This week’s podcast feels a little more rocking than usual. Portland’s Boy Eats Drum Machine and, in a slight diversion from the norm, Eugene’s The Ovulators, are two stand out bands for me. And The High Violets, who I’d sort of dismissed as too shoegazer for my tastes have a really strong cut, Love is [...]

Texan singer-songwriter Jayson Bales releases his latest CD on Pampelmoose in November. It’s already garnering great reviews. Check out this one from Texas Gigs. If you’re into Americana and roots music then this album’s for you. You can buy it here.

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Online virtual worlds were once a place for geeks, gamers and nerds to find safe haven away from the real world, but according to the New York Times, “the budding fake world [second life] is not only attracting a lot more people, it is taking on a real world twist: big business interests are intruding [...]

Rashied Ali, the vigorously creative drummer who served as foil on Coltrane’s “Interstellar Space,” which “The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD” calls Coltrane’s “final masterpiece” constituting “a search for the time beyond time, an uncountable pulse which would represent a pure musical experience not chopped into bars and choruses.” A reputation as a free-jazz [...]

Although there is clearly no shortage of music in PDX I wanted to throw the doors open to one and all to join in the fun and get a track in the weekly Pampelmoose Podcast. Physical goods can be mailed to the address at the top of the home page and the MP3 variety can [...]

Ever since I met Jenny Lewis in the dungeon of a dressing room at the now defunct Blackbird up on Sandy, the night she performed with The Postal Service, I’ve had a soft spot for her. The more time I spend with her album the more I’m reminded that women are taking over my iTunes [...]

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I’m mixing it up a little bit this week. You’ll hear the usual fine brand of alt-rock from Wet Confetti and Viva Voce. Then some pickin’ from local bluegrass outfit Foghorn String Band, followed by the blues from Mark Lemhouse and a sublime Elliott Smith cover by McKinley and Dan Balmer.
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Apparently the shiny new cars that will be suspended over the Lair Hill district of Portland connecting OHSU with the new Waterfront development are on their way by ship from Rotterdam. More info at the Ariel Tram web site.

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