I must say one of my favorite aspects of traveling to a new city is being exposed to the local music. Portland has some not so shabby music groups that I was completely unaware of before I got here. While my best childhood friend and I were spending time together we stopped in Tender Loving Empire and perused the rows of CDs (click to watch video of store tour)by local artists. The sweet shop owner noticed we were interested in several of the bands she had displayed and offered to play each of the groups in the shops sound system. This totally sold us on all of the groups we were looking into and walked away with 3 new CDs.
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1. Loch Lomond: Little Me Will Start a Storm
Check out their album via Tender Loving Empire–>
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2. Typhoon: Hunger & Thirst
Check out their album via Tender Loving Empire–>
3. Nadine Mooney: Mouse House Worm Hole
Check out their album via Tender Loving Empire–>