One of my favorite bands, Black Moth Super Rainbow, has posted a demo for a song that might be on their next album titled "Eating Us." The bad news (what there's bad news??!) is that "Eating Us" won't be coming out until 2009. But wait! There is more good news too though! According to Tobacco, the man behind the trademark vocoder voice of BMSR, they will be consistently uploading demo's to their myspace for us BMSR junkies to listen to. oh joy!
BMSR myspace!
Monday, January 21, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
The Depreciation Guild - Butterfly Kisses
The first experience I had with shoegazey type stuff was when I bought M83's dead cities... because I thought the cover was fantastic. After I actually listened to it I couldn't have been more happy that I had judged a book by its awesome cover. For Brooklyn, NY's The Depreciation Guild, I saw the words 'shoegaze,' '8-bit,' and 'experimental' tagged by it so... yeah. What followed was an m83 song whipped into shape with some 'pop-sensibility.' (That's a catch phrase that gets thrown around a lot right?) Anyways, this song is presumably about butterfly kisses, which I think most people can agree are quite wonderful. It's kind of like if M83, Broken Social Scene, and Mew (wtf?? right?) made a song together. Anyways, check it out. Their website is cool too, you can download the entire album for free in a zip file, maybe buy a t-shirt or throw some cash at em?
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Carcrashlander - Gold Sunset
carcrashlander is cory gray and a whole mess of other portland music-makers including laura gibson. i really dig this jam off his new s/t album available via www.parksandrecords.com for 8 bucks!
goldsunset.mp3
nrk, i like the way you work it. no diggity.
I occasionally get emails from 94.7 KNRK because they are an awesome radio station (or were, in the 90's when i listened to a lot of stone temple pilots and soundgarden). I received one today of particular importance:
"We need your help to bring Radiohead to Portland! As it stands right now, the band has dates in Seattle and San Francisco but that's as close as they're getting to the Rose City. You can help by simply emailing portlandwantsradiohead@gmail.com."
There you have it. Tell a friend, let's make it happen!
Also, in the same email a "bootleg" video from Spoon's show at the Crystal Ballroom way back when. peep it
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Portland Mix
had to get up early today, felt like crap, made 20 bucks, went to the record store, bought three used cds, thinking about napping, found this:
Download MP3
click below for track listing
Intro: DJ 1996 Olympixx + E*Rock
Parenthetical Girls - Love Connection Part 2
Sean P ft. T-Pain - You Ain't Know (Dirty)
Copy - Backward
Strategy - World House/Cam'ron - Mess With Me
Interlude: DJ 1996 Olympixx + E*Rock
Shakey Hands - Summer's Life
The Olympixxx - Funky 808 Breaks Intro
Panther - You Don't Want to Hear This (E*Rock RMX)
Coolie Dance Riddim
The Planet The - Arty Movie
Vitalic - Poney (Part 1)
B*retta - Untitled
Yacht - Platinum
South Rakkas - Carry Feelings
Copy - A Month
Glass Candy - Life After (E*Rock RMX)
The Blow - Hey Boy (Claps)
Chromatics - In The City
Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait [this is a classic from 1986 - #2 on the UK Charts, and a Portland based group!)
Adrian Orange - No Wonder
Outro: (Glass Candy - Intro)
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction
I don't know how I missed this, but I'm pretty pissed off about it. "Sensual Seduction" is the new single of off Snoop Dogg's Ego Trippin' which is scheduled for release in March. The song and video work so well together. Seriously? Snoop Dogg SINGING through a vocoder? Not even in my wildest dreams...
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
wood-burning stove
found this interesting news item at the blog "dreams of horses":
Learn Guitar From Laura Veirs
it sounds kind of great, but i don't think my crush will translate into spending 50 dollars an hour. c'est la vie.
Monday, January 07, 2008
if you want to hear something, just yell
The Red River updated their myspace with all new songs. If you don't have Grassblades yet, sample it right here
Adrian Orange - It Ain't Me Baby
This is one of my favorite songs right now. No, it's not a cover of the Dylan classic of a similar title, but a song from Adrian Orange appearing on the "Second Marriage Records Compilation". Supplying the spare and baleful instrumentation one has come to expect, he sings "When i saw / your rosy cheeks in the wet air after the rain / Damn, Oh my god, gosh-dang". To read the lyrics is one thing, but to hear his voice descend into the impending darkness is another thing entirely.
Mp3:It Ain't Me Baby
PANTHER
By now, you've probably heard that Marty Crandall, the jokester / multi-instrumentalist of The Shins is in a whole mess of legal trouble regarding purported violence against his ex-gf. Seeing as though it's mostly gossipy and shitty all around, we won't discuss it any further.
Keep It Positive!
Portland band Panther has a new song out from their Feb. 22nd release 14 KT GOD.
It's called "Puerto Rican Jukebox" and you can listen to it here
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Red River, Green House
Local band A Weather has a video out for my favorite song of theirs "The Feather Test". Check it out!
oh, and the red river release show? yes, it was awesome -- those kids tore the roof off last night at the green house. so many horns, so much warmth (literally and figuratively). "Something Good" is the feel-good hit of 2008 and all-time, maybe. probably. as details of record availability/methods of purchase become available, we'll let you know.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Scotch Mist - A Film With Radiohead In It
Well, here we have a video made by radiohead for New Years, it's quite long (almost and hour) and has all of the songs off of In Rainbows in it. One of the reasons radiohead is so great is because they are constantly doing stuff like this, it makes me wonder if any of them ever actually sleep... Entertaining for most people, obviously a must-view for any fanboy or fangurl.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Melee Beats - "Girlhype"
Earlier this year I wrote about Melee Beats and the potential that is there. WELL, it's starting to take shape, and a very pleasing shape at that. Treading the line somewhere between the Junior Boys and the Avalanches, Nic Bertino has put together a song that is both relaxed and dancy but not self-indulgent in the way that some producers can end up getting. The song is kept simple with just one vocal line (This girlhype has got me goin' crazy) but it works well as different instruments float in and out of "Girlhype."
Melee Beats Myspace
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
[F]reeeemix
Portland's globe-trotting, knob-twiddling, dance innovating Yacht is currently offering free downloads of his instrumental tracks. The downloads include his newest album "I Believe in You, Your Magic is Real" and his collabo with The Blow, "Paper Television" as well as some b-sides and a split with Lucky Dragons. These are all instrumentals and all free, mind you, so mix em up, sing your own holiday lyrics over them, whatever!
Team Yacht
Thanks YACHT!
Thursday, December 13, 2007
WORLD RAP CHAMPIONSHIPS
You might be watching basketball now, and good for you, but you might be missing out on the world rap championships starring Portland's own returning Champ Illmaculate of the Sandpeople (opening for Wu Tang on New Year's at the Roseland). The finals are well on their way and Illmac and The Saurus won their battle against the worthy Canadian adversaries Poorich and Kid Twist in a best of three. Now The Saurus and Illmac will go on to face Quest McCody and Marvwon from Detroit who have been "killin" it and destroyed Mad Illz and Parable with their more comedic style. Anyways check it out, it's pretty hilarious.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
hiatus
finals are almost over, so maybe i'll find some time to update more often in the coming weeks. maybe.
in the meantime, here is a video of a band playing a song. the band is called woods, the song is called "night creature". there's something to be said about a recording of a live performance where you don't have to look through a sea of cellphone cameras and sweaty couples making out just to see and hear what the fuck is going on. but that's not the only good thing about it.
woods myspace
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
DoubleDutch - Crumbs
Ahh well. Here it is folks. An early Christmas present from Audiosurface. Umm I'm pleased to say that the first (of many more) songs to be posted directly into this blog is 'Crumbs' from the first DoubleDutch album coming out next month. Rad.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Portland
My inside source for all things DoubleDutchy has affirmed my suspicions that it may well be one of the best albums of 2008, slated to come out in January. The album is done, mixed and mastered and will be coming out on Bang Back records which is a newly launched project that is part of Pinball publishing. There is also talk of our own Boygorilla doing a vinyl release. yum. In other Portland related news:
Kele Goodwin w/ Laura Gibson <-- yes, "lovely"
Can't get enough Starfucker? Try here
And what post would be complete without a video? Heres the new one from The Thermals!
Best of 2007
OMG! Read More!
15. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
14. Sigur Ros – Hvarf-Heim
13. Interpol – Our Love to Admire
12. Feist - The Reminder
11. Beirut - Flying Club Cup
10. Laura Veirs – Saltbreakers
9. Emily Jane White - Dark Undercoat
8. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
7. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
6. Radiohead - In Rainbows
5. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
4. Eskimo and Sons – How Does It Feel To Be Crushed By One Man With The Strength Of A Million? EP
3. Caribou - Andorra
2. Alela Diane - The Pirate’s Gospel (2007 UK release)
1. Menomena - Friend and Foe
there you have it. questions, comments, concerns?
Saturday, December 01, 2007
state of the union
as 2007 winds down, undoubtedly the general consensus will be that it was a great year for music. screenwriters are on strike, immobilizing the tv and movie industry, but the music industry keeps on keeping on. amidst all the bullshit about the state of popular music and the crippling effects of downloading, artists like radiohead have found new ways to turn standard practice on its head and still be successful. and they were able to do something special: inspire real excitement about the music itself. kanye west and 50 cent boosting each other's respective record sales by sharing the same release date? genius. living in portland, the opportunity to see great bands play at smaller shows at houses and clubs is unique. i think we can all agree that seeing kickball playing a sexy, sweaty set in a basement trumps seeing most any band sell out a swanky venue. so, for as much negativity that's swirling around in the music world, there's twice as much positive, amazing material being created. both artists and fans might just have to try just a little bit harder, but, as we've seen, that sort of challenge does pay off.
this video was actually the reason for this post.
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