Tuesday nights lineup of PDX locals Charts, Canada’s Michael Rault, and Brooklyn’s Cut Worms at the swanky Doug Fir Lounge in Portland was so good the show deserves a full write-up. The night began with Charts, a Portland band I was not previously familiar with. Music snob that I am, I was fully prepared to just drink my beer and not cover the first band at all, but from their first song I was pulled in. Their sound is a rooted in what I’d call modern indie rock, but there were some surprising bits of psych, surf, and garage all throughout. The band also seemed super excited and happy to…
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