When PDX Pop Now! comes to a school, the energy of the day is incredible. Our volunteers are passionate about bringing music to students and the kids really enjoy the new experience. You can hear instruments and drum beats down the hallways and feel the excitement for the afternoon concert building. The local bands love sharing their music with such an enthusiastic crowd too.
“The PDX event was a tremendous success—EVERY teacher, parent and administrator say so, and you could see how the kids felt. I told you how significant some of those smiles were. Kids sought me out after school to thank me for bringing you all in. (And I needed some coolness points with middle school, so thanks for that!) Several kids asked if they could get into band——some of them who I had begged to join this fall. The LA teacher is trying to hook up with Luck One for their poetry slam later this year. I could go on and on, but must instead go teach class. Just didn’t want another moment to go by without saying THANKS!!!!”
– Becky Underhill, Music Teacher at Boise Eliot
“We had the most amazing experience with you guy’s and the kids really did LOVE it!! I can
not thank you enough for allowing us to be a part of PDX Pop Now! Please let me know if you would like to come back another year, we would be glad to have you!!”
–Chelsea Butterfield, HB Lee Middle School Teacher
“I would like to express my sincere appreciation for the workshops and concert your wonderful volunteers held at our school. I can honestly say that it was the finest all day presentation any organization has presented in my fifteen years in education. Many of our students have written thank you notes and letters of appreciation. Thanks again for everything.”
–James Rodriguez, Boise Eliot Teacher
“Playing at HB Lee Middle School was definitely one of the most rewarding shows I’ve taken part in, solely based on the positive response I received from the students and teachers. My main goal was to get across to the students was that 1. its never too late to take up a musical instrument and 2. that anyone and everyone in that room has the ability within them to make music. Hopefully I sparked some young peoples interest in producing by showing them how to sample, plus I got to sign autographs!! Thanks PDX POP NOW!”
– Anthony Anderson, aka Tope, Local Musician
]]>“Still run entirely by volunteers, PDX Pop nevertheless has grown from the ecstatic chaos of its inaugural weekend into a potent and polished nonprofit. Besides offering one of the only venues where people under 21 can see the city’s bands, the organizers are taking their all-access mission one step further by bringing those bands and music education into the area’s more impoverished schools. As Portland’s only nonprofit with a board almost entirely under 35, it has also become an incubator for young arts leaders.” Portland Monthly
“Another PDX Pop Now! festival is in the books, the latest edition playing out over three days this past weekend at the Eastbank Lot in inner SE Portland. This year’s 10th annual festival featured much of what we’ve come to expect over those years: pleasant surprises, overdue reintroductions, game efforts and, all in all, non-stop artistry we could all take pride in.” opbmusic
“THE LINEUP for this year’s PDX Pop Now! festival is almost too good. We wanted to whip together a quick highlights reel of the very best Portland bands that are playing the two stages of this year’s fest. But the hardworking volunteers who put together the all-ages, all-local, all-free weekend of music haven’t made it easy for us. There are really no weaknesses in the bill, no dry spots to be found in the spectacular lineup. Running the full gamut of the Portland music scene, from pure pop to fiery rock to hiphop to avant-garde and beyond—and sometimes several of these things at once—it’s clear that Portland music is fertile to the point of sprawling.” The Portland Mercury
7/24/2012: opbmusic.org: Photo Review: PDX Pop Now! 2012 – Day 1
7/24/2012: SSG Music: PDX Pop Now! Summer Festival Recap: Day 1
7/24/2012: BridgeTown Sound: Review: PDX Pop Now! Festival
7/24/2012: BePortland: PDX Pop Now! 2012 Day 3
7/24/2012: BePortland: PDX Pop Now! 2012 Day 2
7/24/2012: BePortland: PDX Pop Now! 2012 Day 1
7/26/2012: Portland Monthly: PDX Pop Now: Photos and Album
7/20/2012: opbmusic.org: Top of the Pops!
7/19/2012: The Oregonian: PDX Pop Now: A quick and easy guide to this weekend’s bash
7/18/2012: Portland Mercury: PDX Pop: Now and Forever – Bands You Shouldn’t Miss at This Year’s PDX Pop Now!
7/18/2012: ElevenPDX: What’s Going On: 07/18 – 07/25
7/13/2012: OMN: OMN’s top 5 acts at PDX Pop Now! 2012
7/2/2012: Pitchfork: Festivals In Brief: Village Voice 4Knots, PDX Pop Now!, Secret Garden Party, Tramlines
6/20/2012: Willamette Week: Summer Guide 2012: It’s Not a Portland Summer Until You’ve…
6/19/2012: Willamette Week: The It List: The Top 10 Things in Portland and the World
6/19/2012: BePortland: PDX Pop Now! Unveils All-Ages Festival Line Up
6/18/2012: Yahoo! Voices: Portland Summer Events Guide
6/18/2012: Portland Mercury: PDX Pop Now! Announces This Year’s Lineup and Schedule
6/8/2012: bePortland: PDX Pop Now! Release Party
6/7/2012: intothewoods.tv: PDX Pop Now! 2012
6/7/2012: Portland Mercury: Sweet Release
6/7/2012: opbmusic.org: Needle Drop: PDX Pop Now! 2012
6/5/2012: Oregonian: PDX Pop Now compilation release Thursday at Holocene
5/21/2012: Portland Monthly: PDX Pop Now! Announces Its 2012 Compilation Album Lineup and Release Show
5/18/2012: opbmusic.org: PDX Pop Now! Reveals Annual Comp Tracklist
5/18/2012: Portland Mercury: The 2012 PDX Pop Now! Compilation Album
5/18/2012: SPIN: Hear 15-Year-Old MC Rose’s Track Off PDX Pop Now! Comp
5/18/2012: Oregonlive: 2012 Summer Events Guide: Music events top picks
4/20/2012: Portland Mercury: This Year’s Make It Pop! Fundraiser for PDX Pop Now!
1/19/2012: IFC Portlandia Blog: Scenes from School of Rock’s Best of Portland Concert
1/6/2012: Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! Seeks Submissions For 2012 Comp. + Who We Want To Be On It
1/6/2012: Oregon Music News: School of Rock and PDX Pop Now! bring the ‘Best of Portland’
1/6/2012: Portland Mercury: PDX Pop Now! Opens Submissions and Gets Growly
1/5/2012: The Oregonian: PDX Pop Now! is looking for music, volunteers
10/18/2011: Portland Mercury: PDX Pop Now Announces Next Year’s Dates and Venue
10/18/2011: Oregonian: PDX Pop Now! sets 2012 dates, location
7/28/2011: Portland Mercury: Photos of 2011 PDX Pop Now!
7/27/2011: Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! 2011: Brainstorm and Guidance Counselor shut it down in style
7/27/2011: Words Cut Open: PDX Pop Now! Photos!
7/27/2011: My Old Kentucky Blog: Report : PDX Pop Now! 2011 Round Up
7/27/2011: Rose City Live: PDX Pop Now! 2011 – Refuge PDX
7/27/2011: Willamette Week: Top Five Acts I Caught at PDX Pop Now!
7/27/2011: Willamette Week: Gossip That Should Have Gone to Rehab – PDX Popped
7/26/2011: Portland Monthly: Slideshow: PDX Pop Now! 2011
7/26/2011: intothewoods.tv: PDX Pop Now! 2011
7/25/2011: opbmusic.org: PDX Pop Wrap
7/24/2011: BePortland: PDX Pop Now! Day 3
7/24/2011: BePortland: PDX Pop Now! Day 2
7/24/2011: BePortland: PDX Pop Now! Day 1
7/24/2011: Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! 2011: Notes from Sunday
7/23/2011: Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! 2011: Notes from Saturday
7/23/2011: Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! 2011: Saturday, 4:10pm — Loch Lomond, Wild Ones
7/23/2011: Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! 2011: Saturday, 2:05pm — Palo Verde gets a leg up
7/22/2011: opbmusic.org: PDX Pop Nigh!
7/22/2011: Words Cut Open: PDX Pop Now!
7/22/2011: Redefine Magazine: festival coverage // pdx pop now! 2011
7/22/2011: Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! 2011: Friday’s inside sets — Weinland, The Reservations, Lovers
7/22/2011: Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! 2011: Friday, 6pm — Jared Mees & The Grown Children and STLS
7/22/2011: Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! Starts Today
7/21/2011: Portland Monthly: 7 PDX Pop Picks
7/20/2011: Portland Mercury: Our Illustrated Look at PDX Pop Now!
7/20/2011: Oregonlive: PDX Pop Now! Everything you need to know about this year’s festival
7/20/2011: PDX Pipeline: 2011 PDX Pop Now | Interview w/ Joshua Spacek of Monarques
7/20/2011: Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! Yearbook 2011
7/19/2011: Sound on the Sound: Another Reason To Road Trip To Portland: PDX Pop Now Is This Weekend
7/7/2011: Oregonian: PDX Pop Now! The Schedule
6/30/2011: Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! Announces Schedule
6/30/2011: Portland Mercury: Here Is Your PDX Pop Now! Schedule
6/22/2011: Oregonian: PDX Pop Now! lineup, from And And And to Yeah Great Fine
6/15/2011: Basement Of Our Brain: PDX Pop Now! Announces the 2011 Festival Lineup with Animated Video
6/15/2011: Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! 2011 line up announced
6/15/2011: Willamette Week: Check Out The 2011 PDX Pop Now! Fest Lineup
6/15/2011: opbmusic.org: PDX Pop Now! Unveils Festival Lineup
6/15/2011: Portland Mercury: Here is Your 2011 PDX Pop Now! Lineup
6/15/2011: Willamette Week: Summer Guide 2011: Summer Events Calendar
6/2/2011: intothewoods.tv: Double Take: PDX Pop Now Compilation
5/27/2011: Pitchforkmedia: Pitchfork Guide to Summer Festivals
5/20/2011: The Oregonian: Summer events: Edgefield, Oregon Zoo, Blues Festival and more summer music
5/18/2011: opbmusic.org: PDX Pop Now! Unveils Tracklist
5/18/2011: My Old Kentucky Blog: New Music : 2011 PDX Pop Now! CD Compilation
5/17/2011: PC-PDX: PDX Pop Now! Unveils Compilation Track List And Release Show
5/17/2011: Basement of Our Brain: PDX Pop Now! Unveils Compilation Track List And Release Show
5/17/2011: The Oregonian: PDX Pop Now! unwraps track listing, and CD release benefit
5/17/2011: Willamette Week: Cut of the Day: The Minders, “Needle Doll,” PDX Pop Now! Compilation 2011
5/17/2011: Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! reveals track listing for 2011 comp
5/17/2011: Portland Mercury: PDX Pop Now! Announces 2011 Compilation
4/28/2011: The Oregonian: PDX Pop Now! Fundraiser Is Tonight at Ace Hotel
4/22/2011: opbmusic.org: Makin’ It Pop!
3/23/2011: Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! Announces Make It Pop Lineup
3/23/2011: Oregonlive: PDX Pop Now! benefit with Laura Veirs, Eric Early, Israel Nebeker and Laura Gibson
3/22/2011: Oregon Arts Commission: Awards Eleven Arts Recognition Grants
3/21/2011: Oregonlive: SXSW: Typhoon, Cool Nutz, Yoko Ono, Brainstorm bring it home
3/16/2011: Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! Is For The Kids
2/14/2011: Billboard: Talking Arts: Q&A With Decemberists-Loving, Pro-Arts Portland Mayor Sam Adams
2/11/2011: Portland Mercury: Even More Information About PDX Pop Now! 2011
2/10/2011: Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! 2011 Details
2/10/2011: Portland Mercury: PDX Pop Now! Announces 2011 Dates and New Venue
2/10/2011: Oregonlive: 80s Video Dance Attack attacks PDX Pop Now’s bottom line
1/24/2011: Oregonlive: Reminder: PDX Pop Now! is looking for songs
1/3/2011: Oregonlive: PDX Pop Now! compilation submissions, get them in
11/13/2010: Portland Mercury: Tonight in Music: PDX Pop Now Benefit, Built to Spill, Mighty Ghosts, and more
8/27/2010: Oregonlive: Blue Cranes adds variety to PDX Pop Now! festival’s indie rock and hip hop scene
8/3/2010 Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now 2010 Liveblog Coverage
8/2/2010 Endhits: Your PDX Pop Now! Photo Diary
8/2/2010 Photo Review: PDX Pop Now!
8/2/2010 Outsider Music Press: PDX POP NOW FIND #2: Parenthetical Girls
8/2/2010 Outsider Music Press: KUSIKIA Live at PDX POP NOW
8/1/2010 Outsider Music Press: PDX POP FIND #1: ASSS
8/1/2010 Outsider Music Press: PDX POP NOW PICK #3: Typhoon
8/1/2010 Thomas Boyd Photography: PDX Pop Now!
8/1/2010 Oregonlive: Review: PDX Pop Now! a good showcase for the most popular to the most absurd
7/31/2010 Outsider Music Press: PDX POP NOW PICK OF THE DAY: BLUE CRANES
7/30/2010 Outsider Music Press: PDX POP NOW PICK OF THE DAY: Kusikia
7/30/2010 OMN’s 2010 PDX Pop Now! picks: 3 days of free, local, all-ages indie music
7/30/2010 Oregonlive: PDX Pop Now!: Plenty of Pop for everyone
7/30/2010 Redefine Magazine festival coverage: PDX POP NOW! 2010
7/29/2010 Endhits PDX Pop Now Primer: Witch Mountain, Ylang Ylang
7/29/2010 Oregonian: PDX Pop Now!: Plenty of Pop for everyone
7/28/2010 Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! Yearbook, 2010
7/28/2010 Endhits PDX Pop Now Primer: Wampire, Why I Must Be Careful
7/27/2010 Endhits PDX Pop Now Primer: The Tumblers, Typhoon
7/26/2010 Endhits PDX Pop Now Primer: Tiny Knives, Tu Fawning
7/25/2010 Endhits PDX Pop Now Primer: Skeletron, Soup Purse
7/24/2010 Endhits PDX Pop Now Primer: Rollerball, Shoeshine Blue
7/23/2010 Endhits PDX Pop Now Primer: Please Step Out of the Vehicle, Reporter
7/23/2010 Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! live at City Hall
7/22/2010 Oregon Music News: It takes a village: PDX Pop Now!
7/22/2010 Endhits: PDX Pop Now Primer: Operative, Parenthetical Girls
7/21/2010 Endhits: PDX Pop Now Primer: Michael the Blind, O Bruxo
7/20/2010 Endhits: PDX Pop Now Primer: Lewi Longmire, Luck One
7/19/2010 Endhits: PDX Pop Now Primer: Krebsic Orkestar, Kusikia
7/18/2010 Endhits: PDX Pop Now Primer: Joey Casio, Joggers
7/17/2010 Endhits: PDX Pop Now Primer: I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House, Jackie-O Motherfucker
7/16/2010 Oregonlive: PDX Pop Now! Pops into City Hall
7/16/2010 Endhits: PDX Pop Now Primer: Hockey, Hosannas
7/15/2010 Endhits: PDX Pop Now Primer: Grey Anne, Guantanamo Baywatch
7/14/2010
7/12/2010 Endhits: PDX Pop Now Primer: Cloudy October, Da’rel Junior
7/12/2010 Endhits.com: PDX Pop Now! Heads to City Hall
7/11/2010 Endhits.com: PDX Pop Now Primer: Blue Horns, Brainstorm
7/10/2010 Endhits.com: PDX Pop Now Primer: Billygoat, Blue Cranes
7/9/2010 Endhits.com: PDX Pop Now Primer: Autistic Youth, Ben Darwish
7/8/2010 Endhits.com: PDX Pop Now Primer: Atriarch, AU
6/17/2010 KEXP: Thursday Meltdown"
6/15/2010 Sound on the Sound: Start Planning Your Road Trip(S) South: PDX Pop Now! And Musicfest NW Line-Ups
6/15/2010 Music for Robots
6/14/2010 The Deli NYC: PDX Pop Now! Announces Lineup
6/14/2010 Three Imaginary Girls: PDX POP NOW! 2010 lineup announced
6/11/2010 Pitchforkmedia: Portland Festivals MusicfestNW and PDX Pop Now! Announce Lineups
6/11/2010 Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! Lineup announced
6/11/2010 Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! Announces Lineup For 2010 Festival
6/11/2010 Oregonian: Lineup/schedule news for PDX Pop Now!/Pickathon
6/11/2010 Portland Mercury: PDX Pop Now! Announce Lineup
6/9/2010 Brooklyn Vegan: New Menomena album, MP3, Tour Dates, PDX Pop Now! comp
6/3/2010 Consequence of Sound: Check Out: A Weather – “Giant Stairs” (CoS Premiere)& PDX Pop Now! comp
6/2/2010 Portland Mercury: My, What a Busy Week
5/28/2010 Oregonlive: PDX Pop Now! compilation pairs local indie heavyweights with up-and-comers in various genres
5/21/2010 Oregonlive: Summer events guide: Five pop music events not to miss
5/11/2010 Pitchfork.com:News in Brief: PDX Pop Now!, Six Organs of Admittance, Tender Trap, Joshua Light Show
5/6/2010 Oregon Music News: Willamette Valley Music Fest takes over UO campus
5/6/2010 OPBMusic:PDX Pop Now! Unveils 2010 Comp
5/4/2010 PC PDX: PDX Pop Now! 2010 Compilation Track Listing
5/4/2010 Oregonlive.com: What your PDX Pop Now! 2010 compilation CD looks like
5/4/2010 End Hits: Everything You Need to Know About This Year’s PDX Pop Now! Festival
5/4/2010 localcut.com: PDX Pop Now! Compilation Tracklist, CD Release Info and More
5/4/2010 Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! reveals 2010 complition track listing
4/30/2010 Stereogum: Colin Meloy Plays New Decemberists Tunes, Inks Book Deal
4/30/2010 Portland Mercury: Colin Meloy Debuts New Material at PDX Pop Now! Benefit
4/30/2010 OPBmusic: Colin Meloy Debuts New Decemberists Songs at PDX Pop Now! benefit
4/29/2010 Oregonlive.com: Introducing Colin Meloy, novelist (You’ve already met Carson Ellis, artist)
4/27/2010 Willamette Week: Tickets Still Available For PDX Pop Now! Benefit
4/22/2010 Oregonlive: April 23-29: Music, Movies & More
4/1/2010 Pitchforkmedia: Colin Meloy to play benefit for PDX Pop Now!
3/25/2010 Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! announces outreach program at Parkrose Middle School
3/9/2010 Portland Mercury: Farewell, Cary Clarke
2/25/2010 Portland Mercury: PDX Pop Now! Announces Fundraiser and Gets a Pretty New Logo
2/24/2010 Oregonlive: There IS something familiar about the new PDX Pop Now! logo
2/24/2010 Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! 2010 Details, Fundraiser Announced
2/22/2010 Portland Mercury: PDX Pop Now! and Burgerville
1/28/2010 Portland Mercury: My What a Busy Week – Sing Song
1/8/2010 OregonLive.com: The week that was: PDX Pop Now Submissions
1/5/2010 Portland Mercury: PDX Pop Now Submissions
11/11/2009 Popwreckoning: Britt Daniel @ PDX Pop Now Benefit
10/19/2009 OregonLive.com: PDX Pop Now! fundraiser
10/29/2009 Portland Mercury: A Conversation with Britt Daniel
7/29/2009 OPBMusic
7/28/2009 OPBMusic
7/28/2009 Local Cut
7/28/2009 PDX Pipeline
7/26/2009 OregonLive.com
7/25/2009 End Hits
7/25/2009 OPBMusic.org
7/25/2009 OregonLive.com
7/24/2009 Portland Monthly
7/23/2009 thefmly.com
7/23/2009 The Culture of Me
7/23/2009 Pampelmoose
7/23/2009 Local Cut-These Are the Days Blog
7/23/2009 OregonLive.com
7/23/2009 Portland Mercury
7/22/2009 KEXP 90.3 Blog
7/22/2009 Willamette Week
7/21/2009 Pitchfork.com
7/20/2009 PDX Pipeline
7/18/2009 OPBMusic.org
7/16/2009 End Hits
7/14/2009 PDX Pipeline
7/14/2009 Oregonlive.com
7/13/2009 Local Cut
7/2009 Portland Monthly
6/1/2009 Local Cut
5/28/2009 The Oregonian
5/21/2009 Basement Of Our Brain
5/21/2009 Willamette Week
5/21/2009 Portland Mercury
4/30/2009 Portland Mercury
4/29/2009 Portland Mercury
4/22/2009 Pitchforkmedia
4/20/2009 Basement Of Our Brain
4/20/2009 Portland Mercury
4/20/2009 Willamette Week
7/11/2008 Portland Octopus
7/11/2008 Indie Music Portland
7/11/2008 Oregon Live Blog/Pampelmoose
7/13/2008 Seattle Sound
7/14/2008 Delusions of Adequacy
7/15/2008 Oregon Live
7/15/2008 Portland Mercury
7/15/2008 Blurt
7/16/2008 CMJ
7/18/2008 MTV News
7/25/2008 Paste Magazine
9/11/2008 Portland Mercury Festival Announcement
8/5/2008 Panther – Spin.com
8/12/2008 Dykeritz – Blurt
8/12/2008 White Fang, A Weather and Tu Fawning – Mercury Music Blog
08/06/2007 Oregonian Festival Review
08/06/2007 Local Cut: PDX Pop Now! Day 3
08/05/2007 OPB
08/05/2007 Local Cut: PDX Pop Now! Day 2
08/04/2007 Local Cut: PDX Pop Now! Day 1
08/03/2007 Oregonian Feature
08/03/2007 Portland Tribune Feature
08/02/2007 Portland Mercury Festival Feature
08/01/2007 Willamette Week Festival Preview
08/01/2007 Daily Vanguard
07/27/2007 LC Podcast: These Are the Days: PDX Pop Now! edition
07/27/2007 Local Cut on City Hall Show Pt. 2
07/16/2007 Local Cut on City Hall Show Pt. 1
07/15/2007 Well Rounded Radio Interview
07/09/2007 Audiversity
07/03/2007 Fresh Sides
06/27/2007
06/26/2007 Sound on the Sound
06/21/2007 KEXP (scroll down)
06/21/2007 Northwest Noise
06/20/2007 Treble Zine
06/20/2007 NewNowNext (LOGO TV Blog)
06/19/2007 Pitchfork
06/19/2007 Side One: Track One
06/19/2007 Pop Music (Oregonian) on Initial Festival Lineup
06/19/2007 Local Cut on Initial Festival Lineup
06/19/2007 Portland Mercury Blogtown on Initial Festival Lineup
06/18/2007 I Guess I’m Floating
06/16/2007 songs: illinois
06/08/2007 Oregonian Album Review
06/08/2007 Portland Tribune on CD Release (scroll down)
06/07/2007 Portland Mercury on CD Release (scroll down)
05/24/2007 KellyWatchTheStars
05/23/2007 Local Cut on Comp Tracklisting
05/09/2007
Local Cut Parkrose Show Review
05/05/2007 Portland Mercury Blogtown on Parkrose
05/02/2007 CMJ on Parkrose Middle School
04/26/2007 Local Cut on Parkrose Middle School
As is hardly surprsing, the public does a better job of documenting the PDX Pop Now! festivals than we could ever do. That being the case, we hope you enjoy the podcasts, photos, videos and bloggage that other people have made available to any and all. Thanks for making things with us!
Podcasts courtesy of Tables Turned
Blog coverage on Urban Honking
07/31/06 Oregonian Review
07/31/06 Willamette Week Local Cut Review
07/28/06 Portland Tribune Feature
07/27/06 Portland Mercury Feature
07/26/06 Tiny Mix Tapes Story (scroll down)
07/24/06 Villains Always Blink
07/21/06 WW Local Cut on City Hall Concert
07/20/06 WW Local Cut on Festival Schedule
07/17/06 WW Local Cut on Lineup
07/13/06 Fluxblog
07/06/06 CMJ Story
07/05/06 Pitchfork Story
06/30/06 Stereogum
06/30/06 Gorilla vs. Bear
06/30/06 Largehearted Boy
05/09/06 Portland Mercury Interview
08/15/05 Tiny Mix Tapes Recap (scroll down)
08/12/05 Oregonian Recap
08/10/05 Willamette Week Recap
08/05/05 Oregonian Mention (scroll down)
08/04/05 Portland Mercury Feature and Band-by-Band Guide
08/03/05 Oregonian Feature and Picks
08/03/05 Willamette Week 2004 Recap and 2005 Preview
07/28/05 Tiny Mix Tapes
06/23/05 Portland Mercury
05/06/05 Pitchfork
03/17/05 Portland Mercury
CORTNEY HARDING, Portland Tribune
Several recent compilations have attempted to showcase the local music scene. While none of them fully encompasses all the styles of Portland music, the second PDX Pop compilation does a great job demonstrating that the city has a vibrant pop scene.
With two CDs and 41 songs, there is something for every taste. The first CD kicks off with Sleater-Kinney’s aptly titled “Rollercoaster,” and demonstrates that the band is on top of the world for a reason. Mirah slows things down a few tracks later with a home-recorded version of “While We Have the Sun,” while Nice Nice speeds things up with “Uh-Oh.”
Other CD-1 highlights include Glass Candy’s sexy, spastic dance track “Lovin Machine,” the glitchy “Just Expect” by Copy and Talkdemonic’s beautiful “Mountaintops in Caves.” The CD closes with “Chemical Reaction,” by the Spooky Dance Band, and reminds us again what great talents were lost in a bike accident in 2003.
The second CD features more big name acts, among them the Decemberists, the Gossip and M Ward. While all provide stellar tracks, it’s the farm-league contenders who’ll really blow listeners away. The Snuggle Ups bounce around the room, while the Cajun Gems sit on the porch and twang. Die Monitr Batss create chaos. Norfolk and Western soothe.
This compilation is by no means a definitive guide to Portland music, but it’s a good starting place for curious listeners. Give it a spin and find a new favorite band — many of which will perform at the PDX Pop Now! Festival this weekend.
KIP BERMAN, Portland Mercury
Compilations are, by their very nature, uneven affairs – meant more to showcase a variety of artists than offer a cohesive listen. That said, PDX Pop Now!‘s sophomore offering is just as much a success as last year’s debut. Sure, hiphop and Klezmer are equally represented (one track a piece), and yes (surprise!), there’s an overabundance of whiny dudes with four tracks in their bedroom. But hey—that’s Portland. The good folks who put out this comp and organize the PDX Pop Now! festival have their hearts and ears in the right place. Listening to the standout contributions from such diverse artists as Dolorean, The Gossip, Glass Candy (Miami Pop Now!?), Point Line Plane, Viva Voce, The Snuggle Ups, M. Ward, Wet Confetti, and The Helio Sequence remind me what a fantastically creative and vibrant music scene we are lucky enough to have in our own backyard.
MARK BAUMGARTEN, Willamette Week
Served on two discs, this collection offers a snapshot of a music scene that’s about more than just “pop,” that percussive palindrome that points to music meant to be consumed en masse. The compilation leaves out much of Portland’s music community: mostly, the musicians working within the boundaries of genres like country, jazz, gospel, old time, metal and, save one song, hip-hop. Instead, the collection focuses on the city’s forward-looking musicians, artists who are interested in reforming the templates of popular music, using new and old tools to create something fiercely original. These are many of the artists who are creating the framework for a scene that is uniquely Portland in both its geography and its form. But what is that form?
Well, it includes women, as the PDX Pop Now! compilation features a dozen female-fronted bands, from the angry (the Gossip, Sleater-Kinney) to the kind (Mirah) to the undeniably rad (the Blow, LKN). It also has an isolationist streak, as nearly half the acts included here opt to work the one- or two-person-band route while making music that reinvents the sound palette (Nice Nice, Talkdemonic, Y.A.C.H.T.) or reimagines tradition (Dolorean, Alan Singley, Jessica Jones).
And I have no idea what that means for the scene, except that it sounds great and, jokes aside, sounds like Portland-a sweeping geographical generalization that I’m willing to claim.
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Manu Berelli is a graphic designer, printer, and musician based out of Portland, OR. Manu taught himself to screen print t-shirts over a decade ago where he dreamed of becoming a “real” printer of paper art. Manu has been casually archiving images from Golden Age comic books that have fallen into the public domain for the past 7 years. His recent work involves using these source images to create collages of pictures and text for personal commentary.
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Glenn Allen Henrickson is a Portland-based artist and illustrator from McMinnville, Oregon. He is ever curious and enjoys delving into a bevy of creative outlets. The classic Northwest dilettante, he plays drums, writes songs, loves food & drink, devours cinema and occasionally harnesses his secret karaoke powers. His art aims at playfully dark humor, sometimes cute and sometimes creepy.
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Creating the artwork for the 2015 festival season is local artist and educator Ryan Bubnis. Bubnis’ work has been described as “urban folk.” Through his paintings, illustrations, design and mural work, he comments on themes relating to the human condition.
Working both traditionally and digitally he incorporates a range of mediums that include found objects, paper, wood, canvas, aerosol, acrylics, cel vinyl, Papier-Mâché, graphite and India ink. He draws inspiration from life, love, graffiti, folk and outsider art from a variety of cultures.
Bubnis has collaborated with a number of commercial clients and agencies and his work has been exhibited in galleries and museums across the U.S. and abroad. He is currently an Assistant Professor at The Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon.
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James Douglas Mitchell is an illustrator / designer living in Portland, Oregon since 2006. He likes skateboarding, playing music with friends, big cities, pop-science, cinema, and cats.

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Mark Warren Jacques lives within a web of art makers, musicians, skateboarders, and backyard revolutionaries. This close-knit community thrives on representing a sort of whimsy that harnesses the energy of idealism and is rooted in earthy spirituality. Lest you conclude that he lives in a world of naïvete, Jacques will surprise you with his gusto to love, question, and commit himself to the realities of hard work, ambition, and responsibility to his community.Just to name a few, Mark Warren Jacques’ work has been shown at Breeze Block, Stumptown, Together Gallery, White Walls Gallery SF, in addition to being featured in The Mercury, The San Francisco Chronicle, and Surfer Magazine. See more of his works and read his full biography at:

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Cole is an award winning art director, graphic designer, illustrator & painter. After stints as the art director for two record labels, art directing and designing album packaging and ad campaigns for some of the world’s most influential musicians, Gerst became the first in-house art director for the House of Blues corporation. Here he established a full service art department and created company wide brand guidelines overseeing a nationwide group of designers. In 2002 Gerst left House of Blues to create option-g visual communication. For the last 10 years option-g has been continuously growing and gaining notoriety with its design and illustration style. It has been highly influential and accredited for helping foster the resurgence of the “gig” poster, designing posters for such bands as the Shins, Beck, Modest Mouse, Bright Eyes & Interpol. He has won multiple awards for design from Communication Arts, Print and How Magazine.His work can be found here:
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Jodie is an amazing illustrator and designer living in Portland, OR. She is constantly inspired by scientific illustrations, tattoo flash, and anything remotely spooky. When she’s not being creative, she’s usually either watching live music at a local venue, or is at an arcade playing pinball.
PDX Pop Now! is currently accepting resumes and letters of interest for the 2017-2018 season. Those candidates who are selected will have an amazing opportunity to shadow under the current Board or Coordinator, volunteer for their community, and get hands-on training and mentorship as they guide the organization through the 2017-2018 season.
Please note, all positions are ALL volunteer, as is the festival, one of the only all-volunteer run music festivals in the nation!
The Development Director works with a team of highly-dedicated volunteers to carry forward the organization’s mission of stimulating and expanding participation in Portland music. The Development Director’s primary responsibility is to raise money to support the organization’s programs and services and to oversee a team of talented development coordinators.
Position Responsibilities:
Position Qualification:
To apply for this position, please send your resume and cover letter to theboard@pdxpopnow.com. Position open until filled.
Under the supervision of the Development Director, the Grants Coordinator will research, develop and prepare grant applications from beginning to end for the purpose of providing funding and supporting the mission of PDX Pop Now!
Responsibilities:
Position Qualifications:
To apply for this position, please send your resume and cover letter to jennifer.thelander@pdxpopnow.com.Position open until filled.
The primary responsibility of the Web Coordinator is to maintain and make updates to PDX Pop Now’s website, online services, and communication tools. These tools are vital for communication and coordination among Board members and for conveying information to the public.
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To apply for this position, please send your resume and cover letter to mike.elliott@pdxpopnow.com. Position open until filled.
Questions about applying for any of the open positions? Hit us up: info@pdxpopnow.com!

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Santiago Uceda does illustration, art direction, motion graphics, makes tasty sandwiches, stays up late, listens, observes, questions, changes diapers, gives piggy back rides, collaborates, makes posters, designs t-shirts, cd packaging, magazines, etc. He has worked directly or indirectly with many talented folks, brands and institutions including but not limited to: Adidas, Billabong, Portland Center Stage, South Coast Repertory, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Surfing Magazine, LA Weekly, Bike Magazine, Portland Mercury. He also writes terrible bios.His work can be found here:

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Carson Ellis was born in Vancouver. B.C. in 1975. She was raised in suburban New York and college educated at the University of Montana in Missoula where she earned a painting degree in 1998. She’s the illustrator of many books, including New York Times bestsellers The Composer Is Dead (Lemony Snicket) and The Mysterious Benedict Society (Trenton Lee Stewart). In addition to book illustration she does artwork and art direction for the band, The Decemberists. Carson lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, Colin, and son, Hank. Her work can be found here :

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Dylan McConnell doesn’t generally like talking about himself, his work, or any of that garbage. In fact he doesn’t want to talk about it at all. He’d rather bike around, make music, go to shows, eat mexican food and hunt for delicious, delicious vinyl.His work is can be found here :

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Emek has been referred to as “The Thinking Man’s Poster Artist”.
Coming from a unique family of 5 artists, Emek has made his mark creating special posters and album covers for prominent musicians for 15 years.He was recently credited for creating some of the best rock posters of all time by Billboard Magazine…Emek’ style thrives on attention to detail, coupled with layers of meaning in the artwork. His infusion of socio-political commentary into pop culture imagery has made his work instantly recognizable in the field. Emphasizing craftsmanship, his work is still hand-drawn in the tradition of the classic psychedelic posters from the 1960’s. Born in the 70’s Emek was also strongly influenced by the DIY punk flyers of the 80’s.Over the last 2 decades, Emek has created hundreds of posters for some of the top alternative bands and events, like Coachella, the Decemberists, Queens of the Stone Age, Tool, System of a Down, Pearl Jam, The Flaming Lips, to name a few. As well as album covers from Neil Young and Pearl Jam to Henry Rollins and Erykah Badu. Emek’s work has been shown in galleries across the United States and Europe. He has been interviewed on CNN, and featured in dozens of magazines and books. For more about his work, visit :
Attend the compilation release party July 9th, at Holocene to pick up your advance copy!
Presenting the 2017 PDX Pop Now! compilation, featuring 40 tracks from all Portland, OR artists. Known for bringing attention to some of the most talented musicians Portland has to offer, PDX Pop Now! celebrates the 14th compilation dating back to the non-profit’s inception back in 2004.
Available to purchase June 22nd, 2016 at local retail outlets and online at cdbaby.com. Proceeds from sales of the album go towards funding the festival and our outreach activities.
Get it online from CD Baby, Stream it on Spotify, or pick up the CD at record stores around Portland such as Everyday Music, Jackpot Records, Music Millenium, Tender Loving Empire, and many more!
]]>Presenting the 2016 PDX Pop Now! compilation, featuring 42 tracks from all Portland, OR artists. Known for bringing attention to some of the most talented musicians Portland has to offer, PDX Pop Now! celebrates the 13th compilation dating back to the non-profit’s inception back in 2004.
Available to purchase June 15th, 2015 at local retail outlets and online at cdbaby.com. Proceeds from sales of the album go towards funding the festival and our outreach activities.
Get it online from CD Baby, Stream it on Spotify, or pick up the CD at record stores around Portland such as Everyday Music, Jackpot Records, Music Millenium, Tender Loving Empire, and many more!
Check out our physical version for bonus tracks that will murdalize your mind. Special secret material from Dylan Stark, Barna Howard, The Reverberations, and Moon By You.
Available to purchase June 15th, 2015 at local retail outlets and online at cdbaby.com. Proceeds from sales of the album go towards funding the festival and our outreach activities.
Get it online from CD Baby, Stream it on Spotify, or pick up the CD at record stores around Portland such as Everyday Music, Jackpot Records, Music Millenium, Tender Loving Empire, and many more!
Available to purchase June 10th, 2014 at local retail outlets and online at cdbaby.com. Proceeds from sales of the album go towards funding the festival and our outreach activities.
Get it online from CD Baby, Stream it on Spotify, or pick up the CD at record stores around Portland such as Everyday Music, Jackpot Records, Music Millennium, Tender Loving Empire, and many more!
Available for purchase ($8) at local retail outlets and online at cdbaby.com. Proceeds from sales of the album go towards funding the festival and our outreach activities.
Hard copies can be found at many record stores around Portland such as Everyday Music, Jackpot Records, Music Millenium, Tender Loving Empire, and many more!
Available for purchase ($8) June 2, 2012 at local retail outlets and online. Proceeds from sales of the album go towards funding the festival and our outreach activities.
Hard copies can be found at many record stores around Portland such as Everyday Music, Jackpot Records, Music Millenium, Tender Loving Empire, and many more!
**Previously Unreleased Tracks.
Available for purchase ($8) June 2, 2011 at local retail outlets and online. Proceeds from sales of the album go towards funding the festival and our outreach activities.
Hard copies can be found at many record stores around Portland such as Everyday Music, Jackpot Records, Music Millenium, Tender Loving Empire, and many more!
**Previously Unreleased Tracks
Available for purchase ($8) June 2, 2012 at local retail outlets and online. Proceeds from sales of the album go towards funding the festival and our outreach activities.
Hard copies can be found at many record stores around Portland such as Everyday Music, Jackpot Records, Music Millenium, Tender Loving Empire, and many more!
PDX Pop Now! is thrilled to announce the track list for the 2009 Compilation. As always, we feel that this compilation represents a variety of both new and well-know Portland artists. We hope you like it as much as we do!
The compilation will be released on June 4. The compilation will be available for purchase ($8) at local retail outlets and online at CD Baby. Proceeds from sales of the album go towards funding the festival and the rest of our activities.
Available for purchase ($8) June 2, 2012 at local retail outlets and online. Proceeds from sales of the album go towards funding the festival and our outreach activities.
Hard copies can be found at many record stores around Portland such as Everyday Music, Jackpot Records, Music Millenium, Tender Loving Empire, and many more!
Available for purchase ($8) June 2, 2012 at local retail outlets and online. Proceeds from sales of the album go towards funding the festival and our outreach activities.
Hard copies can be found at many record stores around Portland such as Everyday Music, Jackpot Records, Music Millenium, Tender Loving Empire, and many more!
Available for purchase ($8) June 2, 2012 at local retail outlets and online. Proceeds from sales of the album go towards funding the festival and our outreach activities.
Hard copies can be found at many record stores around Portland such as Everyday Music, Jackpot Records, Music Millenium, Tender Loving Empire, and many more!
Available for purchase ($8) June 2, 2012 at local retail outlets and online. Proceeds from sales of the album go towards funding the festival and our outreach activities.
Hard copies can be found at many record stores around Portland such as Everyday Music, Jackpot Records, Music Millenium, Tender Loving Empire, and many more!
Available for purchase ($8) June 2, 2012 at local retail outlets and online. Proceeds from sales of the album go towards funding the festival and our outreach activities.
Hard copies can be found at many record stores around Portland such as Everyday Music, Jackpot Records, Music Millenium, Tender Loving Empire, and many more!
If you have any thoughts, comments or questions, please send the comp committee an e-mail.
If each attendee was able to donate just $6, the costs of the festival would be fully funded
Supporting us, means you are supporting local music!
Please consider a contribution to PDX Pop Now! to ensure this Portland music tradition lives on. We thank you for your support, and your investment in an important piece of Portland’s music community!
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