Top 17 Albums of 2009
December 31st, 2009
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| From Burning man 09 |
In AN order, not sure what it is
- Fever Ray – Ray
- Buraka Som Sistema – Black Diamond
- Major Lazer – Guns don’t kill people LAZERZ do
- Jahdan Blackkamoore – Bazooka Mixtape
- El Remonlon – B-sides
- Villa Diamante – Empacho Digital
- Hudson Mohawke – Butter
- Jahdan Blackkamoore – Buzzrock Warrior
- Kid Cudi – man on the moon
- Steed Lord – Truth Serum (techincally came out dec 08)
- Nosaj Thing – Drift
- Calle 13 – Feats Del Pecado
- Schlachthofbronx – Schlachthofbronx
- Miike Snow – Miike Snow
- Telepathe – Dance Mother
- R Kelly – Untitled
- The XX – The XX
I prolly forgot the 3 to make it a top 20, but I guess if they were forgettable then they shouldn’t be on this list.
Systema Solar Video
ZZK and Life Update
November 13th, 2009
Cool Article on CC about Nueve Cumbia, or as they refer to it Cumbia Digitale
I posted last week that Bomba Estereo was playing in town. Oh man what a great show. Those of you who didn’t go (surprise, that was all of you) totally missed out. Before they started the Doug Fir was fairly empty, just people sitting around the outside. But as soon as they got done with their intro song, the whole dance floor filled up. There must have been Colombians crawling out from between the log cabin walls, because everybody was having a great time and most people were speaking Spanish. But the rhythms were super danceable, the signer was adorable and full or energy and the band had a great modern electro rock sound on top of their cumbia roots. I’m gald the default portland crowd didn’t show up, cus they would have made it suck with bad outfits, head bobbing/bad dancing and mean mugging.
Now for the life update part (the ul/li version):
- I met a girl
- lives in mexico
- I’m pseudo moving until april ‘10
- Taking the dog
- Keeping the apt
- anybody wanna sublet?
- Move date pushed back to Dec 12th
- Going away party Nov 25 at Holocene
- Possibly moving to:
- Mexico City
- San Miguel de Allende
- Buenos Aires
Winter Music in PDX
November 5th, 2009
Upcoming shows
- Ghostland Observatory Nov 8th at Crystal
- Bomba Estereo Nov 9th at Doug Fir
- MSTRKRFT Nov 12th at Dantes (yuk)
- Thunderheist Nov 17th at Rotture
- Joker and MC Nomad Nov 25th at Holocene
- Amanda Blank and Peaches Nov 26th at Wonder Ballroom
- Rusko Dec 12th at Rotture
Regular Weeklies
- Max Power and Hecca Wednesdays at Local Lounge on MLkrazie and Fremont
Notable Mention
Bassnectar is touring right past PDX for his Cozza Frenzy release… bummer. I emailed their booking to see whats up and got “Keep checking the website for some early 2010 tour dates. Wink wink.”
New Nathan McKee Track
August 18th, 2009
Nathan Mckee hadn’t played live since he moved to NYC. He played with the Stellar Bros at Home Sweet Home in Manhattan on July 31. Download a live track from the show, How Did We Get Here?. Originally posted here
Speaking of friends in NYC, Cale Parks just had a new track posted on RCDLDB. Its a really nice floaty rhythmic example of his style.
Nueva Cumbia: What I've Been Listening To
July 1st, 2009
Zizek Urban Beats Club from Whats Up Buenos Aires on Vimeo.
While I was in South America I found out about Cumbia, the dominate style of music in most Latin countries. There are a lot of different styles of cumbia. Before I even went to Buenos Aires I had been listening to El Remolon, but I didn’t even know that he was making Nueva Cumbia. I was stoked when i got to see him in in BsAs and have been hunting down lots of other artists and producers like him. A lot of the scene in Buenos Aires seams to centered around ZZK records. Which is ran by Villa Diamante, read an interview with him over here on Generation Bass. Villa just released Empacho Digital, a crazy 3 disc Nueva Cumbia mashup disc, with what he says is “a consequence of all the music that has ever come out of my speakers”. But for the cumbia n00b start out buy getting ZZK Sound Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
Niggy Tardust's The Tar Spangled Banner Tour
January 29th, 2008
Poet/writer, actor and musician Saul Williams has just announced tour dates for his most recent project Niggy Tardust. Williams followed the Radiohead business model with Niggy Tardust, making it available for free download. Two lucky community colleges in Phoenix will get to see him do spoken word, but miss out on his musical performance.
MARCH- 12 SXSW, Austin, TX
- 13 SXSW, Austin, TX
- 17 Plaza Club, Vancouver BC
- 18 Aladdin, Portland, OR
- 19 Neumo’s, Seattle WA
- 21 Slims, San Francisco, CA
- 22 Club Mercy, Santa Barbara, CA
- 24 Casbah, San Diego, CA
- 25 Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
- 26 Clubhouse, Tempe AZ
- 27 Chandler Gilbert Community College, Phoenix AZ [spoken word]
- 28 Estrella Mountain Community College Phoenix AZ [spoken word]
- 29 Launchpad, Albuquerque, NM
- 31 The Loft, Dallas TX
- 01 Warehouse Live Studio, Houston TX
- 03 The Parish, New Orleans LA
- 04 The Loft, Atlanta GA
- 06 Ramshead, Annapolis MD
- 07 930 Club, Washington DC
- 08 Paradise, Boston MA
- 09 Irving Plaza, NY NY
- 11 Trocadero, Philadelphia PA
- 12 Iron Horse, Northampton, MA
- 13 La Tulipe, Montreal QC
- 14 Mod Club, Toronto ONT
- 16 Blind Pig, Ann Arbor MI
- 17 Grog Shop, Cleveland OH
- 18 Martyrs, Chicago IL
- 19 Varsity Theatre, Minneapolis MN
- 21 Fox Theatre, Boulder CO
- 22 Belly Up, Aspen CO
- 23 Kilby Court, Salt Lake City UT