Diggin’ This: Cassie Oso – “Blue Flame”
A chilled and smoky jazz intonation. Recorded and produced in her apartment, “Blue Flame” is a new song from the Portland, Oregon musician Cassie Oso. Says Cassie,… Continue reading
Tag Archive: Portland
0 Comments
Diggin’ This: quickly, quickly – “Satellite” (Ghostly International)
Tape-delayed 60s psyche-soul from Portland, Oregon. Graham Jonson returns with “Satellite,” an easy and buoyant tune that imagines Thundercat jamming with Tom Misch. Love those synth squiggles… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “Layla” (Jagjaguwar)
It’s officially UMO szn. Very excited for Unknown Mortal Orchestra aka the Portland, Oregon-residing, Hawaiian-New Zealand artist Ruban Nielson‘s new album. “Layla” is the second single to… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “Weekend Run”
I mean, he’s pretty much a Known Mortal Orchestra at this point. Portland, Oregon-via-New Zealand’s Ruban Nielson aka Unknown Mortal Orchestra returns with “Weekend Run,” an airy ode to… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: quickly, quickly – “Everything is Different (To Me)” (Ghostly)
20-year-old songwriter, musician, and producer Graham Jonson, otherwise known as quickly, quickly, wrote “Everything is Different (To Me)” after recently relocating from Los Angeles to Portland, Oregon. Blending acoustic… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Shadowgraphs – “Before the Time” (Golden Brown Records)
Best listened to while turning in circles, head and hands raised to a better future. I’m very completely feeling this neo-psychedelic nugget from Portland, Oregon band Shadowgraphs. … Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “Multi-Love” (Official Video)
The last time I wrote about Portland, Oregon-via-New Zealand lo-fi psychedelic-indie-soul outfit and band-name-you-would-probably-find-somewhere-in-an-anime-movie Unknown Mortal Orchestra was back when they covered Lindstrom’s spacey and disco-y “Rà-àkõ-st.,” which was and still is amazing in every… Continue reading
Alias ft Therese Workman – “Indiiggo” (Free Download)
It is a joy to hear the weird and wonderful new sounds that emanate from the Anticon label. South Portland, Maine artist and Anticon co-founder Brendon Whitney aka Alias‘ new track “Indiggo”… Continue reading
Washed Out – “It All Feels Right” (Official Video)
Enchanted, psychedelic, folk vibrations on this brand new Washed Out song, sounding not unlike a dialed-down, Sunday morning Tame Impala. Washed Out – “It All Feels Right” (Official Video) “It… Continue reading
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “Rà-àkõ-st” (Lindstrøm Cover)
After Lindstrøm recently remixed the band’s “Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark),” New Zealand-via-Portland’s U.M.O. return the favor by reworking the Norwegian producer’s U.F.O. disco audio into a grainy, warped, psychedelic 1970s TV… Continue reading
Reva DeVito & Roane Namuh – “Frozen” (Official Video)
PDX got soul. Seems like dating in Portland must involve at least one walk through a forest (at 2:11) and one half-finished-barely-started soapbox derby racer (at 2:18).
Kids Reenact Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage” Video
James Winters is a film-maker and dad from Portland, Oregon. He combines both roles in this reenactment of the Beasties’ “Sabotage” vid below. “Bake ’em away, toys.“