Article by Rachel Stumme | Photos by Cristin Norine and Richele Kuhlmann published | june 09 Chris Robley ran into the living room and announced to his parents that he wanted a guitar. He had just listened to a Paul Simon concert on the radio, and he simply had to learn to play. Remembering how quickly he had [...]

Chris Robley and the Fear of Heights - Movie Theater Haiku (a masque of backwards ballads, a picturesque burlesque) by Gary Schwind Chris Robley is a multi-instrumentalist. By which I don’t mean he plays guitars and keyboards. Don’t get me wrong. He does play guitar, keyboards (organs, synths, pianos, etc.) But he also plays bass, [...]

Chris Robley Syncing Poetry and Motion 2009-04-22 Written By: Ryan J. Prado Exiting the restroom of Northeast Portland’s Concordia Ale House, I’m approached almost instantly by an unassuming gentleman fingering through the magazine racks. I’m to meet up with the gifted Chris Robley at this designated meeting place, and I’m half-expecting a grandiose troubadour to [...]

Our Spring tour to support the release of ‘movie theatre haiku’ begins. To celebrate, we’re taking a queue from our good friends at LiveWire Radio. We’ll be holding a haiku writing contest at each show so come to the venue with your poet caps on. Be prepared to quickly write a 3-line poem (5 syllables, [...]

Chris Robley & The Fear of Heights – Movie Theatre Haiku April 9, 2009 by Lisa Town   Category: Albums (and EPs) Chris Robley & The Fear of Heights – Movie Theatre Haiku Movie Theatre Haiku marks Chris Robley & The Fear of Heights’ third album, another book in their series of heartbreak and [...]

CHRIS ROBLEY & THE FEAR OF HEIGHTS Movie Theatre Haiku CD – Cutthroat Pop There’s a point during “A Memory Lost at Sea,” which opens Chris Robley’s third effort, Movie Theatre Haiku, when you realize Robley is more than just an indie rocker with a singer/songwriter knack. It is not the judicious use of sax [...]

The Interviewist – Chris Robley by Dan on Mar.24, 2009, under Alternative, Other Website MySpace My Life in Film Festivals (haiku #1) (Click to play) A Memory Lost At Sea (Click to play) From the album “Movie Theatre Haiku” -Reproduced in their entirety with expressed permission from Cutthroat Pop Records- BUY! In all my years [...]

 M. Ward, Harry Nilsson, The Beatles Cutthroat Pop Chris Robley & The Fear of Heights: Movie Theatre Haiku Indie/Alternative 2009 Buy the CD Reviewed by Michael Fortes (mfortes@bullz-eye.com) Chris Robley represents a high ideal in rock – an artist who reaches for the new and uncertain while retaining a firm foothold in the familiar [...]

Chris Robley’s Drunken Dances and Blue Haikus by j. poet • March 23, 2009 A few years back, a critic with a hyperactive imagination called Portland, Oregon’s Chris Robley “the Stephen King of indie pop.” It’s a great sound bite, but doesn’t really do Robley or his music justice. “I liked [that blurb] and used [...]