I decided to walk the 3.5 miles from my hotel in midtown Manhattan down to NYU in Washington Sq where this year’s CMJ Music Conference was taking place. A small nod to environmental thinking, [one less cab ride], and another nod to the beauty of the city in fall. NYC seems cleaner when the wind [...]
Strangers Die Every Day, Live at PDX @ CMJ from Dave Allen on Vimeo.
More video from the PDX@CMJ show at the Knitting Factory during the CMJ Music Conference. Here’s Portland’s Strangers Die Every Day.
Menomena’s Brent Knopf, Solo at PDX @ CMJ Show from Dave Allen on Vimeo.
I spent a couple of hours at the PDX @ CMJ show at NYC’s Knitting Factory today with a whole bunch of cool Portland bands. Here’s Brent stepping out from his band Menomena to play a solo set. More video to follow…
It’s time to hit the road again. The SanFranMusicTech Summit is happening again on Monday Oct 20 and I am honored to have been invited back once more to participate on a Social Networking panel. The conference has attracted a formidable list of speakers. And here’s the about: “The SanFran MusicTech Summit will bring together [...]
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. [...]