Hot Chip have brought us all a small Christmas gift in the shape of two MP3s. And the greatest gift is that Robert Wyatt is on these recordings. The man is a legend and I encourage you to follow the wikipedia link to discover what an influence he has been. He was part of England’s [...]
Alela Diane
This is the Pampelmoose edition of the New Music Hour on Portland’s 94.7FM. I’m almost upon the final show of the year and it’s time to reflect back over the few months I’ve been able to be on air playing the best of the bunch from my inbox - music sent in by publicists, [...]
Mixwit blog with explanation.
From Tech Observer:
Dec 18 2008 11:30am EST
First Muxtape Dies, Now Mixwit
Sam Gustin writes: Earlier this year, Muxtape, a website which allowed users to post and share MP3s, rocketed to popularity. Then the Recording Industry Association of America shut it down.
Now, one of Muxtape’s successors, a site named Mixwit, has announced that [...]
Weird Owl
This is the Pampelmoose edition of the New Music Hour on Portland’s 94.7FM. Some more new music from my email inbox. As we head towards the end of the year I will be playing my top 13 songs from 2008 tomorrow Thursday Dec 18th [a baker's dozen as they say..] and then next Tuesday [...]
Go here to vote for your favorite top ten alternative bands on Seattle’s KEXP. Why oh why doesn’t Portland have a station like this? Just check out the huge list of bands at that link..read ‘em and weep as they say.. Then tune in to their live streams.
As promised, the good folks at Green Owl Records sent me two 7″ singles - one from The Very Best and one from The So So Glos. The Very Best topped my ‘best of 2008‘ list and the 7″ is the first tactile item I’ve received from them as their ‘album’ was technically a mix/mash [...]
Via LargeHeartedBoy.com
©Nilina Mason-Campbell
So did Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band live up to the hype when they played the Doug Fir on Tuesday night? Well, if you weren’t there to witness the performance yourself, you can wipe your brow with relief because the quintet most definitely did.
I stepped into the underground venue having heard oh so much [...]