This week's mix doesn't really have a theme. It's really just a little bit of everything. Have a great weekend. Passion Pit - Sleepyhead Wallpaper - TRex Lymbyc Systym - Truth Skull El Ten Eleven - Every Direction Is North Kuroma - Alexander Martin Starfucker - Rawnald Gregory Erickson The Second What Laura Says - July 23 Eels - Mr E's Beautiful Blues We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices [...]
In Episode 32 We discuss peanut allergies, Sing Talkers, Garage punks and the difference between a rip off and an omage. Starfucker - Ronald Gregory Erickson the Second (free via FLUXBLOG ) Anna Maria Espinosa - Everyday (free via It's A Trap ) Detektivbyran - Om Du Moter Varg (free via Swedesplease ) Hold Steady - Stay Positive ( Buy Stay Positive Here ) Barberries - Americana Junkie (Free session released [...]
Ill Ease and the Racket "Here Comes Trouble (To The Tune Of Pretty Woman)" - The song just keeps moving forward, driving on in a straight line until it just stops cold at the end. It picks up a bit of speed, but it's not in any particular hurry. It just moves ahead, with a head full of ambivalence and indecision, and no real sense of purpose. It's right in the middle of pleasure and anxiety, and it's never clear whether the singer feels like the driver, or the person going along for the ride. [...]
Nilina Mason-Campbell posts: At ten to seven, more than half the band had yet to arrive at the vacant lot on Belmont designated for the Starfucker Lost Gospel guerilla gig. At seven pm there were twenty or so people milling about on the sidewalk and green tile. So what did it look like at 7:30? [...]
All year round, we dig through Portland's best music to find MP3s for our Cut of the Day feature. We've done 433 such "cuts" since the site began. And 31 (of 49) of our COTD artists just happen to be playing this year's PDX Pop Now! fest (July 25-27 at Rotture). We were already late in posting this year's schedule, so we figured why not just be really late and provide MP3s for those 31 artists whom our radars have focused on in the last couple of years. I mean, if MTV is covering PDX Pop , we best [...]
MTV Music Videos MTV Shows Entertainment News They hit up the right bands - Eat Skull, White Fang, White Rainbow, Menomena, Panther, Honey Owens, Starfucker, Horse Feathers, Southern Belle, M Ward, Thermals, Fist Fite, Malkmus. And yet there is more than just white indie, folk, electronic, alt-rock in Portland. Where were the Lifesavas for instance?
Look, Scarlett. It's not me. It's YOU. I want my shit back. Yes. That includes the Fleetwood Mac record that I gave you for your birthday. No. It's no longer a present. That's right. It's mine. I can tell you exactly when things started to go wrong. It started with the Tom Waits Cover Album . Which, rather blissfully, you were really really low in the mix on. Then, I heard you were emailing Barack . Look, he emails me too. [...]
On "German Love" Portland trio Starfucker (good name!) are either seriously determined to have sex with German girls or are really amazing at mixing the spaciness of Moon Safari -era Air with the twee-pop mastery of Tone Soul Evolution -era Apples in Stereo and creating serene pocket-pop with a cool blast of 90's charm. Either way, the song is a hit. Starfucker's s/t debut will be available on Badman Records in September. This post has: 1 MP3 [...]
Sunday evenings are even crueller when they arrive in the wake of a period of time off. The normal shudder becomes a numbing bodyshock and little if anything can rid one of the impending doom. A gentle audio relaxative works well for me and at just under 4 hours till bedtime Starfucker's 'German Love' is performing an impressive job. Built on the simplest of premises it nonetheless temporarily
OMG!!!! NFW!!!!! Imagine the highest, shrillest, gayest scream streaming out of my mouth and you will still only experience half of the shock my office mate is coping with right now. Why am I whipped into this frenzied state of hysteria? Because Glass Candy is performing in Houston tomorrow night and everyone must know about this. Yes, THE Glass Candy, will be at the Museum of Fine Arts trying their best to make the statues dance tomorrow night. Damn, I'm excited. Ticket Prices: Free if you are a MFAH member $10 with a school ID $15 [...]
**** Some great whirring, cotton-candy pop that I snatched from the Pitchfork : Starfucker - German Love s/t, 2008 + download via zshare
I blogged about Sexton Blake a little while ago, and there was a HUGE comment backlash, where people claimed that Sexton Blake was sooo old, and had already 'broken through' on to the Billboard Top 100, and every1 had been listening 2 Sexton Blake since early 1997, when the iPod Shuffle Beta Minidisc was first released. Anyways, through research by reading comments on my own blog, I have found out that STARFUCKER is apparently the former band Sexton Blake. I enjoy the song "FLORIDA" that joelirwin@ iheartcomix posted some time last week. [...]
STARFUCKER is an indie supergroup consisting Sexton Blake 's Johh Hodges, Junkface 's Ryan Biornstad, and Mr. Fredrick 's Shawn Glassford. It's poppy, it's psych, it's fun, it's brilliant...it's like they went to see Rocky Horror and decided live by the "Don't Dream It, Be It Moral" message. They're currently working on their debut album, which is scheduled to be released in August on Badman Recordings Starfucker - "Florida" [...]
So, this is it. I think I'm ready to launch the new-and-improved Swan Fungus. If you experience any errors while reading this page, please let me know as soon as possible so that I can fix them. I'm not working today, so I'll be near the computer for the next several hours, listening to WFMU or WFAN or one of those East Coast radio stations I so dearly miss. Also, be sure to let me know what you think about this new format! Do you like it? Does it totally suck? Either way, leave a comment and let me know. [...]
entgegen landläufiger meinung existieren in den vereinigten staaten neben dem lederhosenträger und nazi weitere stereotypen für den bewohner deutscher lande. mein liebling darunter, nicht zuletzt weil er das erste klischee war, mit dem ich im golden state konfrontiert wurde, ist die von mike myers von 1989 bis 1997 verkörperte figur dieter . ein recht schmeichelhaftes wesen hat saturday night life da geschaffen: den durchgeknallten, intellektuellen ästheten, der stets im schwarzen rollkragenpullover gemeinsam mit seinem affen klaus in der westdeutschen talkshow "sprockets" absurde interviews mit prominenten führt, und im abspann [...]
Before turning up at Camp Rainbow I went to Pix Patisserie 's Bastille Day event, but I don't know if I had the wrong schedule or what, but I was under the impression that Bobby Birdman would be on at 7. Come 8 o'clock, after an hour of no music and a guitar being checked onstage - a sign that didn't immediately point to the Birdman, I left for some Burgerville, only to receive a text 13 minutes later that the sea victor had taken the stage. Oh well. After a [...]
Yesterday I rambled about Portland's very own Blizten Trapper, and today I am going to continue my love for all things Oregon with a few songs from the brand new PDX Pop Now compilation. The two disc set, which hit store shelves today, is the fourth in the annual series that is solely focused on the amazingly consistent scene in Portland. If you would like to hear some rare tracks from the likes of Menomena, Yacht, Colin Meloy, Panther, 31Knots, or some new material from a number of the artists that are currently flying under the radar in [...]
I have the distinct feeling that I'm coming down with a cold. This in spite of last night being one of the laziest nights in recent memory. Note to self: No more over-sized, greasy meals on weekends. It ruins one's ability to be social. In any event, Pray for my continued good health. RULES for uninitiated noobs : With 100MB of webspace, I give birth to a weekly Mix Tape to be deposited on your iPods or Zunes or Kingklangs or whatever the industry is currently pushing on you. Sometimes there will be themes that link [...]
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