Let’s say you have your MFNW bracelet and have plotted out your menu of rising-star bands, synced the schedule on your iPhone, and have calculated how many blocks between each venue. For argument’s sake, you’re a post-Garden State fan of mister smoky Iron & Wine, and were swayed by SLP writer Gene’s review of their [...]
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“Live From Nowhere Near You” hits home
Homeless Youth benefit’s 2nd Volume worth money, listening time There are so many good reasons for a music fan to shell out cash for the single CD priced ($15) 3-CD set which comprises Volume Two of Live From Nowhere Near You. One could go with the reasons provided recently in Entertainment Weekly, which encouraged readers [...]
Read entire post...Gary Wilson and the Blind Dates
Live at Brick and Mortar, San Francisco – July 23, 2011 Edge retired this year. One of the better modern-era professional wrestlers, he was consistently good in the ring, but even better on the mic doing promos. He had memorable runs as “The R-Rated Superstar” and as a surfer dude, and looked something like a juiced-up [...]
Read entire post...Foxygen Therapy – An Interview
An Interview with up-and-comers, Foxygen by Alexander Laurence of Portlable Infinite. Foxygen photos by Angel Ceballos also of Portable Infinite. Foxygen are a new young band who are thrilling musicians and talented songwriters. They are from Los Angeles and have existed in some form for many years. They have produced more than eight albums in the [...]
Read entire post...“Helplessness Blues” Under Blue Skies
Fleet Foxes Edgefield concert showcases sophomore LP After witnessing their undeniable talent live, for the first time, I can assuredly state that the Fleet Foxes are the real deal. Their self-titled debut album – already nearly a “classic”, though only a couple of years old – was a loud statement about what American music could [...]
Read entire post...Foxygen West Coast Tour
The Foxygen West Coast tour starts this week. The first show starts this Thursday in Olympia, WA. They are an LA based band who have been living in Olympia and NYC the past few years. You lucky people get to see them on their first actual tour. They have an EP, Take The Kids Off [...]
Read entire post...America’s Got Talent…in Canada
The Weeknd’s House of Balloons signals arrival of R&B hopeful Every once in a while, folks like Toronto’s The Weeknd come along to renew my joy of R & B, and remind me of the music I grew up listening to. The R & B world – unlike the standard indie music world, or some [...]
Read entire post...Conflicted About MusicFest NW
The official schedule for MusicFest NW has been published and I’m a kind of bummed as many of the bands I was looking forward to seeing are playing at the same time! One of the main conflicts for me is Friday Night’s Midnight slot with the Horrors playing at Dante’s and Olivia Tremor Control playing [...]
Read entire post...Hosannas–the Interview
One of Willamette Week’s top four “new” bands of Portland last year, Hosannas is a project of brothers Richard and Brandon Laws, with occasional assists by other talented musicians. Distinctive for its striking interplay of vocal harmonies and stark electronics, the band inspired a successful Kickstarter campaign for the film/music project Into the Woods. Having [...]
Read entire post...Antlers Come Together on Burst Apart
NYC band delivers dreamy melancholy on its fourth long player Though The Antler’s latest, Burst Apart, begins with a healthy nod to the 80’s (think OMD) on “I Don’t Want Love” – they are clearly inhabitants of the dream pop world – keeping good company with forefathers Mercury Rev (whose 1998 masterpiece, Deserter’s Songs, has [...]
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