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Q/A: Four years of horror: Strength’s ‘darker’ sophomore album

After four years, Strength finally releases a collection of “horror-dance” songs titled “Mind-Reader.” They celebrate their second effort at Holocene on September 3 with sets from Fake Drugs, DJ Copy, and DJ Patricia Furpurse.



Free Old Town Block Party this Saturday

Featuring performances from Deelay Ceelay, The Joggers, Mean Jeans, Lovers, and several DJs. Happening across the street from Someday and Backspace at NW 5th and Davis.


Hercules and Love Affair enraptures Portland

Last week Hercules and Love Affair performed at the Hawthorne Theatre. Producer Andrew Butler met with Oregon Music News to talk about the upcoming album.


DoublePlusGood kicks off West Coast tour at Backspace

DPG takes off on a six date, West Coast tour with stops in Portland, Eugene, and Ashland. Also appearing at the all-ages PDX gig will be Wishyunu and Pocketknife.


Starfucker releases digital ‘B-Sides’

With five tracks previously only available on vinyl, Starfucker shares the noise online with their new EP.


The Temper Trap, Blue Giant, and Butterfly Bones at the Roseland on 8/14/10
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Chromeo and Holy Ghost! at the Roseland on 7/13/10
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Intoxicating: Chromeo funks up the Roseland

A depraved, dancing, sold-out Roseland crowd gets down on the Quebec duo’s electrofunk with NYC openers Holy Ghost! and Telephoned.


Hercules and Love Affair reveal nu-disco to the Northwest

Hercules and Love Affair perform at the Hawthorne Theatre tonight with Strength and Linger & Quiet!


Reporter celebrates ‘Time Incredible’ release at Holocene

With Wampire and Soft Metals also on the bill, it’s gonna be a synth-y, disco’d, electrified night of sweaty dance.


Chrome + Romeo: Electrofunk’s finest romantics Chromeo come to the Roseland

Hot and ready to release their third album, Chromeo recommends you “bring sunglasses to the show” as they blind you with lustful lyrics and light up legs alongside Holy Ghost! and Telephoned.


Logan Lynn releases final album via YouTube

The unmixed, unmastered, rough demo of his last album is streaming on his YouTube page. You can catch Lynn’s final performances (ever?) this month in Salem and Portland.


Great Idea: An enchanted festival in Salem

The first-ever music festival in the Enchanted Forest features Salem and Portland talent like Typhoon, Reporter, Sons of Huns, Wampire, Skeletron, Ghost to Falco, and more than 20 other performers.


Zizek brings Electro Cumbia-Step-Hop to Rotture

From Buenos Aires, ZZK Records brings Latin-tronic from Tremor (live band) and DJs Chancha via Circuito, El Remolon, and El G tonight at Rotture.


PDX Pop Now! 2010 comes to a close: Sun. 10:25pm — Luck-One, Parenthetical Girls, Typhoon, and Skeletron

Four final sets outside to finish a marathon weekend at the 2010 PDX Pop Now! festival.


PDX Pop Now!: Sun. 8:20pm — Get Hustle, Aan, and Reporter

Finishing off the inside stage at Rotture, PDX Pop Now! crowds packed in for heavy noise, a melodic up-down, and dark, disco dance.


Prashant: Bringing Bollywood to PDX

On July 31, DJ Prashant and Bollywood Dreams will be presenting an evening of Mumbai’s club music sound to Portland with “one of India’s top Bollywood DJs,” DJ Akbar Sami, at Lola’s Room.