Sounds from the Gulch
DC's official slogan is "a space to discover new sounds," and so far, all the "new sounds" featured on this site have been musical in some s
A space to discover new sounds
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Nathan Yoder
- Jul 21
A Pickathon Preview: Must-See Sets
Pickathon, the best fest in the Northwest, is BACK after a two-year hiatus! As I've expressed many times on this site, I am a long-time and
Nathan Yoder
- Jul 7
A Dundee Lodge Campout Music Sampler
Every year I kick off festival season celebrating Treefort in Boise, and close things out in early August just down the road at Pickathon.
Nathan Yoder
- Jun 28
Song Premiere: airport people - from morning no. 2
There are so many highlights across airport people's debut, but from morning no. 2 stands out. Is that a rain sample to open the track? A
Nathan Yoder
- Jun 20
A Chat with Mike Weis
Mike Weis is a Michiana-based sound artist, percussionist, photographer, and ecological activist. To an outsider, he seems to be juggling a
Nathan Yoder
- Jun 2
Summer 2022 Music Preview
In a couple short weeks, Portland schools will let out for a much-needed breather, and the city will embrace another season of park hangs, b
Nathan Yoder
- May 31
May 2022 Favorites
If DC has any regular readers out there, they'll know that I've been on a bit of a posting break as of late. Sure, I made that one playlist
Nathan Yoder
- May 25
May 25th
I've been sitting at home for five days now, waiting off my Covid quarantining period. Since we're not really leaving our Southeast Portlan
Nathan Yoder
- Apr 29
New Sounds 04/29/2022
We've reached the end of April, and though there is still a month or so left of the high-volume spring release season, this is going to be D
Nathan Yoder
- Apr 22
New Sounds 04/22/2022
Nine albums this week? NINE? Quite a step up from last week's lil list, for sure. I thought about cutting a few of these out for a more f
Nathan Yoder
- Apr 15
New Sounds 04/15/2022
My release calendar indicates a fairly light listening week relative to other April dates, so I've highlighted four selections today (three
Nathan Yoder
- Apr 8
New Sounds 04/08/2022
Thanks for checking out DC's "New Sounds" selections on this beautiful Friday morning. Though it's currently raining, things feel pretty br
Nathan Yoder
- Apr 1
New Sounds 04/01/2022
Welcome to another edition of DC's New Sounds - where I (Nathan) share a selection of just-released albums I'm exited to hear across the upc
Nathan Yoder
- Mar 25
New Sounds 03/25/2022
Good morning from beautiful Boise, Idaho! I wasn't totally sure if I would be able to crank out a New Sounds post this week due to my being
Nathan Yoder
- Mar 18
New Sounds 03/18/2022
Just a brief one this week, folks. Heading off on spring break shortly, and since I'll be away from home next Friday, this may be the last
Nathan Yoder
- Mar 11
New Sounds 03/11/2022
DC is back with four fresh releases for your weekend listening pleasure - some strings, a couple of water-themed recordings, and even some p
Nathan Yoder
- Mar 4
Song Premiere: Sontag Shogun x Lau Nau - Leikkikalu
Leikkikalu, the new single out just this morning, is a document dedicated to the summer these friends spent playing, creating, and dreaming
Nathan Yoder
- Mar 3
New Sounds 03/04/2022
Just as I did four weeks ago, right before the last Bandcamp Friday, I've decided to publish DC's "New Sounds" post a day early to beat the
Nathan Yoder
- Mar 1
Treefort Turns Ten - A Preview
Treefort, one of the best fests in the Northwest (gotta love a cheesy rhyme), turns ten this year! I (Nathan) attended the inaugural gather
Nathan Yoder
- Feb 26
New Sounds 02/25/2022
Coming in a day late due to this writer's last-second decision to watch Kishi Bashi perform with the Oregon Symphony on Thursday night inste