The third day started off once again with a two-headed free set, this time by Britt Daniel and Built To Spill. Although I couldn’t stick around for Built To Spill, I managed to catch a great deal of Britt’s set which consisted mostly of solo-Spoon renditions. I recall a split record with Britt Daniel and [...]

Speaking to Zac briefly before the show was very informative. Not only did he make us aware that Please Step Out Of The Vehicle would not be preforming there, but he also let us know that Parenthetical Girls would be preforming two sets; one as a “Rock and Roll” group, the other “as an orchestra”.

The [...]

In an attempt to make up for the night before, I began my second day of the festival at 11:00AM at the Doug Fir, where Port O’ Brien was playing a small set for Seattle’s KEXP. I’d always wanted to see them play live, but given that the show was for radio, it wasn’t all [...]

It’s been only hours since the festival ended, and I’m already ready to re-live it. A huge debate has been going on inside my head on how to properly enunciate Fuck Buttons‘ name. After watching them this Wednesday it became clear that emphasis belongs on the ‘Fuck’, as in ‘fuck that’, or ‘fuck you’. Fuck [...]

[ September 7, 2008; 9:30 pm; ]

To know me well is to know I wouldn’t miss a dubstep show for the world; but as it just so happens, the entire world is getting together to play with Parenthetical Girls for their record release party tonight. Ok so 20 people isn’t the world, but if 230,000+ will get excited for a 9-piece [...]

[ September 4, 2008; ]

We’ve already told you that tonight you should not miss Fuck Buttons & Mogwai at the Roseland Theater; an easy feat. Thursday however, proves much more challenging as there are sets all over the map, music-wise and genre-wise.
5:30pm No Age
7:00pm Battles
9:00 pm Calvin Johnson
10:00 pm M Ward
10:00 pm The [...]

[ September 3, 2008; 9:00 pm; ]

As this starts at 9:00pm on Wednesday, it is officially the first thing you should catch at this years MusicFest NW; and what a way to start.

9:00 pm Fuck Buttons

10:30 pm Mogwai

6 months have passed since I wrote about Fuck Buttons’ debut album, Street Horrrsing, and all that has changed is my i-Tunes [...]

[ September 5, 2008; 11:00 pm; ]

The first show I want to highlight in this years MusicFest NW is unfortunately at Dante’s, and unfortunately the same night as Nico Muhly’s last scheduled Portland performance: Friday September 5th.

8:00 pm
Rapids

9:00 pm
The Muslims

10:00 pm
Colour Revolt

11:00 pm
These Arms Are Snakes

12:00 am
The Night Marchers

The first time I saw These Arms Are Snakes was over 5 years [...]

[ September 3, 2008; 5:00 pm; ]

Starting today, and throughout the week I’ll be posting to the calendar shows you should probably be going to that correspond to this years MusicFestNW, along with MP3’s so you can preview the artists before the shows. At $50 for 4 days, there is no good reason not to make it out.
After the jump check [...]

As you may have noticed, Nico Muhly’s new album Mothertongue has had me very excited for his show here. Well, that show was last Friday and it was above and beyond my expectations.

I suppose I should start by saying: taking photo’s at this show would have been terribly inappropriate. It was one of the more [...]