Steve Drizos’s new album, the amusingly-entitled i love you now leave me alone, sees the Portland singer-songwriter and producer expanding his sound with a full band, but, like its predecessor, 2021’s well-received and experimental Axiom, it’s still rooted in his love of ’90s alt-rock. “I like a record that takes me out of reality – I love folk […]
Local engineer/producer/musician and all around awesome dude Steve Drizos dropped by Sounds of PDX to share new music and some laughs!“i love you now leave me alone” – a collection of 8 songs released mid-February – is Steve’s sophomore solo album. We were treated to a couple live acoustic versions of tracks “katie” and “kick in to touch” (accompanied […]
We don’t know about you but sometimes we here at SEM find ourselves jonesing for one of those quality singer-songwriter straight up rock records that betoken those sublime days of yore bookended, for the sake of a sort of snapshot brevity, by Dylan, Tim Buckley, The Band and countless others at one end and Elliott […]
Steve Drizos has long been a quiet force in Portland’s music scene. Working mostly as a drummer for Jerry Joseph and The Jackmormons for nearly three decades, he also operates Southeast Portland recording studio The Panther with his wife Jenny Conlee, a prolific collaborator best known for being in a little band called The Decemberists.Now, […]
Exclusive track premiere of ‘katie’ by Steve Drizos, taken from the forthcoming full length album ‘i love you now leave me alone’ on Cavity Search Records, set for release mid February 2024.Portland, Oregon-based musician/engineer/producer Steve Drizos, a professional touring musician for more than twenty seven years and studio owner, who can currently be found behind […]
As a songwriter, in terms of writing for himself, you may refer to Steve Drizos as a late bloomer. Today, we get a sampling of his forthcoming album, I love you now leave me alone, with the premiere of “katie.”This is the second single from the record, the follow-up to “brooklyn 97202.” With the album due out in […]
Exclusive track premiere of “brooklyn 97202” by Steve Drizos, taken from the new album, ‘i love you now leave me alone,’ out via Cavity Search Records.Portland, Oregon-based musician/engineer/producer Steve Drizos, a professional touring musician for more than twenty seven years and studio owner, who can currently be found behind the drums for Jerry Joseph and […]
The album’s first single, “brooklyn 97202,” is about his SE Portland neighborhood. “I chose this as the first single because I really wanted to release it in the summer. It’s a summer song, as well as a good example and introduction of what the band sounds like.” “Almost everyday I walk the same route around […]
Upcoming Steve Drizos live streams!2/28/21 – Live From The Panther on my FB music page.Early show at 5:00 PSTLater show at 7:00 PST 3/15/21 – Music Millennium Anniversary Party, show is at 5:00 PST.
Axiom, by singer-songwriter, engineer and producer, Steve Drizos, who is based in Portland, Oregon, was one of the first new albums I listened to this year, when I was asked to review it for Americana UK.Drizos is the drummer for Jerry Joseph and The Jackmormons and he has his own studio, The Panther. He’s worked with artists including […]
