Indie Music

Hockey You’ve probably heard: Portland rocks. But don’t take our word for it, come see — and hear — for yourself. Created in partnership with IndieMusicPortland.com, our exclusive CD — Stumptown Rock, Vol. 1 — is yours when you check in at a participating hotel near Portland’s hip music venues.

Official Indie Music Hotel Partners:

The Ace Hotel

“Pure rock ’n’ roll bohemia.” – Wallpaper*, June/July 2007
“The country’s most original new hotel.” – New York Times Style Magazine, March 25, 2007
1022 S.W. Stark St., Portland. Map it.

Why it rocks: You’ll find hand-painted murals in every room and record players in the suites; as the front desk, you can borrow vintage vinyl or buy guitar strings or bike-repair kits; myriad clubs and bars are within stumbling distance; and the hotel played a role in Gus Van Sant’s Drugstore Cowboy.

Check availability and book any available rate. When you check in, ask for your copy of the Stumptown Rocks CD.

INDIEMUSICPORTLAND.COM

IndieMusicPortland.com is a blog dedicated to bringing visitors to Portland an insight into what makes this city hop at night and, quite often, all weekend. This blog is an offshoot of Pampelmoose, a Portland-based blog run by bassist Dave Allen, formerly of Gang of Four.

STUMPTOWN ROCK, VOL. 1

Featured artists:
Another Cynthia
Au
Blitzen Trapper
Boy Eats Drum Machine
Faux-Hoax
Hockey
Nick Jaina
Loch Lomond
Mount Analog
Panther
Run On Sentence
Squall

About the album

“When I was asked to make a compilation of 12 local bands the task before me was both easy and terribly frustrating. Easy because there are many bands to choose from and frustrating because there are only 12 slots on the CD. I tried, and hopefully succeeded, to include a broad swath of music from Portland's indie music scene — pop rock from Blitzen Trapper and Another Cynthia; hard-edged rock/electronic from Hockey and Faux Hoax; folk, American and neo-folk from Au, Loch Lomond, Nick Jaina and Run On Sentence; and analog/electronic sampled beats from Squall, Mount Analog, Boy Eats Drum Machine and Panther.

It's a small but tasty bite of what Portland has to offer.”