Check out the Willamette Weeks Best New Portland Bands of 2016
1. Chanti Darling (91 points)
FORMED: 2015
SOUNDS LIKE: A world where Michael Jackson never died, disco never went out of style, and the night never ends.
2. Cat Hoch (88.5 points)
FORMED: 2015
SOUNDS LIKE: A summer daydream where Tame Impala and St. Vincent go swimming in a moonlit Technicolor lagoon below a sky of shooting stars.
3. The Last Artful, Dodgr (75.5 points)
FORMED: Started performing in 2013.
SOUNDS LIKE: Missy Elliott living in Future’s future.
4. Little Star (72 points)
FORMED: 2015
SOUNDS LIKE: Your best friends coming over to your house to validate your feelings and let you know that you are loved.
5. Bitch’n (60 points)
FORMED: 2015
SOUNDS LIKE: A communal shouting party soundtracked by rhythm-heavy jams.
6. Boone Howard (53 points)
FORMED: 2015
SOUNDS LIKE: Harry Nilsson stumbling out of the Know into the light of day, wondering just where the hell his life went so wrong.
7. bed. (48.5 points)
FORMED: 2013
SOUNDS LIKE: An early-’90s garage-rock 45 set to 33 1/3 RPM, with the volume turned down.
8. Blowout (42 points)
FORMED: 2014
SOUNDS LIKE: Kathleen Hanna stomping on ’90s Blink-182 records.
9/10. Candace (41 points)
FORMED: 2009
SOUNDS LIKE: Falling asleep stoned listening to Loveless and dreaming you’re a character in Reality Bites.
9/10. Mic Capes (41 points)
FORMED: Started recording in 2012.
SOUNDS LIKE: The Wire if it were set in St. Johns.