LIFEFORM

Flanged bass, comically shouted vocals and high end guitar distorted to oblivion all set to cartoon 1-2-1-2 drums, this is noise punk in the...

TRAUMA

This demo is from 2009, but I feel like I never even heard of this band until last year. There's a 12" floating around somewhere an...

LIGHT BRIGADE

Portland is as known for it's unrelenting walls of bulldozer crust as for it's rainy winters, and the city's ability to effortle...

LEBENDEN TOTEN

LEBENDEN TOTEN are the modern masters of noise punk. Those of you who look to Terminal Escape on Mondays for a dose of ear shattering madnes...

MORAL HEX

Rarely does a release by a new band live up to every bit of it's hype...but the MORAL HEX demo does. I snagged this at Blackwater when N...

SEX HAIR

Went to a show at Thrillhouse tonight, and I am so happy that that place is so close to me. Four bands played....they were all at least kind...

FUNERAL PARADE

All I would have to do is tell you who was in this band and you would be knocking over your morning coffee (or your evening cocktail) trying...

FUTURE TERROR

I picked this up at the Silenzio Statico compound a couple of weeks back and instantly thought: "Mondays." I was not disappointed...

BOG PEOPLE

In the classic tradition of the '80s UK bands, Portland's BOG PEOPLE slapped a rehearsal recording onto their Radiation Years  demo ...

MIXED COMBAT

One killer hour of bands recorded live on Portland's Life During Wartime  radio show. A smattering of Europeans (LA URSS, GORILLA ANGREB...

FREE RADICALZ

One of my bands (OPT OUT) played a show last night at Submission, we were one of three locals playing with a Portland band I had never heard...

JUHYO/OKHA

Harsh and beautiful electronic noise. JUHYO hail from Minneapolis and are responsible for a 14 minute piece that takes you from mellow droni...

BI MARKS

I find it hard to reconcile this demo with onslaught of killer brutal hardcore/noise/crust that has oozed out of Portland's pores recent...

AMPUTAPE PORTLAND

Portland kills it once again, this time courtesy of the Amputape label. A 40+ minute compilation featuring bizarre insanity (TRANSIENT, SEI...

DEFECT DEFECT

Portland's DEFECT DEFECT started the way an eager punk band should, by embarking on a financially suicidal tour of Alaska and Northweste...

BOG PEOPLE

After I put up the VIVID SEKT/BOG PEOPLE tour cassette last week, folks asked for the BOG PEOPLE tape...and I am happy to oblige (the tunes ...

THE BELLICOSE MINDS

Attempting to recreate the moods of early 80s goth/new wave/dark post punk is a bold move, and hoping to nail the sound as perfectly as THE ...

VIVID SEKT/BOG PEOPLE

Portland's VIVID SEKT passed through the Bay Area again last week, and they were stellar once again.  Dark and dreary early 80s UK punk ...