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Look at me, is this the way I've always been?
It's been raining more or less nonstop here and summer hasn't really started yet. So I'm just pretending I'm back in Portland and been riding my bike in the rain, especially as I'm trying to help...
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Wherever I've Been And Gone.
Headless Hereos' awesome cover of Jackson C. Frank: Blues Run The Game by Headless Heroes Listen on Posterous Reminds me of living back in Portland in the late 90's/early 2000's - being a boho;...
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Who's the fairest of them all?
Been listening to the new album from Desire, off the always awesome Italians Do It Better label. Melancholic, glassy-eyed disco made in rainy cities. What could be better? Mirroir Mirroir by Desire...
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Got nothing to lose but darkness and shadows.
I don't know what it was about them, but it took me a really long time to appreciate Spoon. Perhaps it was all my hipster friends in Portland constantly telling me how awesome they were. Whatever the...
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Don't want you to be sad girl, don't want you to be afraid.
And here's the actual track. From the heart-shaped 7". I was jamming this track in my DJ sets all last fall and this past winter. Good times. Just Ain't Gonna Work Out by Mayer Hawthorne And The...
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I used to live in a heartbeat city. I swear I'd fall in love every minute on...
My old pals from Portland are having a record-release party/show at Santo's Party House tonight for their new album that is dropping today on DFA Records. This is the first single from the album and...
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Their blurry bodies I have clinged.
This song, the first track, from Laura Gibson's newest album, Beast of Seasons, is absolutely beautiful. Sounds exactly like living in the Pacific Northwest. And if you get a chance, check out the...
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Uh, yeah. Play that beat.
So when Jeremy Jay's Slow Dance album first came out this past spring, I obsessed on it. And now months later, I'm re-obsessing on it. It sounds like an album that I would've heard about in the 1980's...
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Love on and in the sea.
Yeti is the best. Seriously. Amazing writing, interviews, ideas, art & music. Just picked up issue #7 from Other Music the other day. This track by Moon Duo comes from the CD included with the...
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Thrown like a star in my vast sleep.
Other Music in New York is one of three in the world all tied for first place for best record store. The other two are Mississippi Records in Portland and Honest Jons in London. Every time I go into...
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Drilling and sucking.
Just got back from the dentist. Two cavities filled and now the whole left side of my face is numb. On top of which, I am fighting a sinus cold, part 2. Good times. At least I have Eat Skull to cheer...
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Open the door and let them fly away.
Old friends from Portland done good. Signed to Warp Records a few years ago, worked diligently on their album and now it's finally coming out. Super excited for them. It's a really solid record. Show...
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You've got such a psychic life to live.
I picked up Roky Erickson's album "Never Say Goodbye" back in 1999 from Ozone Records in Portland, Oregon. Though I was just starting to familiarize myself with him as an artist back then, this album...
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You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You.
This song's been knocking around my office/studio for a little while and shortly, the new album is about to drop. It's awesome. So, song of the day from album of the week goes to Gold Panda. For...
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Too far gone for you.
Long lost, mythical creatures... Years ago I obsessed on Neil Young's 'unreleased/deleted' album, On The Beach, and even managed to get a vinyl copy, before it eventually saw a reissue a few years...
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My soul, on again.
Song of the day from album of the week. Covers by The Sea And Cake Listen on Posterous I really love all my music memories that revolve around the music of The Sea And Cake: summertime 1994 - as a...
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There's nothing to do in the Midwest but dream.
I discovered Joseph Arthur years ago and ever since his music and in particular, his voice, is inextricably entwined with road trips out on the West Coast. Listening to his new album makes we want to...
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Lost & Found #1: Push Kings "Lonely Times"
In a new segment I'm calling "Lost & Found", I'll be sharing songs that I once had really loved that got lost to the ages for a bit, only to be rediscovered again. For the first installment, we're...
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Like shadows will leave when the time comes.
Forest Fire's album, Staring At The X, on Fat Cat Records, has been out since last fall but it somehow got lost in the woods for me until just recently. And now I find myself listening to it quite a...
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