East Portland Blog has been featuring the excellent music of Wales for a long time now. Perhaps the best example of this is seen in the coverage and analysis Peter Dysart gave to the Joy Formidable in East Portland Blog as far back as 2010. This made EPB an early, even an eccentrically early, adopter …
After their face plant in the first round of the NBA playoffs last season against the New Orleans Pelicans, it was widely expected that the Portland Trail Blazers would acknowledge the competitive ceiling of their roster and trade one or more of their stars in the hope of finding a path at least to the …
This is smooth, this is beautiful, this is true, this is totally in control, you have GOT GOT GOT to see it! Having weathered the worst and basked in the best, New York City singer/songwriter Jennifer Denali shares a full array of feeling in her songs, bringing her audience along for a powerful and moving …
I have to go to sleep early but thankfully I have an incredible sleep aid: British lectures from Gresham College. Gresham died in 1597 and left behind enough money to fund lectures in London until London ceases to be inhabitable. As long as there is a Bank of England, Gresham’s lecture circuit lives on ad …
Prior to seeing the Blazers play the Kings on New Years Day, I took a slight detour to the northern California coast to get a therapeutic dose of nature. The state may have its share of problems, but it’s got some things, such as the tallest trees on earth and ocean sunsets to die for, …
Though my last two trips down to Sacramento have seen losses for the NBA Kings, there is a feeling of optimism there perhaps greater than any since Chris Webber and Mike Bibby brought the Kings within a questionably officiated 2002 Western Conference Finals Game 6 to a likely championship. At 19-18, the Kings are just …
Davin Michael Stedman, East Portland Blog‘s notorious songwriter, singer and thug historian has signed to legendary reggae label Tuff Gong and you can read all about it at Seattle Music Insider!
The most gangster move by The GOP was using social media ad buys, bots, and trolls to dupe the Left into attacking the Left. The most mobster thing of all is who they teamed up with. The most demonic thing about this new found power to manipulate the masses is that never before have we …
It’s a Sunday night in late December – post-Christmas blah, still a day to go before New Year’s eve (when I MIGHT have screwed up the energy to go hear a band), when my wife and I heard about a ska-punk band we wanted to hear playing on a bill at Southgate – a bar …
Growing up in God’s Country The first memory I have of Third Ward Elementary School is the sound of my father shooting his rifle. I had moved to Bradford, Pennsylvania just before I began Kindergarten. I went to Third Ward one summer night for the first time with my Dad. He was a marksman and …
dma Trump is not a negotiator. He is the nut case that is taking hostages. Watching his surviving supporters lower themselves out to the whorish depths of Stockholm Syndrome, as they try to explain Trump’s brilliant tactics is just a type of mental sickness cognitive dissonance can reliably provide. Oh I know I am stigmatizing …
You want a true story? How about a true story about how I dealt with Westboro Baptist Church today at the game? Take note. Because I unleashed mental Jazz on those evil muthaf☆ckaz. Ever since I saw the meme of ‘Satan’ offering free hugs next to them, my wheels have been turning. Because you have …
This is a great work of art, a tasty slice of music and a left hook of political commentary. Every word is TRUE TRUE TRUE. Just like the Jazz Bible says, “Ye shall know the truth, Daddio, and still nothin’ gonna get set free until ye ready to free yo self.” Well, are ye ready …
Beneath the Hollow is a four piece metal animal from Chicago, IL. With their sophomore album Nihilist, the band offers a dark, agressive and hauntingly melodic sonic landscape. I’d go see this band. The vocals on “Nihilist” and “Omens” from the new album sound similar to Corey Taylor of Slipknot, and that is a compliment. …
(New York, NY) Walk Off The Earth has confirmed that band member Mike “Beard Guy” Taylor passed away from natural causes on Sunday, December 30th. “Mike had a love for life that was unmatched and a willingness to give that went beyond ordinary means,” the band says. “Our deepest sympathies are with his two children, …
‘No be Joke’ is the first video to be released off Sean Dampte’s debut EP The Awoodah Begins. The video was shot in locations around London, UK and directed by renowned Video Director Doyin Ajakaye aka Simplicity for DMA Studios. Song was produced by Joey Benks and mastered by DXL da Beat for Savage Music Inc. Listen …
“I wanted to shoot out in the sparseness of the desert and then in a ‘pay by the hour’ motel,” says Shaylen. “I feel like the energy and loneliness of both locations add to feeling the song conveys. In the end, even though heartbreak sucks and is lonely and isolating and a little desperate, like …
Luna Keller is a “once in a generation voice.” She has Lara Nyro’s range and aptitude for whimsy combined with the smooth, soothing reassurance of Norah Jones. Luna describes herself as “a young singer-songwriter making honest music with passion” and while her saintly humility is disarming, it’s hard to overstate her talent and potential. Her …
The Portland Literary Festival was a hopping place a few weeks ago. Its biggest event was a visit by Tom Hanks, who last year had published Uncommon Type, a book of short stories with a recurring theme of antique typewriters. His talk, which required special tickets, was sold out weeks in advance, and the line …
This is why musicians need help. It’s why I am going to need help to continue to produce music. I really really really want to. But the systen is broken. Spotify and the major labels made billions as planned when Spotify went public. Phone manufacturers and carriers make billions every week selling devices and services …
My earth angel, my sonic Queen, my guiding light in the booth, my Everythang, Mrs. Mell Dettmer is heading back to Mali with her husband Mamadou Diakite for the first time in YEARS. She is planning on doing some recording with some of the greatest West African artists you have yet to discover. Please consider contributing to her campaign. …
This is wild, you’ve got to hear it. Very fun. Life is just better in Europe. The single ANX was released on 23 of Nov and was added to several Spotify playlists like New Music Friday, Sweden and Iceland. The song has also been played on the radio in Sweden, Finland, Estonia, and Canada. The Magnettes are …
2018 should be remembered as the “Free Your Mind” year. We tend to take Davin Michael Stedman for granted, but 2018 was his year and we should look back and celebrate it. Very few people will ever have as fancy a trip around the sun as DMS had in 2018. He traveled to Jamaica and …
I love these tunes. Some of the best and deepest tracks I’ve ever found. Listen and learn! Released on Mello Music Group, Marlowe is a triumph of ambition, a rap bricolage blending prohibition and civil rights-era samples with Asian psychedelic rock flourishes. Today we’re pleased to release the instrumentation behind the 2018 standout album from …
Singer-songwriter Audra Mae, the great grand-niece of Judy Garland, shares her rendition of the enchanting classic “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”. Mae is also known for writing songs and singing with artists such as Christina Aguilera, The Chainsmokers, and Avicii. The intimate live video, presented by Jammcard, shows the captivating one-take performance of just Mae and …
Last July, the Carr Fire burned almost 400 square miles and forced nearly forty thousand residents of Redding, CA, including myself, to evacuate. The center of it was Whiskeytown Lake, about ten miles from my abode, and five months later there are wide swathes of landscape that look as if World War I passed over …
Portland’s own Randal Wyatt drops his latest solo offering “Ones”, produced by Draft Drumz and it is SMOOTH BABY SMOOTH. This summer, while on the road with his band Speaker Minds, Randal Wyatt ended up sharing a bill at a show in Tempe, AZ with beatsmith Draft Drumz. He played a variety of beats to …
Ilu finds influences in the chiming linear sounds of Faust IV, the classic album by Krautrock pioneers Faust and in the New Wave and early New Romantic movements. Also, certain flourishes found within ‘Systems Of Romance’ by Ultravox can be heard in ilu’s delicate, yet bold and unafraid second single ‘Jaanus’ (above). Ilu has chosen …
Nashville singer-songwriter Langhorne Slim has released a poignant new video for his single “Life Is Confusing” which you simply must see. Everyone loves this song and vid. The clever video puts a comical twist on the polarizing chaos that ensues from the over-the-top news reporting that we are faced with today. In the style of …
Sweet Love is a Psychedelic R&B slow burner built around dreamy atmospheric production. It employs background twinkling synthesizers and sound effects that occasionally appear throughout the track. The Chino Moreno-inspired vocals also sweep through a hazy build-up equipped with psychedelic guitar strums and an 808 bass-driven hook that has pop sensibility. Finally, the track finishes …