I’m coming to Portland September 7-10 for MusicFest NW, one of my favorite times of all the year! It’s like Christmas, but most of the songs are newer.
This Friday and next Friday, I’ll be playing music by bands playing at the festival. You can check out the roster for yourself at musicfestnw.com.
Here’s a commercial they did for it, unapologetically naming and shaming the Michael Bolton of the new millenium:
artist - song - album :: extra info
Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have to Leave It - Our Ill Wills, out in US Sept 11
(website | myspace | Tonight I Have to Leave It video)
Northern State - Away Away - Can I Keep this Pen
(website | myspace)
RF and Lili De La Mora - Your Book of Everything - Schole Compilation Volume 1
(website | myspace | last.fm | Through the Trees video | RF website | RF myspace | The Year Zero myspace [Lili’s band])
Swayzak - Smile and Receive - Some Other Country :: out August 28
(website | myspace | album micro site [with free mp3])
Chris Garneau - Not Nice - Music for Tourists
(website | myspace | Relief video)
Animal Collective - Peacebone - Strawberry Jam :: out September 11
(website | myspace | Peacebone video)
Emerald Park - Obscured by Lies
(website | myspace)
The Dimes - Paul Kern Can’t Sleep - The Silent Generation
(website | myspace)
Derby - If Ever There’s a Reason - Posters Fade
(website | myspace)
DoublePlusGood - Scarecrow Angels - Somehow Everyone I Know is Here
(website | myspace | artistserver)
Someday Tricycle - Last To Withdraw - Mystic Knights of the Pretty Sun
(website | myspace)
The Truly Me Club - Halfpipes - Popstar on the Lam
(website | myspace)
The Decemberists - The Perfect Crime #2 (Junior Boys remix) - The Perfect Crime #2 EP :: out September 25
(website | myspace | sign up & get TPC2 remix mp3)
Stereo Total - Ich Bin Der Stricherjunge - Paris-Berlin
(website | myspace | Ich Bin Der Stricherjunge video)
mp3s:
The Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have to Leave It
Northern State - Away Away (Dub Remix)
RF and Lili De La Mora - Your Book of Everything
Chris Garneau - Not Nice
Emerald Park - Obscured by Lies
The Dimes - Paul Kern Can’t Sleep
The Truly Me Club - Halfpipes (via Local Cut)
Stereo Total - Ich Bin Der Stricherjunge
artist - song - album :: extra info
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa - Vampire Weekend EP
(website | myspace)
A Fine Frenzy - You Picked Me - One Cell in the Sea
(website | myspace)
Devendra Banhart - So Long Old Bean - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon :: out September 25
(website | myspace)
Emerald Park - Open :: track produced by Ola Frick of Moonbabies
(website | myspace)
Kele Goodwin - Cursive - The Spider
(myspace)
Oh! Custer - Post - States
(website | myspace | youtube)
Rocky Votolato - Postcard from Kentucky - The Brag & Cuss
(website | myspace | at Barsuk)
The Go! Team - Doing it Right - Proof of Youth :: out September 11
(website | myspace | last.fm | Doing it Right video)
The Brunettes - Small Town Crew - Structure & Cosmetics
(website | myspace | Her Hairagami Set video)
The Coral - Who’s Gonna Find Me - Roots and Echoes
(website | myspace | Who’s Gonna Find Me video)
Okkervil River - Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe - The Stage Names
(website | myspace | For Real video)
Stars - Take Me to the Riot - In Our Bedroom After the War :: out September 25
(website | myspace | last.fm)
Metric - On the Sly - Grow Up and Blow Away
(website | myspace | last.fm)
Dan Deacon - The Crystal Cat - Spiderman of the Rings
(website | myspace | The Crystal Cat video)
Sprites - Pac Man Fever - Little Darla Has a Treat for You v. 25 :: Buckner & Garcia cover
(website | myspace)
mp3s:
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
Kele Goodwin - Cursive (from Local Cut)
Oh! Custer - Post
Rocky Votolato - Postcard from Kentucky
The Brunettes - Small Town Crew
Dan Deacon - The Crystal Cat (from Pitchfork)
I hope this finds you well! I myself am battling a cold.
artist - song - album :: extra info
1990s - See You at the Lights - Cookies
(website | myspace)
The Dimes - Letters in the Sea - forthcoming The Silent Generation(?) :: out August 24
(website | myspace)
Derby - All or Nothing - forthcoming Posters Fade
(website | myspace | youtube)
Mobius Band - Hallie - Heaven
(website | myspace | youtube | last.fm)
Art in Manila - Our Addictions - Set the Woods on Fire
(myspace | on Saddle Creek)
Mum - Dancing Behind My Eyelids - Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy :: out September 25
(website | fansite | myspace | video on Pitchfork)
Laura Veirs - Ocean Night Song - Saltbreakers
(website | myspace | youtube)
Pompeya - Traveller - (single)
(myspace | last.fm)
The Weakerthans - Night Windows - Reunion Tour :: out September 25
(website | myspace | youtube)
Bishop Allen - Rain - The Broken String
(website | myspace | last.fm | youtube)
Alela Diane - White as Diamonds - (Daytrotter Session, unreleased)
(website | myspace | last.fm | youtube | Daytrotter)
Misha - Summersend - Teardrop Sweetheart
(myspace)
Ladybirds - The Brown and Red Divide - Regional Community Theater
(website | myspace | youtube)
Podington Bear - Wonder Happens
(website | myspace)
They Might Be Giants - Upside Down Frown - The Else
(website | other site | myspace | fan wiki | youtube)
mp3s:
Pompeya - Traveller
Bishop Allen - Rain
Alela Diane - White as Diamonds
Podington Bear - Wonder Happens
If you are as ardent a fan as I am of They Might Be Giants, you’ll have seen this video already. If not, it’s only been out a few weeks, so go ahead and give it a view:
The band will be playing in Portland on September 27 (buy tickets).
This week’s show is full of Portlandy goodness! All bands playing at the PDX Pop Now festival at AudioCinema. Sorry if you are listening from somewhere else besides Portland…I have more than my fair share of civic pride (and I don’t even live here). I’m sure you’ll like the music anyway.
All the bands’ songs are in the order that they will be playing this weekend.
artist - title - song :: extra info
The Beauty - Weight in Gold - Room for One More
(myspace)
March Fourth Marching Band - Space Hole - PDX Pop Now 2006
(myspace | website)
The Vonneguts - Blade of Grass - 6-song 7″ EP
(myspace)
Dragging an Ox through Water - Aces - Rebukes! 7″
(myspace | website)
Corrina Repp - Upstairs, Outside - I Take On Your Days
(myspace | website | last.fm)
Point Juncture, WA - Bones :: unreleased, I found it in a rolling tumbleweed…
(myspace | website)
Sweater - Kill It Now - PDX Pop Now 2006
(myspace :: Per Se myspace | website | interview on my show, 2nd half)
The Maybe Happening - Hotnight
(myspace | Local Cut blog entry)
The Snuggle-Ups - Fold Me Up - Extremely Popular
(myspace | website | last.fm)
The Sort Ofs - The Soldier’s Bride - Anxiety on Parade
(myspace | website)
Gejius - Makkuro Kurosuke - Black Eyes
(myspace | website | last.fm)
Blue Skies For Black Hearts - When Your Heart Breaks - Love is Not Enough
(myspace | website)
System and Station - When You’re the Witness - Here is Now
(myspace | website)
The Robot Ate Me - Bad Feelings - Carousel Waltz
(myspace | website)
The Nice Boys - Teenage Nights - The Nice Boys
(myspace | website)
The Shaky Hands - Why And How Come - The Shaky Hands
(myspace | website | last.fm | OPB in-studio)
Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation - Wild Mountain Nation
(myspace | website | last.fm | OPB in-studio)
Whewh! And as if that wasn’t enough for you, here’s some serious mp3 download overload:
MarchFourth Marching Band:
Crackhaus | Pilo Erect
Dragging an Ox through Water:
Aces
Corrina Repp:
Finally | Upstairs, Outside
The Snuggle-Ups:
Fold Me Up | Check it Out | Benefits
Per Se
The Liking | Curio
Gejius
Makkuro Kurosuke | From Above | Nihongo 2.0
Blue Skies for Black Hearts
Here Comes the Rain | Love is Not Enough
System and Station
When You’re the Witness | No One Could Know
The Robot Ate Me
Bad Feelings | The Genocide Ball
The Nice Boys
Johnny Guitar
The Shaky Hands
Why and How Come | Soul
Blitzen Trapper
Wild Mountain Nation from Pitchfork
I don’t know that I’m going to always have the time and energy to provide quite that amount of resources on bands every time, but this being my first show with the new name, and being PDX Pop Now, I thought I’d go all out.
So, I’ve been sick of the name “Post Modern Rock Show” for a long time now (more on why on another post later), and I decided that after my fifth year anniversary, it was time to do something about it.
This here is the new site! What do you think? I designed the old one over three years ago, and it was outdated and the show was outgrowing it. This site is powered by WordPress, which means that you, yes you can leave comments! And it also means that (hopefully) there’ll be no glitches with the podcast feed.
You can subscribe to the podcast using the new url: http://www.thatsoundradio.com/?feed=podcast. If you’re not sure about how to do that, read this, or I’ll be posting a video on here soon explaining how to do it. (It’s actually really easy.)
So, let me know what you think! Let’s test those comments and make sure they work! I’ll be adding more features and content here in the coming days and weeks.
Video: Devo - Post Post-Modern Man
