Portland, I love you, and you'll never bring me down

Halloween is the weekend in Portland when all of the resident freaks get, well, freaky. It's an excuse to dress up, dance, have fun and go all out; and tonight there's a doozy of an event. Copy, Guidance Counselor and Pegasus Dream, will be throwing a Halloween party at the awesome new venue called The Waterheater. If you live in Portland, you shouldn't be anywhere other than here, if not, I'm sorry you're missing out on this. It's all ages, and there is a bar for those who are 21+. For everyone's enjoyment, I'm dishing out some tracks that only proves the talent and musicianship of these bands.

Oh Guidance Counselor....

Those studio recordings sound fantastic, and this video isn't bad either:

Portland Ecstasy!

Picture says it all. This summer, seven of Volcano City's best dance acts are coming together to release a 12 inch LP entitled PDXTC. Atole, Breakfast Mountain, May Ling, Guidance Counselor Wampire and Jeffrey Jerusalem have combined forces to create (hopefully) one of the best Portland mixes since Copy's "86 Til Infinity" podcast for XLR8R in 2008.

Breakfast Mountain has released the song they've contributed for it, which you can listen to here at their tumblr. Its a heavy hip hop banger that you can definitely get lost in. Become a fan of it on Facebook here and you can receive regular updates from the bands themselves. Expect it for a pre-Memorial Day Weekend release on May 27th, 2010.