I wrote last week on how Portland radio station 94.7FM is including an hour of each weeknight dedicated to new music - that means music that doesn’t normally hit the 94.7 playlists. It includes music from local Portland and Northwest artists, songs from upcoming new releases from national acts, music from underground indie artists as [...]
New Music Hour from 94.7 and a locals-only HD channel
I was chatting with 94.7FM Program Director, Mark Hamilton, the other day about FM radio and how it used to be the place for everyone to discover new music. It’s no exaggeration to say that today music fans have many ways to hear the latest and [...]
The UK’s Independent newspaper asks the question. It’s too long of an article to summarize efficiently so I encourage you to read it here and then discuss.
Also I’ll send a free Gang of Four 7″ single with a Shepard Fairey artwork cover to the person that tells me what the image above is parodying [...]
Perfect As Cats: a tribute to The Cure will be released worldwide on October 28th, 2008 through LA indie label, Manimal Vinyl. The charity album benefits the Invisible Children organization and has 32 tracks from 32 artists ranging from UK bands Bat For Lashes and Jesu to American anglophiles The Dandy Warhols and newcomers like [...]
When Barak Obama came to town a while back the coverage he received worldwide no doubt awakened many people to the fact that the 72,000 people who turned out to hear him talk were gathered in Portland’s Waterfront Park. Where Obama took the stage was at the southern end of the park nestled between the [...]
As readers of this blog may well know, Portland is the undisputed, independent music capitol of N. America…there I said it. Every night of the week you will find hundreds of bands performing in the hundreds of clubs around P-Town. It’s also well known that Portland is home to The Shins, Spoon, Modest Mouse, Stephen [...]
A typical Portland scene
I’m certainly not alone in understanding that independent music of all stripes and shades is a huge part of the overall music business economy. One of the biggest reasons this blog exists is because of my passion for independent music. I may occasionally get cranky about this particular chunk of the long [...]
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It gets better. Derek will also make a custom song just for you.
Computers are our friends.
joshk
ps click image for full album download.