Portland Cream Vol. 1 / Various Portland Cream Vol. 1 / Various CD

2016 release. Voodoo Doughnut Recordings presents the cream of Portland's current musical crop, produced by Old Town Music's Hank Failing. Failing, an affable tastemaker, released the prescient series of Failing Records comps between 2004 and 2010. Here he returns to the curatorial fray with 22 hand-plucked gems spanning garage rock, indie rock, Tex-Mex, metal, grunge, folk and synthpop. Rising stars such as Mo Troper, underground pop-punk acts such as Kingdom of Smoth and established indie allstars such as Eyelids all stand shoulder to shoulder on Volume 1 of what promises to be a highly anticipated annual local music comp. Featuring original artwork by Vo Mihn McBurney and surprises galore, such as the return of Morgan Grace as a member of Bitch School! Special tip of the hat for including Mike Coykendall who spent several years here at bdc.

1. Paint By Mo Troper 2. Dust on a Calf By Roselit Bone 3. Come and Go By Radiation City 4. The Lost Weekend By Sean Flinn 5. Belmonttown By Neighbor Wave 6. Broken Continue By Eyelids 7. Nobody Else By Charts 8. Desert Dream By Mondegreen 9. Silver Moon By Silver Ships 10. I Hope You'll Be Around By Calisse 11. Mirror Bird By Candace 12. Wonderful Spirit By Matt Boney Band 13. Dark Old Lonesome Road By the Early Stuff 14. Spacebaker Blues Mike Coykendall 15. Lie Here By the Prids 16. Man with X-Ray Eyes By Kingdom of Smoth 17. Found a Dime By Bitch School 18. Suicidal Propaganda By Nasalrod 19. Jungles of Photons By Volcanic Pinnacles 20. These Old Routes No Longer Lead Out By LKN 21. A Wound Outside of Time By Lord Dying 22. Samhain By Norska