The Portland Mercury Reviews Ozarks' S/T Debut!

"Ozarks' self-titled debut owes its aesthetic as much to Ennio Morricone and Sergio Martino as it does Brian Wilson and Harry Nilsson. To call Augspurger and producer/multi-instrumentalist Eric Lee mad scientists wouldn't be far off. At the very least they're connoisseurs and consumers of pop culture and pop music, exploring Italian cinema and dissecting Lee Hazlewood and Beatles records, among others." Read the complete review on The Portland Mercury.

"Bird on a Wire" - Hurtbird's Mic Checks and Balanc

"In junior high I was introduced to rap through a hidden box of tapes I found buried at the bus stop," he explains. "By my seventh grade year I was verbally escaping my shy self by recording raps on my boombox while mentally escaping by listening to bands like Pink Floyd. I guess that could be why mixing rock elements and hiphop never felt strange to me. It just seemed right." Read the rest of the Hurtbird interview over at the Portland Mercury