I’m not one to promote the iTunes store but when a Northwest indie label not only succeeds and stays in business while getting to be 20 years old it feels good to be a supporter. And for those of you who haven’t got a CD shelf or computer full of Sub Pop artists’ tunes now [...]
Yes, I’m using The Moose to promote my own work again, but this guy is on some next ish — just ask Dave.
Here’s my recent brief-but-fun interview with Cadence Weapon.
The Mars Volta, live video from Sasquatch 2008 from Dave Allen
Earlier in the day The Mars Volta lead singer Cedric appeared very calm and mild-mannered when he agreed to be interviewed on video. About 4 hours later, as you’ll see in this video, he tore straight into the first song of the set like [...]
I ran into Cedric and Omar from The Mars Volta back stage. We caught up about the last time we spent time together in Los Angeles in 2005 doing a remix together of Gang of Four’s ‘To Hell With Poverty’ with Cedric laying down the vocals in some serious street Spanish way. Of course it [...]
The think tank at Nemo Design
A couple of weeks ago I received an email from the International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI). They asked me to remove a music file (MP3) of ‘Silence’ a track from Portishead. Under the rules of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the IFPI has every right to ask me [...]
Last summer I enjoyed Mexican food and beers while Roy Christopher threw some questions at me. Upon reading the result of that discussion now it doesn’t feel so much as an interview as it is two friends discussing the state of “things” over a drink. As Roy writes “Dave’s ideas about the state of the [...]