That Sound #22 - Best of 2007 (Side A): Portland
Just a few of the gems to be recorded by Portland musicians in 2007. I’ll be putting my best of non-Portland locales on here REAL soon!
artist - song - album :: extra info
The High Violets - Fa (Echostar Mix) - Satellite Remixes
(website | myspace)
Au - Sum - self-titled
(website | myspace | Boute live video)
The Shins - Turn on Me - Wincing the Night Away
(website | myspace)
Laura Veirs - Cast a Hook - Saltbreakers
(website | myspace | youtube)
Spoon - You Got Yr Cherry Bomb - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
(website | myspace | archive.org live recordings | The Underdog video)
Boy Eats Drum Machine - From An Oregon Shore - Two Ghosts
(website | myspace | haystack.com | in-studio on my show)
Menomena - Wet and Rusting - Friend and Foe
(website | myspace | last.fm)
Climber - Walking Tents - I Dream in Autoplay
(website | myspace)
The Fast Computers - Sweden Hasn’t Changed - Heart Geometry
(website | myspace)
The Shaky Hands - Why and How Come - self-titled
(website | myspace | @ Holocene Music | Why and How Come video)
Derby - Streetlight - self-titled EP
(website | myspace)
The Dimes - Paul Kern Can’t Sleep - The Silent Generation
(website | myspace)
The Battle of Land and Sea - Saltwater Queen - self-titled EP
(website | myspace | last.fm | @ SPIN.com)
Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation - Wild Mountain Nation
(myspace | website | last.fm | OPB in-studio)
Small Sails - No Spirit Animal - Similar Anniversaries
(website | myspace | youtube)
Alex Arrowsmith - Nuke Song (live on KPSU)
(website | myspace | Nuke Song video)

January 2nd, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Nice Mii on the cover.
January 5th, 2008 at 2:49 am
Thanks! I put it there just for yuu.