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Hipster messiah: Girl Talk leads his followers in a dance party.

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Girl Talk made it rain: confetti, toilet paper, God knows what

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Intrepid: John Chandler prepares to have his socks rocked off by Monotonix.

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Monotonix played right in the middle of the Roseland audience.

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Victory lap: Ami Shalev runs through the Roseland.

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Up close and personal.

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Define perfunctory: HR looks like he’s waiting for the bus rather than performing at a rock show.

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Sean Croghan testifies at Dante’s while leading the Rapids through a punk purification ritual.

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Hutch Harris belts out another anthem.

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Westin Glass fits into the Thermals just fine.

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Kathy Foster lets loose on the bass.

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Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside sound good outside.

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Seann Flinn (which includes just about all of Y La Bamba) performs. The Phillip Seymour Hoffman lookalike ukulele player wins best dressed at MFNW.

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The only place you can smoke inside in Portland: the Crystal Ballroom stage.

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Isaac Brock takes his rock power stance.

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Former Grandaddy guitarist Jim Fairchild has taken over guitar duties from Smiths legend Johnny Marr for the last few months.

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Isaac Brock plays his acoustic guitar like a saxophone.

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Slide Show: Memories of MusicFest

Posted Sep 24, 2009, 12:00pm

The annual relay between venues known as Musicfest Northwest came and went this weekend, leaving behind a wake of tired music fans, with some wondering if it was worth it to stay out until 2 AM to see some theater-kidcore band from Boise. (Hint: it wasn’t.) First off, audience expectations for Explosions in the Sky at the Crystal Ballroom were relatively unknown to me. Usually a concert is about dancing, looking cool, and occasionally singing along. The rock symphonies from More...

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