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2008 Compilation, Festival Dates & Venue Announced
02:14PM on Monday May 12, 2008
We’re incredibly pleased to announce some juicy details about this year’s PDX Pop Now! festival and compilation.
For starters, our FREE, ALL AGES festival will take place July 25-27 at Rotture (roh-TUR-ay), a live music venue located in Portland’s inner Southeast industrial district. Rotture inhabits the space formerly occupied by former venues Loveland and Meow Meow, home to our first three festivals, and we’re delighted to be returning there for our fifth anniversary. As with last year’s event at Audiocinema, one stage will be inside (in Rotture’s large downstairs room) while the second will be located outdoors in the street, furthering the festival’s inclusive, block-party vibe.
As always, the festival will feature nearly 50 of Portland’s finest bands, and just to whet your appetite, here’s a brief initial lineup:
The Builders & The Butchers * New Bloods * Panther * Starfucker * Atole SubArachnoid Space * Reporter * Argumentix * Meth Teeth * Guidance Counselor World’s Greatest Ghosts * Y La Bamba * Hutch & Kathy of The Thermals (tentative)
Many more artists are still to be announced; please check our schedule page for updates.
PDX Pop Now! 2008, our fifth 2-disc compilation of Portland music, will be available for purchase for a quite economical $8 starting Tuesday, June 17, at Portland-area retail outlets and online at CD Baby. Previously unreleased tracks from Portland artists Faux Hoax (the new project from Danny Seim of Menomena, Dave Allen of Gang of Four and John Askew), Blitzen Trapper, YACHT, The Joggers, Talkdemonic, Horse Feathers, Yellow Swans, Au and Pink Martini highlight the 40-track collection, which features additional gems from local favorites Chromatics, Valet, New Bloods, Panther, Sandpeople and more. We also extended an open invitation to our city’s musicians to submit music for consideration for the album, and selections culled from the work submitted by more than 400 artists round out the album, which, in a display of Portland’s tremendous musical diversity, features genres from indie rock, laptop-pop and hip hop to folk, ambient, psychedelia, jazz, noise, and metal. Visit our CD page to see the full tracklisting.