This year, the day has also been nominated as Record Store Day (RDS). The actual RDS is the third Saturday of every April but this extra date has been added probably not with any real expectations of a boom in customers but more as an additional reminder that record stores still exist and are worth preserving. They serve a valuable social function that cannot be met by blogs, mail order sites and P2P file sharing. Continue reading
PDX is one of the pseudonyms for the city of Portland, Oregon in America’s North-West. It comes from the abbreviation used for the train and airport terminals. More evocatives nicknames for the city are Stumptown, a reference to historic links with the logging industry, or Bridgetown , so named because of the sequence of bridges that cross the The Willamette River into the city’s downtown area.
As far as Portland’s musical identity is concerned, the double CD PDX Pop Now! gives a tip of the iceberg hint on what to expect. It’s a budget price compilation released to coincide with the annual free, all ages festival which this year took place between July 24-26th. This event, now in its 5th year, showcases artists from or based in the city and ,in the words of the organisers, its aim is to “advance a sustainable community which values inclusivity and a high caliber of artistry”. Continue reading
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