"Portland shows have a reputation of being hard crowds to work. It sometimes takes a bit to get into something, even when we've paid money to be somewhere, sure. But because of this, I would like to pose a challenge: Allow yourself to let go when you're at a show or on a dance floor. No one cares about how you look or what your dance moves are, and you will likely never see the people around you again."
"For fans of Casual Hex, Gang of Four, Tacocat My Vinyl Underground-a stone's throw from the former Mercury HQ-has been quietly hosting loud shows in their basement locale for a minute now. Portland needs more of this energy! Speaking of... if you look up energy in the dictionary, you'll find a picture of Portland's Collate, and "danceable deadpan post-punk" will be the definition."
Many life-giving shows transpired over a two-week period, including NxWorries at Crystal, Cosmic Tones Research Trio album release at Hollywood, The Barbaras album release at Showdown, a DJ set at Dream House, Grandaddy at Rev. Hall, Sun Blood Stories at Bunk Bar, and 45th Parallel Universe performing Philip Glass' Quartets. Pelle Almqvist of The Hives confronted Portland's reputation for hard-to-move crowds by urging a sold-out audience to "start acting like it" and to let go. Concertgoers are encouraged to take up space, enjoy themselves, ignore judgmental onlookers, and dance. Local listings highlight Collate, Big Top, Time Thief, and Strangers.
Read at Portland Mercury
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