No Age live at MusicFestNW 08, a song and a chat from Dave Allen on Vimeo.
Here we have a chat backstage at MusicFestNW 08 with Dean and Randy aka No Age in which we discuss Wire’s Pink Flag, Dean asks about Gang of Four and I don’t reply, they both discuss Portland and vegans and [...]
Battles @ Wonder Ballroom
Del The Funky Homosapien @ The Roseland
Unidentified pal of Del The Funky Homosapien @ The Roseland
All photos ©Justin Kent.
Mogwai turned in a blistering set on Wednesday night at the Roseland to kick off this year’s MusicFestNW. Last night I caught up with No Age at the Wonder Ballroom, video of them playing and a backstage interview coming very soon.
Mogwai - Sun Smells Too Loud
The Moose is busy running around at MusicFestNW, heading over to the Nike showcase to do a video interview with No Age this afternoon. Still had time to pull down this mash up of Ratatat and Obama’s speech at the DNC mashed and delivered by J Lowe.
Obamatat - We Can Not Walk Alone (Ratatat Obama [...]
This weeks playlist was culled from a mix of local and national acts playing at this year’s MusicFestNW. The New Music Hour on Portland’s 94.7FM is dedicated to bringing listeners music, both local and national, that might not normally get on the station’s playlists.
You can listen to the whole show by clicking here - New [...]
It’s that time of year again. Once again Portland’s clubs will play host to the MusicFestNW music festival. Some of the big names this year are Vampire Weekend, TV On The Radio and M Ward along with crowd pleasers No Age and Battles plus many more. Everything kicks off tomorrow evening and once again I’ll [...]
I’m not certain that the world needs a new music site but this one looks interesting as it is user-driven. Amazon and IMDb have teamed up to bring us SoundUnwound. A quick search of ‘Gang of Four’ brings perfunctory results but here’s where the tail can wag the dog - if I become a member [...]
I came across the music blog music think tank last night and found an essay by Rhodri Marsden entitled Please Buy My Record: The Futility of Flogging Music. [Flogging is an English expression for selling.] I encourage all musicians to give it a read. Here’s an excerpt -
One thing that nearly all my bands [...]