Pantera aren't one of the first bands I'd necessarily point to in the whole "metal is basically modern classical music" debate, but the Portland Cello Project begs to differ: PCP believe that the angst of Pantera is something not so distant from some of their favorite composers, including early period Beethoven, Khachaturian, Shostakovich, etc. To flesh out this [...]
The stuff that dreams are made of... C'mon, you didn't actually think I'd publish my 2011 lists during the actual year of 2011...did you? Now that I have the undivided attention of eight people: Best Show(s) That I Never Saw Lightning Bolt at Healthy Times Fun Club (RIP) Soundgarden/Queens of the Stone Age/Mastodon etc. at the Gorge Pig Destroyer at [...]
ELIOT LIPP, B. BRAVO, BARISONE, LINCOLNUP, BEN TACTIC ( Rotture , 315 SE 3rd) Read our article on Eliot Lipp . Demos by Spookies SPOOKIES, WOOLEN MEN, PAPER BRAIN ( The Know , 2026 NE Alberta) Portland's Spookies are far from spooky, but they do have a terrific just-released three-song demo that intersects garage rock, power pop, and early R&B. Obviously there's some familiarity in those descriptors, but this Portland quartet [...]
DINOSAUR JR., SCRATCH ACID, PIERCED ARROWS ( Crystal Ballroom , 1332 W Burnside) Oh man, this is gonna be special: For this super-short West Coast tour, Dinosaur Jr. performs their 1988 classic album Bug in its entirety. And if that were not enough—good heavens, you are greedy—before they play they're going to be interviewed about the album live, on stage, by none other than Henry Rollins. All that plus a Scratch Acid reunion? There isn't a "YES!" big enough for this awesomeness. NED LANNAMANN Also, read our article on Scratch Acid [...]

As we noted in our recent profile of Crooked Still , the addition of the cello to the folk repertoire is relatively recent. Indeed, it would not be entirely wrong to credit founding member Rashaad Eggleston, who has since moved on to become a core member of stringfolk supergroup Fiddlers 4, with broadening these particular boundaries for a huge percentage of the folk audience. But of course the much larger trend towards experimental expansion and genre-blur in the indie world comes into play here, too, making the rock violinist (or the rock [...]
The time of solely spring and summer festivals is long gone, but with new festivals like Tacoma's Fall Free For All sprouting up, you won't find me complaining. The all free arts fest is happening October 8th and 9th in Tacoma's historic theater district and features 75 performances spanning film, dance, theater, poetry and of [...]

July was the month I immersed myself in work - and not the academic kind. Three and a half weeks working nightshifts does something to a person, and left me feeling completely exhausted. With all proceeds going towards my upcoming trip to Thailand, I worked every hour I could to the detriment of my social life and as a result the Summer has well and truly passed me by. However it wasn't all bad. I squeezed in a short trip to Spain and became obsessed with the brilliant and thoroughly addictive Nip/Tuck, and although my photo yield so [...]

Our July Mixtape is here! Thanks to the sharp talents of Corey Schneider on the cover design, we certianly had the sunglasses and coronas in mind making this for you. Enjoy! Tracklisting 1. Male Bonding - "Bones" 2. The Cool Kids - "Swimsuits" (Feat. Mayer Hawthorne) 3. The Hood Internet - "All of the Lights (Ellie Goulding X Portland Cello Project X Kanye West) 4. Noah & The Whale - "Tonight's The Kind Of Night (RAC Mix) 5. [...]
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The Hood Internet - All Of The Lights [ mp3 SoundCloud] Ellie Goulding VS Portland Cello Project VS Kanye West another brilliant take by the boys from da hood

The Hood Internet somehow find ways to make unlikely songs work together. Ellie Goulding's "Lights" and Kanye West's "All of The Lights" are shuffled together to make a surprisingly extremely strong effort. "All Of The Lights" has been reworked so many times by now, but that I don't think those trumpets in the beat will ever get old to me. The bravado of the instrumental, helps push Ellie's vocals to a new realm. How awesome is that orchestration at the ending? The Hood Internet - All Of The [...]

Everyone that knows us, knows we LOVE LOVE LOVE The Ellie Goulding more than a paraplegic loves limbs. So this morning while on the crapper, doing my morning reads, she tweeted this little gem of a mashup/remix from the Hood Internet . Its a delcious blend of Ellie's vocals from her current single, " Lights, " over the music from Kanye West 's " All of the Lights ," along with a drop of strings from the Portland Cello Project . What does [...]
The Hood Internet are just better at making mash-ups than you; that's all there is to it. Thousands of kids on college campuses think they're sweet by mashing up random artists, which is cool, but The Hood Internet has it down to a science. This time around, they take Kanye's "All of the Lights", Ellie's "Lights", and a bit from the Portland Cello Project to fuse together one of the better mash-ups I've heard in a while. Check it out for yourself below. Download: The Hood Internet - All Of The Lights (Ellie Goulding/Kanye West/Portland Cello Project)

Ellie Goulding has been riding the success of "Lights" for what seems like forever by today's standards. The talented UK fireplug is currently on tour and most recently the recipient of Glamour's "Pandora Newcomer of the Year 20113 award. Did you guys watch her on SNL last month? If you didn't, you can below, and C=T has a pair of tickets to her Ogden Theatre show 08.08.11 for one lucky reader. All you have to do is @Twitter me your name @ Causeequalstime or email me ( julio.enriquez@gmail.com ) and the tickets are [...]

Mashup Monday – We're going to melt you faces off with enough mashed up music to make you wanna slap yo' mama. itstk will be bringing you the dopest dope in the mashup world. We've been scouring the music lands, and filing through tracks that you enthusiastic readers and musicians have sent us. We've found mashups from DJ's far and wide. We've found down-tempo ones. We've found super fast and beaty ones. Short ones and long ones. Ones that you wanna sit [...]
Mashup Mondays Here at slapthebass we're a sucker for a good mashup. Every Monday we'll bring you one of our fav's for your listening pleasure. Sometimes Monday's mashup just falls into my lap. Today The Hood Internet posted a blend of Ellie Goulding's vocals from "Lights" over Kanye's "All of the Lights" performed by the [...]

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[Scenes of me as a five-year-old getting a retainer filled with fluoride shoved in my mouth against my will. The dentist smiles as he initiates a five-minute timer resulting in the longest 300 seconds of my young life. Classical music softly plays in the background.] [Scenes of me sitting in the principal's office as a ten-year-old [...]