The inaugural First City Festival will take place August 24th and 25th at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California. The festival grounds are at same site as the famed Moterey Pop Festival in 1967. The lineup includes Modest Mouse, Passion Pit, MGMT, Neko Case, Beach House, Deerhunter, Devendra Banhart, Purity Ring, Dr. Dog, Father John Misty, Toro Y Moi, Washed Out, Okkervil River, The Hold Steady, Delta Spirit, The Black Angels, The Antlers, Dodos, Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks, Lucero, Tennis, Akron/Family, Bleached, Guards, Blitzen Trapper, and more. General admission and VIP passes will [...]
By Tom Fake May 01, 2013 The Hot Five – My views on five tracks that have attracted my interest in any given week, usually with an older track thrown in the mix for something a bit different. Tracks usually concentrate on guitar-based releases, but really focusing on anything and everything that comes to my attention. Shameless – follow me on twitter @tomfake Track of the Week : Lady Danville – ‘Kids’ I clicked on this track on a ‘hipster’ (I know, I know) playlist on [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Fruit Bats, Blitzen Trapper, Alabama Shakes Song: Dr. Dog - Lonesome [download here ] What's so good? Here's the [...]
On Record Store Day, 4/20, the Portland folk-rock ramblers Blitzen Trapper will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their self-titled debut album by releasing a limited-edition deluxe vinyl reissue of that album. And to sweeten the deal, they've included five unreleased songs from that album's recording sessions. One of those is a contemplative, organ-soaked lope called "On A Tuesday," and you can stream it at Rolling Stone . [...]
On Record Store Day, 4/20, the Portland folk-rock ramblers Blitzen Trapper will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their self-titled debut album by releasing a limited-edition deluxe vinyl reissue of that album. And to sweeten the deal, they've included five unreleased songs from that album's recording sessions. One of those is a contemplative, organ-soaked lope called "On A Tuesday," and you can stream it at Rolling Stone .
While this is theater news, it qualifies as local music news, too: Manos: The Hand of Fate opens this Thursday, April 11, and Blitzen Trapper fans will want to take note: The band's drummer, Brian Adrian Koch , is the production's director and adapted the 1966 film to the stage. He's also one of the stars of the production, which takes the silly camp classic—once spoofed by Mystery Science Theater 3000 —and turns it into a stage comedy, not unlike recent translations of Road House , The Lost Boys [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: The April Verch Band : free and legal That's How We Run album [mp3] Barbara Browning : "Bela Lugosi's Dead (Bauhaus cover)" [mp3] Broken Deer : [...]
This is Blitzen Trapper. Why have they chosen to spare the other reindeer? I don’t know. They never really seem to address their beef with Blitzen. Alas, some questions are probably better left unanswered. What I can tell you is that they’re an acclaimed indie folk/country band from Portland, Oregon and that we at LaundroMatinee are thrilled to be featuring them again. You can catch their 2009 session with us here. I can also tell you that if they finally do trap Blitzen and Santa can’t make his annual sleigh ride, they’re going to have to confront an entire generation [...]
Before their show at Old National Centre, Portland's Blitzen Trapper stopped by the Do317 Lounge for a great PBR Session featuring a couple of our favorite tunes. We had a packed house that day for what turned out to be on of our best Lounge Sessions yet. View the full photo set here (Photos by Jeff DuPont)
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: The Antlers : 2012-07-30, Brooklyn [mp3,ogg,flac] The Antlers: "Wake" [mp3] search for more Antlers posts at Largehearted Boy Blitzen Trapper : 2012-07-14, New York [mp3,ogg,flac] Blitzen Trapper: "Texaco" [...]
#35: The Head and the Heart @ Forecastle [Original Post] I'd heard a song or two by Head and the Heart going into their show at Forecastle, but I'll admit that I was really just seeing them because there wasn't a lot of competition for their time slot at Forecastle. But just like what happens [...]
Blitzen Trapper performed "Fletcher" and "Love the Way You Walk Away" on Last Call with Carson Daly. Watch both videos below: ...
Portland honky-tonk rascals Denver debuted with a self-titled LP of two-steppin' accounts of mischief, breakups and the occasional apology, and in the lead single "The Way It Is" they've obviously met their match and put her to music. The video for "The Way It Is" has it's own account of roadhouse rowdiness and shows members of brother [...]
Denver released its self-titled, debut LP back in August. The album was released on upstart Portland, Oregon imprint Mama Bird Recording, Co . The band is the fun-loving side project of Blitzen Trapper veterans Eric Earley and Michael Van Pelt, who mixed the debut. However, songwriting and vocal duties are handled by Birger Olsen, Mike Elias and Tom Bevitori. Denver recently shared a video for the single " The Way It Is ," which can be found below. The video centers around a honkytonk brawl while the band performs behind chicken wire in an homage to the infamous [...]
It may be a bit misleading when you name your band Denver and A) you're not a John Denver tribute act or B) you don't actually hail from the sunshine state . Comprised of members of both Blitzen Trapper and Alena Diane's Wild Divine , the self-described "ramshackle all-star country band," actually call Portland, Oreg. home and released their highly recommended self-titled debut back in August. The band recently released the video for The Way It Is, which nods to both Roadhouse [...]
A proper playlist plays in dreams, sends the mind wondering and helps you wake up with a song in your head. Since I can remember I have played music while going to bed - some times a CD, other times a playlist from my favorites list. In the end, the music tempers the soul and in the case of a sleep playlist, it needs certain elements. The key to a sleep playlist is in the eye of the creator, so in my case it starts with a story and ends with a song of longing. This formula works [...]
Here is a whole slew of shows... Because there is absolutely nothing else to do. So, please, everybody enjoy some rock in the Bay this week! Thursday, November 8th Tilly & The Wall, Icky Blossoms, Il Gato at Great American Music Hall It's been a really long time since Tilly & The Wall last came [...]
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