Ten bands to listen to if you think the Portland music scene is about Everclear and the Decemberists:

-Elliot Smith (indie/folk)
-From Ashes Rise (punk/hardcore)
-Tragedy (hardcore/crust)
-The Physical Challenge (currently called I Quit - hardcore)
-The Dead Unknown (metal/hardcore)
-It Prevails (hardcore/melodic metalcore)
-Inked in Blood (metalcore)
-His Name Shall Breathe (folk)
-Life and Limb (hardcore)
-Defiance (street punk)

Some other fun bands from Portland(ish): Unrestrained, Believing in June, Brutal Fight, Belmont Academy, Stick to Your Guns, Deal Victoria, Countdown to Life, Six Bullets, A Decade 'Til Dawn, American Me, A Hope For Home, Broadway Calls.