At times, the tension these two Portlanders created resembled a speed match of Jenga. The word “acrophobia” came across my mind a lot and I imagined all the famous towers throughout time—Babel, Pisa, of Terror—rising and falling through trap doors with each go.

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This show had so many things going for it. First and foremost, a show that starts at 9pm on a school night is a thing of beauty. What took it over the top was the perfect joy emanating from the stage as Dunes, Pearl Harbor and Magic Kids played music they believe in: no poses, no pretense, just a solid night of music.

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Tall and courtly like some 1950s Nashville idol, Earle’s brand of C&W insurgency is highlighted by a knack for raising the ghosts of traditional America inside a context colored by our 21st-century blues. Our chat finds him dealing well with being a Southern boy in the East Village. This interview by Ron Garmon.

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If I had to describe their music in my way I’d say it’s music for small gods. Good gods, but small. In other words, music for good hearted super humans on the rise, but not quite at Heaven’s gate. Go Bowerbirds and go world.

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Though Music Go Music seems to be plundering from ’70s dance pop, they are not running on the fumes of nostalgia. They propel everything forward with intensity and precision, elevating lyrics about hearts and love into feverish, epic anthems, bridging the gap between Bjorn Ulvaeus and Dimmu Borgir’s Shagrath.

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Truth be told, most reunions shows usually suck. Who wants to watch some oldster relive former glories while dipshit kids sing along to lyrics that they weren’t out of diapers for the first time around? Yet this is hardly a steadfast rule, and I am happy to report the exception was the Yummy Fur’s glorious reunion show on Sunday night at Part Time Punks.

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photography by Ward Robinson
It was a mystical evening at The Echo with White Arrow, The Holloys and the Phenomenal Handclap band. The New York based headliners bordered on campy with their neo-boho vibe while locals The Holloys stole the show. Later in the evening I spoke with Jim Brown, the leader of The Holloys, and [...]

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The Holloys produce sound structures; similar to the way sand and wind, over thousands of years, can hack away at rocks and produce eerie and precise architectures. They are diligent: slowly chipping away at a beat or a riff until it is transformed and made sculptural, an integral part of a landscape.

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Origami twittereeterood an announcement for this evening:
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The Phenomenal Handclap band will be filming a special performance tonight @ Origami Vinyl @ 8pm. Come down and check it out its free!
And after that head over to the Echo to catch Phenomal… again with the Holloys, Jogger, and White Arrows.

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