Seven musicians crowd onto the stage at Mississippi Studios in north Portlandāthey’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
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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 Portlandāa 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