the vardaman ensemble
@vardamanens.bsky.social
post-no faux soundtracks of psych fusion-y noise stuff. actors’ actors. battiato, boredoms, boris, b-52s. band, pdx https://vardlinks.carrd.co/
They said nice things about @perennialtheband.bsky.social @dustylucite.bsky.social & @vardamanens.bsky.social in WWeek! Portland, come say nice things to our faces as we melt yours off next Wednesday at Turn!
Dusty Lucite@dustylucite.bsky.social · 19h ago@wweek.com says ‘ya aught’a come see us and @vardamanens.bsky.social open up for @perennialtheband.bsky.social next Wednesday at Turn!Turn!Turn! www.wweek.com/music/2026/0...
@wweek.com says ‘ya aught’a come see us and @vardamanens.bsky.social open up for @perennialtheband.bsky.social next Wednesday at Turn!Turn!Turn! www.wweek.com/music/2026/0...
A $10 (or Less) Concert for Every Day That’s Left in August
Vibeflation deflating your sensations? We’ve assembled a month of affordable music in Portland to turn things around.
wweek.com
Just leaving this here: "The social media hell-scape I wandered onto was a gallery of proof that horrible men get away with everything." nekocase.substack.com/p/in-what-fu...
IN WHAT FUCKING UNIVERSE?
This last week I was just cookin’ along minding my business when I suddenly found myself quite depressed.
nekocase.substack.com
Anyone who adopts a senior cat gets free Perennial merch of their choosing. One million percent serious.
Harvey & Joyce's adopted daughter Danielle is trying to raise funds to deal with Pekar's raw archive; basically four storage lockers full of notes, outlines, ideas, etc. Note this is not Pekar's comics per se. Those rights have been tied up in court for years. Long, ugly story. Worth backing.
His Name was Harvey Pekar
Saving the legacy of Harvey Pekar:Urgent mission to rescue four full storage units of American Splendor history before its lost forever
kickstarter.com
IT IS TOTALLY...OUT! My brand new album "The New Allanté", out on @shiftctrlmusic.com in a variety of formats, newly announced is a double CD "Full Allanté" with both stereo and binaural mixes! An aural experience awaits, you decide what it means to you 💯 AMPWALL: ampwall.com/a/shiftctrlm...
Already an amazing collection and just getting started. Keiji Haino, Tom Verlaine, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, etc etc etc.
Ned Raggett@nedraggett.bsky.social · 2d agoPer various posts and things I've seen, looks like a new collection along the lines of the Aadam Jacobs Chicago-and-elsewhere live audience tapes is starting to emerge at @archive.org -- the Jeff Lazar Audio Collection, focusing on NYC/NJ shows over the years. Good stuff up already!
I despise Substack and have previously said I will never read it (and I don't). But I will break my rule just for this eally disturbing piece of writing by Neko Case, who was / is in a band, The New Pornographers, who were supported by The Frames in 2002. nekocase.substack.com/p/in-what-fu...
IN WHAT FUCKING UNIVERSE?
This last week I was just cookin’ along minding my business when I suddenly found myself quite depressed.
nekocase.substack.com
Really fun moments from the @vardamanens.bsky.social show at Wyrd Hut in Portland on Friday. Thanks @augustgrainger.bsky.social for the pics!!
Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners. Edward Abbey
It was inevitable that reactionary centrists would turn against harm reduction and call for a return to mass incarceration
The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs
Policies that gave addicts clean needles and places to use drugs were intended to reduce harm. They created a “zombie apocalypse.”
theatlantic.com
TODAY! N.B. @patriciawolf.bsky.social had to bow out but @dustinkrcatovich.bsky.social will be spinning for an extra hour in her stead.
Super-Electric Records@superelectricrecs.bsky.social · 2w agoThree year anniversary party is set! We've got a full roster of DJs and a bunch of savings to be had. Saturday August 1st from 10am to 6pm. There will be donuts.
We're a bit disappointed only one person saw that our name was misspelled on our flier. Make it up to us by stopping by tonight's show at Wyrd Hut. Find out if this is our breakup show!
drake duck@drakeduck.bsky.social · last wk.Hey Portland! Come cheer up Sad Horse, get involved in some Malicious Mischief or try to perceive The Vardaman Ensemble. It's on Friday so you don't have to change your Saturday plans! #pdxmusic
Finally gripped this longtime want: the 7" of Hot Chocolate's "Go Go Girl." If you only know "You Sexy Thing" and Every 1's A Winner," this glam-funk burner might shock you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMJz...
Go Go Girl
YouTube video by Hot Chocolate - Topic
youtube.com
It's funny you should all be saying that (wrote this up a few years back)
The Double Birth of Post-Rock
Read Ned Raggett on The Double Birth of Post-Rock
theshfl.com
Speaking of AI, what's with the janky-ass cover of this tribute album
Might we suggest a show at Wyrd Hut for your Friday entertainment? Vardaman Ensemble, Malicious Mischief, and Sad Horse. 7/31, 7 PM, $8 NOTAFLOF, All Ages! 4704 SE 65th Ave., Portland, OR.
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
MonsterKing@cerromerussell.blacksky.app · last wk.post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
Bart Harley Jarvis@williamzabka424.bsky.social · last wk.Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains.
Posted this on Thursday. So low-key that you probably missed it.
Robert Ham@robertham.bsky.social · 2w agoHere's one piece of writing finished: a look at some new listening spaces in Portland that hope to blow minds by playing vinyl records through high-end sound systems. (This is my newsletter, btw. You should subscribe to it.) www.isthisrealpdx.com/portlands-ne...
