TURN MY HEADPHONES UP, XMAS EDITION

I totally swear that none of these entries will really have anything to do Christmas.  HAVEN'T I GIVEN YOU ENOUGH ALREADY!?!??!? GHOST THROWER ALL WORK EP Ghost Thrower has the coolest fucking name ever.  It's like a combination of Bolt Thrower and a Patrick Swayze movie.  You know I love...

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TALKING SHIT ABOUT BEN GIBBARD AND ZOE DESCHANEL

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UPDATED, SEE BELOW! Win tickets to Beats Antique 12/27!

Yes!  Beats Antique is on tour right now, and they're coming to Portland!  I saw some of the members of Beats Antique with the Yard Dogs Road Show a few years back.  In fact, I have a Beats Antique sticker on my laptop.  I will confess that I cut the sticker up and rearranged the letters to say "BE SATAN."...

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Merry Christmas from Huw Costin

Sorry for the radio silence.  Sometimes being the editor of this blog is a lonely job. And when you have to focus on more literary pursuits for a few weeks, it becomes a quiet job. Well, except for my daughter singing "Dance, Magic Dance", but that is another story. I've got plenty of things on tap, but for now, UK...

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Jessica interviews Emily Saliers from The Indigo Girls!!!

I had the honor of sending new blogger Jessica to check out The Indigo Girls, with the Oregon Symphony at the Schnitz.  She also got to talk to one half of the Girls, Emily Saliers.  It's a great interview, that goes in some really unexpected directions, so thanks Jessica and Emily! Jessica: What musicians...

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Reader question: Who is your favorite "walk-on" character from a song?

You may or may not know this about me: I overanalyze song lyrics.  Obsess over them.  Ponder not only their meaning in a strictly psychological Frankfort School context, but also in a more Berkleyan idealist way.  I'm one of the few people to have read Crittenden's Unreality: The Metaphysics of Fictional Objects and complained about it...

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Live show: Psychic TV at Rotture, 11/10/2012

First of all, hi everybody! First post here. I'm me, you're you. I write things sometimes! You read things (I hope) sometimes! Introductions over. Let's get down to brass tacks, shall we? I just got home from seeing Psychic TV headline a four-band set, and boy are my legs tired. I'd have said arms, but as it turns out,...

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Møtrik at Langano Lounge

Meine Damen und Herren, are you on the prowl for a little krautrock because you've warn out your copy of Amon Düül II's Yeti? You're in luck—Møtrik ist hier! Møtrik made their world debut Saturday night, November 10th, at Langano Lounge on Hawthorne. An instrumental ensemble made up of Dave Fulton, Cord Amato, Lee Ritter,...

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Double album release 11/11 at Rontom's

Megan (from Jared Mees & The Grown Children) has let us know that there is a double album release show coming up, 11/11 at Rontom's. Megan's project Woodwinds will be releasing their album Kismet, and they are sharing the show with local artists Genders, also releasing an album, and LA band Black Apples, who are apparently...

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Upcoming shows: Crushed Out 11/8, Indigo Girls!! 11/9

Gratuitous picture of Syd Barrett.  Is he seeing Emily play?  Is he watching you poop? Propeller has steered me towards some good upcoming shows.  Thanks Angela! November 8- Super peppy Brooklyn duo Crushed Out will be here at PSU on Thursday, and their new album Weigh You Down drops tomorrow!  Check...

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New gear review podcast up!

Not pictured: fuzz pedal.  Or shoes. I went to do a short gear review of the Malekko Heavy Industry Fuzz Pedal, but couldn't stop talking, so turned it into a podcast.  While I was working on it, I got my new bajo sexto, and decided to make a two part episode. This was actually kind of fun... I'm thinking I'd...

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Help Chelsia kick cancer's ass!

My friend Chelsia just found out she has squamous cell carcinoma, which sucks.  Big time.  Nobody wants to find out they have a form of bladder cancer that sounds like HP Lovecraft was drunk when he named it.  Nobody!  The bottom line is that she needs help! Chelsia is a friend from way back, and one...

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FERAL HYMNS

I just got word from a lad named Gieves in Brooklyn, who is spending his stranded flood time by letting us know about his new project.  FERAL HYMNS is a collaborative project between some folks in Brooklyn and Nashville, and you know how I love me some long-distance music affairs.  Check out their Soundcloud and...

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New Release Review - Gary Clark Jr's Blak and Blu

Just close your eyes and think of England. Great things are in store for Austin's three-time Best Blues and Electric Guitarist, Gary Clark Jr.  Unless anyone listens to his new album Blak and Blu. One of the most anticipated blues rock albums of the year was released on October 22nd but there's little blues...

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Britt and Nikki interview The Black Box Revelation!

The Black Box Revelation was back to the Doug Fir on Saturday night, opening for The Sheepdogs, dishing out their brand of Belgian blues. Guitarist and vocalist Jan Paternoster and drummer Dries Van Dijck have been touring America and Europe virtually nonstop for the last several years, taking only enough time off to record...

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Yeah, I'm gonna go there

I thought The Black Keys were pretty cool when I first heard them, but is it me or are all the singles off El Camino just retreads of "Lay Down Sally"? Search your feelings.  You know it to be true...

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Real Spill. Back and Forth with Mic Capes

(photos and artwork used by permission courtesy of Diamond Jeanise Ferguson of Triibe Movement) Hey Mic, thanks for taking the time to do this exclusive for our readers. First off, what was your introduction to hip hop? You recently tweeted your top hip hop influences and they were decidedly more old school than I would've...

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BAT COUNTRY!!!!!!! Chicken In Black edition

Videos. We love our goddamn videos.  Get ready for some more Cool story, bro.  I expected something a little edgier the way this band described themselves. Good stuff, but consider my disappointment a "crushing blow."  Crash Avenue really really really wants me to watch this video from Wickerbird. Hmm. Good thing I did.  Local...

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Interview: Mayonnaise Jenkins and the Former Kings of the Delta Blues

So, there's this band called "Mayonnaise Jenkins and the Former Kings of the Delta Blues," and they're really talented and make really cool music and all that kind of stuff. They don't live in the Mississippi River Delta and they don't really play the blues. It's just, like, a cool name. They really live in Massachusetts...

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