Brutal Beauty, The Portland Roller Derby Documentary
This video is so packed full of awesome quotes that it’s ridiculous. This trailer from Benjamin Meader on Vimeo is for the film Brutal Beauty, a documentary that follows the Rose City Rollers 2009 season. The premiere of the movie is still a ways off, January 9th at the Hollywood Theater. Looking [...]
Read MoreDock Ellis and the LSD No-Hitter, Told By Dock Ellis Himself
If you’re like most people you haven’t heard the story of Dock Ellis pitching a No-Hitter on June 12, 1970 for the Pirates all while ON ACID. It’s too bad, this should really be taught in public schools. It’s a fantastic piece of sports history, and one that Ellis doesn’t seem too embarrassed [...]
Read MoreKing 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, [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]