Archive for the 'Portland' Category

menomena rawks benefit, unveils new cut

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Menomena Pic by Sarah Cass.
In the midst of recording a dozen or so songs for a full length disc next year, Portland’s most talented trio since Clyde Drexler, Terry Porter and Jerome Kersey made time to play a local benefit at Doug Fir Lounge on Sunday night. Along with several songs from Friend and Foe [...]

penny jam + narwhal: crisp like veggies

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

Narwhal vs. Narwhal at Cherry Sprout Produce from The Penny Jam on Vimeo
Posted by Jon Ragel of Boy Eats Drum Machine - - As an independent sort of musical anti-revolution washes over Portland, The Penny Jam seems not only determined to document The Rose City’s unique assembly of artists, they’re doing it with cinematic style [...]

obama t-shirts from nemo

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

Update - 09/20/08
When I first posted this the web site was not up and running… BarackYou.net is now up and the t-shirts are cheaper than before. Go get ‘em.
Inspiration comes from many sources, and when inspiration to design something comes from a politician that tells me that the politician is reaching people. One of Nemo’s [...]

Pampelmoose on 94.7FM new music hour again tonight

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Glass Candy’s Mr Johnny Jewel
After the wonderful week of MusicFestNW I am getting back in the swing of joining Squid at 94.7FM again tonight to play selections from the incoming promo CDs and MP3s on the New Music Hour. The show is at 8PM and I will be on air every Tuesday and Thursday. Tonight [...]

Ratatat Live at MusicFestNW Sept 08

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

Ratatat live at MusicFestNW in Portland Sept 08 from Dave Allen on Vimeo.
Shot from the back stage the video is a little dark but stay tuned because the light show enhances everything every 20 seconds or more. Ratatat played to a packed house and were amazing.

Matt and Kim rock backspace at MusicFestNW 08

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

Matt & Kim rocked Backspace on Friday night….

…smile

…and the audience lapped it up…
All pics ©Justin Kent.
Matt & Kim - No More Long Years

TV On The Radio, a strange night out

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

This is the only picture I could snap and there’s definitely no video due to the band’s overzealous tour manager, but more on that when I’ve gathered my thoughts.

Britt Daniel and Janet Weiss perform together at MusicFestNW

Friday, September 5th, 2008

In a surprise turn Quasi/Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss joined Britt Daniel of Spoon on stage at the Wonder Ballroom. Video rendering now, posted soon.