PORTIA
PORTIA
Hawaii photos are up on myspace.
Monday, April 28th, 2008 @ 4:20PM
I ended up taking 311 pictures in Oahu last week.
I didn’t plan that, even though the Omaha band 311 is coming this Summer. I edited them down and put up the more memorable ones on http://www.myspace.com/djportia. Check ‘em out!
Comments (0) •X96 Live and Local Personal Ads
Sunday, April 27th, 2008 @ 11:09PM
If you have a local band personal ad, please email me at
I Am The Ocean needs a vocalist: http://www.myspace.com/iamtheocean
Ivy League is seeking a lead guitarist: http://www.myspace.com/ivyleaguerock
X96 Live and Local April 27
Sunday, April 27th, 2008 @ 10:46PM
Manicproject "X96 Live and Local Theme" http://www.manicproject.com
DulceSky “Unfamiliar” http://www.myspace.com/dulcesky
Until Further Notice “Walls Of Silence” http://www.myspace.com/ufnband
A Film In The Ballroom “Solid Lines” http://www.myspace.com/afilmintheballroom
The Green Peanuts “Sorry Jena, Your Cat’s Dead” http://www.myspace.com/thegreenpeanuts
I Am The Ocean “Chasing Bears And Reading Scripture” http://www.myspace.com/iamtheocean
Elizabethan Report “Sweat, Swat, Swote!” http://www.myspace.com/elizabethenreport
The Brobecks “Goodnight Socialite” http://www.myspace.com/brobecks
Starmy “Mudslide” http://www.myspace.com/gostarmy
Stretsch Armstronng “Drool”
The Future Of The Ghost “Love” http://www.myspace.com/thefutureoftheghost
Debi Graham Band “Align” http://www.debigrahammusic.com
Numbskull “Dead Ringer” http://www.myspace.com/numbskull_utah_punx
Destructinator “Mrs. Wadium” http://www.myspace.com/destructinatorband
Broke City “Man Of The Year” http://www.myspace.com/broke
Victim Efect “Boom” http://www.myspace.com/victimeffect
The Market “You Thought Wrong” http://www.myspace.com/themarkettunes
Vicious Starfish “Remember To Forget” http://www.myspace.com/viciousstarfish
The Market “You Step”
Ivy League “Hold On” http://www.myspace.com/ivyleaguerock
Lexi Sayok “Oh, This Modern Life” http://www.myspace.com/lexisayok
Devine Write “Rewind” http://www.myspace.com/devinewritemusic
Bands! Wanna play at Fashion Stroll tomorrow?
Thursday, April 17th, 2008 @ 8:42PM
Oops, I made a booboo. The fashion stroll is this Friday, April 25, on 300 S. between 200 and 400 E. from 7-9pm.
There will be some of the best local bands playing the stroll, as well as the latest in fashions by local artists. Phoenix Alliance, who is helping me quit smoking (I’ve been quit for exactly one week now), needs a small acoustic band or an artist to play at their booth! Please email my good friend Anna at if you are interested. I am sorry for the short notice, but it will be a fantastic gig!
Peace out!
Portia
Comments (1) •KickStart
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 @ 3:44PM
This new reality show based on regular people taking extreme adventure risks needs local bands!
For your chance at 15 minutes of fame on the TV, submit your photos and mp3s on http://maverik-kickstart.com.
Comments (0) •X96 Live and Local April 13
Sunday, April 13th, 2008 @ 10:19PM
Manicproject "X96 Live and Local Theme"
Purr Bats “The Dragon From The Refreshment Room” http://www.myspace.com/purrbats
Vicious Starfish “All In A Night” http://www.myspace.com/viciousstarfish
Subrosa “Black Joan “ http://www.myspace.com/subrosatheatre
Victim Effect “Alice, Alice” http://www.myspace.com/victimeffect
Love You Long Time “Crazy Crush” http://www.myspace.com/loveyoulongtime
The Brobecks “2nd Boys Will Be 1st Choice” http://www.myspace.com/brobecks
Allred “The Middle” http://www.myspace.com/allred
Dulce Sky “Icon Of Distress” http://www.myspace.com/dulcesky
Dear Stranger “Here’s To You” http://www.myspace.com/dearstrangermusic
Dulce Sky “Unfamiliar”
Poetica “No One Gets Out Alive” http://www.myspace.com/poeticasaltlake
Unknown Anthem “Grandpa’s Guitars” http://www.myspace.com/unknownanthem
Loom “Hourglass” http://www.myspace.com/loom801
Scripted Apology “Delibitate” http://www.myspace.com/scriptedapology
Here Lies Martha “Slide The Knife” (live in the X96 studio) http://www.myspace.com/hereliesmartha
Here Lies Martha “Face Your Fate”
Numbskull “Love’s A Lie” http://www.myspace.com/numbskull_utah_punx
Here Lies Martha “Kill The Critics”
Egan’s Theory “That’s The Way” http://www.myspace.com/eganstheory
Elizabethan Report “Sweat, Swat, Swote” http://www.myspace.com/elizabethanreport
The Brobecks update.
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 @ 8:04PM
As of about three months ago, Salt Lake City band The Brobecks' "2nd Boys Will Be 1st Choice" were added on the regular X96 playlist. Lead singer Dallon Weeks and his fabulous wife, Breezy, are now moving to California, but hopefully this will be better news for The Brobecks! The new CD is almost finished, and Dallin just sent me this email. So here is the latest news on The Brobecks!
"So we just got back from a tour to SXSW (Thanks to everyone who bought a copy of ‘2nd Boys’ online. STILL available by the way.) We ended up hitching a ride with our good friends Scary Kids Scaring Kids. They were kind enough to make some room for us on their bus. The tour was awesome, SXSW is always a good time. I am currently waiting on mixes for the new record, which I am calling ‘Vaudevillains’.
Hopefully we can release it before Spring is through. One track in particular called ‘Small Cuts’ features Darren Robinson from Phantom Planet on guitar. (SO stoked on that one. I love them!) Other than that we are preparing for the big show at UVU. We have a new Keys/Guitar player named Josh Rheault. He flew in from Connecticut to come play with The Brobecks.(crazy!) And he’s very handsome.”
The Brobecks just played Rock In UVU last night, and even though Dallon is moving to Cali to be a big rock star nationwide, not just in our humble state, I will continue to play The Brobecks on X96 Live and Local Sunday nights from 8-10 pm. right here on X96. And if they become the next Poison, just know where you heard them first!!!
Love,
Portia Early
Comments (2) •X96 Live and Local for April 6, 2008
Sunday, April 6th, 2008 @ 10:13PM
Manicproject "X96 Live and Local Theme " http://www.manicproject.com
Poetica "No One Gets Out Alive" www.myspace.compoeticasaltlake
Numbs "Nfinity" www.myspace.com/numbs
Numbskull "She's A Bitch" www.myspace.com/numbskull_utah_punx
The Brobecks "I Will, Tonight" www.myspace.com/brobecks
Lord Mandrake "Skinwalker" www.myspace.com/lordmandrakeband
Tragic Black "Bodies On The Avenue" www.myspace.com/tragicblack
Vicious Starfish "Supernova" www.myspace.com/viciousstarfish
Elizabethan Report (track 5, the 'hidden' track, on their new EP) www.myapace.com/elizabethanreport
Paxin "What We Are" www.myspace.com/paxtin
Moneypenny "Far behind" www.myspace.com/moneypenny
Mutton Hollow "Love Story" www.myspace.com/muttonhollow
SKINT "Go Down Fighting" www.myspace.com/skint
Harbor Nothing "What Comes From Nothhing" www.myspace.com/harbornothing
Allred "The Middle" www.myspace.com/allred
Love You Long Time "Dreamkiller" www.myspace.com/loveyoulongtime
Funk Fu "The Pirate Song" www.myspace.com/funkfu
Dear Stranger "Your Audience" www.myspace.com/dearstrangermusic
a.vanvranken "None" www.myspace.com/avanvranken
Fourteen Days From Forever "We All Must Breathe" www.myspace.com/fourteendaysfromforever
Broke City "Insomnia" www.myspace.com/broke
Dane & The Death Machine "When Ammonia Meets Bleach" www.myspace.com/ddm
Daniel Day Quartet "Sour Times" www.danielday.net
Celestial City "Snowflakes" www.myspace.com/celestialcitysleeps
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Here’s a sneak peek on who is playing at the 2008 Utah Arts Festival.
Friday, April 4th, 2008 @ 12:52PM
Yes, it's still a few months away, but Every year the deadline for local bands to send in press kits to the Utah Arts festival offices is about late January so they can have plenty of time to schedule and put things together. The list has been chosen, and being on the performing arts board for the festival, I get early notice on who is playing. This year we judged about 300 bands. Thanks to all the rock bands who submitted applications. The Utah Arts festival at Library Square is June 26-29, and here are your performers, besides the big headliners who will be announced in the near future:
Abraxas
Anke Summerhill
Atherton
Band of Annuals
Bien Flamenco
Black Eyed Susan
Blame Sally
Blue Lotus
Bossa Nova Soul Samba
Bronco
Calico
Cavedoll
Chamber Orchestra
Chicago Afrobeat
Chuck Prophet
Cosm
Crescent Moon
Cynthia Douglass & Paul
Disco Drippers
Dulce Sky
Eric McFadden Trio
Ether Orchestra
Fifth Fret
Free Press
Funk Fu
Hillbilly Voodoo
Indigenous
Insatiable
Janiva Magness
Javier Garcia
Jazz Orchestra
Jebu
Jewel Thieves
Joshua James
Kid Theodore
Latin Jazz Factory
Libbie Linton
Llajtayku
Marcia Knorr
Mass Ensemble
Mayor’s Artists Awards
Melissa Warner
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
Michael Lucarelli
Misty Murphy
Moreland & Arbuckle
Mushman
Odyssey Dance
Outlaw Entertainers
Passafire
Pink Lightnin’
Puddle Mountain Ramblers
Purr Bats
Red Desert
Red Rock Rondo
Revideolized
Ririe Woodbury
Rope or Bullets
Saliva Sisters
SLAJO
Slickrock Gypsies
Smiling Souls
Sophie Barton
Soulja
Spearit
Stacey Board Band
Starmy
Stone Circle
Swamp Boogie
Terry Tschaekfske
The Cadet Sisters
The High Beams
The Mollies
The New Nervous
The Radio Rhythm Makers
Three Squared
Tolchock Trio
Transperfromance
VCR Quintet
Vile Blue Shades
Wasatch Music
Way Way East Bay
Whip Boy
Whew! Well there you have it. I can’t wait until June 26!
Comments (0) •The Donnas and me on PCTV.
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 @ 7:32PM
I know I'm a broken record, but once a month I am interviewed on Park City Television's "Mountain Views" with Ori Hoffer.
I usually bring in a Utah band to play on the news and entertainment program, but on April Fool’s day this year, Ori scheduled chick punk-rockers The Donnas. After working for 15 years (they started as a band in the 7th grade, and got their big break during a talent show!!) they seemed like one of the most humble rockers I have ever met. And, by gosh they have the best hair ever! I should have asked them who their stylist was.
During my interview, I talked about 3 bands you should look into if you haven’t already:
DulceSky
This SLC band, originally from Chile, sounds like an Hispanic Bauhaus/The Cure/Depeche Mode effort. Some songs are in Spanish, and some in English. It’s an absolute treat to hear rockers such as DulceSky. They will perform live on X96 Live and Local April 20, and their new CD release party is on April 26 at Studio 600. Pick up a copy of X96 Live and Local Volume 4 at one of the X96 remotes and hear one of their songs. http://www.myspace.com/dulcesky
Allred
This is a project spawned by John Allred. Like Ben Folds, he had a band, and now his act is solo. In the vein of Dashboard Confessional and Radiohead, and speaking of Ben Folds, John will open up for the Ben Folds and Ben Lee at Saltair this Spring. http://www.myspace.com/allred
The Elizabethan Report
Holy good lord, this is amazing music! The band resides in Provo. Think Modest Mouse but harder with a chick. Professional, catchy as hell, and music you’ll want to hear over and over. http://www.myspace.com/elizabethanreport
Thanks again to PCTV for having me talk about the scene, and having me brush scarves with The Donnas!
Comments (0) •Live and Local mentioned in City Weekly’s Best Of!
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 @ 6:57PM
Pick it up on newsstands now! X96 won best radio station again, and for two years in a row my little local show was mentioned in the article. So thank you City Weekly. It feels good to be loved!
Also for CW staff choice, my friend Circus Brown won best live local band performances for his “Not A Side Show” program on KRCL 90.9 fm. Saturday late nights. When I first read his win, I have to admit I took it personally for a sec. Then I accepted it. Okay I was pretty angry, and stewed for an hour sitting in my car in the Caputo’s/Carlucci’s parking lot drinking my iced coffee staring at the article wondering what the heck I was doing wrong! But Circus definitely deserves the mention. As far as I remember he’s had the show for at least two years, and I will give it to him that he does have some killer acts on his program, and his personality is #1 in my book. Plus I bet the bands (and perhaps the host) are allowed to drink live in the studio there at the community radio station (....well for now. When you go commercial Circus, just watch your back!). So I think I had a handicap there. But seriously, he puts on an immensely entertaining show, and he even played James Brown and locals The Wolfs for me back-to-back once last year, and I couldn’t do that on my show...unless I get proof that James Brown was a local here at one time, but I doubt it. As far as the Utah indie scene goes, Circus, Helmut Von Schmidt from that one metal station, and I share our passion for local talent, and we have been friends since we met, and we haven’t have bashed each other at all. At least not to each other’s faces. So anywho, congrats, Circus! It’s about damn time you received media recognition! And, uh, I really mean it.
Thanks to City Weekly again for praising X96 Live and Local as part of the best radio station in Utah!
Comments (0) •I’m on Park City Television tonight.
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 @ 3:13PM
As I said in my earlier blog, I'll be on with The Donnas tonight on PCTV at 6pm. Of course I'll talk about big local shows going on, as well as some new Utah bands that I am really into. Then I'll be in an audience of about four, watching The Donnas. Sucks to be me.
You can watch in on Comcast channel 102, or online at http://www.parkcity.tv
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