Recently we were debating the relevance of a reunited Jon Spencer Blues Explosion—the band will be at the Wonder Ballroom on August 18—and how their recent reformation hasn’t garnered the fawning praise of another seminal ’90s indie act that is headed this way in the coming weeks. Truth is, JSBX were always a polarizing act, […]
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Blu-Ray Review: National Lampoon’s Animal House
You’ve seen National Lampoon’s Animal House dozens of times, and you’ve probably owned it at least once. The Blu-ray edition of John Landis‘ 1978 college comedy was released this week, and it’s a sort-of-fancy edition of a movie that certainly doesn’t need a sort-of-fancy edition. The movie itself, amazingly, seems better than ever. It’s astonishing […]
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra — “Ffunny Ffrends” (Video)
The Nielson brothers just might be the greatest export to emerge from Oceania—sorry, studs—but following the disintegration of the Mint Chicks, the Kiwi/Portland siblings have gone their separate ways. New Zealand gets Kody Nielson, while us Oregonians are lucky to have Ruban Nielson amongst our ranks. Ruban is the man behind the once-secretive project (read […]
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The Prids – “Waste Our Time” (Video)
As previously mentioned here on the blog, the Prids are filming a video for every single song on their latest recording, Chronosynclastic. So far the band has done the obligatory tour footage video, a sentimental clip that tugs at the heartstrings, and a video that wouldn’t be safe to view if you worked at Hustler. […]
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Animal Farm – “What I Do” (Video)
Local rhyme collective Animal Farm are still basking in the glow from their critically-adored Culture Shock LP and now they have yet another video to share with us. Much like the “Pop Music” clip, this video for “What I Do” is a tongue-in-cheek look at aspiring emcees (I’m a big fan of this to-do list) […]
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The Parson Red Heads – “Seven Years Ago” (Video)
The not-as-ginger-as-they-should-be guys and gals of The Parson Red Heads joined forces with local label Arena Rock way back in April of this year. The result of this union is Yearling, the band’s first LP as Portlanders (previous homes include Los Angeles and Eugene) which will be out on August 16. A new video usually […]
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Sapient – “Grown Up” (Video)
A quick primer in case you were unaware: Sapient is one finely skilled emcee. A member of the Sandpeople crew, he released his most complete work to date in 2010, a solo disc entitled Barrels For Feathers. You really should own that record. In fact, buy it right here. It’s cool, we’ll wait. Now that […]
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Blast from the Past: Cibo Matto Video
Because a squawking chicken woke me up this morning and I’m going to Cibo Matto tonight at the Doug Fir, the duo’s “Know Your Chicken” has been on a perpetual loop from hell in my brain head. So let’s watch Michel Gondry’s awesome palindrome-esque video for their song “Sugar Water” to try to dislodge this […]
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Fred Armisen’s Advice to the Youth of Today
I spent Friday evening under the chandeliers and vaulted ceilings of NW Portland’s Trinity Cathedral. Not for a church service (who, me?), but for a fancy, fancy high school graduation. The Oregon Episcopal School sent off its 2011 seniors in style—with a commencement speech by Portlandia‘s Fred Armisen. KGW got the video… it’s nothing hilarious, […]
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Red Fang – “Wires” (Video)
And here it is. After teasing it once, and then again, Red Fang has finally unleashed this mighty video for “Wires,” the first single from their monstrous new full-length Murder the Mountains. Once again teaming with director Whitey McConnaughy (the man behind their memorable “Prehistoric Dog” clip), this clip finds the band in financial ruin, […]
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Want to Hear Miley Cyrus Cover Nirvana? No? Too Bad.
This would have never happened if Bin Laden was still alive. h/t: Buzzfeed
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Learning to Metal Scream
This week for my In the Shadows column, I hung out with Wolf Carr, an improbably nice guy who teaches people to death metal scream from his tiny SE Portland garden cottage. I made this short video of Wolf’s shrieking technique and my own feeble attempts at a proper scream. Check it out: