Let’s not split hairs here: Datsik is a heavy hitter of the most reviled genre on earth right now: dubstep. Although movie trailers have recently been filled with the stuff, the days of dubstep’s widespread mainstream integration seem long gone.
Portland filmmaker Nick Wells lives and breathes the metal head spirit, and he’s working hard to share it with local moviegoers. His latest film, Metal Messiah: Born Again Sage, premiered September 2010 at Laurelhurst Theater and ran for a weekend last term at Portland State’s 5th Avenue Cinema.
We live in an age when haircuts and money supersede musical talent. Our country’s youth are enthralled by flashy imagery and the misguided conviction that the coolest people make the coolest music. It’s all too easy to get caught up in the hype-machine these days. How delightful is it, then, when a group of nascent jazz musicians burst onto the scene with incredible force and originality.
Straight-up punk and metal venues are slowly being phased out in the City of Roses. The town known nationwide for its hipster tint and indie rock has more clubs that cater to those types than anything else. When Satyricon and Food Hole closed up, it left a crater in the city’s punk and metal scenes. But fear not: Tiny places around our city still dish up all the thrashy stuff you can handle.
The story behind many Portland bands is simple: Bored people get together and play music with other bored people.
In the case of Benin-born, Senegal-raised Parfait Bassale, however, the story is part of his music, and it is nothing short of breathtaking.
Did you hear Teeel’s 2011 album Amulet? I didn’t think so. As an avid electronic music proponent, I refuse to let Teeel’s new record, University Heights, suffer a similar fate. Simply put: If you enjoy the voltage-drenched goodness of New Order and Pet Shop Boys, you’re going to dig this album and then some.
As political unrest spreads throughout the U.S., most of our country’s musical resources are tied up in trying to forget. A precious few bands, however, remind music consumers why they should be politically aware
The Park Ave Trio will play Portland State’s Lincoln Recital Hall Thursday, Feb. 16.
Just another jazz show, you say? Wrong for two reasons. One: A Portland State professor will be on hand to tickle the ivories. Two: This professor happens to be a world-class jazz pianist.
It’s no secret that Portlanders have always been innovators. When you attend 5th Avenue Cinema’s rare screening of The Clay Baker, presented by the Oregon Cartoon Institute Sunday, Feb. 12, you’ll get an earful of history, entertainment and a swelling of pride for the city you call home.
Like libraries, hospitals and bookstores, adult shops have their own rules of etiquette. Abide by them, and you will be treated with respect. Violate them, and you will be treated like an asshole holding a fake penis.
Among the mind-boggling array of lubricants in any adult shop, there exists a black sheep. On the sidelines, far away from the industrial-looking jars of slippery stuff, sits a small matrix of brightly colored lube packets geared toward the more whimsical lube connoisseurs. You are in the flavored lube section.