Life Unexpected is a program on the CW (Mondays, 8pm) that just so happens to take place in our fair city. In addition to all the teenage drama that unfolds, the show is loaded with references to Portland local music: Red Fang (who embedded the above video), Dirty Mittens, PDX-Pop Now!, and Horse Feathers, have all been mentioned in previous episodes. [Note to the show’s producers: If any character wants an internship at a Portland weekly paper—just like in The City—that could be arranged.]

Want to read about how Life Unexpected picks the Portland acts that they do? Head on over to End Hits for an interview with the show’s music supervisor.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=qWroyE8K2gE%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1%26rel%3D0

Ezra Ace Caraeff is the former Music Editor for the Mercury, and spent nearly a third of his life working at the paper. More importantly, he is the owner of Olive, the Mercury’s unofficial office dog....

4 replies on “<i>Life Unexpected</i> Loves Portland Music”

  1. The exterior shots and all that were shot in Portland (all in one day, too) but the actual show is shot in Vancouver, BC. Way to use our city for publicity and give all the filming jobs to a buncha hockey lovin’ Canucks. Fail.

    The least they could do is support local bands in return.

  2. They also played a Starfucker song. Or the band formerly known as. And they like name drop neighborhoods too. Not that I’m an avid fan or anything..

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