Queer Music Fest
THE PORTLAND QUEER MUSIC FEST
2 p.m. – 2 a.m. at Backspace (115 NW 5th Ave) and
Someday Lounge (125 NW 5th Ave) Sunday July 22.
Presale tickets are $10 all ages (Backspace only) or $12
21+ (both venues). $15 at the door.
Playlist
Headliners
SACHA SACKET
MORE SUITED TO HIS 21+ VENUE SIDE, SACKET’S STYLE
REFLECTS A MUSICAL HYBRID OF MODERN ELECTRONIC
DETACHMENT AND SENSITIVE FOLK-AUTEUR BALLADEERING,
A COMBINATION THAT IS BOTH DISQUIETING AND REFRESH-
INGLY IMAGINATIVE.
Photo by Horace Long
IMPERIAL TEEN
Roddy Bottum from Faith No More provides the draw for this
influential pop punk outfit from Cali, but Will Schwartz (also of
Hey! Willpower), Jone Stebbins and Lynn Truell also keep the
yearning yet upbeat sound alive. Their newly released 5th album,
"Feel the Sound," has been described as intuitive synchronicity
with a desert island jukebox’s sense of fun.
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Local Spotlight
MAGIC MOUTH
Magic Mouth seems to be an apt name, as they’re the
local act getting the most buzz. Not part of the stereo-
typical gay mafia style of house beats, these funky, elec-
tro rockers evoke a boldly spiritual sound with a down
to earth rock beat that makes their genre-spanning
music at once very Portland, very queer, and yet so far
beyond either.
PLAY/START
MORE TRADITIONAL PDX QUEER PUNKS (IF
WE’RE POST-EVERYTHING ENOUGH TO SAY
THAT) PLAY/START BRING THE RAWNESS OF THE
90S AND RIOT GRRL CULTURE NEW LIFE. THEY
HAVE DRIVING DRUM BEATS, CATCHY HOOKS
AND AN INFECTIOUS ENERGY THAT MAKES FOR
A GREAT SHOW.
DAMON BOUCHER
The porn-inspired hip hop alter ego of Superfag, Jon
Brownhill, brings a tough not-quite-gangsta edge
to queer lyricism. Spitting rhymes with no restraint,
Brownhill makes nuanced dark synth based rap that
won’t let you rest.
Damon Boucher