Click image to play Day 3 and I continue the test drive. I took the Lincoln MKS out to Portland International Airport to pick up my friend, the acclaimed Belgian electronic artist, Von Von Von, who has just returned from exile in Europe. Hear what Von has to say about coming out of exile and what [...]
In the most recent issue of The New Yorker, peerless pop music writer Sasha Frere-Jones mentions the great number of indie bands that (in his words) "have found vitality in massed vocal arrangements that sometimes have little to do with rock." Frere-Jones drops the name of blog-approved artists like St. Vincent, Bon Iver and Sufjan [...]
Pampelmoose, Nemo and a Lincoln MKS - Part 1 from Dave Allen on Vimeo. Where I begin day 1 of the test drive. Part 2 of the video, which comes later, features the Von Von Von himself...
. The Lincoln MKS (left) the acclaimed Von Von Von (right) In case you think I've lost my mind, here's the blurb - "The Ford Motor Company and their Lincoln division have chosen Nemo's Dave Allen as a 'digital influencer' and handed him the keys to a fancy red Lincoln MKS for a few days. Dave was [...]
Portland's DJ Izm has just dropped a new 36 minute mixtape for your aural enjoyment. He DJs every Friday night at East in Portland's Chinatown. Check out his MySpace DJ Izm Drops a New Mash - NW Side Story by Pampelmoose
Neil Young [Pic from ReadWriteWeb] Marshall Kirkpatrick was able to interview Neil Young at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco where Young announced that his whole life's work will be made available in a dynamically updating collection delivered on Blu-ray disk. When asked about where he thinks the music business might be going, Young diplomatically replied [...]
Y La Bamba Week number 4 of the Pampelmoose New Music Hour radio show on WOXY.com. This week we could have named it the Portland Music Hour as 80% of the acts this week are from Portland. The show airs twice a week - every Tuesday at 3PM PST and 6PM EST and every Sunday at [...]
I have long been a fan of Tortoise. When Gang of Four requested remixes for our album, Return The Gift, nothing thrilled me more than having Tortoise remix Paralyzed - it never made it onto the remix CD for some reason but I've included an MP3 of it below. I have many words of praise [...]
Bat For Lashes, "Glass" (Live @ Bowery Ballroom, 4.30.09) from self-titled on Vimeo.
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Jealous Girls [Tommie Sunshine's Brooklyn Fire & Brimstone Dub] by tommiesunshine
Work It Out (ft. Little Boots) by hwd
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Click to watch the video. Tori Amos' wonderfully titled new album, 'Abnormally Attracted to Sin,' comes out on May19th. In the meantime Tori is offering up this free MP3 of 'Maybe California' as a gift for Mothers Day. We guys can of course also partake in the download love... Tori Amos - Maybe California
La Session live: Liam Finnby liberation
White Denim Week number 3 of the Pampelmoose New Music Hour radio show on WOXY.com. The show airs twice a week - every Tuesday at 3PM PST and 6PM EST and every Sunday at 8AM PST and 11AM EST. The show streams live - visit the WOXY homepage and click on your preferred method of listening [...]
Great Northern - Remind Me Where The Light Is reviewed by Robert Ham Great Northern Great Northern - Houses The second album by the L.A. duo Great Northern has the feeling of an action painting. Principal members Rachel Stolte and Solon Bixler splash bold colors about, dominating the canvas with brash instrumentation and shimmering production values. It is [...]
Black Lips- 4/24/09 Portland, OR from Nemo Design on Vimeo.
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