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 →

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… 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 →