Yacht sweating it out at Holocene. Pic ©Nilina Mason-Campbell Nilina Mason-Campbell reports from the PdxPopNow! show last night: I was a bit surprised that Fist Fite opened the PDX Pop Now! CD release show last night at 9:25, but maybe it was so drummer Christian Carmine could still make it to work on time as he works [...]

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(REVIEW) Local mail-order label States Rights asks artists to get shameful.

[GUILTY PLEASURES] Grown Zone?the third of States Rights' "Zone" compilations?is positively overwhelming. Topping out at 150 minutes, the two-disc comp features 36 artists who've come together to musically confront their "shameful" influences. (The comp is alternately called "Groan Zone.") Some of the artists showcased are significant Portland underground names: Valet, White Rainbow, YACHT (who finally [...]

We welcome DFA into Oregon with our open arms.

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In 2004, before the impossibly infectious Paper Television was even a spark in their eye, The Blow released the inaugural album of the Slender Means Society/States Rights Records‘ Pregnancy Series, Poor Aim: Love Songs. It was also the first record with Jona Bechtolt contributing: the series is conceptualized around artistic ‘fucking,' or other odd scenes [...]

"States Rights Records has relaunched with a new website and a brand-new YACHT release called Our Friends In Hell. It's a compilation of remixes that I've made for Mirah, Architecture in Helsinki, The Blow, White Rainbow, Copy, and more."

Ugh, two posts about remixes in the past two days?
Eh, whatever, this remix has been bumpin' in my cube all day long: Hock It (We Two Remix)

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