Drinking from Puddles

Samantha Crain Performs Live on Drinking From Puddles tonight !!           "I will give in to the dark clouds/I will sing with the fog in my throat," begins Samantha Crain on her debut LP. The line seems half-true. Her voice is gorgeously odd — all fulsome, shape-shifting... Read more

Haley Bonar performs Live on Drinking From Puddles !!   Haley Bonar is twenty-four years old, and already on her fourth album. Her new album, Big Star, is a watershed moment for her—a record like a Cormac McCarthy short story: simple on the intake, but revealing universal tr... Read more

Shoeshine Blue will perform on Drinking From Puddles on 08/12/09 !!   "Shoeshine Blue has really found his voice musically and lyrically as well. That strolling 6/4 time with those scruffy, blues lick vocal melodies. I think more than any other songwriter I’ve seen and met... Read more

Tara Jane O'Neil performs on Drinking From Puddles !!   "TARA JANE O'NEIL : A WAYS AWAY (klp207) may 5 2009 The work of TJO has always innately crossed genres and boundaries- like several genies emerging from a single lamp. Every singer wants to be a painter, every guitarist... Read more

Viva Voce play live on Drinking From Puddles !! Wednesday, June 24th - 8pm-11pm "At this spring's SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas, Viva Voce frontman Kevin Robinson surveyed the dense crowd before him with a smirk on his face. "Are y'all blogging this (show)?" he aske... Read more

Autopilot Is For Lovers return to Drinking From Puddles for a Live performance !! "Adrienne Hatkin, of Autopilot is for Lovers, has a voice that will stop you in your tracks. Direct and scratchy, part PJ Harvey shriek and Joanna Newsom warble,.... On their debut record, T... Read more

Live on Drinking From Puddles for 05/20/09 it's Laura Gibson !!  “One of the year's most breathtaking albums. Beasts of Seasons is nothing short of a masterpiece, both for its flawless and often haunting execution and for its inspired statements on the human experience.” -... Read more

Live on Drinking From Puddles for 05/13/09 it's the return of Monica Nelson (of The Obituaries) with Stephyn Phyllop Clarke on keyboards !! "The Obituaries' frontwoman, Monica Nelson, has a ridiculous voice: It slips from rough-around-the-edges, froggy-throated rawk growls... Read more

Portland Doom purveyors Red Fang perform live tonight on Drinking From Puddles !!   RED FANG is the latest effort from long time bros and collaborators Bryan Giles (Last of the Juanitas, Party Time), Aaron Beam (Dark Forces, Lachrymator), David Sullivan (Party Time, facedow... Read more

Mirah returns to Drinking From Puddles to perform Live on 03/25/09 in conjunction for her upcoming Portland record release show at the Aladdin Theater (on 04/04/09*) for her phenomenal new effort (A)spera !!   "Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn has been at the heart of the vibrant North... Read more