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Portland - the new indie rock mecca

If there's any alluring indie mystique to relocated from Alabama, and indie-folk
Portland, it's most likely due to late songstress Laura Veirs, who inbetween
singer-songwriter Elliott Smith, who recording sessions and touring, gives
attended high school on the west side of guitar lessons to kids from her home in
town and recorded his most-loved work the centre of the town. Even the British
there. indie music scene is represented in
Before Smith, Portland's primary musical Portland, with both former Smiths guitar
contribution to the universe was the legend Johnny Marr (now a full-time
Kingsmen, and their worldwide party member of Modest Mouse), and Chris Jarman
anthem, "Louie Louie". But Smith sketched of Leeds indie charmers The Cribs,
a virtual map of the city with his recently moving to the town.
whispery voice, and even went so far as This trend of artists moving to Portland
to adopt a local street name, Elliott after already having gained some level of
Street, as his first name (legend has it fame might explain why few people are
he considered his birth name of Steven as even aware of Portland's incredible
"too jock-y"). To his fans, Smith's music concentration of mu-sical talent.
made Portland seem infinitely more Virtually none of these groups can really
romantic than it ever could be in real be considered "Portland bands", since
life. none are natives. There are a few
After Smith came the deluge, as swarms of exceptions - hugely popular indie rock
indie rockers descended upon the town. In group Modest Mouse originate from the
the late '90s, politically charged town, as do alternative pop group The
riot-girls Sleater-Kinney arrived from Shins (whose singer and keyboardist Brett
punk rock hot-bed Olympia, Washington. Mercer lives in Elliott Smith's former
They brought Stephen Malkmus and his home). Both bands toiled the local live
genre-defining college-rock collective, circuit, playing many bars, clubs and
Pavement, who were all from Stockton, hotels in Portland before really making
California, along with them. The two the big time.
bands began hanging out a lot at the So, despite the lack of a distinctive
Beulahland bar in the North West part of Portland sound akin to Seattle's grunge
town, and in the process, turned scene or the post-White Stripes explosion
Beulahland into one of the hippest of blues-influenced garage rock from
hang-outs in all of Portland. Detroit circa 2001, the sheer caliber of
Other indie rock alumni who call Portland its musical luminaries have firmly
their home are husband and wife duo Anita planted the city on the musical map.
and Kevin Robison, aka Viva Voce, who




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