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Video: Chrome Wings "Coast To Coast"

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 Fitting that one of the clearest sounding tracks Chrome Wings has ever created should be accompanied by one of their most straightforward videos. Well, straightforward might be overstating it a tad. The folks at Broken Machine Films have synced the song "Coast To Coa...   More
 
Monday, March 12, 2012 by ROBERT HAM

Cut of the Day: IG88 "Adult Tree," A Loom & Not Me (Nueva Forma)

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 For all the press we throw down for local labels like Tender Loving Empire, Hush, Eggy, Marriage, Apes Tapes, etc., you and I have to know that underneath the radar are dozens of smaller independent labels that have rosters just as strong as any of the imprints mentioned above. Hell, a music-hungry town like ours wouldn't have it any other way. Still, running across a label that I haven...   More
 
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 by ROBERT HAM

Andrew W.K.: Monday, March 5

The world’s foremost party expert stops in Portland.


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[PARTY MUSIC] Who could have predicted the longevity of Andrew W.K.’s career? He sprung into the world a decade ago fully formed, clad in white T-shirt and white jeans and heartily urging us to    More
 
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 ROBERT HAM

Album Review: Y La Bamba

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[CULTURES CLASHING] The idea of mashing together the disparate worlds of conjuntos from south of the border and modern, rain-soaked pop is a great one. But Y La Bamba has never really been able to   More
 
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 ROBERT HAM

Cut of the Day: E*Rock "False Fortress (Moon Duo Remix)"

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 This is the kind of meeting of two genius musical minds that I wish would happen more often. If I'm remembering the story Eric Mast (Mr. E*Rock if you're nasty), he approached the folks in Moon Duo about doing a video for one of their songs. The Duo said they'd love to but had no money to spend on such a project. But Mast wanted to go ahead with it anyway and just asked that they do a remix ...   More
 
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 by ROBERT HAM

Cut of the Day: CC TV (self-released)

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 Today's Cut isn't just one song. No, for your pre-Ash Wednesday festivities, we're giving you an entire album-length concept courtesy of Archers guitarist/vocalist Chris Cantino.  CC TV (Gapless) by CC TV As you will hear, this is miles away from the work that Cantino does in Archers. Rathe...   More
 
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 by ROBERT HAM

Video Roundup: Poor Boy's Soul, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, And And And, Strategy, Youthbitch, Aaron O'Bryan Smith

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Poor Boy's Soul - "Nails In The Pine"

Lots of cavorting in this edition of the Video Roundup. In this case, it's a bunch of well-dressed young folk playing leapfrog with tombstones, playing dice and smooching in a church, and boozing it up to the sound of Poor Boy's Soul's one-man stomping fol...   More
 
Monday, February 20, 2012 by ROBERT HAM

Enjoy the Fruits of Coachella Closer To Home

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 Sure, you could spend hundreds of dollars to fly or drive down to southern California, wade through a sea of people, camp on the unforgiving earth, and end up paying $8 for a bottle of water just to brag to your friends for months afterwards that you were at Coachella, man! But wouldn't it make more sense to spend your money closer ...   More
 
Friday, February 17, 2012 by ROBERT HAM

Cut of the Day: The Ghost Ease, "Being Born"

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 Considering how much information pours out of a musician or a band via their Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr accounts, it's a breath of fresh air when an artist doesn't let you know absolutely everything that he/she is doing or thinking through the day. Granted, The Ghost Ease has all three of the above, but instead of spouting off ...   More
 
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 by ROBERT HAM

UPDATED: Help S.F. Band Dominant Legs Recover Their Stolen Gear

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Here's a story to make your music-loving blood boil: the fantastic San Francisco band Dominant Legs were in town on Tuesday, playing a show at Mississippi Studios, opening up for Eleanor Friedberger. Post-show, they parked their van with their instruments and personal effects in it on SE 6th and Ash for an hour while they did something a block away. And in that time, their van was broken into...   More
 
Saturday, February 11, 2012 by ROBERT HAM
 

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