STYLE: Garage Band








call it grunge, call it rock revival; just don't call it a passing fad. the look that put portland's youth at the forefront of fashion is now and forever. just mix slouchy with skinny, plaids with prints, tomboy with girly, and chunky, colorful knits wherever you can. if you're doing it right, it should look like you just don't care. but to those in the know, its obvious you really, really do.

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Matthew Logan Vasquez

These next few pictures are of Matthew Logan Vasquez. He is the amazing voice that graces over the band we know as Delta Spirit. Just by looking at these pictures, and especially the last one, you can tell how much emotion is felt when he sings and the connection that you pick up while watching him fronting the band during live performances. The pictures do the justice. I wish you only knew.








Delta Spirit: This SoCal quintet delivered their rambunctious, southern-tinged rock music to a few thousand mildly drunk, dehydrated, and slightly sunburned listeners, which would explain why it took a few songs before the crowd really got involved. When the band kicked into their third song, "People C'mon," singer Matthew Vasquez shook everyone awake with his near-scream vocals, shouting, "All you soul-searching people, c'mon!" The crowd rose from their sun-induced sleepiness and began clapping, dancing, and crying out with him. Throughout the rest of the show, Vasquez's vocals were delivered with such conviction and intensity that I wouldn't be surprised if he was spitting up blood for a few hours after leaving the stage. -SPIN


Between the very last pic and what SPIN just described is exactly how it happened for me.