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Watch the video and find out why Pierre Kaiser from The Dimes and Ryan Wines from Timber Carnival Records believe in KZME. Want to show your support for local radio and local music? Head to our donation page and help us make it happen!

Oregon Music News

2010 PDX Pop Now! picks: 3 days of free, local, all-ages indie music
July 29, 2010

Catch Hockey close down Saturday night's festivities

The 3-day, all-ages, free 2010 PDX Pop Now! festival kicks off this weekend at Rotture. Held every summer–now seven years running–the fest has grown into a 3-day event featuring 48 local, Portland acts from July 30th, 31st and August 1st.

The festival combines artists from all genres in hopes that you will show up to see one band but discover another piece of stupendous local talent on one of the two stages–indoor and out.

Click here for more....

We had a great time this past weekend up at the Skyway Bar & Grill in Zig Zag for the KZME benefit show.  Acoustic Minds and Keegan Smith & The Fam had us on the dance floor and fun was had by all.

KZME thanks our sponsors, raffle donors, volunteers and supporters for helping us make this event so fantastic:

*  Cherry Park Plaza in Troutdale

*  Stamp Connection in Gresham

*  The Skyway Bar & Grill

*  Schedeen's

*  Harry's Deli in Portland

*  Candlewood Suites

*  All Season Property Management

Here's a couple of links to some photos taken at the event:

Photo Album 1

Photo Album 2

Hi. I’m Jenni and I’m Amanda – we are part of the band, Acoustic Minds. As musicians in Portland, we value the amazing support we get from the community, whether it’s playing at a local venue or at one of Portland’s fantastic festivals. We’ve taken our music all over the world, but we've always wished we had more opportunities to share our music with the community right here in Portland. Well, this year we’re going to make it happen! KZME will be on the air and will be dedicated to airing local music. The price tag for a transmitter and studio is a pretty hefty one – help make this a reality!

Amanda, Jenni and the whole band will be singing their heart's out on Sunday afternoon. Keegan Smith & The Fam will be joining in on the fun as well. We hope you can join in, too, on July 18 (that's THIS Sunday) at The Skyway Bar and Grill in Zig Zag to help us celebrate and raise money for KZME radio.

Not only will their be fabulous music, we'll be selling raffle tickets for these great gifts:

* All Season Gift Basket - Includes a two night stay for two in a cabin on the Mt. Hood, breakfast at Still Creek Inn, a bottle of wine and a gift certificate from All Season's Gifts...

* Candlewood Suites - (2) One night stay certificates for the Candlewood Suites Hotel at the Portland airport...

* KZME Gift Basket - a cool t-shirt, bumper sticker, Pop Tomorrow CD, antenna ball and gift membership...

* $20 Gift Certificate - Schedeen's garden store in Gresham or Boring...

Please distribute this message far and wide in order to get the word out yonder - thanks!

Check out this great story by Tom D'Antoni of Oregon Music News about the recent announcement made by the Oregon Music Hall of Fame folks about this year's inductees:

Oregon Music Hall of Fame announces new inductees
by Tom D'Antoni on July 13, 2010

The new Oregon Music Hall of Fame announced its 2010 class of inductees at Jimmy Mak’s Tuesday evening. MC Terry Currier, owner of Music Millennium and President of the OMHOF stood before the red curtain and announced the winners moments ago.

Click here for the complete story!

KZME radio is a proud media sponsor of the celebration that is taking place on October 9.

KZME radio is serving as media sponsor for the August 20 show at Mississippi Studios!  Logan Lynn & The Gentry, Matrimony and DJ Girlfriends are all set to dazzle our world a the 21 + show.
 

Check out this interview that Trent Finlay did with Logan Lynn earlier this year:
 

The Trent Foundation

Yup. Second Annual benefit show at the Skyway Bar & Grill on July 18. Tickets are $10.00 each (kids under 18 - donation of $5.00 each).

Check out this great video clip that Emily Vidal of MetroEast Community Media produced with those delightful gals from Acoustic Minds, Jenni Price and Amanda Price.  Keegan Smith & the Fam will also be performing - we LOVE them!!!

I watched this interesting documentary a few days ago and thought I'd share it with all my fellow KZME-ers. It's called "Before the Music Dies" and it's about the commercialization of the music industry and radio. Watch it, love it, and then donate to KZME to help get the music industry back to what it was meant to do; promote new talent and expose people to all kinds of wonderful music!

Watch \"Before the Music Dies\" on Hulu

OMG. One of my favorite Portland bands - y la bamba - is playing the same night as Mirah at Mississippi Studios on July 10. Yipee! And if you sign up for our Z Notes by July 1, you might be there as I have a few tickets, you know (21+). Yowzah!

Photo by Alicia J. Rose Photography

Photo by Sarah Cass

Here's a little sample of y la bamba......fasting in San Francisco....

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Their last gig involved going topless in the Burgerville on SE 11th and Hawthorne. On Friday, Wampire keeps it in the neighborhood but takes to a more skin-appropriate stage, playing at Hawthorne Theatre on 39th. The deets:
 

Who: Wampire, The Crocodiles, Dum Dum Girls
Where: Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne, PDX
When: 8 PM
How (much): $10 advance, $12 day of
What (else): All ages welcome
 

This is usually the place where I would insert some painful vampire-related pun, but I’m feeling benevolent today, so we’ll skip that.

Watch Wampire on Vimeo and remember when you used to be thin