Mattress Rolls Holocene
Instead of attempting to navigate the haze of genre-identification in the realm of music I’ll drop Portland duo Mattress into the sub-genre of Gnarly. The tunes, full of atmosphere and off-the-rails confidence, can’t adequately be lumped into a one-line description. And this is a principal reason why I’m so smitten. Case in point: this video, [...]
Read MoreThe Beatles Rock Band Cinematic Trailer
Check out the cinematic trailer for what may be one of the most serendipitous cross-platform experiments to date, Beatles Rock Band. The game is well into development and slated to come out this September – ushered into existence by Dhani Harrison, son of George Harrison. The game is a complete retooling of the Rock Band [...]
Read MoreNew Viva Voce video, “Octavio”
It’s a hell of a season for new music in Portland. Double Dutch is recording dance tracks with orchestration from Alan Singley, The Builders and the Butchers‘ “Salvation is a Deep Dark Well” comes out tomorrow, hot on the heels of Viva Voce‘s “Rose City,” out May 26th. This Fresh-to-the-Internet-track “Octavio” from “Rose City” is [...]
Read MoreBlack Lips + King Khan & BBQ = The Almighty Defenders
Rare is the case that I feel a bit of news is aimed at me and only me. It’s selfish and arrogant to think a single human can warrant an entire news piece in an age when the same information has been digested a few million times by the time I react to it….
Read MoreThe Ascetic Junkies performing “French Girls,” 2 Cameras and a Projector
Another concert video from the January 2nd show at Mt. Tabor Legacy. The folk-frenzy of the Ascetic Junkies is in full force with their song “French Girls.” If you like this video, check out “Kansas Road Trip,” which I posted at an earlier date. This was filmed by Sean Whiteman and myself, the re-projected video [...]
Read MoreKing Khan and the Shrines Wreck Dante’s
Sean’s been telling me sporadically about the King Khan and BBQ show for a while, since he used some of their music in his feature length film “The Disgusting Little Shiver” – I just recently started listening to their music after our friend Jeff purchased a 2-vinyl album and left it in my collection. Listening [...]
Read More“Trying” by Grey Anne
Here is another cut from the a January 2nd show that I blogged about earlier. This was a show we organized at Mt. Tabor Legacy to experiment with some live projection techniques. Aside from some janky wooden ladder climbing, it was a pretty successful evening. Grey Anne’s performances are always interesting to watch, she plays [...]
Read MoreDead Confederate covers Sonic Youth
Flashback: It’s March 20th and I’m in Austin Texas for South By Southwest 2009. I just got done filming a set by Dead Confederate (a hard-working band from Athens, GA) at some venue over on Red River and after dropping off the camera at the Hotel, Dave and I head over to the Compound, an [...]
Read MoreEpisode 4 of Truckerspeed in 3D
Get prepared for one of the best episodes of TS3D to date. Lots of unusual bits in this one, including a couple of guests, a segment on puppy breath, and some bitchin reprojection footage from a concert we organized in January. The first guest is Matt Huiskamp of the PJ. Featured song: “Pink Sofa” by [...]
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