Well, shit. Kasey Anderson went and made a rock’ n ’roll record. Anyone expecting a repeat or follow-up to 2010’s Nowhere Nights is going to be taken aback by the first sixty (ok, six) seconds or so of the new Heart of a Dog — and that is exactly the point. Anderson’s been clear for [...]
If I haven’t talked to you in the last 30 seconds, you may not know that I hate hate hate this time of year. It’s somehow particularly gloomy and dark in the Pacific NW this year. Instead of our regular light, umbrella-not-needed mist, we’ve got flash floods and sideways rain. A tornado touched down in [...]
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Posted 14 December 2010
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Favorite Artists § Lazy Girl's Podcast § Mixes § Pacific Northwest Artists
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Also tagged: Austin Lucas, Chuck Ragan, Dolorean, Horse Feathers, Leonard Cohen, Link Wray, Morphine, Say Hi, Six Organs of Admittance, The Jayhawks, The Last Town Chorus, The Maldives, weather
Yes, I enjoy making fun of hippies and I don’t particularly enjoying camping. However, I am very much looking forward to this weekend’s Pickathon festival just outside Portland. For three days and two nights, I will sleep on the ground in the woods (or, rather, on a Deluxe Series Thermarest) in order to take advantage [...]
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Posted 01 August 2010
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Also tagged: Bonnie Prince Billy, Chatham County Line, Cotton Jones, Heartless Bastards, Little Wings, Pickathon, Richmond Fontaine and Black Prairie., Roadside Graves, Sam Quinn, The Cave Singers, The Deep Dark Woods, Typhoon
Time to resume regular programming around here. To kick off summer (summer in Oregon really doesn’t start till early-mid July, folks) I bring you a slew of free music courtesy of Suburban Home Records. If you’re not familiar with Suburban Home (SH), you should remedy that. They do a stellar job of supporting/promoting a bunch [...]
1) So who are you and where did you come from? My name is Alexander Hudjohn. I’m working on 30 years of age and I was born in San Antonio, Texas. I spent my childhood in northern California and have since spent my formative years here in Portland. 2) Describe the music you make. How [...]
The third Saturday of April is now officially Record Store Day, when “independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music”, or, presumably, to get people off the internet and back into record stores. I’m as guilty as the next girl of neglecting my beloved independent music store (that’s you, [...]
Portland’s indie folk masters Horse Feathers are releasing their third album next Tuesday, April 20th, on Kill Rock Stars. Thistled Spring promises to continue their good work to date, and the promotional materials are capitalizing on the release date and album title to promise “an album of rebirth, renewal, and fragile hope.” The first single, [...]
MARCH March 9 (Tuesday): Weinland, The Maldives and Or, The Whale at Doug Fir. $9/$10. March 13 (Saturday): Star Anna and Kasey Anderson at The White Eagle. $5. March 24 (Wednesday): Okkervil River at Crystal Ballroom. Free with Jack Daniels promo tickets. March 28 (Sunday): The Low Anthem and Timbre Timbre at Doug Fir. $12. [...]
Lord knows the last thing I want to do is draw any more attention to Portland bike enthusiasts, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t introduce you to Blind Pilot, another great Portland band to emerge in the last few years. These guys started as a duo and toured on their bikes up and down [...]
Richmond Fontaine is one of Portland’s most well-established and enduring Americana acts. Ironically, they’ve found greater fame overseas, particularly in the UK. I can only speculate that this is because the British are more comfortable with being drunk and depressive. Their songs are stripped down, plaintive and heavy on the pedal steel. They are steeped [...]