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Month: December 2017

Music/Top Fives

dj brzy’s top 5 music things of 2017

Posted on December 31, 2017 by dj brzy

Yes, another best of list — and I am, of course, cheating by including plenty of sublists… 1. Mdou Moctar takes Portland. Mdou Moctar spent a lot of time ...

album reviews/Featured/Music

GROUNDISLAVA II: 8-BIT MEMORIES AND THE SOUNDS IN BETWEEN

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Freeform Portland Blog

It’s hard to say what makes some songs feel nostalgic even though you’ve never heard them before. Maybe it’s the quality of the tones you hear, or the familiar ...

Commentary/Featured/Misc/Music/Music History/Stories/Uncategorized

The Chrome Cranks Spent The Night At My House

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Noah Fence

In 1996, while on tour to promote their album “Love In Exile,” The Chrome Cranks played a show at the venerable punk rock club, The Satyricon, in Old Town Portl...

Featured/Music/Uncategorized

The Top 15 Albums of 2017 & More – From DJ Noah

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Freeform Portland Blog

Catch DJ Noah’s show on Thursdays from 2PM-4PM. It’s a fine blend of lo-fi bedroom pop, weirdo indie rock, and outsider music. Music to stare at you...

Music History

Nigerian Afrobeat: The Wings / Original Wings / Super Wings

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Karen Lee

by Karen Lee (Weekend Family Music Hour) and Jim Bunnelle (Center For Cassette Studies) (We are indebted to founding band member Manford Best for the details su...

Featured/Music/Top Fives

Top Fives (Collected by Secret Snake) Part 1

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Freeform Portland Blog

Ever wonder what punks, metal heads, and grind freaks listen to other than their preferred genre? I asked some musicians about their top five favorite albums. T...

Featured/Music/Music History

Flashback – Who Played In Portland This Week in 1967?

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Freeform Portland Blog

I turned forty recently and realized something that I found intriguing. When I was 15 in 1992, the legendary music year of 1967 was just as many years in the pa...

Music History

Richard Hell and the Blank Generation

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Noah Fence

Richard Hell is widely acknowledged as one of the prime movers of punk rock. Born Richard Meyers of Lexington, KY in 1949, he moved to New York City in 1966 aft...

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