Tagged: tonightandvideo

Apollo Sunshine 's Shall Noise Upon spawns from three multi-instrumentalists whose joyous, expansive songcraft channels the spiritual bliss of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass without obviously emulating that landmark LP's Spectorized Krishna rock. Apollo Sunshine--Jesse Gallagher, Sam Cohen, and Jeremy Black--lean toward psychedelia's whimsical end, but not cloyingly so. And they throw a few change-ups, too: "Brotherhood of Death" chugs headlong, like if Canned Heat joined forces with early Meat Puppets; "The Funky Chamberlain (Who Begot Who)" recalls Lothar and the Hand People's "Machines" (always a good thing), but it's funkier; "Green Green Lawns of [...]

Soul is back. And not just Sharon Jones. Here's a white guy from Boston called Eli "Paperboy" Reed . His band, the True Loves , do soul-by-numbers like it's 1966. That's not a bad thing. The picture quality above is not great, but the sound's fine, and you can hear the band's energy, and let's face it: Paperboy can sing. Fellow End Hits blogger Andrew R Tonry put it perfectly: "May not sound super hot on record, but live I bet it rips..." So yeah, I'm gonna check it out tonight. I [...]

Soul is back. And not just Sharon Jones. Here's a white guy from Boston called Eli "Paperboy" Reed . His band, the True Loves , do soul-by-numbers like it's 1966. That's not a bad thing. The picture quality above is not great, but the sound's fine, and you can hear the band's energy, and let's face it: Paperboy can sing. Fellow End Hits blogger Andrew R Tonry put it perfectly: "May not sound super hot on record, but live I bet it rips..." So yeah, I'm gonna check it out tonight. I [...]

Sigur Ros - "Svefn-g-englar" [Live in Philadelphia, Sept 22, 2001] Here's Icelandic band Sigur Ros playing what could be called their first US "hit"--it was the first song I became familiar with, at least. This is footage from their 2001 tour. I saw this tour two days later, when it hit the Beacon Theater in New York City. Coming just days after the September 11 attacks, it was a raw, emotional time, and as soothing as this particular song is, I remember most of their set being made up of the dark, disturbing material that later [...]

As you may know, genteel nu-bluegrasser Alison Krauss has teamed up with golden god Robert Plant for what initially seems to be a puzzling pairing; their record Raising Sand is an amble through well-worn folk songs by the likes of the Everly Brothers, Tom Waits, and Townes Van Zandt. They're hitting town tonight , at the magically-titled "Theater in the Clouds," which is actually the Rose Garden chopped into a smaller-sized wedge. (No actual clouds, sadly.) Their recent tour setlists include Zep faves like "When the Levee Breaks," "Black Dog," and [...]

"You Should Always Keep in Touch with Your Friends" (1986) So yeah, the Wedding Present is coming to town tonight. If you don't realize what a big deal the Weddoes are, they bridged the gap from the Smiths to everything that came after, and revitalized the 7" single as a viable medium. Bone up on history by reading Rob's article here . Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 9 pm, $15

The Rosewood Thieves - "Los Angeles" Here's a video of the Rosewood Thieves for a song called "Los Angeles," filmed in what suspiciously looks like not Los Angeles . The Thieves are from New York and have recorded in the Poconos of Pennsylvania; they make '60s-influenced pop with nods to the piano sound of solo John Lennon and the sloping acoustic shuffle of mid-era Kinks. Their new album Rise & Shine even has very pretty artwork that looks like it's trying to look like something from the '60s, but [...]

Witch - "Seer" Of course, it ain't all about the wristband. Witch stomps all over the stage tonight with lumbering, brontosaurus rock of the very stoner-ist vintage. If you like your guitar riffs dark and evil, and your drums mightily thwacked by none other than J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr , then this is where you will want to be tonight. Take a look at the trippy video clip above. Far out, man. You don't even need drugs! w/Earthless, Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound; East [...]

Here's a fan-made video for a tune from the new Mogwai album. Usually fan videos are dire affairs, but this one's pretty wonderful, using found footage that's completely at odds with the music. Tell me this doesn't brighten your day at least a little: Mogwai - "The Sun Smells Too Loud" Mogwai's latest, The Hawk is Howling , comes out Sept 23 on Matador. Meanwhile, Mogwai play tonight at Roseland with Fuck Buttons.

Yes! Man Man are bringing their freak show to Portland tonight! You can read what I wrote about them for the paper this week here , but really, if that clip above of them performing " Black Mission Goggles " doesn't sell you on the greatness of this band, nothing probably will. I cannot recommend going to this show enough. I really like their records, but seeing Man Man live is just a whole different beast. Everyone writhes, wiggles, and shakes their way through each track, and, needless to say, the [...]

Wow, had that video been shown on TV instead of that infamous Pokemon episode , something tells me many more than a few hundred kids would have ended up in the hospital with seizures. Crazy strobe lights and terrible videos aside, Indian Jewelry are pretty wonderful, switching up styles and genres more than Ash switches up his Pokemons in battle. Yeah, that was my second Pokemon reference in one blog post. I lose. Their latest album, Free Gold , has some serious bangers on it, and I really recommend heading [...]

System and Station - "On the Way" You may not have even noticed, but after 10 years and seven records, System and Station have emerged as one of the very finest bands in Portland. Their newest full-length, A Nation of Actors , is a fantastic rock record, flooded with melody, flowing with equal parts propulsion and subtlety, breathing like a living thing. "Too Late Too Soon" rides a circular bluesy riff to unpredictable destinations, and "Dumb Luck" happily revisits early '90s alterna-rock, while "Rainy Days in Future Cities" shimmers like droplets gliding down [...]

Feral Children: "Spy/Glass House" Check out this video from Seattle's Feral Children , not to be confused with Fairy Children (Michael Jackson's favorite band), or Fecal Children (a death metal band that I just made up), or Feral Cats, the group of feral cats that live under my neighbors house. It's like Modest Mouse/Animal Collective/fiery guitar indie drum-thumping tribal meltdown and... HOLY CRAP that dude has pins through his chest! This looks like an awesome show. w/Hypatia Lake, Pacific UV; Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 9 pm, $8 --- [...]

I had no idea Crocodiles were playing in town until about 3 minutes ago. All I do is stare at local music calendars--and Punky Brewster fan fiction --all day long, how did I miss this? Christ. The band, which I have absolutely no music from (other than the above YouTube clip), will be given the golden star of approval solely based on their previous acts, the unfuckwithable the Plot to Blow Up The Eiffel Tower and the sadly underrated the Prayers . The quality of their [...]

Eef Barzelay - "Lose Big" Eef Barzelay's main gig, the New York-based band Clem Snide, finally dissolved during the making of Barzelay's second solo disc. Unlike his first disc, Bitter Honey , which was an entirely solo acoustic affair, this year's Lose Big is fully produced and arranged, with the songs getting caught in all kinds of sticky corners: pop, folk, soul, alt-country, and a dusting of rock. Barzelay is a terrific songwriter--sly, witty, and sardonic--but never at the expense of the pocket-sized mini-emotions in which pop songs traffic. In fact, Lose [...]

Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent have reformed the Zombies and hit town tonight. You can make your walking undead jokes, but these old fogeys played a show at MusicFestNW in 2006 and I thought it was a total blast. They played through their catalog of '60s hits, with a smattering of tunes from the absolutely brilliant Odessey & Oracle (not enough, though; its is one of the best albums of all time, and they could play the entire thing through with no complaint from me), and also launched into a few choice tunes ("Hold Your Head [...]

Of course, the Kinks aren't just Ray Davies. The legendary '60s lineup also included Mick Avory (who originally drummed for the Stones) and the awesomely-named Pete Quaife. But true Chewbacca-style co-pilot status belongs to Ray's little brother, Dave . Dave played lead guitar and sang on a number of early Kinks tunes in a distinctive, high tenor, but it wasn't until 1967 that he stepped out of the shadows of his brother and took a crack at writing his own song. And it's a classic: [...]

I'll always associate Ratatat with follow Brooklynites Interpol (who, judging by the way they've stolen from Ian Curtis over the years, are the prime suspects in the case of the missing headstone ), since Carlos D and company took the instrumental duo out on tour years ago and seemed vital in the breaking of the band. It was my first exposure to Ratatat and, well, I didn't really get what the fuss was about. I knew it was e*rock 's brother and I was supposed to love the band, [...]