The NEW Sounds of Summer
By: DJ Ducky / Jessie Stepan We’ve all heard The Beach Boys. You can’t live in America, especially on the Western seaboard, without hearing at least ONE song by...
Author: Freeform Portland Blog
Remembering DJ Anita Sarko: The Only Downtown Club Trendsetter That Mattered
by Taylor Hill Taylor Hill’s tribute episode “Danceteria: Selections from DJ Anita Sarko” will air live on Freeform Portland Wednesday June 26th at 4pm Pacific....
How The Moog Synthesizers Helped Revolutionize the Sound of Hip Hop
by William Vance When Robert Moog sold his first vacuum-tube theremin kit back in the early 1950s, one would scarcely imagine he envisioned the world-changing i...
Punks Not Dead, but Maximum Rocknroll Is: A Farewell Letter to the MRR Zine
At the beginning of this year, Maximum Rocknroll announced that their print publication would be ending its 37 year run. The May issue would be its last. When t...
Zines In Stereo Spotlight: Melanie Fey
I first met Melanie many years ago in my hometown of Flagstaff, AZ. She was one of many fellow Navajo teens who were into punk and metal. At the time, there was...
The Descending Tetrachord Of Doom. It’s Everywhere…
The story of humanity’s international melody of lamentation, which can still be heard in popular music everywhere, starts, as many things do, in ancient Greece....
When Music Decides to Be Funny…
Where do comedy and music meet? It has to be more than just Weird Al Yankovic and Adam Sandler, right? Thankfully, the answer is a giant and resounding YES! Put...
Know Your DJ – Tom Kay
DJ Name: Tom Kay Freeform Show Name: Do the 45! Freeform Day/Time of Show: Alternating Sundays from 10am-noon Interview by: DJ Beanie
KNOW YOUR DJ – Plastic Passion
Freeform DJ: Plastic Passion Freeform Show Name: Pillbox Tales (formerly The Upstairs Room) Freeform Day/Time of Show: Friday nights/Sat mornings 12:00am –...
Record stores we love: Speck’s Records & Tapes, 8216 N Denver
Michael and Maia Gersten opened Speck’s Records and Tapes in March 2017. The family owned shop is inviting, unpretentious, and a cozy place to spend rainy days ...