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    Unknown Mortal OrchestraFoxygenThe CrocodileFriday, March 22, 2012 Seeing a band that is
    Unknown Mortal OrchestraFoxygenThe CrocodileFriday, March 22, 2012 Seeing...
    By Gregory Franklin • March 25, 2013 12:00 am

    Unknown Mortal Orchestra Foxygen The Crocodile Friday, March 22, 2012 Seeing a band that is undoubtedly hitting their creative stride…

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    Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, singing my song at Bumbershoot 2003. Photo by John
    Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, singing my song at Bumbershoot...
    By Gregory Franklin • September 3, 2012 12:00 am

    Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, singing my song at Bumbershoot 2003. Photo by John Davisson. The first time I ever stepped foot…

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    Renee McMahonKing Khan And The Shrines played Bumbershoot on Saturday, September 1.The
    Renee McMahonKing Khan And The Shrines played Bumbershoot...
    By Gregory Franklin • September 2, 2012 12:00 am

    Renee McMahonKing Khan And The Shrines played Bumbershoot on Saturday, September 1.The first day of any music festival is always…

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    Guster played at the Moore Theatre on Tuesday, January 18, 2011.If pity
    Guster played at the Moore Theatre on Tuesday,...
    By Gregory Franklin • January 19, 2011 12:00 am

    Guster played at the Moore Theatre on Tuesday, January 18, 2011.If pity parties and mopefests are your thing, and if…

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    Kurt Vile (center) and the Violators played with the Soft Pack at
    Kurt Vile (center) and the Violators played with...
    By Gregory Franklin • November 5, 2010 12:00 am

    Kurt Vile (center) and the Violators played with the Soft Pack at Neumos on Thursday, November 4, 2010. Neumos has…

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    Of all of the places to discover a fantastic band on the
    Of all of the places to discover a...
    By Gregory Franklin • August 23, 2010 12:00 am

    Of all of the places to discover a fantastic band on the interwebs, Craigslist is about the last place I…

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    Vinnie Kircher (third from left) and Jaill support their newly-released Sub Pop
    Vinnie Kircher (third from left) and Jaill support...
    By Gregory Franklin • August 17, 2010 12:00 am

    Vinnie Kircher (third from left) and Jaill support their newly-released Sub Pop debut (That’s How We Burn) on Wednesday, August…

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    Tobacco played at Chop Suey on Tuesday, March 30th. There’s a difference
    Tobacco played at Chop Suey on Tuesday, March...
    By Gregory Franklin • March 31, 2010 12:00 am

    Tobacco played at Chop Suey on Tuesday, March 30th. There’s a difference between a show rocking and a show ROCKING….

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    Brendan Benson played Neumos on Monday, February 15.When you think of who
    Brendan Benson played Neumos on Monday, February 15.When...
    By Gregory Franklin • February 16, 2010 12:00 am

    Brendan Benson played Neumos on Monday, February 15.When you think of who would make the best opener for an amped-up,…

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    Laura MusselmanWilco played The Paramount on Wednesday, Feb. 10.Early in their career,
    Laura MusselmanWilco played The Paramount on Wednesday, Feb....
    By Gregory Franklin • February 11, 2010 12:00 am

    Laura MusselmanWilco played The Paramount on Wednesday, Feb. 10.Early in their career, I vaguely knew much about Wilco, and dismissed…

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    Julian Casablancas played at The Showbox at the Market on Sunday, November
    Julian Casablancas played at The Showbox at the...
    By Gregory Franklin • November 23, 2009 12:00 am

    Julian Casablancas played at The Showbox at the Market on Sunday, November 22. Seeing an artist who is most known…

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    Girls played Neumos on Tuesday, November 17. Girls are a pretty fascinating
    Girls played Neumos on Tuesday, November 17. Girls...
    By Gregory Franklin • November 18, 2009 12:00 am

    Girls played Neumos on Tuesday, November 17. Girls are a pretty fascinating story, to say the least. Singer/songwriter Christopher Owens…

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    Pinback played Neumos on Tuesday, November 10 with Joe Jack Talcum.In theory,
    Pinback played Neumos on Tuesday, November 10 with...
    By Gregory Franklin • November 11, 2009 12:00 am

    Pinback played Neumos on Tuesday, November 10 with Joe Jack Talcum.In theory, the idea of the singer + nothing but…

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    I’m not sure what it was about Portland’s Mimicking Birds that didn’t
    I’m not sure what it was about Portland’s...
    By Gregory Franklin • September 18, 2009 12:00 am

    I’m not sure what it was about Portland’s Mimicking Birds that didn’t sit well with me Thursday night at the…

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    FanfarloBobby Geldof, you said it right. I don’t like Mondays, either. This
    FanfarloBobby Geldof, you said it right. I don’t...
    By Gregory Franklin • September 15, 2009 12:00 am

    FanfarloBobby Geldof, you said it right. I don’t like Mondays, either. This particular Monday dragged, slow and painful, to the…

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