don hellions
drums. organs. sex
according to our myspace we're a Total Reptilian Mind-Fuck Freak-Out
Upcoming Shows
8pm, Friday, July 24th at PDX POP NOW!
8pm, Wednesday, July 29th at Slabtownas part of the Stankhouse Records Showcase, with Here Comes a Big Black Cloud, Popitilopitilus and DMV
9pm, Thursday, July 30th at 420 SE 10th
all songs below from the 7" EP Unrequited Like
the 7" is available for purchase :: email donhellions@gmail.com for more information :: recorded at Dekum Manor and on the Stankhouse Records label
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all songs below from the self-produced album in yer underwear
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Excerpt from Our Town Could Be Your Life, Portland Mercury, July 9th, 2009
Don Hellions
It's been years since I've tortured a defenseless, undersized piece of vinyl with the same remorseless vigor I have the new Unrequited Like seven-inch by Don Hellions, subjecting it to relentless turntable rotations that will inevitably wear out its fragile little grooves. Don Hellions are Portland's princes of lounge-laced punk 'n' roll, a comet of excited desperation propelled by songwriter Chris Hoganson's organ and vocals, his brother Thomas' saxophone, and drummer Vinh Nguyen's trapkit. I spoke with Chris on the occasion of Don Hellions' release show for Unrequited Like, a terrific record that melts down the ore of Hüsker Dü, Mudhoney, Van Morrison, and Rollerball, and builds something urgently new in less than 10 minutes....read the full interview
Don Hellions
The Dekum Manor has become the focal point of a network of house shows lurking just below the murky surface of Portland music, and it only stands to reason that the residents, promoters and producers at this Northeast hovel would eventually band together to form their own specimen of iconoclastic pop. That group, Don Hellions, features an odd pairing of drums, organ and saxophone—but shows perfect comfort in a melodic style that seems to have emerged overnight. By delivering its debut album, In Yer Underwear, for free earlier this year via the pants-averse trio's website, it has shown that it has the creativity and understanding of its audience to propel itself to a year atop the basement show circuit. SHANE DANAHERThanks Shane!
wweek.com :: 10/09/2008local cut :: cut of the day
wweek.com :: 10/07/2008local cut :: photo review