It’s been just over half a year since we saw Japanther play at Music Fest North West, and since that time they’ve released a brand new album, Rock N’ Roll Ice Cream. Believe it or not, before I got to hear this one for the first time, I seriously already knew all the words! It’s because they are unbelievable live, and that’s why we’ve been updating you about each of their shows since early 2008.
Tonight they play Rotture, which will be amazing I’m sure, and tomorrow they play at the WOW Hall in Eugene. Now having memorized all the words to their new record officially, this one is going to be even more fun than normal.
They’ll be joined by Portland’s own Jaguar Love, and word has it that each night they are going to flip a coin to see who headlines. (Here’s to hoping it’s Japanther!)
Posted By David Hutchinson
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.
The first time I saw These Arms Are Snakes was over 5 years ago, on June 28th, 2003. They played the now defunct Nocturnal (my all time favorite venue) and although I was there to see The Blood Brothers and Minus The Bear, I was pleasantly surprised by TAAS. Singer Steve Snere sang with the microphone entirely in his mouth, intensifying his screams with the synth he leaned on the entire time.
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Posted By David Hutchinson
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 out the list of performers as well as how to get into Ratatat, Les Savy Fav, Britt Daniel, No Age, Built To Spill and Battles free of charge.
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Prior to their set at the always smokey Situations, I spent some time in a tour van talking to Jordan Billie and Devin Welch of Past Lives about everything from the demise of The Blood Brothers (and the difference between projects) to the absurdity of pop music & Lil’ Wayne.
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I wish I could make one of those web things describing the way in which all of Seattle’s best bands connect. If you ‘Continue Reading’, please be prepared for your head to explode, not just because what i am going to describe is very confusing, but also because the music contained within this post has been known to do that. This, of course, is all in celebration (Read: Promotion) of the fact that Past Lives is playing Situations on August 2nd. Nathan’s Myspace bulletin said “(ex-Blood Brothers/Shoplifting)” but I didn’t feel like that did Past Lives justice.
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