Two Blitzen Trapper Cuts from the Sound of Young America at the Bridgetown Comedy Fest
Two months back I posted a video from the Bridgetown Comedy Festival featuring a live recording of the podcast Jordan Jesse Go. Well today I was poking around on Jesse Thorn’s Vimeo account and found another fantastic clip of Blitzen Trapper playing a couple of songs at the Bagdad Theater. Thorn is an overachieving American [...]
Read MoreThe Dimes and the Penny Jam visit St. Cupcake
Episode 25 of our Portland music video series The Penny Jam with the Dimes is out now! The gentleman from the band don’t normally wear British military uniforms but in a stroke of good luck we caught them on the same day they had done some promotional photography and they already had the costumes. The [...]
Read MoreExperimental Dental School Featured on Dig for Fire
The Portland experimental rock duo Experimental Dental School was recently featured on Dig For Fire, which is quickly becoming one of my favorite music series. This was shot in New York while XDS was on a 6-week tour with Deerhoof. Here is a quote from the video: “Greg from Deerhoof, he’s worked on a couple [...]
Read MoreThe Builders and the Butchers’ “Golden Green”
I said it once but it’s so true I’ll say it again: Portland is in a golden era of rad music videos. Our stable of local directors continue to up the ante and the Builders and the Butchers new Henry-Darger-inspired track from Salvation is a Deep Dark Well is no different. Local booker, photographer and [...]
Read MoreBlue Horns at Backspace
This is a show I filmed from a while back at Backspace – a night with 4 awesome bands: Patterns, Inside Voices, Blue Horns and Church. I’ll be putting out more videos as time passes I spun the wheel and today you get to enjoy a song by Blue Horns. If you’re digging this one, [...]
Read MoreEpisode 7 of Truckerspeed in 3D
Check out episode 7 of our public access TV show (in Portland) where I’m joined by my friend Jon Hurst. We talk about beer, dancing, show some music videos and even give shout outs…to a lady! Filmed in our greenscreen basement studio in Southeast Portland.
Read MoreBlitzen Trapper Release Black River Killer Video
I’m a big fan of Portland’s Blitzen Trapper – and weighing in at 37 iTunes plays I’ve listened “Black River Killer” more times than any other track on their most recent release “Furr.” While the band has always been a purveyor of fine music videos, this creepy murder ballad takes the prize. The Making of [...]
Read MoreExplode into Colors Explodes in the Portland Art Museum
As we started to polish up the next episode of the Penny Jam (our ongoing video series), it occurred to me that we hadn’t posted the most recent episode, number 24 featuring Explode into Colors. It’s been getting some loving on the internet, and for good reason. Explode into Colors brings the energy like a [...]
Read MoreBen Folds’ A Capella Odyssey
So last night I was poking around on Youtube looking for something to tuck me in and I stumbled accross this well-shot, 15-minute documentary. Ben Folds Presents: Unviersity A Cappella!. I’m no aficionado but I do enjoy A Capella quite a bit. I think my appreciation comes from living with a guy in college who [...]
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