at PLAN B - 1305 SE 8th Ave., Portland, OR 97214 - www.smmrbmmr.com
This year's SMMR BMMR in Portland, Oregon brings another rad, largely West Coast lineup of lo-fi, punk, and garage rock artists for your consumption. A whole slew of bands who tend to play in grimey basements, house shows, and all-ages venues will rock your face off in raw, brutally honest ways, for the course of a weekend. Wristbands are $28 for the entire weekend. Saturday's the day to beat for us; the lineup is ri-dik-uluz!
[Please note: Bands are listed in no particular order, because that stuff's for suckers.]
festival schedule
Asterik (*) = suggested shows;
Plus sign (+) = related articles
FRIDAY, AUGUST 13TH, 2010
6:00PM
Mayyors *
G. Green
Burning Yellows
Woven Bones
Lamps *
Meth Teeth
Myelin Sheaths
Wounded Lion
Therapists
Fist City
Manic Attracts
After-Hours Shows
(Around the corner at the Knock Knock)
Schedule TBA
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 14TH
4:00PM
The Intelligence *
Guantanamo Baywatch *
Mean Jeans
Butts *
Shannon & The Clams *
Dead Ghosts
Old Blood
Sex Church
C'mon Everybody
Besties
Young Prisms *
Pipsqueak
Okie Dokie
Christmas *
Indian Wars *
After-Hours Shows
(Around the corner at the Knock Knock)
Schedule TBA
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 15TH
4:00PM
Cum Stain
TRMRS *
Audacity
Idle Times
White Fang *
Flip-Tops
Meercaz
Todd C
Timecopz
Bare Wires *
Pure Country Gold *
Leaders
Denizenz
Overnight Flows
Pity Fucks
redefine's smmr bmmr picks for friday, august 13th
mayyors
No MySpace or self-created online presence? Noise rock spread by word of mouth? Featuring some people fairly notably involved in the scene? Do it.
redefine's smmr bmmr picks for saturday, august 14th
christmas
Olympia-based K Records signees who will make a lot of other SMMR BMMR bands seem like real amateurs with their diversity.
young prisms
Embrace reverb and psychedelic relaxation with these Small Black and Weekend contemporaries.
dead ghosts
Lo-fi, trashy Vancouver rockers who have released an impressive whole slew of well-received material in the past two-and-a-half years.
the intelligence
Purveyors of thrashy pop rock centered around really catchy vocal hooks, angularities, and plenty of dissonance!
butts
Two Seattle gals, Rachel and Shannon, punk rock centered around simple ideas (tracks are titled "Alcohol" and "Marijuana", for godsakes), but it's solid.
shannon & the clams
Featuring a sassy frontwoman with retro style, Shannon & The Clams really, really bring something different to the SMMR BMMR lineup.
trmrs
Californians. Reverb. Gang vocals. Yeah!
lamps
A So-Cal trio that sounds really meat-headed at times, but craft some swirling, manic grooves.
indian wars
A pretty varied act on the SMMR BMMR lineup, Indian Wars fall into a garage rock family tree that's equal parts blues and punk.
guantanamo baywatch
Guantanamo Baywatch help aid a surf rock resurgence with boatloads of charisma and swagger.
redefine's smmr bmmr picks for sunday, august 15th
the bare wires
This Oakland trio is one of few bands playing at SMMR BMMR that is actually on a substantially long tour, so support their fun-ass style of 1970s garage rock.
white fang
Portland staples, with music that's buried in distortion and broken up by fascinating moments of clarity.
pure country gold
Drums. Guitar. Two dudes named Pure Cunt and Tree Gold = a bluesy, raw, backwoods barn shuffle.
