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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A Halloween Half Dozen Indie Bands for Your Seasonal Spooktaculars!

It's getting close to the greatest holiday of them all- Halloween. The one day of the year when people embrace their dark side, when everyone gets a little bit wicked. No matter how you celebrate Halloween - whether you get dressed up in rediculous costumes, get drunk and dance the night away - you hide away and watch horror...

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Show Review: Shirley Nanette and Friends at Billy Webb Elks Lodge

Surely you're aware of Shirley Nanette. No? Shirley is a vocalist, one of the rare species to be native to Portland. She usually sings jazz (Mount Hood Festival of Jazz, Jimmy Mak's) but has been a guest vocalist with the Oregon Symphony on occasion since 1981. She was inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame in 2007....

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Show Review: Assemblage 23 with Espermachine

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Background In the Dark Age known as the late-90s, I was visiting family and friends in San Diego. A married...

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