Music Blog Archive: June 2010

Now that the headline has reeled you in, just a little reminder that Portland Center for the Performing Arts' 5th Music On Main St. series gets underway this evening with Pancake Breakfast (the band). Read on...

It's our Monday chart of most-played records. The PDX Pop Now Compilation, and new releases from The Black Keys, Blitzen Trapper and Deer Tick are what we've been playing most. Read on for the entire list.

Performances in the area this week from Old 97's, Me'Shell Ndgeocello, Damien Jurado, Loch Lomond and Femi Kuti, and new releases from Wolf Parade, Peter Case, Alejandro Escovedo and Maps & Atlases highlight tonight's show. Plus, an in-studio visit with Montreal's Patrick Watson & the Wooden Arms. Join the conversation...

Some great bills to catch out on the town tonight in Portland, including the return home of Portugal. The Man, playing at the Roseland with The Builders & the Butchers and Morning Teleportation. Join the conversation...

For whatever reason-- the push for recycling taken to another level, perhaps-- the current zeitgeist has birthed a rash of musical covers in recent weeks, including more than one online series, a tribute album or two, and entire albums created by one band (formerly regarded as the death-knell for bands). We take a closer look...under the covers, as it were...and offer up the first of our own from the in-studio archives.

Again this week on opbmusic, we are playing the new compilation from PDX Pop Now! more than any other record. Read on for the whole rundown of what we're playing most on our 24/7 music channel.

Happy Father's Day to all the pops out there-- we'll celebrate with a few father/child musical combos along the way. Plus, your chance to win tickets to this Friday's Josh Ritter show at the Wonder Ballroom; the latest from Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti, Blitzen Trapper, Stars and more; and an in-studio visit with Clem Snide. Join the conversation...

Lots to get to tonight, including the debut from And And And. The Portland by way of Beaverton by way of Eugene act celebrates the release with a show tonight at Berbati's. Also, new music from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Foals, Orgone and more, and an in-studio visit with Patrick Watson & the Wooden Arms. Join the conversation...

Portland's own Blitzen Trapper brought "Dragon's Song" to Jimmy Fallon's show last night, showcasing the mid-tempo first single from the new Destroyer of the Void (which doubles as one of its more upbeat moments). Let's watch...

From the Miller High Life-fueled bedroom recordings of a Rhode Island teenager to Late Night with David Letterman on the Tiffany network (and a stop by our studios somewhere in between)-- John McCauley and Deer Tick made their national TV debut last night. Let's watch...