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, Portland, Say Hi, Six Organs of Admittance, The Jayhawks, The Last Town Chorus, weather
July July 30 (Friday): Phosphorescent with J. Tillman at Doug Fir $12/14 August August 2nd (Monday): Nathaniel Rateliff at Doug Fir $10/12 August 6, 7, 8 and 9: Pickathon Festival at Pendarvis Farm – preview coming this week! August 8 (Sunday): Levon Helm and Joe Pug, Oregon Zoo, $24 August 18 (Wednesday): Alejandro Escovedo, Alladin [...]
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Posted 25 July 2010
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Calendar § Favorite Artists § Pacific Northwest Artists § Shows
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Also tagged: Broken Social Scene, Builders and the Butchers, Frightened Rabbit, Joe Pug, Levon Helm, Nathaniel Rateliff, Portland Concerts, Portland Festival, The Black Keys, The Gaslight Anthem, The Hold Steady, Willie Nelson
I made you a new mix. It was going to be a thematic follow-up to February with an optimistic, spring-like bent, but I don’t have many mp3s that fit that description. It also started raining again in Oregon. So here’s a random lil mix of new tunes and old favorites. Get the zip file here. [...]
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. [...]
2009. I’ve but putting together an annual list of top ten albums for a few years now, and sending it to anyone who would read it. This year I have my own site, and with it, a few more readers and some co-conspirators in the form of The Bird List folks. I struggled more this [...]
The Maldives are the greatest nine-person Seattle band you’ve never heard of. They swing as far towards traditional country as you’re likely to find me go, drawing on the banjo, pedal steel and occasional accordion and fiddle. They are a solid country rock outfit with stellar vocals, reminiscent of the best of Rick Danko (my [...]