PDX @ CMJ

Yesterday I walked downtown to the Knitting Factory to see a few bands as part of the CMJ Music Marathon Festival. The afternoon was devoted to bands from Portland, Oregon and headlined by The Helio Sequence, a band that I have enjoyed listening to for quite some time, but had never seen live. I also listened to sets from Starfucker, Al James the Unfazed, Jared Mees and the Grown Children, the Jake Morris Group, and Rob Walmart. Because the Knitting Factory has three separate spaces for performance, it was advantageous to be able to shift back and forth between each one in order to take in as much as possible. So thank you Portland for such a wonderful day of music. I hope to visit you again soon...