Archive for July, 2007

mapclicks.com, support your locally-owned businesses

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Alert readers may have noticed the MapClicks link in the left hand column of our home page. The Moose was asked to be a featured music blog by MapClicks and we were happy to oblige. Here’s the low down from the horse’s mouth -
MapClicks was formed in 2002 to publish the Alberta Street Walking Map. [...]

boy eats drum machine private party

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

Here we go - Pampelmoose and Nemo Design are throwing a party this Saturday, July 28th to further celebrate the release of Boy Eats Drum Machine’s new CD ‘Two Ghosts’. If you live in Portland or close enough we are opening up the VIP list to you. Send an email to mailto:info@pampelmoose.com and you will [...]

gang of four, we get fans early

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

For those who might not get it this a picture of Joel and Letecia Kleinberg’s daughter, Maia, waking up from a nap with a Gang of Four backstage pass on her shirt.

pdx ripped, a mellow podcast

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Through The Sparks.
Sticking with the lazy summer vibe, although I’d rather be on a Mexican beach, I discovered some new music on Peel that is decidedly mellow. This week you’ll here new music from John Vanderslice, Through The Sparks, Iron & Wine, Boy Eats Drum Machine and an intriguing new talent from Ireland, Fionn Regan, [...]

that subliminal kid and the roots of the mashup

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Wired interviews the kid who recently was asked to put together a mix from Trojan Record’s 40 year archive of reggae tunes. It is an interesting take on the technology and history of the “dub remix”. They have been naturally doing the mashup all along….just not in the “Police meets Snow patrol” way. Read on…
Josh [...]

more boy eats drum machine live video

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

justice to tour the usa

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

Justice are not hitting Portland apparently but if you live in the cities that they are visiting we urge you to go see them. We being me and Josh K, we are big fans. Tour dates here.
Related Posts: Even more new music, This week’s MP3s for you.

the once and future prince

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

Jon Pareles writes about Prince, the free new album and how CD sales don’t matter anymore -
“I’ve got lots of money!” Prince exults in “The One U Wanna C,” a come-on from his new album, “Planet Earth” (Columbia). There’s no reason to disbelieve him. With a sponsorship deal here and an exclusive show there, worldwide [...]