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Fleet Foxes He Doesn’t Know Why from Grandchildren on Vimeo.

Crystal Stilts
I get to check both bands out live during CMJ in NYC on October 23rd at the Force Field PR CMJ Showcase. Meanwhile Portland has to wait until November 7th when they arrive at Holocene as part of their West Coast Tour. Two doses of Velvet Underground inspired, twang and reverb inflected noise pop. [...]

First of all the interface is minimally delicious. Love the vu meter. I think his crooner list leaves out Ian Curtis, but regardless the tunes are worth a listen. I wouldn’t normally post the entire bio, but in this case the description perfectly adds to what babel is about….
“BABEL /bab’əl, bab-/ n : noisy confusion
Babel, [...]

Boing Boing posted a story about Wal-Mart ending its use of DRM wrappers on its MP3 download service and how, for its customers, there is now the inconvenience of backing up those MP3s by burning them to disc. If the files are not saved that way they will no longer be available via the Wal-Mart [...]

Click image to watch Thunderheist’s Jerk It Video.
I’ve been a Thunderheist fan ever since hearing their Suenos Dulces Mashup that included the Eurythmics’ Sweet Dreams. Then came the video for Jerk It made by That Go. And now a sublime remix of Jerk It. Check it out below.
Thunderheist - Jerk It (Nacho Lovers Remix) [Found [...]

Microfilm has moved to moose country. Check out their latest single which will be on their upcoming album available mid-November.
Microfilm - Teenage Symphonies.mp3
Welcome to Portland guys!
joshk
ps Click on the image for the youtube video by the french art collective Les Beautiful Fools.

Nick Cave Live at the Crystal. Pic Heather Hanrahan
The New Music Hour on Portland’s 94.7FM rolls along. I’m on air with resident DJ Squid every Tuesday and Thursday at 8PM. This is the show from Thursday September 25th. For more local and Northwest music you can also tune in to 94.7 Too either on your [...]

Music lovers, unite! I have long felt that music sites like Pampelmoose and other MP3 blogs are the new radio. I argued as much in an essay for the IFPI site after receiving a takedown notice of my own. Justin, the man behind Muxtape has written a passionate and intelligent post explaining his love of [...]