Fogatron Gets Mouthy at Acme Donuts

Fogatron Gets Mouthy at Acme Donuts

Episode 27 of our Portland music video series “the Penny Jam” features Fogotron beatboxing one Sunday last Fall at Acme Donuts on Powell.

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Josh Martinez Goes Gonzo in His New Video “Underground Pop,” the 8th Video From “The World Famous Sex Buffet”

Josh Martinez Goes Gonzo in His New Video “Underground Pop,” the 8th Video From “The World Famous Sex Buffet”

Portland rapper Josh Martinez just released another awesome video, purportedly the 8th video from his recently-released “The World Famous Sex Buffet.” The track is called “Underground Pop” and as you’ll immediately notice is a close visual adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.” And as far as adaptations go…

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Logan Lynn Video From the New Album “From Pillar To Post”

Logan Lynn Video From the New Album “From Pillar To Post”

Check out the new video “Bottom Your Way To The Top” from Logan Lynn’s “From Pillar To Post” directed by Jeffrey McHale and illustrated by John Parot. Lynn, a Portland native, recently signed to the Dandy Warhols’ Beat The World Records, and this is his first release with the label. Lynn’s music is a [...]

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Alela Diane Records 2 Songs for AON Sessions in Washington DC

Alela Diane Records 2 Songs for AON Sessions in Washington DC

Alela Diane just finished up a tour with Marissa Nadler and we are lucky enough to have some documentation of it from the web series in All Our Noise. The Washington D.C. crew is on the case, filming the band and beaming it back to base here in Portland. Seems like just about [...]

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King Khan & BBQ Show Perform “I’ll Be Loving You” – Scheduled to Play Portland Show This Friday

King Khan & BBQ Show Perform “I’ll Be Loving You” – Scheduled to Play Portland Show This Friday

When I heard The King Khan & BBQ Show for the first time, I was a bit thrown for a loop. I’d heard about the craziness of their shows, and their general antics, so the wholesome combination surf guitar and 50’s love song vocals were a surprise.
But despite my confusion, [...]

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Parenthetical Girls Tributes, “A Song For Ellie Greenwich” and “The Scottish Play”

Parenthetical Girls Tributes, “A Song For Ellie Greenwich” and “The Scottish Play”

This video is old…but entirely awesome. Brought to you by Judah Switzer with the assist by Studio Nemo. The track “A Song For Ellie Greenwich” possesses a similarly tributey quality to their new project. I thought I’d take the time to mention them both.
“The Scottish Play,” the band’s new vinyl on Tomlab, [...]

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Arrington De Dionyso sings in Indonesian, New Video Kicks Off “Malaikat dan Singa” Album

Arrington De Dionyso sings in Indonesian, New Video Kicks Off “Malaikat dan Singa” Album

The description for this video on YouTube reads “Hallucinogenic Post-Punk sung all in Indonesian to impress a girl!”
I’ve been following Arrington De Dionyso for a couple of years, mostly through the band Old Time Relijun, a Olympia-then-Portland-based group that plays one of the most primal, musically startling shows I’ve ever seen. Despite Old [...]

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Tender Forever Cover’s Justin Timberlake’s “My Love” in Ladd’s Addition

Tender Forever Cover’s Justin Timberlake’s “My Love” in Ladd’s Addition

Recorded in August 2009 in Southeast Portland, comes a summery Justin Timberlake cover from Portland’s Tender Forever. Filmed as part of the Sydney-based music video series Shoot the Player, “My Love” is one of three songs recorded. Check out the other two videos in the original post here.

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Nurses go Technicolor

Nurses go Technicolor

From my favorite Portland album of 2009, Nurses‘ “Apple’s Acre” comes the gloriously dingy opening track “Technicolor,” the featured tune on this one is from Left Right Hand. That psychedelic piano sums up the band pretty well in my mind.

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