September 1: Dallas County Potential, Keyboard, Inside Voices, FREE! at Someday Lounge
DALLAS COUNTY POTENTIAL
with KEYBOARD
and INSIDE VOICES
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 @ 9PM
SOMEDAY LOUNGE
125 NW 5TH
21+ FREE!
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DALLAS COUNTY POTENTIAL
www.myspace.com/rbeingnothingness
Nathan Delffs, once a member of the Shaky Hands, has launched a new band, Dallas
County Potential. Jumping on Portland's recent folk revival, their recordings
feature undistorted twang meet quirky harmonies. The vocals are reminiscent of
the Lucero except their singing over bass lines you might find in a track off a
Jackson Five album. As the band name says, one can tell Dallas County Potential
is just getting started! The combination of genres these guys are mixing together
could be a serious recipe for success.
KEYBOARD:
http://www.myspace.com/keyboardband
Keyboard is one kid with a keyboard who is more entertaining than most bands in
town. Keyboard is into what he does, and it shows. Quirky, cool songs are
delivered with such sincerity and yet you can't help feeling like you are on Mars
as you watch. It's a little bit like a lot of things but nothing you've ever seen
before. Once in awhile you meet a young artist who has that certain twinkle in
his eye, the kind of person you know is destined for bigger things. Keyboard is
that guy. Go see him play in an intimate Portland venue before he figures that out!
INSIDE VOICES:
http://www.myspace.com/insidevoicespdx
Inside Voices is a name that is quickly ramping up on Portland's "who's who" list.
"These are folks who manage to create one of the small glimmers of ingenuity out
there that remind us that there are still rustic musical paths to traverse in an
otherwise well-beaten auditory forest. Their songs are long swaths of wind
meandering across empty fields strew with the carcasses of abandoned tractors.
Simple song structure led, often times, by a steel string slide guitar (John
Gnorski) are backed by appropriate bass (Lee Stack). The percussion (Jeff
Brodsky) is what truly seals the deal. Spacious but assertive polyrhythms give
the songs something more than the average 4/4, kick, snare, kick, snare, you
might expect from songs about the range and rolling waves. If that weren't
enough, the two standing musicians manage to drip perfect vocal harmonies across
the songs in a, what seems like, effortless fashion." —Monstrousmedia.com
