthony's Idol at Anthony's Italian Kitchen

Music Seen
Why settle for nationwide talent on the boob tube when you could see area singers competing in the flesh?

By SONYA TOMLINSON | May 27, 2009

Portland Music News: May 29, 2009

Sibilance
Mike Clouds, Monsoon, Anna's Ghost, and more

By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | May 28, 2009

Music Seen: Rosetta and Cryptic Overcast

Rosetta, Shabti, and Cryptic Overcast at Geno's
Local stalwarts Cryptic Overcast have carved out a niche for themselves as an almost-instrumental band with a sound as informed by heavy metal as it is by psychedelic and progressive rock.

By DAN CLARK | May 20, 2009

Portland Music News: May 22, 2009

Sibilance
Even more RON HARRITY : BIRD IN THE RAFTERS will release their debut disc, recorded with Harrity last year, with a show June 13 at SPACE Gallery. They're calling it Jetlag and it will feature, among other things, a book oscillator invented by COMPUTER AT SEA 's GALEN RICHMOND . No, we don't know what a book oscillator is, either.

By PORTLAND MUSIC STAFF | May 20, 2009