I had a lot of fun last night playing with Boy Eats Drum Machine at the Wonder Ballroom, my first bass outing in a while. Dat’r, The Xploding Boys and Caves were the other bands on the bill reinterpreting classic songs from The Cure and Talking Heads. Dat’r re-imagining music from Talking Heads’ Remain In [...]
Paleface: An interview and live footage from Pickathon 08 from Dave Allen on Vimeo.
The AST Dew Tour hits Portland August 22nd through the 24th. Here’s a list of athletes to watch out for. And when the day turns to night come rock out at the AST/Up The Antics After-Party. I’ll be DJing after Zia of the Dandy Warhols has done her set.
AST Portland After Party
Sponsored by Toyota
Saturday August [...]
Towards the end of David Byrne’s sleevenotes for the recent reissue of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - the album the former Talking Heads singer made with the band’s producer and mentor, Brian Eno, in 1981 - he describes the duo encountering a novel problem. The vocals on the album had been taken [...]
Brilliant! This was exactly the way I wanted to release new Gang of Four material. Of Montreal’s new album ‘Skeletal Lamping’ will be released on CD of course and as a 180 gramme double vinyl set but, even better, it can be had in MP3 format when you purchase a variety of goodies from Polyvinyl. [...]
natalie portman’s shaved head - sophisticated side ponytail from thatgo on Vimeo.
Today’s Digital Youth are already well-versed in Trust and Fame, they understand very clearly that their song, their video, is only as good as the one that went before it on YouTube unless it is awesome, catchy and fun. Seattle’s Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head [...]
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 [...]
Thursday, August 14
Night Fix and Floating World Comics present Day One of
SUPERTRASH 48-HR FILMFEST: The World Premiere of HEMPSTERS: PLANT THE SEED featuring appearances by Woody Harrelson and Willie Nelson
An entire weekend of films, indulgence and more
7 p.m. | $3 | 21 & over. More information here.
After breaking records in Feb 08 with 2000+ ticket [...]