As reported, The Shins return on March 20th with their fourth LP, Port of Morrow , via Columbia Records and frontman James Mercer's own Aural Apothecary imprint. We've already heard the album's lead single, "Simple Song" , along with its b-side, "September" . Now, BPM points to a recent solo performance by Mercer for San Diego radio station 91X , which included the premiere of the album track "It's Only Life". The entire four-song set, which also featured "Simple Song", "Young Pilgrims", and "New Slang", is streaming below; scroll to the 3:49ish mark [...]
The lineup for the Sasquatch! Music Festival has been announced. The music festival will be going into its 11th year Memorial Day Weekend (5/25-5/28) at The Gorge in George, WA featuring headliners Jack White, Beck, and Bon Iver along with the Shins, Girl Talk, Portlandia Live, Feist, St. Vincent, the Walkmen, Spiritualized, Shabazz Palaces, and dozens more. Tickets go on sale to the general public Saturday 2/11 at 10 AM PST. A two-day Live Nation pre-sale begins a few days earlier, Wednesday 2/8 at 10 AM PST. More ticket information, with VIP and camping options, is available [...]
Los festivales siguen y siguen alrededor del mundo y ahora es turno del Sasquatch! Music Festival . Este festival, creado en el 2002 por el promotor Adam Zacks, se caracteriza por su enfoque en bandas de indie rock, aunque también presenta una infinidad de propuestas alternativas que dan para todos los gustos, entre ellos varios actos de rock alternativo, hip-hop, e incluso comediantes. La onceava edición de Sasquatch! nos presenta un lineup muy ecléctico de alto (altísimo) calibre. Encabezando la lista tenemos a Jack White, Beck, Bon Iver, Beirut, Zola Jesus, pasando por The Roots, Explosions In [...]
The Pacific Northwest Festival we've all been waiting for has just announced a killer lineup! Sasquatch takes place at the Gorge on May 25th - 28th.
The Sasquatch Music Festival has released their 2012 lineup, and as usual, it's a doozy....
Music fans could barely contain themselves waiting for tonight's announcement during the Sasquatch! Launch Party at the Neptune Theatre for this year's lineup of the Sasquatch! Music Festival. The 11th annual event will take place, as always, at The Gorge in George, WA, on Memorial Weekend (four days this time: May 25-28). And the lineup is epic! Here are just some of the bands now listed on the website : Jack White, The Roots, Beck, The Head & The Heart, Bon Iver, The Shins, Alabama Shakes, The Joy Formidable, Mogwai, Beirut, Feist, Silversun [...]
Music fans could barely contain themselves waiting for tonight's announcement during the Sasquatch! Launch Party at the Neptune Theatre for this year's lineup of the Sasquatch! Music Festival. The 11th annual event will take place, as always, at The Gorge in George, WA, on Memorial Weekend (four days this time: May 25-28). And the lineup is epic! Here are just some of the bands now listed on the website : Jack White, The Roots, Beck, The Head & The Heart, Bon Iver, The Shins, Alabama Shakes, The Joy Formidable, Mogwai, Beirut, Feist, Silversun [...]
I've always been one for anything in the folk genre, so I was pretty excited when I discovered Blind Pilot would be stopping in Salt Lake City. I know I've said this a few times in the past, but I will continue to say it over and over again. Sometimes the best shows are the ones you go into with little to no expectation. I discovered the band while listening to Fleet Foxes and Dr Dog pandora stations, typically at work. I knew that I really enjoyed the band, but for whatever reason, I had never taken that [...]
2. we are the tide blind pilot expunged records, september 13, 2011 "new york" when bon iver, bon iver was released in june, i remember thinking that i would be very happy if it wasn't my favorite album at the end of the year, because that would mean that some truly great music would have been released during the second [...]
To start off, I have to admit. I have a special place in my heart for anything in the folk genre. Being a huge fan of bands like Fleet Foxes, Blitzen Trapper, Dr. Dog, etc. the list goes on. Anyways, Blind Pilot was one of those bands for me where I would be sitting at my desk working, listening to pandora and suddenly they would come on. This happened too many times until I finally decided to look into who was actually playing these songs that I really really liked. Blind Pilot it was! A duo from Portland, Oregon who [...]
Bind Pilot & The Barr Brothers / Mr. Smalls / 2.10.2012 / Doors 7:00 / $13.50 Words by Jim It's always fun to catch a band around town and see them return a few years later, a few years older, and a few fans stronger. Case in point: Blind Pilot . I caught them back in 2009 when they played with (the seriously awesome) Laura Veirs at Club Cafe. Fast forward three years later, the band has a new album and they're playing at [...]
Things are starting to get a little hectic. Between the trying to get everything prepared for a cross-country move and the fact that I work in a bar in a city that's about to host the Super Bowl causing me to have one day off in the next two weeks has me more than a [...]
Things are starting to get a little hectic. Between the trying to get everything prepared for a cross-country move and the fact that I work in a bar in a city that's about to host the Super Bowl causing me to have one day off in the next two weeks has me more than a [...]
Portland indie folksters Blind Pilot stopped by The David Letterman Show to perform the title track from their latest LP, We Are The Tide. Ladies and Germs here is "Blind Spot".
trumpet. xylophone. stand up bass. from Portland. and they sound so good. not heard of the BLIND PILOT prior to their performance of WE ARE THE TIDE on the DAVID LETTERMAN show last PM. yep, must give me ears some more from these American indie-folkers. wotyougot
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? They let musicians onstage! Here are tonight's notable performers: The Late Show With David Letterman (CBS): Blind Pilot Portland pop duo Blind Pilot is performing the title track from latest album We Are The Tide. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno [...]
Great movie, even better scene... if you haven't seen Spinal Tap then put that one at the top of your New Years Resolution's list. But as far as music goes I'd like to take a bit of time and let you guys know exactly what bands I feel "went to eleven" this year. These are [...]
Blind Pilot is a band of well-worn shoes, figuratively and literally. Their songs are the stories of seekers and lovers setting off down long, dirt roads, passing under hanging stars, tramping wooded hills and curling up beside welcome campfires or beneath piled blankets. They are songs with an earned grace and lessons as dear to the heart as capillaries funneling hot blood to the brain and limbs. Most Blind Pilot songs start softly – acoustic picking, Israel Nebeker's easy, endearing vocals, a toe-tapping rhythm – and casually build to a gentle chug, like a dependable [...]
This list is a long time coming and a little later than I would have liked it to be, but I do not take lists lightly so I didn't want to rush it. For me 2011 was a great year in music. I have opened myself up and listened to a lot of stuff that I don't think I would have given a chance a couple of years ago. I also saw a fair amount of shows in 2011. Alexi Murdoch, The Decemberists, The Kills, James Vincent McMorrow and these are all albums I consider to have made up a [...]
Our look back at the year in music takes us to the dog days of summer. A massive amount of downloads to choose from in August. We picked our favorites, this is 2011 Our Year In Sound; August. Check it out. Slow Loris; Everybody Knows Best Coast; How They Want Me To Be Bare Wires; Cheap Perfume Dirty Beaches; Lone Runner [...]
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