What The Festival 2015: sound and vision
by Eric Evans Most festival attendees can be divided into two groups: those who are there for the music and those who are there for the atmosphere. The former consider buying a ticket based …
by Eric Evans Most festival attendees can be divided into two groups: those who are there for the music and those who are there for the atmosphere. The former consider buying a ticket based …
by Eric Evans Purity Ring’s one Portland show this year has been sold out for months, and judging by online demand for tickets they could have booked an even larger theater. The group sits …
by Eric Evans In a summer season full of festivals vying for your time, what does it take to break through the static and differentiate an event? If you’re What The Festival, you specialize. …
by Eric Evans The Acid’s, Liminal, was one of the very best albums of 2014: nuanced, confident, deliberate, hitting notes similar to early Weeknd and Rhye, but definitely doing its own thing …
by Eric Evans There’s a vibrant electronic music scene in Portland, large enough and broad enough in scope to merit release across multiple local labels. This scene produced and/or nurtured …
by Eric Evans There’s no reason why Wilsen couldn’t be huge. Like, Coldplay huge. Now hold on, I know what you’re thinking and that’s not what I mean. It’s not an insult, hear me out. Think …
by Eric Evans It’s a blessing and a curse to know that when you play a show in Portland, a good chunk of the audience will be other musicians. They’re a supportive and positive bunch, these …
by Eric Evans For musicians in general, but electronic musicians in particular, technology has leveled the playing field. What used to be possible only in the most sophisticated studios can …
by Eric Evans Exactly when early industrial music broke with electronica to embrace noise metal is a matter of debate. As early as their 1985 single “Assimilate”, Skinny Puppy was distorting …
by Eric Evans In 1989-90, Steve Kilbey—vocalist, bassist, and chief songwriter of Australian spacerock band The Church—recorded two albums with Game Theory lead singer Donnette Thayer under …