Add Date: July 5
Artist: Various Artists
Album: PDX Pop Now! 2011
Label: Self-released
Genre: Compilations/soundtracks, Portland
Comments: The annual PDX Pop Now! compilation is here, serving both as a promotional tool for the festival of the same name--if you happen to be passing through the Pacific Northwest later this month, it runs from July 22-24--and to spread the great music of Portland to the rest of the world. This 41-song, two-disc set has something for just about every modern musical palate: rock, pop, folk, hip hop, soul, jazz and more.
There's lots and lots of good stuff here, but some of my favorites included the indie pop of Forbidden Friends (the new side project of The Thermals' Hutch Harris); shoegaze rock from Viva Voce; a live tune from folk rock expert Langhorne Slim; the psychedelic funk-pop party that is Unknown Mortal Orchestra (check out their debut LP, which is on our playlist now); country-tinged power pop from Jared Mees & the Grown Children; New Wave synth rock from Lovers; '60s-inspired lounge pop from Alan Singley; Heavy Hands' remix of The Woodlands' whispery folk; and bouncy folk pop from The BellBoys.
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