Apr 1, 2026
Hey folks! This is the first of our monthly newsletters where we will be sharing upcoming events and reviewing records. If you want these directly in your inbox, there’s a subscribe button at the bottom of this post.
We’ve got a bunch of fun stuff coming up as the weather gets better including some new events. First off, we’ve got our annual Halfway to Halloween Party May 2nd at the Twilight hosted by local standup personality and awesome visual artist Jess Bushnell.
May is also our first annual fundraising month! This year, most of the money raised will go to fund our new program UnMuted which specifically focuses on showcasing queer and women led bands. This fund drive will culminate with a fancy Gayla May 29th at Swan Dive (727 SE Grand Ave.)
We’re excited as all get out to share this information with you. Now check out these records!
Record Reviews
Note: we use our own completely original and made up on the spot metric for rating music but it is also a 100% objectively accurate.
Jet Hag Flexi Disc-
available 4/1 on Hovercraft Records
Jet Hag (Portland) is a garage punk 3-piece and the short version of this is that they fucking rip and I’m so excited for their full length to come out. This is snotty and frantic and exactly what I need more of.
(disclaimer: I play in band with their bass player Jessica so I’m biased, but they’re so damn good I’m gonna flatter the shit out of them in this review and I don’t care about cOnfLictS oF INteRest)
Will you think you were dancing until someone steps on your hand?
This is the soundtrack to that kinda night where you think you’re gonna take it easy and just watch the bands, and all of sudden you come to laying on the floor and someone is helping you up asking if you’re okay
Should you skip it if it comes on during a makeout session??
Listen, it’s a 2 song flexi disc and if you’re spinning singles while trying to kiss that’s on you for bad planning, but I would 100% ghost a person who didn’t like Jet Hag
Would Jet Hag help you bury a body?
I fully believe that Jet Hag would bury a body out in the woods, but whether that’s helping you, or burying you, is a question I am unable to answer for you specifically my dear reader. I recommend being nice to them
The Misery Three - Doomed Demos
The Misery Three (Olympia) deal out a mix of garage and proto metal with some surf and western vibes that checks a lot of my boxes
Is this clearly some weirdos passion project?
These tracks were clearly made by a bunch of weirdos with a variety of styles coming together, but it is cohesive and does not feel like like the last gasp of someone's sanity
When Hell is full will this record walk the Earth?
I would love to see this as the soundtrack to a cowboy zombie movie
Will listening to this start a cascade of bad decisions that will eventually lead to your death?
Halfway through this I started craving MD20/20 and Parliament menthols, but like in a good way
Chaotic Neutral - Demo
Chaotic Neutral is a newer band and if you like your heavy stuff noise and post punk influenced this is gonna be right up your alley. The woman who fronts them has an incredible voice and the band is tight as hell
How helpful will a math degree be?
While they self describe as math and noise rock, this is totally accessible and fairly straight forward. There are some interlocking guitar parts that I kept turning up the volume for on my first listen cause they were so good but you don’t need a math degree to enjoy
Makes you want to airbrush a wizard on the side of the van?
This is a bit of a cheat on my part, cause hell, their name is Chaotic Neutral, but as alignment goes I’d probably airbrush a rogue instead of a wizard and sonically this gives me more warlock vibes with its use of dissonance
Can you handle it on psychedelics?
To me this is a solid EP to get wicked high to with just enough space noises to get properly lost in it, but I can see people with misophonia going down a rabbit hole with some of the noise parts