→ July 27, 2011
Rip City Rockers, Portugal. The Man released their highly anticipated album, In the Mountain In the Cloud, on Atlantic Records earlier this week. I caught up with these tour junkies while they were in London to find out what it would be like if Portugal. The Man had it’s very own desert island. Put on [...]
→ January 19, 2011
Legendary singer/songwriter Michael Hurley turns 70 this year. I’ve had the great fortune of seeing him perform on a few occasions at my favorite pub in Portland. I thought I’d share one of these intimate shows with youz guyz. You can occassionally catch him at the LaurelThirst Public House on 29th & Glisan where he [...]
→ November 20, 2010
The Nurses stormed onto Portland’s music scene with the release of their debut album, Apple’s Acre. This amicable trio were touring Europe when I caught up with them just before their penultimate gig at the Lexington in London. We discussed some very bizarre pre-show rituals, who the better alt country rock band was, sleeping in [...]
→ June 16, 2010
Whenever I here the name Kelli, I can’t avoid conjuring up images of those old mind-numbing episodes of Saved by the Bell and one Miss Kelly Kapowski. Similar to the Bayside sweetheart, Kelli Schaefer has certainly grabbed the attention of this Rip City Reviewer. A couple years back a mate of mine hipped me to Kelli [...]
