Filed under: Bands, Shows | Tags: 4/28/09, brightwood, Emsley, hawthorne theatre, Local bands, New heights, portland oregon, Sleep for sleepers
Last night I went to the Hawthorne Theatre to see my friend Tommy’s band play. His band is called Emsley, and I’ve seen them play live before, and they’re really good. Emsley played first, and they put on a great show. Sleep for sleepers played next, they’re from Los Angeles and I’ve never seen them or heard of them before. They were very good as well, kind of a soft rock sound, very mellow at times, so good. Next was New Heights, once again, never heard of them or seen them. They’re from Seattle, so I guess they are kind of a local band? I don’t know but they had the same sound as Sleep for sleepers did. Next up was Brightwood. Take the sound from all three bands and multiply it by ten. They were absolutely amazing, and I’ve never even listened to them before. In my opinion, Emsley and Brightwood were my two favorites of the night, and they’re both from Portland. It’s crazy, I never knew we had such a good local band scene.
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- Flyer for the show
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Awesome! Never heard of any of them but maybe I will check’em out.
Comment by weeklydoseofrandom April 29, 2009 @ 8:55 amSounds like fun! I have never heard of any of those bands before…..
I just listened to one of Emsley’s songs…I like their sound!
Comment by blogger199 April 29, 2009 @ 8:57 amMy friend went to this show last night! that’s funny because she was gonna make me go too. By reading this I’m kind of disappointed that I didn’t. I’m really liking the idea of your blog though, it’s awesome!
Comment by karriix April 29, 2009 @ 8:58 amahhaha hawthorne’s tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight i was wearing a striped shirt and it looked cool because of the black lights. And dude that mexican place right next to it has he best burritos hahaha
Comment by manyourcoolchris May 6, 2009 @ 4:15 pm