
Two quick sets from groups that are both openers on the Atlas Sound tour and members of that group. Valet is the project of AS bassist Honey Owens, joined here by Brian Foote and Bradford Cox . 40 Watt Club - 2/16/08 Track 1 - FLAC files are here Drunken Unicorn - 2/19/08 Track 1 - FLAC files are here [...]

Atlas Sound is rolling through the area with support from White Rainbow and Valet . You have a couple of opportunities to catch them. 2/21/08: Black Cat , Washington, DC 2/22/08: Johnny Brenda's , Philadelphia, PA Atlas Sound - River Card White Rainbow - Mystic Prism Valet - My Volcano
Monday: Calvin Johnson @ Lutheran Church of the Messiah 8pm $7 Calvin Johnson is the type of explosive performer that could tear up a room on any given night, but given this is the third night of a holiday weekend I expect everyone will be doubly delirious with all their hard earned rest. What better way to celebrate President's Day then with an awesome ruckus? Calvin Johnson - "I'm Down"

Adam Forkner is a guy who knows how to make heady mind music. Yume Bitsu, anyone? The Portland-based musician has headed up a number of musical projects over the past few years, and his main focus now is White Rainbow. Past releases include an aural love letter to Honey Owens (aka Valet), and a five-CD set of out-and-out psych-rock bliss. Prism of Eternal Now is his Kranky debut, and it's also one of his most refined albums to date. Mixing the sound of quiet introspection with the occasional lysergic bliss of a trip through a prism, Forkner does [...]

Oh boy, Sunday Mix Tape makes it's triumphant return tonight after it's first week-off in almost two years! Do you know how hard that was for me to do? I did not get any sleep last Sunday. I was sobbing uncontrollably about how I had no new music to share with my readers, and for the first time I felt like I let you all down. Actually, that's not true, I cry every single day because I continually let you down with my complete inability to pen anything remotely worth your time. Last night was super [...]

For my final "Friday Top Ten" of the year, I always like to write about the news music that has found its way into my possession over the course of the previous 365 days. In 2005, I think I devoted a paragraph to each of my favorite 25 records. Last year, I wrote three-word reviews for my favorite 50 records. This year, I'm upping the stakes, with one all-encapsulating sentence for the best 100 new records. Strap your safety belts on, because this is going to be a very, very long music-related entry. The Top 100 [...]

White Rainbow Sky Drips Drifts (2007, States Rights Records) 8.0/10 The second of his two full length releases this year, Sky Drips Drifts, sees White Rainbow's "healing" spiritual vibes in five extended jams all clocking in at about the ten minute mark. The process is slightly different in comparison to the variably sized output on Prism of Eternal Now . White Rainbow's ability to work successfully in multiple formats, whether creating bite sized audio snacks or extended musical meals displays the diversity of his ability. Regardless of track lengths, White Rainbow [...]

Sometimes I feel I'm too busy and need to cut back on some things. Then I get an email from Greg Davis detailing all the stuff he has going on and I realize I'm a complete slacker next to that guy. This year, Greg has released an album with Zach Wallace under the name Sun Circle , released another album with Jeph Jerman called Sound Wheel , completed two tours of the US with Akron/Family , toured Europe with the High Llamas and Lawrence English [...]

Apetece dizer, assim abertamente, que Adam Forkner é um pequeno génio. Ele que nos últimos anos tem vindo a desenvolver um trabalho incrível na música livre/improvisada especialmente através do seu alter-ego White Rainbow. Forkner é actualmente um dos nomes fortes da cena musical alternativa de Portland onde para além dos seus projectos pessoais tem vindo a colaborar frequentemente com outros importantes artistas como Jackie-o-Motherfucker, Yume Bitsu, Calvin Johnson, The Dirty Projectors, Yellow Swans ou ainda The Microphones, só para citar alguns. Figura imparável portanto. Na música de White Rainbow respira-se liberdade, frescura, xamamismo e natureza por [...]

Yarn Lazer head honcho and all around collaborator extraordinaire Adam Forkner's White Rainbow gets its due in a dual release on Kranky(CD) and Marriage Recs (Vinyl). Forkner paved the way in Yume Bitsu and lent his hand to multiple projects including Dirty Projectors and JOMF, and though this is the biggest label that White Rainbow has graced he's been cranking the quality out for some time now. Seeing as his last release was a 5CD box clocking in at over 4 1/2 hours, Prism of Eternal Now seems brief at only 71 minutes but it packs in plenty [...]
Portlander Adam Forkner aka White Rainbow creates magical musical moments that one must spend time with. No hurry here; he lists his influences as Jon Hassell, La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Brian Eno and Tangerine Dream and if you know of at least one of those artists, then after listening to the Waves MP3 from [...]

Boy did I get drunk last night. Bear Republic Big Bear Black Stout, you are no longer my friend, no matter how deliciously alcoholic you might be. There was a period of time when I found myself "falling asleep" (blacking out?) on a pillow-covered floor for one or two minutes at a time. I don't remember stretches of conversation that occurred between myself and the person with whom I was hanging out, but I can always pretend my cognitions were fascinating and insightful. Now here's the music! RULES for uninitiated noobs : With 100MB of webspace, [...]