WOAH Babes! Like pop? PDX Pop Now! has put together a pretty great festival to celebrate their seventh year of supporting the Portland music scene. The dates are July 30th through August 1st, at Rotture. Think it's worth the trip?

Aan / AgesAndAges / AndAndAnd / Asss / Atriarch / AU / Autistic Youth / Ben Darwish / Billygoat / Blue Cranes / Blue Horns / Brainstorm / Cloudy October / Defect Defect / Da’Rel Junior / Eternal Tapestry / Fear No Music / Get Hustle / Grey Anne / Guantanamo Baywatch/ Hockey / Hosannas / I Can Lick Any Son of A Bitch In The House / Jackie-O Motherfucker/ Joey Casio / Joggers / Krebsic Orkestar / Kung Pao Chickens / Kusikia / Lewi Longmire / Luck One / Michael The Blind / Operative / Parenthetical Girls / Please Step Out of The Vehicle /Reporter / Rollerball / Shoeshine Blue / Skeletron / Soup Purse / SubArachnoid Space / Tiny Knives / Tu Fawning / The Tumblers / Typhoon / Wampire / Why I Must Be Careful / Ylang Ylang

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Portland band Blitzen Trapper have just released about the coolest cover song I've heard in ages: Heart's "Crazy on You," replete with blings and bleeps and of course, some buttrock(ish) power chords.

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I am not sure who my fellow showgoers were, but the place was full with what felt like Bellevue-types in tight-black-shirted mall attire and Hot Topic Goths...

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Since the top five on this list all also appear on our Top 10 overall imaginary albums of the year list, we've added some Honorable Mention local bands!

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