Month: May 2016

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Concert Review: Portland Finds The Cure in Ridgefield

Drew

Their last trip to the Portland, OR area came more than a decade ago and it’s been nearly as long since they released an album of new material but regardless the 15,000 strong who packed the Sunlight Supply Amphitheater in Ridgefield, WA on Saturday definitely know the Cure. The Robert Smith fronted group played 34 songs for nearly three hours covering almost 40 years of music and if you arrived expecting a setlist of pure singles and radio fare you were in for a surprise whether it was a pleasant one or seemingly endless. No new album in tow either, … Continue reading Concert Review: Portland Finds The Cure in Ridgefield

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Concert Review: The Who Live in Portland

Drew

If you missed the Who on Tuesday in Portland, OR at the Moda Center you missed out. Just passing along a message from Pete Townshend. Seriously, though, you missed out. The Who powered through 20 songs for nearly two hours playing a set consisting of lots of hits, well of course! the tour is called The Who Hits 50, (get it?) but also peppered with some deeper album cuts that gave justice to two of their iconic albums and made lots of people happy. If you’d never been to a Who show before, haven’t been in a long while or … Continue reading Concert Review: The Who Live in Portland

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Concert Review: Dream Theater – The Astonishing Live in Portland

Drew

Well, that was different. If you’re going to write and record a concept album you might as well play the whole thing, front to back and center the accompanying tour around it. That’s exactly what Dream Theater did with their latest release The Astonishing and they brought it live to the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, OR on Tuesday to the faithful. The casual fan, the mildly interested fan, even the old school fan still cranking out Images and Words and Awake on their way to work might have come away a bit less than inspired but the true … Continue reading Concert Review: Dream Theater – The Astonishing Live in Portland