free, sunday gig: the pack a.d. + sex life at rontoms

Put two loud girls in a small space like Rontoms and let ‘er rip.

A female Black Keys pulsing with crude bluesy energy and endlessly crashing cymbals, drummer Maya Miller puts Meg White to shame while singer, guitarist Becky Black drawls and hauls with the best male garage rockers.

The blues stompin’, rhythm rockin’ Vancouver-duo The Pack A.D. comes to Portland on Sunday, March 7th rocking a free gig at Rontoms alongside dance-makers Sex Life and a disco DJ set from Maxx Bass at 9 PM.

There’s no reason to spar with words here, just one quick listen and you’ll understand. (Download their single “Crazy” here.)

Three guys, a girl, and percussionary dance vibes...

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pdx’s best damn dance makers at electropolis featuring vil, serious business, starlight + magic + more

Last weekend’s Electropolis was an electronic orgy of Portland’s hottest, up-and-coming dance acts on the brink of prosperity and international fame in one futuristic venue. Never before has so much exciting, rising talent been compiled and the masses conceded, flipping out on the dance floor.

Featuring Arohan, Serious Business, Sex Life, Soft Metals, Starlight & Magic, Very International Love, and The Pragmatic, the night at Someday Lounge was home to spandex space costumes, rumbling synths, furious dancing, and heart-attacking inducing BPMs.

With beats so incessant and necessary like cardiac palpitations, closers Very International Love left the audience stunned. With autoclaps and electro-glory instrumentals, the dense, ravaging riffs of Connor Dudley and synth-y machinescapes built to electronic climax leaving singer Joe Turner gasping on the floor. Blowing out some funky bass lines...

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electropolis at someday: q/a with futuristic bands from the past

Electropolis is a city in the distant future where blips rule the day and bleeps conquer the night. A place where the humans are divided–there are the dance masters and master dancers. The dance masters create electro-rhythms and force the master dancers to disco-funk and hustle to their penetrating beats.

But harmony does not reign in Electropolis. The savage, thumping packs of dance masters each battle for supreme control over the master dancers, and groups of these inhabitants have arrived in Portland.

The crusade for supreme control of Electropolis takes place at Someday Lounge on Saturday, February 6th between Arohan, Serious Business, Sex Life, Soft Metals, Starlight & Magic, Very International Love, and The Pragmatic.

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