Last night's show was a special, 2 hour, edition of Ninebullets Radio featuring some of my favorite tracks from 2011. I hope y'all enjoy it. Have a safe New Years and we'll see you next week. Ninebullets Radio is a radio extension of the blog ninebullets.net that airs every Thursday night in Tampa, Florida on WMNF 88.5 FM at 10pm Eastern. The show is archived for one week after it's original air date and is available for streaming here . Also, don't forget to head over to Facebook [...]

I'm stopping 20 miles short of calling this list a "best of" list. As the stacks upon stacks of cds in my computer room would show, there's so much music from 2011 I didn't hear that it's impossible for me to gloss this list anything other than a collection of some my favorite albums from the year. Everything on the Essential Listening list is worthy of your money and ears but as a blog owner I am obligated to bring you one of these lists at the end of every year so here is mine as I felt [...]
Bell X1 – Bloodless CoupDownload "Hey Anna Lena" Black Pistol Fire – Black Pistol FireDownload "Your Not the Only One" Blitzen Trapper – American GoldwingDownload "Love the Way You Walk Away" Boat – Dress Like Your IdolsDownload "(I'll Beat My...

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Ryan of The Builders & The Butchers ::: portrait by Dylan Priest Sometimes, things go terribly wrong. Such is the theme central to many of The Builders & The Butchers tales of woe, blood lust, just regular old lust, ghosts, curses, disaster and death. Ryan Sollee, lead singer and songwriter of the rowdy Portland crew, spins [...]
Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside Doe Bay Session ::: photo by Josh Lovseth It was 5pm on Saturday when we made our way down the trail to the point with the sunlight darting through tree branches with Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside and a handful of their friends from Portland in tow to film [...]
I was the guest host for the Friday Edition of "It's The Music". The show is archived for one week after it's original air date and is available for streaming here: http://www.wmnf.org/programs/3 80 Below is the playlist for August 08, 2011: 01. Micah Schnabel - American Static 02. The Shakes - Be Mine 03. Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - She's So Scandolous 04. Glossary - Save Your Money for the Weekend 05. Kaleigh Baker - Train Gone By 06. Nikki Lane - [...]

There are so many things to love about Portland, OR - the food trucks, the tree-lined streets, Voodoo Doughnuts. I went on a roadtrip up Pacific Coast Highway last fall and fell in love with Portland (and maple bacon doughnuts), which is why I'm really excited to go back this upcoming weekend for Pickathon. Pickathon Indie Roots Music Festival , from August 5-7, takes place on Pendarvis Farm just outside of Portland. For three days, festivalgoers get to see and hear a unique lineup of indie rock, alt-country, folk, and even some R&B bands across [...]

The Builders and the Butchers 7.21.2009 Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO Source: Microtech Gefell M3002s > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave Taped by: Lance Stack Setlist: 1. Devil Town 2. Bottom of the Lake 3. Family Tree 4. In the Branches > 5. The Coal Mine Fall 6. Short [...]

Ninebullets Radio is a radio extension of the blog ninebullets.net that airs every Thursday night in Tampa, Florida on WMNF 88.5 FM at 10pm Eastern. The show is archived for one week after it's original air date and is available for streaming here . Also, don't forget to head over to Facebook and like the Ninebullets Radio page . Below is the playlist for June 30, 2011 . 01. Grayson Capps - Highway 42 02. Frank Turner - I Still Believe 03. Old Man Markley - [...]
Dear Phil, I'm a terrible singer. My mother once booed me at my 2nd grade talent show because nobody else in the audience had the guts to do it. My unique vocals have been compared to a fox that is getting run over by a lawn rider mower (with a Hemi - no less!). I love [...]
Doe Bay Fest ::: photo by Josh Lovseth In a week full of festival line-ups, there's no denying Doe Bay Fest's was the one we were most looking forward to learning. Alongside many of the expected cast of characters, like four-year festival veterans The Maldives, this year's Doe Bay line-up has expanded beyond its usual radius [...]
Check out pics of these Portland gents rocking it in Sf.
Every year, Noise for the Needy is one of our favorite local events. A great local festival, for a great cause, this year's Noise for the Needy will benefit Real Change Empowerment Project, the folks behind Real Change newspaper. Last year's NFTN raised $25,000 for charity and this year's fest with 80+ artists playing 21 [...]
A few nights ago, I went out to see The Builders and the Butchers and had a really great time. To start off, it was the first really nice day we had in weeks, so I was already in a good mood when I got to the Mercury Lounge. Next, I ended up spending a [...]

Builders and the Butchers played with Damion Suomi last week at the Summit. My favorite part of the show was that their tour lanyard had a photo of Gene Wilder on it (along with great music from both bands!) [...]

Photo by Mel Brown The members of The Builders And The Butchers are all originally from Alaska, which might help explain their bleak and rustic take on the rest of America. Their music videos are set in 19th-century Southwestern mountain shacks. Houses are axed or burned down; characters are knifed or roped to trees. Their harsh, nasal choruses (which sound strikingly similar to those of their fellow Alaskans and former tourmates, Portugal. The Man) tell Cormac McCarthy-esque tales of extreme frontiersmen. Lead singer Ryan Sollee sings violent campfire stories over the sparse acoustic [...]
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Portland, OR band The Builders and the Butchers will be joined by Florida natives, Damion Suomi & The Minor Prophets and Toronto, Ontartio, Canada's Elliott BROOD on Tuesday April 5 at Schubas Tavern . Having been on tour non-stop for the past three years, The Builders and The Butchers bring you their latest Album, Dead Reckoning released last month on Badman Recording Co. The transformation from five years ago when synchronistically these five men came together as bands all around them were breaking [...]

Those Darlins Recommended Los Angeles Concerts :: April 2011 Monday, April 4th Puro Instinct at Echoplex Wednesday, April 6th Akron/Family at Echo Middle Brother Thursday, April 7th Middle Brother & Jonny Corndawg at Echo The Rumble: Stone Darling with Vanaprasta and Polls @ Echoplex Friday, [...]