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Interview: Cayucas

Interview: Cayucas

Cayucas has just put out their new record, Bigfoot, with Secretly Canadian. The release comes just before frontman Zach Yudin’s favorite time of year: summer. And with a full-blown US tour ahead,...

May 9, 2013     No Comments
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Interview: Blood Sister

Interview: Blood Sister

Just months after calling it quits in Brooklyn, Night Manager alumnus Ezana Edwards is back with Blood Sister, a new Ganglians-backed pop-punk trio out of San Francisco, California. Read through...

May 8, 2013     1 Comment
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Interview: Julian Lynch

Interview: Julian Lynch

Experimental bedroom recorder, Julian Lynch explains his academic interests on ethnomusicology and anthtropology, why he may stop writing lyrics in his songs, and some behind-the-scenes insight into his latest masterpiece, Lines. Lines is...

Apr 24, 2013     1 Comment
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Thomas William – “Boy Sauvage”

Thomas William – “Boy Sauvage”

Finally I arrive at posting one of my favourite pieces of the year so far. Thomas William‘s “Boy Sauvage” is dense. Its percussive elements not only provide movement to the...

Apr 22, 2013     No Comments
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Interview: Tyler Walker of SXSWendy’s

Interview: Tyler Walker of SXSWendy’s

SXSW was a total blast, but while we had a killer time doing hilarious #sxswank stuff, the best party in all of downtown was easily SXSWendy’s. The DIT mini-festival first...

Mar 27, 2013     No Comments
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Interview: Mathieu Santos of Ra Ra Riot

Interview: Mathieu Santos of Ra Ra Riot

Ra Ra Riot came to SXSW 2013 at the tail end of their tour, promoting their latest album, Beta Love. With our very own Jeanette Wall, bassist Mat Santos discusses his...

Mar 20, 2013     No Comments
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Lou Jane – ’Windows Into Love and Death’

Lou Jane – ’Windows Into Love and Death’

Bryce Alber is Los Angeles musician and folk shaman Lou Jane. He has just released his debut album under this moniker titled Windows Into Love and Death. The album is versatile and full,...

Mar 4, 2013     1 Comment
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Introducing: Salt Cathedral

Introducing: Salt Cathedral

During my second week living in New York, I found out that some of my Florida buds, Hundred Waters, were playing a show in Hoboken. Obviously, I went to the...

Feb 19, 2013     3 Comments
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Interview: Michael Gira of Swans

Interview: Michael Gira of Swans

Still on the heels of their latest album The Seer, Swans don’t show any signs of slowing down. They’ve been at it for well over twenty years and yet the...

Jan 28, 2013     No Comments
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Introducing: Julia Brown

Introducing: Julia Brown

A few months ago Baltimore noise pop band Teen Suicide broke up, and I’m pretty sure you could hear the cries from the Absolute Punk forums in space. They didn’t...

Jan 25, 2013     2 Comments
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Video: PORTALS on TOPS

Video: PORTALS on TOPS

We recently met up with Montréal indie-pop outfit TOPS at Fat Cat in Manhattan to discuss America and all of its quirks. Video by: Daniel Dorsa (producer), Matthew Whalen (producer/camera/editor),...

Jan 16, 2013     No Comments
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Gayze – “Done To My Love” / “East Coast Dying” (Official Video)

Gayze – “Done To My Love” / “East Coast Dying” (Official Video)

Tyler T. Williams has been making some of the most well made, no budget, DIY-produced music videos and short films around for the last few years. With beautiful pieces for...

Jan 14, 2013     1 Comment
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Introducing: WALL

Introducing: WALL

UK artist, WALL, makes music as honest as it is mesmerizing. Her track “Magazine” will instantly draw you in, even as simple as it is, sometimes it’s the simplest of sounds that...

Jan 7, 2013     No Comments
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Introducing: Empress Of

Introducing: Empress Of

“Introducing” showcases artists, labels, collectives, and beyond, on the rise. We here at PORTALS are becoming increasingly enamored with the unique pop sounds of Empress Of. She appeared, as if out of...

Nov 19, 2012     No Comments
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Interview: Mac DeMarco

Interview: Mac DeMarco

We chat with garage-rock heartthrob Mac DeMarco about the creamy insides of “Jizz-Jazz”, getting punched in the face by a hooker in his home town of Montreal, and his uncharacteristically...

Nov 7, 2012     No Comments
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Introducing: Holodeck Records

Introducing: Holodeck Records

Holodeck Records is a new label that seeks to capture and share some of the best music that comes rumbling from the underbelly of Austin, Texas. Through a series of...

Oct 12, 2012     1 Comment
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Interview: Melody’s Echo Chamber

Interview: Melody’s Echo Chamber

Fresh off the release of her debut self-titled LP, we chat with Melody Prochet of Melody’s Echo Chamber about writing/recording with Tame Impala‘s Kevin Parker, her psychedelic hangouts with the...

Oct 2, 2012     1 Comment
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Interview: Jenn Pelly

Interview: Jenn Pelly

PORTALS recently had the opportunity to chat with writer Jenn Pelly about her experience in journalism, what it’s like working for Pitchfork, the bands she’s been most excited by this...

Sep 21, 2012     2 Comments
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Interview: Stereocure

Interview: Stereocure

This summer, I had the rare pleasure of meeting some seriously inspiring young dudes doing some really cool things. Jordan Alper is one of these dudes, and one of the...

Sep 17, 2012     2 Comments
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Introducing: Heatherwood + Trade Winds Recs

Introducing: Heatherwood + Trade Winds Recs

Heatherwood is a new, Russian dream-pop duo who recently caught my attention with their incredibly gorgeous debut EP, FYR. It was digitally released just a few weeks ago on the freshly...

Aug 31, 2012     No Comments
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Introducing: Native Eloquence

Introducing: Native Eloquence

Adam Hirsch is among the many great people I’ve had the pleasure of meeting this summer. And it became even more a pleasure when he pointed me to his debut...

Aug 20, 2012     3 Comments
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