Best of Portland Composite Chart: Explode into Colors Best Portland Band of 2009! Artist J W+C R Total 1 Explode Into Colors 6 2 .02 8.02 2 Nurses 3 2 .05 5.05 3 Bodhi 1 1 3 5 4 Housefire 0 2 2 4 Ramona Falls 3 1 0 4 6 Soft Tags 3 0 .43 4.43 7 Church (hosannas) 2 1 .03 3.03 The Gentry 3 0 .03 3.03 9 May Ling 2 1 .02 3.02 Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside 3 0 .02 3.02 The Builders and the Butchers 1 2 .02 3.02 12 Eat Skull 2 1 .01 3.01 13 Congratulations 3 0 0 3 Hornet Leg 3 0 0 3 Starry Saints 2 0 1 3 16 Dr. Helicopter 0 2.5 .07 2.57 17 Kelli Schaefer 1 1 .30 2.30 18 Mimicking Birds 2 0 .25 2.25 Very International Love 1 1 .15 2.15 20 Agents of Future 2 0 .02 2.02 21 jGreeN 1 1 .02 2.02 22 Lovers 2 0 .02 2.02 23 Kelly Blair Bauman 2 0 .01 2.01 Purple Rhinestone Eagle 2 0 .01 2.01 25 Parenthetical Girls .75 1 0 1.75 26 Chris Margolin and the Dregs 1 0 .44 1.44 27 Y La Bamba 1 0 .16 1.16 28 Larry and his Flask 1 0 .09 1.09 29 Chervona 1 0 .01 1.01 30 Dropa 0 .50 .24 0.74 31 Bombs Into You 0 .50 .08 0.58 32 Mint Chicks 0 .50 .01 0.51 Legend: "J" = Jurors vote – "W+C" = Writers vote + Open Contest Points – "R" = Readers vote Related