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Mind the winding trails

Wax Tablet
The local group TRAILS , who've spent the summer playing the Big Easy Wednesday-night circuit, issued a second record this month, the Trails & Co.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | October 19, 2011

Getting down and dirty with Joe Walsh

Mole hunting
Seeing Joe Walsh for the first time, down with Jerks of Grass in some of the final days of the Bramhall Pub, he was immediately "the Android".
By SAM PFEIFLE | May 04, 2011

The next great young singer you need to know: Amy Allen

Chasing Amy
Just after graduating from Waynflete and off to college this fall, Amy Allen joins an impressive cadre of young female singers (Clara Berry, Amanda Gervasi, Aly Spaltro, Marie Moreshead) doing great things locally.
By SAM PFEIFLE | September 29, 2010

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And the award for best bad moustache and a Jheri-curl goes to ...

Sibilance
Do yourself a favor and watch the video for RUSTIC OVERTONES’ “Love and a 45.”
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | May 26, 2010

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Mandolin Fest

Music Seen
At SPACE Gallery, March 27
By BRIDGET M. BURNS | March 31, 2010

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Wonderdrug wonders reunite

Sibilance
Are you ready for COLEPITZ to be back?
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | September 23, 2009

Ripple effect

The 10 most influential bands of our first 10 years
The Portland Phoenix launched in 1999, just as the Portland music scene was turning.
By SAM PFEIFLE | September 16, 2009

I remember when...

(Or at least I think I do)
It's been a while, and I've been here for all of it. These moments are what I remember best, and what I wish there was more evidence of.
By MARC SHEPARD | September 16, 2009

History bites

Bramhall shuttered; Jerks need a new home
Just a few months after the close of its upstairs neighbor, the Roma Cafe, the Bramhall Pub, long an institution in the West End, shut its doors two weeks ago. And while there's talk it may reopen after renovations, one thing is for sure: The 11-plus-year run of Jerks of Grass shows on Thursday nights, the longest-standing weekly gig in Portland, has come to an end.
By SAM PFEIFLE | June 24, 2009

Scrutiny of the bounty

Was 2008 the best year ever for local music releases?
I'm an enthusiastic guy, and maybe prone to hyperbole from time to time, but it's hard to argue that 2008 wasn't an all-time banner year for music created here in the Portland area.
By SAM PFEIFLE | December 23, 2008

Home, at last

Jerks of Grass deliver a disc 10 years in the making.
Other than two tracks on the Greetings from Area Code 207 series, there has been nothing to bring home and put on the stereo for fans of what has been at times Portland’s hardest-working band.
By SAM PFEIFLE | July 23, 2008