PDX Pop Now! 2009 CD Release Party
live at Holocene
Portland, OR
4 June 2009
On Thursday, June 4, 2009, PDX Pop Now! threw a CD release party at Holocene, to celebrate the release of their fifth annual compilation CD, PDX Pop Now! 2009. A diverse night of entertainment, this event featured live sets by The Taxpayers, What's Up?, Jared Mees and the Grown Children, Copy, and all-night spinning from DJ Beyonda. Presented here are a few video highlights from that event - a couple of clips from each of the artists who performed. I never was able to get all of the song titles from the bands, but hopefully that shouldn't prevent anyone from being able to enjoy the music!
This was just a teaser for the big event, the 2009 PDX Pop Now! festival - a free, all-ages event, which took place July 24-26 at Rotture. PDX Pop Now! is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization, dedicated to maintaining a local, sustainable, and diverse music scene. If you want to show your support for local music, pick up any or all of the PDX Pop Now! compilation discs at your favorite local record store, and plan on attending this year's festival at Rotture!
» right-click on each song title to download individual tracks «
(unknown title); Dig Too Deep © The Taxpayers; 2009
Yes; Harper © The Taxpayers; 2009
The Tallest Building In Hell; Working & Drinking © Jared Mees & the Grown Children; 2009
(unknown titles 3, 15, 17) © Copy; 2009
Video and audio recorded and mixed by J. Free
The Taxpayers official MySpace page
What's Up? official MySpace page
Jared Mees and the Grown Children official MySpace page
Copy official site
PDX Pop Now! official organization site
Holocene official venue site
Rotture official venue site
The opening frame in the media player features the cover art for this year's compilation,
by Dylan McConnell, of Tiny Little Hammers.
I should also like to mention that the microphones used to record these live tracks were a prototype set of CA-11 cardiod mics; made in Canada by Chris Church, of Church Audio.
A selection of Chris' hand-built mics and pre-amps can be viewed at the Church Audio eBay Canada store.
All of the music on this page was recorded with some of this G E A R.
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