[An Excellent Metal Band Was in Town: Barishi Performed at Portland’s Twilight Cafe, 1/30/2020, and if you missed them: Shame on you!] I saw the metal band, Barishi, In Chicago last weekend. Dudes are from Brattleboro, Vermont, and one from MA. I liked their short gig (4 bands on the bill). They are trekking across …
Month: January 2020
More From the Yang Gang: Presidential candidate Andrew Yang recently yukked it up with Bill Maher on HBO before an enthusiastic crowd: During the intro, you see Mr. Yang’s book, The War on Normal People. A signature issue in Mr. Yang’s campaign is a basic income guarantee. I have been a member of the Basic …
View this post on Instagram New year, new photos. đž: @alex8oa âą #assumingwesurvive #sexyboiswag A post shared by Assuming We Survive (@assumingwesurvive) on Jan 24, 2020 at 2:05pm PST Tweets by awsmusic
Icelandic artist Ăsgeir just dropped a new single/video perfect for these cold winter days today – the Quentin Tarantino-inspired video for “Pictures” comes ahead of his new album on One Little Indian (Björk, Ălöf Arnalds, etc) – Bury The Moon and its Icelandic counterpart SĂĄtt will be released Feb 7…He’ll also be touring around it. This one follows the resonant “Youth” & “Lazy Giants” – …
Sy Somebodyâs final single Ready To Go dropped recently. The song starts off with vibes akin to a garage rockersâ dreams of a tropical vacation, and ends with a journey to Mars a la Elon Musk. Thereâs a sci-fi inspired guitar breakdown, and druid-esque vocals provided by longtime friends and collaborators David Vandervelde (solo, Father John Misty) …
Someday Tomorrow Maybe, the album upon which “Give Me Some Time” is placed, may only be Lola Marshâs second full album, but it plays as if itâs by a band thatâs had decades to work out the intricacies of their sound. Pulling from their own relationship and its changes, theyâve created something both intimate and …
French-Israeli singer-songwriter Yael NaĂŻm has come a long way since her 2007 single “New Soul” shot to the top of the Billboard charts after Steve Jobs handpicked it to launch Appleâs MacBook Air, making her the first Israeli solo artist to have a Top 10 hit in the US. Now, she is sharing a delicately haunting new single, âHow Will …
“The stresses and strains of an abusive, co-dependent relationship inspired the lyrics for the song,” says Nadia Vaeh. “When trapped in this relationship I was broken, and a shell of the person I should have been.” The track moves towards a more uplifting narrative, however, as Vaeh was able to eventually leave the relationship for …
View this post on Instagram Wow! What an evening we had yesterday! We had a blast and met so many great people! 𧥠Thank you so much for having us @100dagarfestival đ Hope to see you all on a festival somewhere soon! đ„ #secrettreehouseband #100dagar #festival #goodtimes A post shared by Secret Treehouse (@secrettreehouseband) on …
They ARE the Sultans… This very fresh arrangement of an ancient traditional Lebanese song is also a musical tribute to Dick Dale who passed away in March, 2019. Dale was known as “The King of the Surf Guitarâ who drew on Middle Eastern music scales in his arrangements (his father was of Lebanese descent). Sultans …
Victoria BC-based electro-pop-rock blenders 12xPretty are back with a new single/video, boasting more dramatic keystrokes and robotic croons. âCaliphorniaâ plays like a sedated party anthem from the future, navigating the chasm of emptiness left by a culture obsessed with surface level fulfillment. Amen. View this post on Instagram Looking for a cure. #12XPRETTY –â .â …
Behold ultracool alt duo Stars and Rabbit who hail from the Indonesian island of Java. The singer possesses an awesomely powerful yet innocent voice and everything they do is bursting with wacky aesthetic beauty and raw simplicity – a bit like Bjork meets The White Stripes. View this post on Instagram Our collaboration album with …
Behold ĂZWALD their latest honey-dipped vibes: retro lo-fi twinge set to early 60’s TV visuals, making their quietly eccentric lyrics come to life. Their ineffable brand of warm, glowing desert folk rock eschews the mainstream grunge pop of their previous work, Jason Wade once fronted the band Lifehouse and Steve Stout is formerly of Lost …
Close semiotic analysis of this performance and the official video will clearly show that this song and it’s accompanying images best explain this unusual year, 2020. View this post on Instagram Will I be on mat? Tune in to find out. (The answer is probably not with my heel stretch form looking like that) @nbcsnl …
Heavy beats, distorted synths, wet guitar rhythms and gospel-like harmonies create a danceable indie pop song about our current struggles these days to agree with each other. https://www.chrismarsolcreates.com/
âDid we ever have a chance? Oh these circumstances, like some sick drought coming up through the floor.â âPlants Behind Glassâ engages with our ability to see a lost cause only once the damage is done, only after the effort was made. The song is embellished with a glowing nostalgia, while acknowledging – even missing …
“It makes me quite blue” is an introspective musical and visual journey. It is a raw, and revealing insight deep into my emotional core. In this exploration of self, I reveal my ambivalent nature, flowing between; doubt and certainty, hope and insecurity, optimism and anxiety, enthusiasm and disappointment. This inner conflict can be dark, and …
At 17 years old I found myself stuck in a dark place. Unexpectedly, I met a girl who would turn out to be one of the most important people in my life. She was about as lost as I was and together we were like the blind leading the blind. Our shared experiences going through …
ACCA, the album in which “Differently” is featured, consists primarily of dense, harmonically intricate vocal arrangements â no samples or loops were used in the production of ACCA, and only occasional light touches of strings, accordion, clarinet, and bass were played to support the albumâs low end. View this post on Instagram A post shared …
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NEW YORK, NY (January 24, 2020) â After emerging as one of 2019âs boldest and biggest breakout R&B starlets, KIANA LEDĂ returns with a new single entitled âMad At Meâ today. Get it HERE via Republic Records. The track sees her flip the melody from OutKastâs classic âSo Fresh, So Cleanâ, with multi-platinum hit makers “Rice N Peas” (Bazzi, G Eazy) on …
I agree with Soros. FB is conspiring to help re-elect Trump. The game is playing out brilliantly. Instead of a clash, there are two Facebooks. Even mentioning the word suppresses the algorithm and its reach to the ghetto walls the programming determines by no such thing as chance. England is the Guinea Pig. The 51st …
As I slowly work my way through the magnificent Sinatra biography The Chairman, Ava Gardner is already gone by this second book. But there she is on practically every page. She haunts him. He spends fortunes to phone her across oceans. She drives him to great heights by laying his heart so low on The …
Rising out of Nashvilleâs growing pop scene, Maria Shockey is the empowered songstress guaranteed to be your favorite new artist. The young D.C. native brings an emotional honesty and depth to her lyricism, all the while weaving together melodic and rhythmic ingenuity to deliver hit after hit. Maria boasts a rapidly growing fanbase after two successful summer …
Behold the latest track from a. harlana (aka Juno Roome) which is called “My Dear, I Will Think Of You”. Juno’s music is like a sweater, it wraps around you and keeps you warm – perfect for a January morning in Portland – even when the content of the music is distant. This track lies …
This message was sent from the Andrew Yang for President campaign to all supporters today: East Portland — We take this day each year to commemorate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who fought to bring justice and equality to all people, from every walk of life. We put together a video …
King went to Memphis to help a labor dispute, two months before I was born… King went to a lot of places, knowing full well a gunman might be waiting. He went with a trust in his god, with conviction. But his god didn’t fail him… America failed Dr. King, and continues to fail him. …
Luka DonÄiÄ is Larry Bird in slow Motion. Fight me. Everybody except the truest basketball heads said I was cray cray that Bird would be dominating today. I said it for years. It’s documented. Told ya so. Imagine if Luka DonÄiÄ was 6’10” and was as quick as Bird at 20. But what’s EVIL about …
One of East Portland Blog’s many educational missions is to serve as the website with the most covers of “Both Sides Now.” To that end, here’s another, and it’s a good one. This one is by Mary Fahl, who is listed several places as the former lead singer of October Project. Well, what was October …