Wednesday, May 26, 2010

New Music... Portland's Own Broken Bells & Hockey

I am absolutley zany for the Portland bands: Hockey & Broken Bells. I think they both have the potential to break out in a major way. Hockey has played the Bonnaroo Festival & apperaed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. They are currently on tour in Europe.

Broken Bells has quite the pedigree. The band is a collaboration with artist/producer Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) & James Mercer, the lead vocalist & guitarist for the Portland indie rock band The Shins. The pair decided to work together after finding they were fans of each other's work.

Portland has an eclectic & vibrant music scene. Some of the Portland music scene: The Crazy 8s, The Dandy Warhols, Everclear, Storm Large, Courtney Love, The Shins, Modest Mouse, The Decemberists, M. Ward, Viva Voce, Laura Veirs, Frank Black, Mat Kearney, Sleater-Kinney, Nu Shooz, Chris Botti, Johnny Marr  (The Smiths)  Ana Matronic (Scissor Sisters), the late great-  Elilott Smith, &  the most adored- Pink Martini.





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