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https://www.wweek.com/culture/2024/11/19/iconic-portland-bands-of-the-last-50-years/

Iconic Portland Bands of the Last 50 Years
These voices helped form the city’s music scene.

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Amine (Henry Cromett)
By WW Staff
November 19, 2024 at 4:12 pm PST
As we look back on 50 years of Willamette Week, we pay tribute to 50 iconic bands from throughout the years who put Portland’s vibrant music scene on the national map.

Aminé
Ashleigh Flynn
Billy Rancher and the Unreal Gods
Cool Nutz
Crackerbash
Crazy 8s
Curtis Salgado
Dan Reed Network
Dandy Warhols
Dead Moon
Dharma Bums
Dub Squad
Elliott Smith and Heatmiser
Esperanza Spalding
Everclear
Fernando Viciconte
Hazel
King Black Acid
Leroy Vinnegar
Lifesavas
Linda Hornbuckle
Little Sue
Marilyn Keller
Mel Brown
Michael Allen Harrison
Napalm Beach
Nu Shooz
Obo Addy
Paul deLay
Pete Krebs
Pete Miser and Five Fingers of Funk
Pink Martini
Poison Idea
Pond
Portland Taiko
Portugal. The Man
Quarterflash
Quasi
Rebecca Gates/ The Spinanes
Richmond Fontaine
Ron Steen
Ruby Friedman
Satan’s Pilgrims
Storm Large
Team Dresch
The Decemberists
The Shins
The Thermals
Ural Thomas
Wipers

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PORTLAND’S OWN FERNANDO VICICONTE PERFORMS HIS FIRST SHOW IN SIX YEARS TO CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF FRIENDS & FAMILIA, A DOCUMENTARY LOOKING BACK AT HIS SEMINAL PACOIMA ALBUM, OCTOBER 6TH AT THE MISSION THEATER, INCLUDING A SCREENING OF THE DOCUMENTARY AND A Q&A SESSION

on October 6th at The Mission Theater. The event celebrates the release of the compelling new documentary, Friends & Familia: Looking Back at Fernando Viciconte’s Pacoima Album, and features an intimate performance by Fernando Viciconte, his first show in six years.

The event is October 6th at The Mission Theater. Doors are at 6pm and the show starts at 7pm. Tickets are $15 advance and $20 at the door. The show is all-ages. It also doubles as a benefit for the Oregon Music Hall of Fame’s scholarship fund.

The evening will commence with the screening of the 49-minute documentary, which delves into the origins and impact of Fernando Viciconte’s 1998 album Pacoima, and features footage from the 1998 20th Anniversary performance at the Star Theater. Following the film, attendees will enjoy a Q&A session with Fernando Viciconte, director Loren Leed, and Luther Russell, a key contributor to the Pacoima album. The night will conclude with a live performance by Fernando Viciconte, accompanied by Luther Russell, Dan Eccles and Paul Brainard.

Ticket Link: Tickets are available via The Mission Theater website.

https://www.mcmenamins.com/events/258481-friends-familia?fbclid=IwY2xjawFJaT1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdUD32iFMnotmYcbI1YXqyd-V4Ct1JDH5fGj3aS5ZLIbF81Y9bRealUQjw_aem_Jg-040WyxOOgLhTMEyVpFQ

Fernando recently sat down with Victor Zapata from Mexico City’s Venas Rotas blog/zine/Record Store to give a rare interview.

The kind folks at Whisperin and Hollerin seem to like Lu and my new record Traitors Table! Check out their kind 9/10 star review from yourself here!

http://www.whisperinandhollerin.com/reviews/review.asp?id=14757&fbclid=IwAR3dgIcMn-hGQ0lx17J03JZDOOP9hCIXNv3GTQR-fNWEqIT6SaEHA05Cob4

Big thank you to our friends from the Netherlands at AltCountry NL for the 4/5 star review of Traitors Table! Read review here…http://www.altcountry.nl/blog/2019/08/fernando-viciconte/#more-24971

“Recorded by Viciconte and his long time buddy, Luther Russell in a shack on a four-track recorder in a week long burst of activity, Traitors Table is an audacious album. An iron glove in a velvet fist, it draws you in as it daintily displays its melodies and then hits you with some fearsome realities. Definitely an album to have.”

Read the rest here…

https://paulkerr.wordpress.com/

Fernando’s new record gets an A- Review in Vinyl District, you can read review here! http://www.thevinyldistrict.com/the-tvd-record-store-club/2019/06/graded-on-a-curve-new-in-stores-for-june-2019-part-four/?fbclid=IwAR1SbjkMcubjfK5qusubhSTJ4k1PDr9-KsVzVm6oGcNj-P07G8-WUKeJbrI

In depth review of Fernando’s new record Traitors Table! P

http://coachellavalleyweekly.com/fernando-viciconte-traitors-table-fluff-gravy-records/?fbclid=IwAR03IpO3bu8s0WClSg-gKXEInsHrz6BngX4tjzaemdSPnpWeN1XtmIErJGk

Thank you to the folks at Folk and Tumble for the kind words! http://folkandtumble.com/fernando-viciconte-traitors-table/?fbclid=IwAR0-n30zEEBpCSo7qrtUELF37BstGkcwuNPQh1PN_tenQFH3z26mBo-p5Iw