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Mike “Brass Cankles” Cunnane on local music

I reached to a number of friends who I think have some idea about what’s what in local music and asked them to name a band readers should pay attention to. Mike “Brass Cankles” Cunnane (who I interviewed back in September) offered the following direct, curmudgeonly take, the contrarian’s contrarian essence of which does not […]

Portland Digital Inventory: “Thanks for Smashin Into My Element and Drivin Off” Edition

Top 9 lines from Greater Portland Missed Connections: if only i was not married and you were single. maybe someday you and i will be more than just coworkers and friends. LINK i just wanted to thank you for not treating me like an old man and for all your help on saturday.i got the […]

Mike Cunnane’s Brass Cankles is like MTV minus reality TV, plus Portland and music

Mike Cunnane plays drums for The RattleSnakes, a band he has been in for 6 years, and he plays percussion in Sunset Hearts. He also documents the goings-on of Portland’s underground, indie and punk scenes on his video blog called Brass Cankles. The blog features well over 100 videos of 60 to 70 unique bands […]

Portlanders on Portlanders No. 1 (feat. Sontiago, Kurt Baker, Knaughty Sarah and More)

In which I ask five Portlanders about some of their other favorite Portlanders. This time around I asked five local rock stars which Portland musicians they have been listening to lately. Sonya Tomlinson (Sontiago) Samuel James continues to be a lasting favorite. He puts on a solid and interactive live performance while simultaneously entertaining with […]