Dead Confederate release their debut LP - WRECKING BALL on September 16 via TAO Records. At Sasquatch Festival this year one of my new music discoveries was these guys. I’m not a lover of the Rock Music so much as you know, but Dead Confederate grabbed me and held on so there was something there [...]
On September 6th, during Portland’s annual MusicFestNW music festival, Nemo will play host to two panel discussions presented by The Recording Academy Pacific NW Chapter, Nemo Design, The Musicians Union Local 99 and Spectre. This event is Free for MusicFestNW attendees and for Recording Academy members.
From 1PM to 4PM on Saturday September 6th there [...]
On August 15th, Chicago’s Berry play their hometown and then hit the road, or rather the train tracks, as they tour the country by train to avoid the high price of touring by van now that gas prices are still flirting around the $4.00 mark. Good idea. The band’s Paul Goodenough says the tour poses [...]
Yordan Bagnell of Typhoon and Dhani Rosa of Eskimo and Sons fame come together under the moniker Doubledutch. They’ve recorded an album due for release on August 31st entitled Gungle Dungn after the studio in which it was recorded. And in the spirit of utter and complete transparency Doubledutch explain the creative process that they [...]
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Continuing with last weeks theme of the live mashup, Jon of Boy Eats Drum Machine has finished another mix of a cut we will be performing live on Saturday August 16th at Portland’s Wonder Ballroom as part of show that’s all about reconstructing songs by the Talking Heads and The Cure. Here we present ‘PsychoBillie’ [...]
[Update: I removed the video of Byrne discussing the album as, rather annoyingly, I was unable to undo the auto-play function.] It’s been many years since Byrne and Eno released the ground breaking album ‘My Life In The Bush of Ghosts‘ an album that was an analog precursor to the sampling habits of today’s musicians. [...]
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I am really looking forward to the new album from Jolie Holland. I spent time with her last weekend at Pickathon and had a great conversation about “being in” the music industry from an artists POV. We share the same ideas of what that exactly means. Anyway, [...]
My good friend Jon Ragel of Boy Eats Drum Machine invited me to “join” his band for a show at Portland’s Wonder Ballroom on Saturday August 16th. The premise being that it is a Talking Heads and Cure cover show! Ha! But put Jon and Dave in a room and you’re not going to get [...]