"Having a friend visiting you from a city you used to live in and are intimately familiar with is a powerful aphrodisiac. It simultaneously creates longing for the scenes and the cities you used to live within, while also manifesting the realization of how deeply open and sexy and connective and cool and supportive your current city's music scene is-at least if you call Portland home."
"This week we've got the blush-inducing sexy of Nourished by Time, Japanese noise à la Patrick Shiroishi, und Der Welt von Hans Zimmer blowing through town, while local loud asses Nonbinary Girlfriend and Hound hold it down playing A FREE SHOW. Not to mention the Portland-based Duster side project Two Boys Alright-yes, thee Duster -are headlining a fundraiser show for Gaza Soup Kitchen."
"For fans of D'Angelo, serpentwithfeet, Solange Seeing Nourished by Time open for Vagabon at Mississippi Studios in 2023 was revelatory. Vagabon rightly informed the sparse crowd they were lucky to be seeing Nourished by Time in such an intimate setting, and that he was about to blow up. She wasn't wrong. For his second LP, The Passionate Ones -for which he is currently touring behind-Nourished by Time signed to lauded British label XL Recordings. His music is subtly very sexual, mixing bedroom production sensibilities with club beats and an R&B lip bite. It's music for 2025, let it engulf you."
Portland hosts an intense cluster of high-profile shows across consecutive nights, including Autechre, Nourished By Time, Lucinda Williams, Fleshwater, Turnstile, Amyl & The Sniffers, Speed, and Jane Remover. Local and touring artists span R&B, electronic, noise, indie rock, experimental improvisation, and hardcore, with sold-out headliners and free community shows occurring simultaneously. Two Boys Alright, a Duster side project, headlines a Gaza Soup Kitchen fundraiser while local bands Nonbinary Girlfriend and Hound play a free set. Nourished by Time blends bedroom R&B production with club beats and sensual elements while signed to XL Recordings. The schedule also features noise sets, experimental summits, and wide stylistic variety, signaling strong local musical energy and connectivity.
Read at Portland Mercury
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