Saturday, July 19, 2008

Plug In Portland, Where Everyone Is In A Band

This week, Kink FM released their Plug In Portland Local CD Sampler and I have to say I am pretty excited about the track selection. Many of my favorite local bands are included on the CD, including The Dimes, Intervision, Oh Darling, Jasmine Ash, and Brandon Chandler, who I had the pleasure of meeting last night at Debra Arlyn's show at the Doug Fir.


The track list is as follows:

1. The Dimes * Paul Kern Can't Sleep
2. Dirty Martini * Waiting for Magic
3. Intervision * All I'm Thinkin About
4. Courtney Jones * Awake & Dreaming
5. Justin Klump * No More Decembers
6. Amelia * The Great Escape
7. Echo Heltrom * Davy Jones
8. Jasmine Ash * Fall (Hidden Fortress Remix)
9. Brandon Chandler * Until the Whiskey Wears Off
10. Breanna Paletta * Follow Me Home
11. Derby * All or Nothing
12. Julia Dawn * Beautiful Lie
13. Jacob Merlin * Donut
14. Oh Darling * Blind Spot
15. Stephen Ashbrook * 21 Young
16. Beth Willis * Nothing
17. Throwback Suburbia * Circles
18. Alex Arrowsmith * The Zaps
19. Lindsey Pool * Conversation
20. Cronin Tierney * Burning Bridges

The CD is available at no charge at all Kink FM events this summer, including Noon Tunes, Bridgeport Village Concert Series, and Kink Friday Early Escape Cruise (I will be picking up my copy when The Dimes play Bridgeport Village at the end of the month). Burgerville restaurants will also carry the CD starting next week, however I believe there will be a charge involved for those copies.

In other local music news, MTV gave Portland some love earlier this week when they ran a segment on the local music scene this week. As Mr. Wines noted in his blog, the news clip seems to focus on a certain niche within the Portland music scene, not entirely reflecting the immense musical talent we have in our fair city (http://www.petmarmoset.net/blog/2008/07/17/mtv-news-everyone-in-portland-is-in-a-band/). Anyone involved in local music scene knows there is much more to the Rose City than pop punk for jaded teenagers. Of course, MTV has been more focused on promoting Heidi and Spencer of The Hills than promoting actual music for a few years now, so I suppose I should be happy that they gave some local bands any attention at all. Though I would have loved to see some of my favorite local bands get some love as well.

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