Saturday... all day without a post, and then I realized that I only have 11 days to get five more mixes up, so here it is #17. Mixed on a flight between Houston and Charlotte. Blogophilia 17 – Mixed in a Cramped Coach Seat Ripped @ 320kbps VBR Songs gathered from blogs – March 1 – April 7, 2010 Download All Tracks in One Zip File Track list: [...]
Eighteen venues, four days, and a whole earful of great of music make up this year's MusicFestNW.
If you go to shows in Portland, you've probably heard Boy Eats Drum Machine. What, do you all live in Portland? I DIDN'T THINK SO. The Oregon musician, known in real life as Jon Ragel, comes to shows armed with a turntable, saxophone, one drum and enough energy to light up a stadium. Ragel plays emotional sample-based tracks infused with his own live instrumentation and vocals. Whether you get a joyous upbeat song, a tragic love song or a jaunt into the experimental turntable territory, you can't help but dance until you don't have the energy to dance anymore. "How [...]
Even though 2010 is over, it's not long gone. So, we feel okay about sneaking in a couple of more Recent Releases We Almost Missed editions containing an eclectic array of tracks from 2010 albums, EPs and many of which were largely overlooked in comparison to the quality of music [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
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Boy Eats Drum Machine - Hoop + Wire Boy Eats Drum Machine: "Hoop +Wire" DL Boy Eats Drum Machine is the multi-instrumental project of Jon Ragel based in Portland, Oregon. Ragel writes the lyrics, sings said lyrics, mixes, and plays the saxophone, and is on the super-hip Portland-based label Tender Loving Empire. It's filled with upbeat songs, strongly recalling both classic afro-rhythms and new wave vocals. Despite these influences, one thing is clear: this is a post-internet, post-Garage Band album. Hoop + Wire is an eleven-track [...]
In the crazy ass world known as the music industry, the week immediately following CMJ is basically the most overwhelming five days of any blogger's life. That's because all the publicists who stepped away from the office to party work at CMJ are now back in said office, catching up on their work and consequently sending 1,732 emails. The goods new for you guys, of course, is that all these emails mean tons of new mp3s to include in this week's Friday mixtape. So please enjoy this haul of free music. We're going to go sleep. [...]
boy eats drum machine - "josh skins" (download) Portland's Boy Eats Drum Machine likes drums. I like drums. I like Boy Eats Drum Machine . His new release 20 Beats shows off his lesser-known instrumental side. Often Tortoise -y, sometimes Malcolm Catto -esque, and always hitting hard. This is mostly due to the fact that he's using well recorded drums from a bunch of Portland drummers. He's also well-versed as a turntablist and saxophone player. When you [...]
Does Jon Ragel ever stop working? The Boy Eats Drum Machine frontman/DJ/everything released the excellent Hoop + Wire in February, and now he's back just seven months later with another new one, the all-instrumental 20 Beats —and he wants you to hear it RIGHT NOW with an exclusive download code giveaway . It's pretty simple: all you have to do is do is click on this link and enter one of these download codes to get access to the full record . As Ragel says, "you just [...]
Boy Eats Drum Machine lives up to his name. If you like beats of any sorts I can promise you will find at least 1 that tickles your fancy on his latest LP of instrumentals titled, 20 Beats . Beside tearing the drum machine apart, he enlisted the talents of drummers from Menomena, Talkdemonic, Viva Voce, and more to create 20 chilled out beats for your everyday life. Alss, word on the street is that his shows feature a mixture of multi-instrumental-turntable-w izardry and performance art, as he moves effortlessly from sax, to drum, to dj station. [...]
Portland, OR "Hoop + Wire" Boy Eats Drum Machine on MySpace Boy Eats Drum Machine on The Hype Machine
"Hoop + Wire" - Boy Eats Drum Machine from Jason Sievers on Vimeo .
Filed under: Video of the Day Artist: Boy Eats Drum Machine Video: 'Hoop and Wire' Highlight: A blue cassette leads a life of its own in quirky stop-motion.
I am entering my "traveling phase" and I was worried this would be a blog killer. Those fears aside, I have taken steps to minimize the impact of my absence. Earlier this week, I was in Houston and, as you read this, I am currently en route to Albany, NY. The last big trip I have is in May and that will be to Australia. Mind you, I am not complaining! However, I need your patience, and I am ready to offer you a carrot. Yesterday, I re-loaded all of the mixtapes (Blogophilia and Music to Combat Commuting Doldrums to [...]
Sorry for the lack of updates the past few weeks, as I felt I needed a little break from the blog. Considering it's only March (seriously, it's already March!), it may seem odd that I would already need some time away, but hey, it happens! With that being said, the first thing to scratch off the list upon updating is catching up with the album releases from the past weeks, including this week as well. And as you notice, there's a ridiculous amount of releases that made their way down the pipe - almost too many to [...]
WERE BACK!!!! 16 songs, no hip-hop this week but plenty of variety none the less…
Depending on your particular tastes in such matters, Boy Eats Drum Machine 's Jon Ragel has either placed himself in the middle of your peculiar fantasy or your worst nightmare in his new video for "ABQ." Ragel dons the zebra stripes of the referee (although he mostly just dances) amongst the Rose City Rollers ' estrogen-charged battles, laying down beats while highly-mobile beat downs are being served around him. The footage actually comes straight from the new documentary Brutal Beauty: Tales of the Rose City Rollers , which is where the song made its debut. [...]
Boy Eats Drum Machine - ABQ from Benjamin Meader on Vimeo . Above is the newest video for Boy Eats Drum Machine's "ABQ" from the album Hoop + Wire (out next Tuesday). The track can also be found on the documentary spotlighting Portland's very own Rose City Rollers roller derby team entitled Brutal Beauty (trailer below). Boy Eats Drum Machine - "Hoop + Wire" Brutal Beauty - Tales of the Rose City [...]
Well, I usually don't post about tours and concerts, but this time, I have a hidden agenda. It gives me a great oportunity to post about this wonderful band. So, the news is that Finn Riggins will head out on a massive 3 month US tour, starting today and going on all the way to the 28th of May. You can find the full schedule on their myspace . Here are a couple of songs from their very fine album "vs the wilderness": Finn Riggins - wake (keep this town alive) [...]
Boy Eats Drum Machine - ABQ from Benjamin Meader on Vimeo . Boy Eats Drum Machine 's video for the track "ABQ" features a heavy dose of Portland's hometown roller derby skaters the Rose City Rollers . "ABQ" was actually debuted as part of the soundtrack for the Rose City Rollers documentary Brutal Beauty: Tales of the Rose City Rollers . BEDM takes to the road starting tomorrow with Tender Loving Empire labelmates Finn Riggins . Tour Dates [...]
Anyone who knows Boy Eats Drum Machine's Jon Ragel knows that he's a big sports fan. Dude can talk about the Blazers all day. But did you know that he also referees in his spare time? Okay, that's not totally true. But in the brand new video for his song "ABQ," Ragle dons a ref jersey and dances around with members of the Rose City Rollers. Directed and edited by Benjamin Meader, the clip is a mashup of sorts between the Rollers and and Ragel, and features footage from Brutal Beauty , a documentary on the Rollers [...]
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