Local Love Letter #11

When
Tuesday, Apr. 15, 2025
7:30 p.m.
Cost: $7.57
Where
3939 N Mississippi Ave
Portland, OR 97227

Sadgasm is an Emo/Alternative group from Portland, Oregon performing since 2017. Influences range from mid-90s grunge to modern guitar-driven indie rock. The band began with a stripped-down, basement-recorded album: Ramen. These songs set the bedrock for later more refined and fast-paced tunes from following releases "Gummies" and "To Tame a Wild Cowboy." The newest single, "Missouri" is like a surge of energy and an instant crowd favorite, opening the door for the featured release: "Loser's Bracket."

Murida is guitar music that embarks on trails that thin and rise in dynamic range; digital glitches that sputter up into the smoke of an altar that’s beginning to forget. Debut record coming in 2025 produced by Mike Vernon Davis (Great Grandpa, Rat Boys). 

Keedy plays scrappy Portland guitar music beginning in 2024 with a bang. Members from plenty of other band backgrounds as is the story for most Portland bands. The dreamy but grungy debut album, The Joy of Missing Out, is full of guitar licks and vocals reminiscent of a cozy Saturday morning.