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, the energy was definitely [...]
Read MoreParenthetical 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, makes a [...]
Read MoreArrington 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 Time [...]
Read MoreTender 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.
Read MoreNurses 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.
Read MoreBlind Pilot Records Three Tunes for LaundroMatinee
Portland’s Blind Pilot has had a whirlwind of a year. It seems like just yesterday that their album sneaked it’s way out, was quickly featured on iTunes and they’ve been riding a wave of much-deserved attention ever since. Despite the tremendous amount of traveling, performing and living on the road, they handle it with a [...]
Read MoreAu featured on Ears to the Ground Series
Au’s album “Verbs” was a much-loved addition to Portland’s musical landscape in 2008, full of delicate experimentation and whimsy. The ongoing series “Ears to the Ground” from DigforFire dives right into the essence of the music with their episode on Au. “I’ve been a stutterer for my whole life I guess. I just started signing [...]
Read MoreThao performs Know Better Learn Faster
Straight from the San Francisco based music blog and video series Yours Truly is a charming living room performance by Thao and The Get Down Stay Down. The music starts about 90 seconds in, about the same time a dreamy light source swallows Thao.
Read MoreStefan Nadelman visualizes Ramona Falls’ new track “I Say Fever”
I’m a big fan of Menomena, Portland’s experimental rock trio. I’m not sure why I haven’t invested more energy in Menomena-member Brent Knopf’s side project Ramona Falls, but this video was enough to get me excited about the band, and I’m definitely going to venture into the rest of the album. “I say fever” mixes [...]
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