The Angry Orts

orts on CMJ!

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:13:46 -0500

Check it out - we're this week's Sonicbids Spotlight on CMJ! If you're here due to that awesome fact, make sure to go and like our Facebook page - you'll get all the updates about shows, new music and other exciting stuff! facebook.com/theangryorts

covers and singles and new shows, oh my!

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:43:32 -0500

great news, dudes! we just went into the studio to record a cover of Harden My Heart by Quarterflash for this really rad compilation called Let It Rain. It was put together by the fine folks at Oregon Historical Society and PDX Pop Now! in conjunction with the OHS exhibit Oregon Rocks!. It's getting released with a party on Sunday, February 19th at the Oregon Historical Society building and Kelli Schaefer, Ancient Heat and Napalm Beach will be playing! Atole will be spinning in between sets and for just $10, you get in and get the CD too! we also recorded a new song, Into Minutes, that we'll be releasing sometime soon. It's sounding prettyprettyprettygood and we're so excited to have you all hear it! finally, we've got a couple of shows lining up next month, one of which will be at PALS Clubhouse (our favorite house show venue!) with Ghost Animals (on tour from eastern Washington) and Asteroid M! last time we played a house show at PALS, sara ended up covered in mud and bruises and beer, so don't miss it! we'll be announcing a few more shows and more exciting news in the very near future. xoxoxo

Last Show of the Year

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:35:08 -0500

this will be the last show of the year and we are so excited about it! our friendos from Seattle, Tennis Pro, are coming down to help us kick 2011's ass out the door and fellow House Organ mates, HelloKopter, are making their debut at the Doug Fir. it's going to be pretty fucking awesome, so we hope to see you there. this will also be our last show for a few months. we're going to be using the next few months to finish writing songs for a new album, which we'll be going into the studio to record in the spring/summer months. we're really excited to be getting some new material into your ear holes soon!

A Couple of Announcements

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:16:41 -0400

Hey there friendos - we've got a couple of announcements to make and we thought this would be the easiest way to get them to you. First off: We wanted to let you all know that James has made the decision to part ways with the band. We want to take this moment to say that we truly appreciate all of his contributions to our music and we wish him all the best in his future endeavors and projects. However, we will still be playing all of our scheduled shows. Secondly: It is on on a much lighter note that we would like to introduce Mr. Dusty Brooks, who will be playing bass with us throughout the summer! Come on out and give him a big welcome at one of our shows! Here's what's on the docket so far: July 9: Mississippi Avenue Street Fair; main stage @ 1pm (Portland, OR) July 30: PALS Clubhouse (Portland, OR) Aug 21: Wonder Ballroom (Portland, OR) w/ 100 Monkeys, Kissing Club Aug 26: Great Pacific (Pendleton, OR) Aug 27: FlipSide Lounge (Pocatello, ID) Sept 9: Musicfest NW (Portland, OR) Thanks to all of you for all the support you've given us and continue to shower us with over the years and a big thanks to Dusty for stepping in and rocking faces with us this summer!

Orts at MusicFestNW!

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:01:51 -0400

We are VERY excited to announce that we will be playing at MFNW this year. More details will come, but to stay up to date with all the awesome shows and bands, check out the website here!!! Can't wait to melt faces and brainz!

PDX Pop Now! 2011

Wed, 18 May 2011 15:04:04 -0400

Hey friendos - awesome news! Our new song, The Trend, will be making its official debut on the PDX Pop Now! 2011 compilation!!! We're super honored and excited to be included alongside the likes of the Jared Mees and the Grown Children, The Minders, The Ascetic Junkies, Living Proof and all the rest of the talented bands on the comp. My Old Kentucky Blog gives you a sneak peak at the comp with a stream of The Trend on their website and here's a little of what they have to say: "Joining such past PDX Pop Now! Compilation CD and festival notables as The Decemberists, M. Ward, Sleater-Kinney and The Shins, is The Angry Orts. With their feverish, hook-heavy beat, cracker-jack drumming and a biting vocal evocative of the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Karen O, these feisty Portland whippersnappers dig in and don’t let go. Nor would you want them to." Check out the rest of the article here: My Old Kentucky Blog

Monterey County Weekly Review

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:31:26 -0400

Monterey County Weekly published a lovely review/preview for our show at Jose's Underground Lounge on Tuesday, April 5th: On Tuesday, The Angry Orts will pick up where General Bye Bye leaves off. Singer Sara Hernandez and her drummer husband, Matthew, have an indie-rock matrimony that echoes Yo La Tengo’s Georgia Hubley and Ira Kaplan: They found a common ground in music and expanded on their relationship from there.   “He keeps me sane; we get along super well and are able to talk about any issues the band is having,” Sara says. “The other two guys in the band were a little skeptical when we first met, but they’re really cool with it now.”  Fueled by the voice of Hernandez – an apparent kindred spirit of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O – the foursome placed second in the Best of Portland’s Emerging Artists in 2010.  “We R Electric,” the opening track on the Orts most recent, self-titled LP, is a festive, hook-heavy anthem that pulls threads from both ’90s alt-rock and ’80s new wave. But the key ingredient that keeps you listening over and over again is the complex rhythm led by guitar and percussion.  The final track on the album, “Kiite Kurikaeshite,” is a testament to the quartet’s work ethic and may be a foreshadowing of where they will take their music next.   The title, which means, “Please listen and repeat” in Japanese, came to bassist James Puryear when he was taking Japanese lessons. The phrase became an ideal reoccurring theme for the song, which took the band nearly six months to complete. The result is a sweeping and sentimental acoustic ballad that sounds like Neko Case touched it.   “It’s different from anything else we’ve done,” Hernandez says. “It was a labor of love and very personal to me.”   Check out the original article here!

Sara's Lemon Basil Currant Cookies

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:02:42 -0500

Want to impress your friends with your mad kitchen skills and your ability to pair unusual but delicious ingredients? Make these (super easy) cookies: 1/4 cup melted butter 8 oz cream cheese, softened 1 egg yolk lemon zest 1 tbs lemon juice 1 package lemon cake mix (I prefer Betty Crocker – it’s not as sweet as others) 1-2 tbs basil, finely chopped dried currants Preheat oven to 350 degrees Cream the butter, cheese, yolk, zest and juice (I use the highest setting on my KitchenAid mixer and the whisk attachment). Once the mixture is light and fluffy (similar looking to homemade whipped cream or icing), slowly add cake mix 1/3 at a time. Hand mix the last 3rd, as to keep dough light and fluffy. I find it easiest to remove the dough from my KitchenAid bowel and knead in the last 3rd by hand, like bread dough. Once dough is completely mixed, add basil and currants (I usually put the dough back into the mixer and do this with the whisk attachment). Grease your cookie pan and drop small, teaspoon-sized dollops onto the pan. Cook for 15-18 minutes or until cookies are very lightly browned on top. Remove from oven and allow cookies to cool. Now go out and awe your friends with those delicious cookies, damnit.

Boy Meets Music: 'Human embodiment of 'Hell Yes!'

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:47:25 -0500

Read it at the site: Boy Meets Music Loves Us

2nd in Deli's Portland Emerging Artist 2010!!!

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 10:22:52 -0500

Check it out - we came in 2nd as Portland's Emerging Artist of 2010 poll on the Deli! The poll taps music writers, jurors chosen from the local scene and fans! We feel as shiny as a unicorn basking in the glow of a rainbow! Read all about it HERE!

Redefine Mags 90 Notable Album Covers of 2010

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:20:24 -0500

Check it yo: we placed #20 in Redefine Magazine's 90 Notable Album Covers of 2010!!! How cool is that?!? We beat mutherfucking Yeasayer AND Les Savy Fav! And we don't even have label money to pay some over-charging artsy mutherfucker to come up with some "concept" that "expresses our music in a visual medium". All we could do was scrape up a modest amount of money and then beg the coolest artist we knew to make us a kick-ass cover. (Alas, Kanye West still kicked our ass, but he's crazy and we don't fuck with crazy.) Check out the whole list here: 90 Notable Album Covers of 2010 Also, since we really didn't do anything other than say "OOOOOOH... PRETTY", I turn your attention to our excellent and amazing artist, Miss Amanda James: This art will melt your brainz Thanks so much to Amanda, without whom we would have had an album cover that we made in Paint... and not in a cool way.

JanSport Battle of the Bands!!!

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:58:38 -0500

WHOA! (and that IS a Joey "WHOA!"): We just found out we were handpicked to be one of the top 50 Semi-Finalists for JanSports Battle of the Bands!!! You can help to get/keep us in the top 10 and have a chance to play at JanSports SXSW showcase by voting here: http://www.jansport.sonicbids.com. You can vote once every day until December 20th and if we are in the top ten when voting ends, we'll have an awesome chance at playing the JanSport showcase at SXSW, which would totally melt faces! We will love you forever if you vote, and that IS a threat. smoochie hearts and hearty smoochies. UPDATE: December 1st: We're currently doing battle with The Ultrasounds to stay in the top spot on the board. Keep on rocking the vote and we'll be able to keep our #1 spot! We love you all! December 10th: Still holding strong on the leaderboard! Keep it going, everybody! December 20th: Today is the last day to vote in the battle - make it count, babies! Thanks for keeping us in the top 4 for the majority of the contest - we loves you long time.

Pillow Talker - Reveal Thyself!

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:39:15 -0400

Last night, we got this email: "Please come to the other side of the country some time so I can see you play. You are easily one of my favorite bands of all time and fall in a class all your own. Your voice is absolutely unbelievable. I listen to your songs constantly and have to say thank you for existing. The whole band is phenomenal." Our little hearts swooned and then fell into a deep depression when we realized we didn't even know who it was that wished to court us. Reveal thyself, sweet pillow talker and set our hearts a-flutter once more!

Back from Tour!!!

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:29:17 -0400

Whew! Tour was so amazing and exhausting and crazy and fun - so sad to be home and so glad to be home at the same time! Thanks to everyone who came out to support us (both knowingly and unknowingly) and to all of the bands and venues who were so hospitable and sweet the entire time, even though we were sometimes smelly. Special people thanks goes to: The Klamath Falls Hernandez family for graciously putting us up for our first night of tour and feeding us a delicious breakfast before helping us fix the van's gas line. Emily Coleman for the wonderful Sunday spent wine-tasting and eating cheese and having an all around lovely time in Philo. We are so glad we met you and that you actually wanted to be our friend. We didn't ever want to leave/we wanted to pack you in our suitcase. Alicia and Daniel for coming out to the show at the Ruby Room and for convincing people to come along with you to s show for a band they've never heard of and for buying us all shots at the end of the night! The Los Angeles Hernandez Family for braving the traffic of LA and the phosphoric acid smell of TRiP just to see us rock for 35 minutes - you guys are the best. Nanette and Tom in Chico, who fed us a delicious dinner and put us up for our last night of tour - and even let us swim in the pool in the morning. Love you! Sara's parents, who drove all the way from Portland to Chico just to be at our last show - you guys are total dorks, but we love you anyway. Special venue thanks go to: The Caspar Inn for putting us up and feeding us delish dinners two nights in a row. The Crepe Place for an amazing dinner (one that had Aaron go into a 'crepe-coma' in the back of our van), unbelievable drink tickets and a show that totally blew our brains out. The Ruby Room for the delicious and much needed tequila shots when we wandered in, haggard and smelly, from the streets of San Diego. You made our day We can't wait to get back on the road and will be keeping you all up to date on the tour we're planning for the spring time (hello SXSW!!!) and on all of the shows we have scheduled in between! We feel so lucky that we're able to go on tour and see so many awesome places and people - hopefully we'll be able to do it more and more often in the future! Love always and forever, the angry orts

WEST COAST TOUR!

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:13:10 -0400

Greetings Orts Fans! This coming weekend marks the beginning of our October rumble through California. He-Van's all purdied up and ready to roar and we're ready to pile in and rock faces all over the Golden State. If you live near any of these cities, please come see us and say “HI!”. Also, please send a message to any of your friends, family, mild acquaintances, or enemies who live in Arnoldlandtopia and tell them how much fun they’ll have listening to the golden tunes of The Angry Orts live! Here is our schedule: Friday, October 1st: Klamath Falls, OR - The Contemporary Arts Kitchen ALL AGES $5 Saturday, October 2nd: Caspar, CA - The Caspar Inn 21+ $5 Sunday, October 3rd: Caspar, CA - The Caspar Inn 21+ $5 Tuesday, October 5th: San Jose, CA - Streetlight Records (early show - 5:00pm) ALL AGES FREE! Tuesday, October 5th: San Francisco, CA - Grant and Green 21+ $5 Wednesday, October 6th: Santa Cruz, CA - Streetlight Records (early show - 4:00pm) ALL AGES FREE Wednesday, October 6th: Santa Cruz, CA - The Crepe Place 21+ $8 Thursday, October 7th: San Diego, CA - The Ruby Room 21+ $5 Friday, October 8th: Santa Monica, CA - TRiP 21+ $6 Saturday, October 9th: Chico, CA - Towne Lounge 21+ $5 And to our dear, sweet, loverly Portland friends: don’t worry, you won’t have to chase our van thousands of miles to get your Ort fix. We’ll be book-ending our tour with two great shows in our fair city: Wednesday, September 29th at Holocene: ACLU’s “Uncensored” Celebration, with the Lifesavas and DJ Anjali and Friday, October 15th at the Doug Fir: The Ascetic Junkies CD release party with Jared Mees and the Grown Children, and we: the angry orts Thanks for reading and forwarding this message to all your pals. We can’t wait to see all of your pretty little faces very soon! Happy Autumn! your friends, the angry orts

Get Yours!

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:26:34 -0400

Hey friendos! We’ve got some grrrrr-eat news: you can now get a copy of our brand-spankin-new album on the interwebs! Just visit CDBaby, I-tunes or Amazon and you too can own this sparkly little gem! Hooray!!! PORTLAND DWELLER BONUS: And if you happen to reside in the fair city of Portland, OR, you can also purchase it at the best little record shop in town – Music Millennium! A big thanks to Terry and the crew for housing our little beauties and for having us in to the store to play last Wednesday! Right now, we’re gearing up for our (mostly)California tour, which we’ll be kicking off with a show at Holocene for the ACLUs Uncensored Celebration on September 29th. We’ll be opening the show and followed by DJ Anjali and Lifesavas!!!!! Can't wait to see all your little tan faces down in California - we'll still be pale as ever! Hope ya’ll have a sparklin’ week! Love, Sara

COMING SOON!!!

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:37:31 -0400

Wondering where you can score our sick awesome merch when your brains aren't being rattled into oblivion at one of our shows? We're proud to say that VERY SOON you'll be able to get them here! Yes - right here on the skynets! You'll be able to purchase so many pretty things to be delivered to your door all while still enjoying the comfort of sitting on your ass in your tightie whities while letting your cereal milk drool down your chin and back into your bowl of Cap'n Crunch (you and the Capn, makin it happen). We're creating an online store where you'll be able to purchase CDs, t-shirts, earrings, koozies, pins and any other rad items we dream up in our technicolor night terrors. Have suggestions for other things Ort you'd like to see in the store? Hit up our CONTACT section and send us a little LoveMail. In addition to suggestions, we also enjoy pictures of boobies. But only girl boobies. Sorry dudes. In addition to all of that awesome: Right now, you can download last summer's summer single Summer Haircut (can you tell we miss summer? damn you, Portland.) and hand-crafted ringtones for ALL of the songs from our new album for FREE in our DOWNLOADS section! Assign VDP to that creeper that demanded you give him your number and you'll never accidentally pick up the phone again - just let it ring through and get your creep rock on. Or get the heads up that your new bootycall is on the line whenever you hear Mustache Ride rocking your pocket. Just don't let your girlfriend find out that it's not assigned to her. ALSO IN DOWNLOAD NEWS: In the very near future, we'll be posting a NEW! SWEET! FREE! little single in our Downloads section, sure to make your sweetie swoon, along with kickass ringtones for all of the songs from our first album. Now go out there and get it on. And that's an order!

OUR MIND GRAPES HAVE BEEN BLOWN

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:53:33 -0400

OHHHMYYYGAWWWWD! Saturday's album release party was so unbelievably incredible we're still not sure it actually happened!!!! We just want to say thank you to everyone who came out and danced and sang even though it was about a trillion degrees and everyone was a sweaty mess (including us)!!! You all made our little hearts explode into a million pieces! We'd also like to thank: Molly and Christine for being the best backup singers/tambourine players/hip shakers we could ask for - you're both amazing and talented and beautiful and we love you so so much!!! The Nucular Aminals and The Ascetic Junkies for playing the show - you guys rocked faces! Harley Cowan for rocking the merch table like a champ! Skyler Norwood of Miracle Lake Studios for helping us to record an amazing album that we are so proud of! Amanda James for the beautiful and amazing artwork on the album! Ryan Foster of Freq Mastering for sprinkling that magic fairy dust all over the album to make it sound so sparkly and lovely. The Doug Fir for hosting our release party - everyone we were involved with in the prep for the show was incredibly nice and just all around wonderful. And last but not least, our awesome manager, Tim Cowan, for all the hard work he's done for us and for all of the opportunities he's presented (and continues to present) us with! Here's to more amazing shows and songs and friendships in the future!!! We love you guys!!!

staires! makes us wanna invite him to our room

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:50:04 -0400

read the review here: Staires! Album Review

a lovin spoonful from the Portland Mercury

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:03:56 -0400

Read it at the their website: Portland Mercury Album Review

willamette week gives us some sugar

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:35:31 -0400

You can also read it on their website: Willamette Week Album Review

Mix Six from Popdose!

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:19:02 -0400

Check it yo! bodyblood is featured on this week's Mix Six from Popdose!!! Plus another track that will blow your brains: City Morgue by Kelli Schaefer. Effing rad!!!

bloggers love us!

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:27:55 -0400

Check out the PDXPopNow review and Bodyblood comments at the LA based music blog Staires. It has a link to stream the song Bodyblood and a link to CDBaby to buy the compilation. (Which is entirely full of rad songs, BTW. And double BTW: go to the PDX Pop Now Festival itself next weekend. It's chock full of top notch bands who just happen to be local residents and besides that, the whole thing is 100% gol dern FREE!)

Local Cut's Gots What Ya Need!

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:37:55 -0400

Get a sneak peek at two tracks from our upcoming album! http://blogs.wweek.com/music/2010/07/14/leak-the-angry-orts-kiite-kurikaeshite-self-titled-self-release

you just got yr face rocked

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:21:05 -0400

Holy Shit! Mississippi Ave Street Fair was aaaaaaaaaaaaaawesome! It was hotter than a mother and everyone still danced! Thanks to all the people who stood out in the crazy-hot sun and to Mississippi Studios for hosting us! We're playing a surprise show this Tuesday at the Roseland Grill with Hypernova, so come on out and get rocked again! Tickets are regularly $10, but we have some FREE TICKETS to give away, so send us an email and we can get some to ya before the show! Show starts at 8, Hypernova's on at 9 and we're on at 10!!! See you there!

New Website!

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:30:54 -0400

And you are seeing it--right now! Also, get ready to party at the Mississippi Street Fair this Saturday. It's the biggest street fair in all of Portland, all year. Last year 30,000 people showed up. That's like all of Klamath Falls (holla!) on a few blocks of one street at one time. It's going to be fun times, guaranteed. In fact, if you don't have fun at the MASF (miss. av. st. fair) I'll give you all your money back. (Ha, it's free, sucka!) Don't forget the sunscreen, and we'll see you at 3:30 Saturday.

MASTERED!

Wed, 19 May 2010 22:17:44 -0400

OK, so I just spent a grueling/pleasurable seven hours mastering the upcoming album with Portland mastering guru Ryan Foster at FREQ mastering studios. I am glad to report the album will undoubtedly melt your face off, and leaving you (in all probability) permanently crippled. Before leaving the studio I immediately downed two shots of Johnny Walker to celebrate and destroyed a small pinata. I was so tuckered out from the experience I had to run home and hold my chihuahua Ricardo "Pepe" Montalban. Much love to the Ort fans -Aaron

PDX Pop Now!

Tue, 04 May 2010 18:28:46 -0400

SUPER RAD ANNOUNCEMENT, YO!: bodyblood, a track off of our new album (due out on August 14), is going to be on the 2010 PDX Pop Now! compilation (sitting so pretty at lucky number 13)! To add some whipped cream and sprinkles to that banana split of awesome, we're also going to be playing the CD release show for the compilation, along with Deelay Ceelay, The Great Mundane and Tope! The show is on June 3rd at Holocene and cover is $10. Not only do you get a copy of the comp and get to shake your ass to some sweet Ptown sounds, but you can also feel great about supporting this incredible organization!

Eat Yr Heart Out

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:21:05 -0400

Sara's competing in a band bake-off throwdown this Thursday at Holocene!!! Check it, yo: DATE: Thursday 8 April TIME: 8pm COST: $3.00 day of show Holocene presents... EAT YR HEART OUT: A Culinary Music Festival Featuring live music by St. Frankie Lee Wampire A Food-themed DJ set by DJ Brokenwindow (Community Library) A live cooking demonstration by Guidance Counselor A screening of Brennan Novak's Cooking with... videos A poutine eating challenge, sponsored by Potato Champion Plus a bake-off by your favorite local bands, judged by Typhoon As Portland garners national and international praise for its vibrant music scene, it's also gaining an equally great reputation for its foodie sensibility. We are serious about great food. We love it. We live for it. Snacking, and snacking well, is a lifestyle in this town. We at Holocene are letting Portland's two favorite things, great food and great tunes, collide for an evening....and we expect delectable results! The tunes will be provided by synth poppers Wampire and utterly cuddly folk rockers St. Frankie Lee. DJ Brokenwindow of Community Library will be playing a set of 100% food-themed songs to set the mood for snacking. Come watch a live demo on making delicious vegan enchiladas by Guidance Counselor! Sign up with a partner for the DoubleDare-style poutine eating challenge, sponsored by that most beloved fry cart, Potato Champion! Experience cookies baked by your favorite local bands (The Angry Orts, White Fang, Breakfast Mountain, Reverse Dotty, Ocean Age, Blue Horns, DJs New Moon Poncho, Fleshtone, St. Frankie Lee and more), and see which cookie takes the prize....the epic panel of judges will be none other than your favorite orchestral pop ensemble: Typhoon! Throw in a screening of Brennan Novak/Potlach Presents' delightful song-and-a-recipe video series "Cooking with...", which will include the premiere of the Typhoon and Y La Bamba episodes, and you've got a most enthralling evening.

Media Exposure - A Concert For Open Government

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:25:59 -0400

Organized by the Society of Professional Journalists, the event is, in the words of board member Christian Gaston, "an effort to train journalists to do investigative and government accountability efforts." So stick it to the man, man! Come mingle, drink and shake your ass for transparency in government!

Studio!

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:29:49 -0500

So we're back at it recording again! We're working on all the stuff it takes to put together an indie album: tracking down artists, arranging for packaging, recording, writing, mixing, mastering blah blah blah... Right now it looks like we'll have the album out around August this year, hooray! Sara and Aaron are in the middle of a week long guitar and vocals stint (James and Matt banged it out in two days...), and when they're done we hope to get just a little taste out for all you excited peoples out there...

New Videos

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:40:54 -0500

Hey everybody! We've got new videos posted on YouTube from the show on Sunday at rontoms! You can check the rest of them out at: youtube.com

Great Show!

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:08:16 -0500

Last night was a really great show! We played with Worlds Greatest Ghosts, one of our very favorite bands! The turnout was awesome, we were pumped to see all you there representing on a rainy Sunday! Potlatch Presents and JQ Photography were filming the whole thing, and Rontoms recorded the night as well, so hopefully we can have some really good live footage of us posted in the near future!!

And We're Back in the Game!

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:50:48 -0500

Check out our lovely engineer: Skyler "The Hitmaker" Norwood. Aw, shucks, ain’t he dreamy? ON THAT NOTE: We’ve got some SUPER RAD NEWS, friendos! Last night, we scheduled all of our recording dates! That’s right – we’re heading back into the studio to record our second full-length album - OMG! Our first day of recording is January 30th, and we’re on schedule to finish up in the studio in mid March. We’ll be recording at Miracle Lake Studios with Skyler Norwood (the same engineer/studio we recorded with on our first album, The Purple Rhino Squad versus The Blue Whale Super Heavy Assault Troops). We are sooooo excited to be so close to getting all of our new songs out to you! No word on the release date or the album name yet, but we’ll be working diligently to getting this information out to you as soon as possible.

Show on Saturday!

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:23:22 -0500

get your dance on!

GRRRRRRZ! (Thieves are Jerks)

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:34:34 -0500

We've got some news that makes us want to beat somebody up - hence the GRRRRRRZ. This weekend, while we were in the process of moving to a new home, our old house was broken into (by total jerks) and some of our gear was stolen (both PA speakers, both mixers, 2 guitars, and various mics/cables). We called the cops (they even sent a fingerprinter!) but it looks like the possibility of getting our gear back is pretty slim. LUCKILY, all of the gear was insured, so we'll be getting new stuff here pretty quickly, even though we have to pay a big old deductible (THANKS AGAIN, DIRTY THIEVES!). And even MORE LUCKILY, all of the gear we regularly use for shows was already at our new home, so we're still going to MELT FACES on January 9th at Backspace. Even though we're going to get our gear replaced, everyone we walk by now looks like they might be the dirty thief who took our gear (even the little old ladies with eyeglasses and canes!) and we don't like it! This is terrible! The moral of the story: Don't steal from us or we will cry big salty tears of sadness (and then we will proceed to break your kneecaps as those tears are drying). Love always, the angry orts

Holla!-day CD Sale

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:07:09 -0500

Want to give your favorite people the gift of awesome this (insert your own favorite quasi-religious holiday here)?!? Well then head on over to CD Baby and pick up The Purple Rhino Squad versus The Blue Whale Super Heavy Assault Troops for just $5!!! According to Bitch Magazine, we're "scorching" and "mesmerizing", so just be sure to warn your loved ones that they might get all hot and bothered. Happy Holidays! $5 sale will end on December 25th Love, Ortsies

Indie's Top Ten!

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:05:21 -0500

Check out Mike Cameo's Indie's Top 10! Avoiding My Eyes is on the latest edition of the Pop Top 10, so download it from the website or I-Tunes and play it for your frenemies, office mates, kids or pets (and yes, Beth, your beloved collection of dead beetles in the freezer can count as pets). www.indiestop10.com Just two corrections to the info on the podcast: One: It's The Purple Rhino Squad versus The Blue Whale Super Heavy Assault Troops (not Purple Rain Squad... Prince may be a sex machine, but some Purple Rain just isnt as badass as an angry, charging Purple Rhino) Two: We ARE going to be hitting the studio again, but it won't be to record Summer Haircut (that track is already available FOR FREE AT OUR WEBSITE so head on over and get your sunshine on). We are heading into the studio to begin recording tracks for our upcoming album! Finally: if you'd like to become part of our super-wow-awesome email list (you'll be the first to get news about show and tour dates, the new album, any fun free downloads) send your name and email address to info@theangryorts.com with "Mailing List" in the subject line. And thanks to all the folks out there rocking socks to the orts! Heart, SaraSaraBoBaraBananaBanaMoMerraFeeFiFoFera...Sara!

Totally Bitchin!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:04:57 -0500

Pick up the latest issue of Bitch magazine and check out Jim Burlingame's review of The Purple Rhino Squad versus The Blue Whale Super Heavy Assault Troops! Or just keep reading, cause we totally posted it below. Excerpt from Bitch Magazine: 'With a name that demands you grab a dictionary and an album that sounds like a Mad Libs fragment, Portland, Oregon's The Angry Orts shape your first impression with a feint, a false expectation of liberal-arts playfulness. And then they disabuse you of this notion with the scorching, Sleater-Kinney-esque "Avoiding My Eyes". Indeed, the band has an uncanny ability to cobble together disparate but familiar sounds into a seamless whole. It's a group effort, finding the door out of a house of pigeonholes, but the key that opens it is singer Sara Hernandez's chameleonlike voice. Sure, on their full-length debut, bassist James Puryear and drummer Matthew Hernandez comport themselves admirably, thumping out the rhythm on Blink-182-style numbers and keeping it subtle on quiet ones, and guitarist Aaron Ettlin switches nimbly between Jack-White-flavored freakouts and slowcore atmospherics. But the way Hernandez channels Concrete Blonde's Johnette Napolitano on one song ("Granville Island") and Belle and Sebastian-era Isobel Campbell on the next ("Vyvyan"), wielding a panoply of deja ecoute weapons, is simply astounding. Lyrically, The Angry Orts do hew close to the double-yellow cliche/redundancy line ("The leaves are changing again/So I will be leaving my friend" is followed, two tracks later, by the title "Leaving"), but you hardly notice details like these when the sounds they concoct elsewhere are so mesmerizing. - Jim Burlingame LISTEN TO WHEN: You're feeling both nostalgic and cutting edge.' Shout out to Mr. Burlingame for the review - hopefully we'll have another album to send your way soon!

Deer or the Doe

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:29:28 -0500

I caught Deer or the Doe playing at the Swim Swam Swum CD release and was particularly impressed with this song, so I thought I'd share it with you all.

I Love What You Love

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:32:05 -0500

Summer Haircut For Free!

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:36:03 -0400

Summer Haircut is up! Download it for free and recall the days of sunshine and summer drinks. Don't worry, mulled wine is just as good as a margarita, just in a different way.

House show Saturday!

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:23:04 -0400

Big party! 3821 SW Plum Street, in Portland. 10/10/09. 8:00. We've got a song for you that's so new it doesn't even have a title and we'll probably screw it up. Regardless, it'll be the most rockin'est ort song we've made in a while. You should come out, have yourself a beer from one of the kegs, and enjoy some chit chat. See you there.

twit twat tweet

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:25:28 -0400

We be twattin' fools if anybody cares. www.twitter.com/angryorts

RSS!

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:31:27 -0400

Just finished making our sweet blog extra sweetly RSS compliant. Anyone nerdy enough to know what that means can find our feed at http://www.theangryorts.com/includes/ort.xml Stick that in your aggregator and stay up to date with whatever it is we think is important (probably ourselves) or just check the website. Anyone know how you get that little orange RSS thing to show up in the address bar?

1st Music Video

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:13:00 -0700

Last week we attempted our first music video for Steel My Heart. Maddie Ettlin helped film and Sara edited it together in a couple days. Check it out!

Summer Haircut

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:11:42 -0700

So, over the last month or so, we've been recording a song in our basement "studio" (aka blankets draped over coats racks and doors) and we've finally finished it! right now, aaron's working on mixing it, and then we're going to get it mastered! AND THEN!!!!: you'll be able to download it from our website for FREE! Oh yeah, did I mention our super sweet new website layout? james worked his until his brain bled and the sun came up and then out popped our new pretty baby website - awww, how cute. soon, we'll have ringtones available, not to mention a ton of other rad stuff to download! hurray!