Born from fuzzy guitar riffs and impromptu basement shows, Boone Howard, Eric Ambrosius and Travis Leipzig of The We Shared Milk have made a name for themselves in the greater-Portland area. The name being something along the lines of “three badass dudes that sort of sound like the outcome of… Read More →

It’s a dark and stormy night at Pendarvis Farm and Typhoon is fully immersed in the recording of their new album. After listening to a sample of what is yet to come (which sounds fantastic, by the way), I sat down with a handful of them (Kyle, Dave, Toby, Pieter,… Read More →

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… Read More →

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… Read More →

Proof Of Our Existence Vol. 2 by Ripcityreview on Mixcloud The 2nd installment of the Proof of Our Existence series. Started the mix with the best band name ever. The mix includes my new favorite song “Flickin” by Kidz in the Hall (hope some of you sneak peaked ‘em at… Read More →

“Icarus”, White Hinterland‘s first single from the newly released album Kairos will forever remind me of the old Nintendo game Kid Icarus.  I think the track would have fit nicely in the game as well. Kairos is the 3rd album from Casey Dienel and dare I say zee best.  Big… Read More →

Mind Dimension is a new feature recently added to Rip City Review.  We start off by delving into the mind of one of Portland’s finest. Who? E*Rock: “The Huns perhaps, maybe a banshee.” What? E*Rock: “A stolen pretzel.” Where? E*Rock: “All around us, like a mist.” When? E*Rock: “On your… Read More →

Did you eat your breakfast this morning? Croisant with Nutella…mmmmmm! The sounds from Breakfast Mountain are equally as delicious.  Zac Osterlund is the producer/one man band who has quickly gained quite the following.  I saw Breakfast Mountain at PDX Pop Now last summer and dude drops serious BASS!  He was… Read More →

Bobby Birdman and Jona Bechtolt go way back to an art contest which Jona was judging.  Bobby simply asked “who are you to judge me?”  Jona agreed, resigned as guest judge and the two have been friends ever since. Straight Gaze somewhat of a Portland super group includes Adam Forkner… Read More →