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Spoon with Shaky Hands 2007-11-12 17:28:28
Although the band hails from Austin some members of Spoon
now call Portland their home. They will be headlining one of KNRK radio’s “December to Remember” concerts at the Crystal Ballroom on Saturday December 15th. Also on the bill are local rising stars The ShakyHands
. Tickets for the show are available here
Details:
Saturday, December 15
94/7 Alternative Portland & McMenamins present
SPOON
The Shaky Hands
8 p.m. doors, 9 p.m. show | $25 advance, $25 day of show | All ages
pocket remixes radiohead covering björk, moves to portland 2007-11-21 06:34:53
I got an email yesterday from Dave Candler who sent along the news that Richard Jankovich of the Burnside Project has remixed Radiohead’s cover of the Björk song ‘Unravel’ under his Pocket moniker. He tells Stereogum “I was feeling really inspired by all this Radiohead activity and was feeling a need to be creative,” Pocket wrote, attaching his souped up version of Thom & Co.’s subtle, spare Björk cover. There’s more of the story here at Stereogum as well as two other Pocket remix MP3s, and you can track back to the ‘Entanglement’ session from the Radiohead live web cast here at Gorilla vs Bear. Dave’s email also says that Richard aka Pocket is moving from NYC to Portland. Listen closely to the track below and you’ll hear the great woman herself.
Radiohead - Unravel [Björk cover] Pocket remix [MP3]
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Fernando, Lael Alderman Nov 30th 2007-11-19 14:14:43 Fernando
Two of the finest local songrwriters will be sharing the bill at Dante’s on Nov 30th. Fernando has re-emerged after a long hiatus and based on his PDX performance last week has not lost a step. Lael Alderman, who is poised to release a brand new solo project any minute, has also been on a bit of a tear recently. A show sure to add a little cheer to the holiday season. Details:
Friday, November 30, 2007
Live Music 9:30pm
FERNANDO–
LAEL ALDERMAN–
THE REGULATORS–
$8.00 advance TicketsWest / $8.00 at the door
horse feathers sign to kill rock stars 2007-11-24 15:25:28
So bands still do sign to labels. Portland’s very own Horse Feathers has teamed up with indie label Kill Rock Stars to release their sophomore album I presume. Portlanders can catch them when they play two shows at Holocene on December 5th and 6th.
Horse Feathers - Hardwood Pews [MP3]
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Gang of Four, new music and the PDX connection 2007-11-30 15:43:05
Buzz about the new songs-in-progress from the influential UK post-punk group Gang of Four has already leaked to the giant online pubs like Rolling Stone and Pitchfork. But what some of these sites fail to mention is that there’s a huge connection
to Portland, OR. Dave Allen, the bass player for the band, lives in Portland (and truth be told contributes content to this and other music blogs) and is an established voice in the future of the music industry. Initially posted on his blog, Pampelmoose, Allen has let the public in on the genesis of writing, recording and rehearsing potential new material for an upcoming Gang of Four release. Below are three of the latest demos plus a short video of the band in Istanbul earlier this month.
Gang of Four - “Password” (demo) [MP3]
Gang of Four - Fakin’ It (demo) [MP3]
Gang of Four - American Man (demo) [MP3]
Backstage in Istanbul video
portland’s musical minimilist, ethan rose, gets pitchfork love 2007-12-06 18:41:32
Ethan Rose has received a coveted 7.4 rating on Pitchfork for his new album. Here’s an excerpt - For three weeks I have attempted to finger the thematic underpinning of Ethan Rose’s Spinning Pieces. A collection of three pieces recorded between 2003 and 2007, each track sources a different mechanical device: music boxes on “Miniature & Sea”, player pianos on “…The Dot and the Line…”, and an automated carillon– a 100+ ton tower containing dozens of large bells– on “Singing Tower”. Each source is digitally kneaded into extended, wordless compositions.
Ethan Rose - Singing Tower [MP3]
cracker and camper van beethoven play the doug fir on new years eve 2007-12-05 18:41:55
CRACKER AND CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN JOIN FORCES ONSTAGE AS THEY CLOSE OUT 2007
After 17 Years, 8 Albums, 4 Gold Records, 21 Countries, 8 Bass Players and, more recently, a successful run through the nation’s Heartland as part of their fall Tornado Alley Tour, Cracker will be closing out the year with a string of dates with co-founder David Lowery’s first alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven. Check out a cut from Cracker below.
Cracker - Teen Angst [MP3]
lady wasteland a portland-based webisode series 2007-12-04 18:25:25
Webisode 1 of 7 is ready for online consumption.
Here’s a little blurb about what lady wasteland is about:
“Lady Wasteland is a webisode series
that tells a story rooted in the misfortune of individuals left to scour a vast wasteland in search of their own private destiny.”
The remaining 6 will be released weekly. Be careful out there in the wasteland.
download mp4 to your iphone/vid gadget
credits (not full list)
director: mark roush
creative director: brian treleaven
flash dev: josh k
a weather, feather test video 2007-12-20 11:20:25
It’s hard to describe how beautiful and atmospheric A Weather’s music is. It’s especially effective on headphones when you can feel fully submersed as the songs wash over you. They signed to Team Love and have a full length release coming in February. Check out the new video
for their song Feather Test here.
A Weather - Oh My Stars [MP3]
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eux autres deliver their new album, cold city 2007-12-17 17:07:36
Portland brother/sister team Heather and Nicholas Larimer, known to their fans as Eux Autres, released their new CD ‘Cold City’ on Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records on December 4th. There’s some good stuff over at their web site and if your French is lacking slightly let me help you with that pronunciation, it’s ooz-oh-tra. It means The Others. You’re welcome.
Eux Autres - The Deadball Era [MP3]
NW Noise show Thursday night 2007-12-12 19:12:52
Lara Michell, McKinley and Stephanie Schneiderman of Dirty Martini.
Photos: Wendy Peyton
The folks over at Northwest Noise
are presenting an evening with some popular female singer-songwriters. Portland favs Dirty Martini headline the night with up-and-comers Debra Arlyn and Jasmine Ash as support.
Thursday
, Dec 13th
Dirty Martini
with Jasmine Ash & Debra Arlyn
Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E. Burnside-Portland
Doors at 8pm * 21 & Over
You can Buy tickets here via TicketsWest or the Doug Fir box office.
Dirty Martini was in the KINK radio performance lounge a few days ago. You can listen to a podcast of the interview / acoustic performance on the KINK web site (see the left hand column). . Click to listen
a year in portland music 2007-12-11 18:55:08
Quasi, nothing new from them in ‘07 or did I miss it?
Portland’s music community has kept up the creative pace this year. It’s amazing how many of the city’s bands have kept forging ahead while every week it seems a new band appears on the creative map. In terms of new and not so new bands turning out the good stuff it has been a banner year. Menomena dropped the follow up to the acclaimed The Fun Blame Monster with the equally acclaimed Friend and Foe, Loch Lomond came back with a heightened sense of purpose and delivered the well received album Paper The Walls and in the hip-hop world, Sandpeople gave us Honest Racket. Below is a smattering of MP3s from some of the bands grabbing attention this year, and yes I know I haven’t covered everything that came out this year but these all came across my desk as it were….. As always if you like what you hear you can buy music by these folks at iTunes, Amazon or Emusic or in some cases directly from the b
a dandy warhols wedding… 2007-12-23 16:46:05
I spent the day and night of December 22nd at the Columbia Gorge Hotel in Hood River, Oregon. The occasion was the wedding
of the Dandy Warhols leader, Courtney Taylor and his sweetheart, Lockett Albritton. As you can see in the picture I took, Courtney and his male band mates were dressed in hand-tailored outfits reminiscent of 17th century French lieutenants replete with dazzling patent leather knee-high boots, while Dandys’ keyboard player Zia led us all from room to room as mistress of ceremonies. The fine Burgundy flowed by the case and kilos of lamb were consumed. There were literally hundreds of guests causing the rooms to overflow with people wherever the crowd surged. All in all it was a very fine and Dandy wedding.
Here’s a cut from one of Courtney’s favourite bands, The Black Angels - Black Grease [MP3]
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sasquatch festival 2008 tickets go on sale at noon today 2008-03-08 12:37:29 Yes it’s that time of year again and the Sasquatch Festival 2008 tickets go on sale today at noon PST. See you there. Last year I had a great time hanging out with Blitzen Trapper and doing a video interview with them.
Related Post: A crazy day out with Blitzen Trapper
the dandy warhols launch their own label 2008-03-08 12:13:11 In an interview yesterday in Billboard The Dandy Warhols say they have partnered with World’s Fair Group to launch their own label, Beat the World. A new album is expected out this year. The group was previously signed to Capitol, on which it released four studio albums. World’s Fair is basically a one-stop shop for [...]
easter egg, another fine portland discovery 2008-03-04 18:00:09 Ok, so when Nilina comes by the shop we get to talking because Nilina is full of life and crackles with enthusiasm. She loved the Nemo Design space so much she’s coming back. Anyway, we sat down and shared musical notes..I was happy to push Dubstep and in particular Burial on to her. She came [...]
kristin hersh remixed by pocket, an odd portland mash up 2008-03-03 23:37:42 Pocket aka Richard Jankovich has remixed Slippershell by Kristin Hersh and a fine job he’s done of it too. Two musicians, new to Portland, finding common ground.
Kristin Hersh - Slippershell (Pocket Mix)
stephen malkmus & the jicks play free portland show march 4th 2008-03-01 22:53:29 Stephen Malkmus has announced through his MySpace page that he and the Jicks will play for free at Portland’s Satyricon on the same day their new album ‘Real Emotional Trash’ is released.
March, 4 2008 at Satyricon - FREE SHOW
125 NW 6th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97209
Cost : FREE
You will need a wristband to get into the [...]
inside portland’s nemo design, a documentary 2008-02-27 14:27:25 Click to play.
Many people have asked “What goes on at Nemo?” or “Who works there?” ….now you can find out. Nemo the cult, the photoshoot. Next stop Vanity Fair’s cover…
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sea caves kick off free sunday night performances at ron toms 2008-02-23 13:29:38 Special performance by SEA CAVES
Rontoms - 600 E Burnside, Portland, OR 97214
Sunday, February 24 at 9:30PM
FREE!
SPECTRE is helping to get the word out about a fantastic new concert series at Rontoms on E Burnside. Each Sunday, a local band or artist will take the stage for a FREE show. It’s local, it’s free, and [...]
china forbes of pink martini releases debut album 2008-02-23 11:43:38 China Forbes, the longtime lead singer of Pink Martini, releases her debut
solo album February 26th on Heinz Records.
“On her long awaited solo album, ’78, Forbes dusts off her guitar and returns to her singer-songwriter roots. She recorded the album of strikingly personal songs in her hometown of Portland, Oregon with producer/drummer Gregg Williams (Sheryl [...]
stephen malkmus & the shins’ james mercer play buckman school benefit 2008-02-22 15:44:42 Pitchfork reports - Stephen Malkmus and Shins frontman James Mercer will perform at Portland’s Jupiter Hotel on April 11 as a benefit
for Buckman School and its Arts Focus programs. Performance artist Andrew Dickson will emcee the event, while a third, as yet unannounced music act will open.
The Buckman Bash is but one part of [...]
local photographer nilina mason-campbell at sxsw 2008 2008-03-15 15:53:11 Justice at SXSW 2008. Photo Nilina Mason-Campbell
If we all had but half the energy and the guest list grabbing ability of Nilina we’d have twice the content on the Portland blogs. Hit up her Flickr site for more SXSW photo love….
Justice - Genesis
Benefit for Basic Rights Oregon 3/16 at the Someday Lounge 2008-03-14 11:24:00 Alan Singley and the Pants Machine perfome “Highway of Our Minds”
The Someday
Lounge and Backspace Presents
A Benefit for BasicRightsOregon
featuring:
ALAN SINGLEY AND PANTS MACHINE
OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN
SWIM SWAM SWUM
THE VONNEGUTS
PALO VERDE and
GREGORY MILES HARRIS
HERE COMES A BIG BLACK CLOUD
HEY LOVER
WORLD’S GREATEST GHOSTS
SLEEPYHEAD
DIRTY MITTENS and
ALMOST NEARLY
Someday Lounge is 21+, Backspace = ALL AGES
7pm, $7-$12 [...]
a free concert for portland - you must rsvp, space is limited 2008-03-18 14:48:41 What: A night with 500+ friends - and soon-to-be-your-new friends..
Where: Nemo Design Warehouse, Belmont St, Portland, Or.
When: Saturday, March 22nd. Doors at 8:00PM, runs v. late
Price: Free with your stacks of social caché…
Drinks: Yes, 21+ only please
Who: Your 33 Black Angels, DJ Izm and Easter Egg
Why: Why not?
RSVP: yes, you must as this event is [...] Read more:limited
pampelmoose presents…..the teenagers, april 20th doug fir, win a pair of tickets…. 2008-04-04 19:10:45 Ok, here’s a first for the Moose, we’re throwing down for a band. That’s right, we’re stepping up to the plate and saying “here’s something that’s worth your hard earned bucks…” Portland readers already know that we do our bit to support local music but this is the first time (and I can safely say, [...]
the grammy’s - pdx in the mix hosted by nemo design 2008-04-07 20:54:44 Wednesday, April 23rd from 6PM - 9PM
Nemo Design 1875 SE Belmont Ave, Portland, Or, 97239
The Recording Academy (aka the Grammy’s), NW Pacific Chapter Presents: PDX In The Mix, a panel discussion with Portia Sabin (owner, Kill Rock Stars,) John Askew (Film Guerrero, Producer, Film Scorer and Music Supervisor,) Tucker Martine (Producer, The Decemberists, Sufjan Stevens, [...] Read more:design
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