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Michael Jackson Google news stream.

It makes you wonder – YouTube trumps the major label system… creative, cheap, immediate and free = the new entertainment industry…

Here’s the line up so far for this year’s MusicFestNW

Sunny Day Real Estate – Explosions in the Sky – Girl Talk – Bad Brains – The Get Up Kids – Will Sheff (of Okkervil River) – Dirty Three – Monotonix – Mudhoney – Frightened Rabbit – The Twilight Sad -Dillinger Four – Swollen Members – [...]

The world lost a wonderfully acerbic writer this week – Steven Wells. I knew Steve back in the late 70′s as he was friends with all of us in Gang of Four and was a regular contributor to the Leeds post-punk scene. In later years he wrote for the New Musical Press [fortunately before it [...]

PDX Pop Now! will be returning to Rotture (320 SE 2nd Ave) on July 24th, 25th and 26th for the free, all-ages festival that showcases Portland’s diverse musical talent. This year’s festival will feature indoor and outdoor sets from Ah Holly Fam’ly, Animal Farm, Au, Autistic Youth, Benoit Pioulard, Breakfast Mountain, Chamber [...]

The Decemberists
Week number 9 of the Pampelmoose New Music Hour radio show on WOXY.com. This week we feature cuts from Portland bands, in fact the whole hour is dedicated to Portland’s rich music scene. You’ll hear The Decemberists, The Builders and The Butchers, Loch Lomond, Mirah, Menomena, The Thermals, Starfucker and more. The show airs [...]

Ume pics: Frank Yang
The Moose’s favorite new band, Ume, who rocked SXSW this year are now doing the same up at the NXNE festival in Toronto. Chromewaves has the story with more pictures and a bunch of free MP3s.
Check out Ume video live at SXSW here.
Ume – Pendulum

I haven’t had a ton of time lately to dig through the incoming MP3 pile but here’s a few that caught my attention. At least this will tide you over until Tuesday when I deliver an hour of Portland music for the Pampelmoose New Music Hour which includes new tracks from The Builders and The [...]