The Moose is busy running around at MusicFestNW, heading over to the Nike showcase to do a video interview with No Age this afternoon. Still had time to pull down this mash up of Ratatat and Obama’s speech at the DNC mashed and delivered by J Lowe.
Obamatat - We Can Not Walk Alone (Ratatat Obama [...]
On September 6th, during Portland’s annual MusicFestNW music festival, Nemo will play host to two panel discussions presented by The Recording Academy Pacific NW Chapter, Nemo Design, The Musicians Union Local 99 and Spectre. This event is Free for MusicFestNW attendees and for Recording Academy members.
From 1PM to 4PM on Saturday September 6th there [...]
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 [...]
Coachella Pic ©Justin Kent
Todd Berry writes: In 2007, MusicFestNW began using SonicBids to accept applications for showcases, a move that spurred some controversy around Portland and the greater Northwest, and they are continuing to use SonicBids for this year’s festival. Personally, I think it’s disheartening to see MFNW head in this direction, but as a [...]
Portland bands have to pay a third party, Sonicbids, to apply for a slot at this year’s MusicFestNW [this may have been the case last year too.] You’d think after the debacle with the CMJ conference where folks paid Sonicbids to enter the lottery and apparently no one from CMJ bothered to listen to the [...]