Why We Listen
This summer, our Freeform Portland DJs took time to reflect on what the radio station has meant to them. Here’s what they said (and drew)… Sweet Jan...
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Station Top 30 – Week of 9/7
1. Marisa Anderson & William Tyler – Lost Futures (Thrill Jockey) 2. Brian Rahija – Timber (Ramseur/Thirty Tigers) 3. ToiToiToi – Vaganten...
Des Demonas “Cure For Love” E.P. – Review by Noah Fence
DJ Noah Fence reviews the new E.P. "Cure for Love" by Des Demonas.
Station Top 30 – Week of 8/31
From the Music Library at Freeform Portland. As a part of a new blog series, we’re letting the public in on our Weekly Top 30 charts. These are the Top 30...
Chickfactor 25 – An Interview with Gail O’Hara
Founded in 1992 by Gail O’Hara and Pam Berry, Chickfactor is a stalwart of the indie pop scene, publishing one of the longest running and consistently...
Music of Anthology: Harry Smith and American Folk Music
Among many other things, Harry Everett Smith made seminal surrealist films, overstayed his welcome at countless cheap hotels, produced the first Fugs album, att...
Show Review: Isaac Rother & the Phantoms – White Owl/Blackwater
Isaac Rother & the Phantoms are one of the best and most entertaining bands you’re missing out on. Luckily for you they tour frequently. I became a fan abou...
Studio Convo #4 DJ Abi Interviews Darin from Wave Action
Abi: tell me about your new album. What are the juicy details? Darin: Well there’s a lot going on with it, we have all kinds of different players. We ...
I Listened So You Don’t Have To: Odd Monster Reviews the Billboard Top Ten
There is nothing inherently wrong with pop music, even modern pop. So why are the Top Ten songs so consistently terrible? I occasionally make the he...
The Story of Instrumental Rock, pt. II
In Part One, I briefly touched on the fact that for a time, Instrumental Rock was the pop music of the era. That era was a few brief years in the early 1960’s, ...