Narwhal vs. Narwhal at Cherry Sprout Produce from The Penny Jam on Vimeo Posted by Jon Ragel of Boy Eats Drum Machine - - As an independent sort of musical anti-revolution washes over Portland, The Penny Jam seems not only determined to document The Rose City's unique assembly of artists, they're doing it with cinematic style [...]
Monotonix at MusicFestNW. Pic ©Justin Kent The New Music Hour on Portland's 94.7FM is dedicated to bringing listeners music, both local and national, that might not normally get on the station's playlists. I am on air with Squid every Tuesday and Thursday at 8PM and all the music that we play can be listened to again [...]
Ratatat live at MusicFestNW in Portland Sept 08 from Dave Allen on Vimeo. Shot from the back stage the video is a little dark but stay tuned because the light show enhances everything every 20 seconds or more. Ratatat played to a packed house and were amazing.
Pic ©Justin Kent Monotonix, from the Middle East to your town. Monotonix - Summers and Autumns
Matt & Kim rocked Backspace on Friday night.... ...smile ...and the audience lapped it up... All pics ©Justin Kent. Matt & Kim - No More Long Years
This is the only picture I could snap and there's definitely no video due to the band's overzealous tour manager, but more on that when I've gathered my thoughts.
Battles @ Wonder Ballroom Del The Funky Homosapien @ The Roseland Unidentified pal of Del The Funky Homosapien @ The Roseland All photos ©Justin Kent.
It's that time of year again. Once again Portland's clubs will play host to the MusicFestNW music festival. Some of the big names this year are Vampire Weekend, TV On The Radio and M Ward along with crowd pleasers No Age and Battles plus many more. Everything kicks off tomorrow evening and once again I'll [...]
Inspiration comes from many sources, and when inspiration to design something comes from a politician that tells me that the politician is reaching people. One of Nemo's designers, Christopher Douglas, decided to design and print Barack t-shirts [as you can see in the image above,] beautifully modeled by Nemo employees Liz and Tyler. As of [...]
Dykeritz In an effort to blend what I post here in the way of promotional MP3s and what Portland's 94.7FM plays on air, I am joining 94.7 DJ, Squid, two nights a week on the New Music Hour to play the latest offerings from artists and labels. Rather like newspapers FM radio is not going away. [...]
Seattle's The Saturday Knights are adding yet another twist to the "get our album for free" idea. This isn't one of those "pay what you like" deals, no they are just giving away the entire album....Read the message from their press crew- Howdy Ladies and Gentlemen! Wanted to get a hold of you and let [...]
WHITE DENIM - Shake Shake Shake from ACIDBIRD on Vimeo. Related Post: White Denim Mess Your Hair Up [MP3]
New Music Hour from 94.7 and a locals-only HD channel I was chatting with 94.7FM Program Director, Mark Hamilton, the other day about FM radio and how it used to be the place for everyone to discover new music. It's no exaggeration to say that today music fans have many ways to hear the latest and [...]
Click to play. Portlander, Judah Switzer is the person behind this video. Visit the JudeSays site for more including a video of Scout Niblett.
The AST Dew Tour hits Portland August 22nd through the 24th. Here's a list of athletes to watch out for. And when the day turns to night come rock out at the AST/Up The Antics After-Party. I'll be DJing after Zia of the Dandy Warhols has done her set. AST Portland After Party Sponsored by Toyota Saturday August [...]
On September 6th, during Portland's annual MusicFestNW music festival, Nemo will play host to two panel discussions presented by The Recording Academy Pacific NW Chapter, Nemo Design, The Musicians Union Local 99 and Spectre. This event is Free for MusicFestNW attendees and for Recording Academy members. From 1PM to 4PM on Saturday September 6th there [...]
Click image to Play Today's Digital Youth are already well-versed in Trust and Fame, they understand very clearly that their song, their video, is only as good as the one that went before it on YouTube unless it is awesome, catchy and fun. Seattle's Natalie Portman's Shaved Head have that idea thoroughly worked out and so [...]
Thursday, August 14 Night Fix and Floating World Comics present Day One of SUPERTRASH 48-HR FILMFEST: The World Premiere of HEMPSTERS: PLANT THE SEED featuring appearances by Woody Harrelson and Willie Nelson An entire weekend of films, indulgence and more 7 p.m. | $3 | 21 & over. More information here. After breaking records in Feb 08 with 2000+ ticket [...]
Girl Talk live in Detroit. Photo - Christos/Detroitartist.org On my other blog, Social Cache, I appear to have lit a fire over whether Girl Talk is a musician or merely a talented DJ who puts together amazing mashups. Have your say here.
It's been many years since Byrne and Eno released the ground breaking album 'My Life In The Bush of Ghosts' an album that was an analog precursor to the sampling habits of today's musicians. The album is called 'Everything That Happens Will Happen Today' and here's the website with all the info. I don't [...]
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