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Enjoying the Afterglow of “The Sun,” a New Video from Portugal. The Man.

Scott — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:59:16 +0000

I watch a ton of videos for Portland bands and this is easily one of the most enjoyable I’ve seen in awhile. It helps that the band, Portland-based Portugal the Man puts out music that’s deserving of badass videos. The pacing is superb (my biggest gripe with Portland music videos is that they’re slow as molasses) and the cinematography is glistening. Like the previous Portugal the Man video (which I also fawned over) this was directed by Ryan Rothermel with Michael Ragan as the Director of Photography.

Au’s Gorgeous New Video “Ida Walked Away”

Scott — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:48:44 +0000

Check out this awesomely psycadelic video for Portland band Au’s “Ida Walked Away,” off of their new EP “Versions.” It was skillfully animated by Takafumi Tsuchiya, a Tokyo-based video artist and motion graphics designer. How did the band get set up with such a talented dude? Portland Mercury’s End Hits music blog is on the case, read the interview here.

Quasi Video – Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler

Scott — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:29:56 +0000

Check out the new track “Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler” off of Quasi’s new album “American Gong.” The album was just released on February 23 by Kill Rock Stars. The video was directed by Clyde Petersen and Forrest Baum.

“Younger,” new track off Ethan Rose & Laura Gibson’s Bridge Carols

Scott — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:44:22 +0000

We’re big fans of both Laura Gibson & Ethan Rose (check out our Penny Jam episode with Laura here) so it stands to reason that their new collaborative project, Bridge Carols will please those same mellow, ambient sensibilities. The video is a slow and meditative, but ultimately quite beautiful. Directed by Ryan Jeffery.

Boy Eats Drum Machine releases “ABQ,” a New Video for “Hoop and Wire”

Scott — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:55:45 +0000

Jon Ragel’s one-man-band Boy Eats Drum Machine is in a small group of Portland music that I listen to on repeat. His last album BOOOMBOXXX was killer, and having got my mitts on his new one “Hoop and Wire” I can safely say that it is even better. The video, “ABQ” is full of BEDM’s signature of deep, sticky beats and intensity. Directed by Benjamin Meader also directed the Portland Roller Derby documentary Brutal Beauty, which I blogged about previously.

Fogatron Gets Mouthy at Acme Donuts

Scott — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:43:55 +0000

Check out episode 27 of the podcast that Sean and I produce, The Penny Jam in association with our Sound Engineer friends at Dexterous Productions. If I haven’t already explained it to you, it’s a video series that chronicles Portland musicians performing in unusual locations. This episode featured Fogatron at Acme Donuts. Fogotron often accompanies other musicians, aside from performing alone. As a result, you might find him on stage sometime with some rappers and other musicians if you keep an eye out for his upcoming shows.

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

Scott — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:33:51 +0000

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 of Thompson’s work goes, this one is actually really fucking well done. The Ralph Steadman-esque handdrawn details take the style over the edge and do a good job selling the drug-addled mania of the situation.

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

Scott — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:10:14 +0000

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 mix of electronic, dance and pop music, and overall pretty catchy.

The video mixes equal parts awesome illustrations and PG-13 man-love to an overall impressive result. If I had heard this song for the first time I may have noticed the significance of the title. But yes, now that I think of it, the title “Bottom Your Way To The Top” has some significance. Either way, cool video from a local artist worth knowing about.

There is also a handful of videos from Logan Lynn over on the media section of his website.

Alela Diane Records 2 Songs for AON Sessions in Washington DC

Scott — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:10:42 +0000

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 every city is destined to have a music video project of this nature – and much to our delight, they are fond of featuring touring bands from Portland. There is a second song, “Bowling Green,” after the jump.

From Alela’s myspace it appears the last 2 shows were cancelled. Hopefully everything worked out with her missing cat, I noticed there was a blog post on the End Hits blog about it going missing right around the beginning of the tour.