Hype Hype Hooray is a biweekly “critique” of the music scene and the blogosphere that feeds it, told through the lens of Jamie Hale, a journalist who likes music about as much as he likes scotch and a firm leather chair. Please enjoy with a grain of salt. I was somewhere in the woods of… Continue reading [Hype Hype Hooray] Spotify, You Beautiful Wench
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[Hype Hype Hooray] The Mixtape, Part 2: The Weird Kid From Portland
Jamie normally writes a very straightforward music column about very straightforward music things, but for the next few installments he will be exploring a childhood mixtape, recently found in a box in his closet. This is part two. I stand in my kitchen at two in the morning, furiously cramming two AA batteries into my… Continue reading [Hype Hype Hooray] The Mixtape, Part 2: The Weird Kid From Portland
[Hype Hype Hooray] The Mixtape, Part 1: Unearthing a Relic
Jamie normally writes a very straightforward music column about very straightforward music things, but for the next few installments he will be exploring a childhood mixtape, recently found in a box in his closet. This is part one. My hands rummage through an old orange shoebox from the top shelf of my closet. I’m looking… Continue reading [Hype Hype Hooray] The Mixtape, Part 1: Unearthing a Relic
[Hype Hype Hooray] Tropicália: How Brazil Created the Greatest Genre Ever
Hype Hype Hooray is a biweekly “critique” of the music scene and the blogosphere that feeds it, told through the lens of Jamie Hale, a journalist who likes music about as much as he likes scotch and a firm leather chair. Please enjoy with a grain of salt. Hey guys, Jamie Hale here. You know,… Continue reading [Hype Hype Hooray] Tropicália: How Brazil Created the Greatest Genre Ever
Daphne Lee Martin breaks the video mold with “Belly”
It’s probably easy for a director to come up with a video for a song like Daphne Lee Martin’s “Belly.” Put the band in, I don’t know, some period clothing? Have them walk slow motion through, what, a saloon? Maybe cut in some shots of them in a field of wildflowers, Daphne picking one and… Continue reading Daphne Lee Martin breaks the video mold with “Belly”
[Hype Hype Hooray] The Dull and Pointless Sound
Hype Hype Hooray is a biweekly “critique” of the music scene and the blogosphere that feeds it, told through the lens of Jamie Hale, a journalist who likes music about as much as he likes scotch and a firm leather chair. Please enjoy with a grain of salt. I’ve been struggling to explain how I… Continue reading [Hype Hype Hooray] The Dull and Pointless Sound
[Hype Hype Hooray] How to Coax a Critic
Hype Hype Hooray is a biweekly “critique” of the music scene and the blogosphere that feeds it, told through the lens of Jamie Hale, a journalist who likes music about as much as he likes scotch and a firm leather chair. Please enjoy with a grain of salt. One day, out of the blue, I… Continue reading [Hype Hype Hooray] How to Coax a Critic
Federale: Spaghetti Western and Beyond
Seven musicians crowd onto the stage at Mississippi Studios in north Portland–they’re dressed in cowboy hats and bolo ties, a hipster take on the wild west. The frontman, a guy with light brown hair that swoops across his face, all the way down to his chin, steps up to the mic. He looks to the… Continue reading Federale: Spaghetti Western and Beyond
Otis Heat Burns Up On a Frigid Portland New Years Eve
In a sudden twist of fate, my New Year’s plans were cemented. I’ve been staying in St. Johns, in northwest Portland–a funky little neighborhood with all the weird charms you come to expect in PDX. As it happens, Otis Heat, a band I wrote about back in 2009, is playing a four-band show down the… Continue reading Otis Heat Burns Up On a Frigid Portland New Years Eve
[Hype Hype Hooray] My Winter of Discontent or Why I Finally Get Grunge
Hype Hype Hooray is a biweekly “critique” of the music scene and the blogosphere that feeds it, told through the lens of Jamie Hale, a journalist who likes music about as much as he likes scotch and a firm leather chair. Please enjoy with a grain of salt. Not long ago, I drove into Portland,… Continue reading [Hype Hype Hooray] My Winter of Discontent or Why I Finally Get Grunge