PDX Pop Now is coming up (July 24-26) and I am amped. It's a free festival showcasing local Portland up and coming musicians. To prep, I picked up the compilation and started taking notes. Oddly, only 15 of the 40 bands featured on the double disc compilation will actually play the festival and 34 more are playing that were not included. While it may not be very representative, it still makes for a pretty good listen. In particular tracks by The Mint Chicks (garage pop), Benoît Pioulard (pretty indie folk), Dirty Mittens (indie pop), Explode Into Colors (instrumental indie), and Luck-One (chill hip hop) got me excited to see them live. The comp is rounded out by a couple of slightly more well-known artists like M. Ward, Starfucker, Mirah, and Blue Giant, who all contributed a good song from their most recent releases, but won't perform.
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July 13, 2009
PDX Pop Now! 2009 Compilation
PDX Pop Now is coming up (July 24-26) and I am amped. It's a free festival showcasing local Portland up and coming musicians. To prep, I picked up the compilation and started taking notes. Oddly, only 15 of the 40 bands featured on the double disc compilation will actually play the festival and 34 more are playing that were not included. While it may not be very representative, it still makes for a pretty good listen. In particular tracks by The Mint Chicks (garage pop), Benoît Pioulard (pretty indie folk), Dirty Mittens (indie pop), Explode Into Colors (instrumental indie), and Luck-One (chill hip hop) got me excited to see them live. The comp is rounded out by a couple of slightly more well-known artists like M. Ward, Starfucker, Mirah, and Blue Giant, who all contributed a good song from their most recent releases, but won't perform.
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