The Dodos – Fools music video
The Dodos – Fools
October 4th, 2009YACHT – Summer Song
September 2nd, 2009And now for something different…
YACHT – Summer Song music video
Girls – Lust for Life
August 15th, 2009The new music video for Girls’ song Lust for Life “Album” due Sept. 22nd directed by Aaron Brown features a sun-kissed montage of San Francisco life. The song is located somewhere between a transgender stomp anthem, a parody of gender roles in contemporary music, and a good old fashion pop song. Usually, YouTube comments are the cream corn of the internet but this one seemed genuine: “I seriously hope you guys/girls make it big because it would be so good for the whole global trans people community. Please count on my support.” Oh, I wish I had a boyfriend…
Girls – Lust for Life music video
Neutral Milk Hotel – The King of Carrot Flowers P.1
August 10th, 2009Beautiful song, beautiful lyrics, beautiful noise. Part of my best-of-the-90s-binge post series. This isn’t the official music video, and I’m not sure if there even is one, but this is the best I could find.
Watch Neutral Milk Hotel – The King of Carrot Flowers Part 1 music video
Dead Mellotron – 1993 video
August 7th, 2009Dead Mellotron has posted a new video for their song “1993.” Dead Mellotron is a little band from Monroe, Louisiana who are on their way to big places. Located somewhere between shoegaze pop and ambient, Dead Mello was once a one-man band, but from the looks of their new video, Frazier Morgan Jarrod has recruited a couple of talented creeps to jam with him.
Dead Mellotron – 1993 music video
Interview with My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields
August 3rd, 2009Back in the year 2000, the Irish television program @last tv sat down with Kevin Shields, mastermind behind My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless album. The interview is old, but still pretty interesting. Especially the fact that Shields feels like Loveless could have been so much better. He also explains how he creates the wobbly distorted sound on his guitar by using the tremolo arm.
Interview with My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields on the “Loveless” album
You can listen to the complete Loveless album here.
2009 PDX POP NOW! in review
August 1st, 2009Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending PDX POP NOW! for the first time. To summarize the experience in two words: awesome overkill.
The music was great, the people were friendly, and there was practically no wait time between sets. However, the 3-day lineup is almost an overkill. By Saturday I realized that PDX POP is a “drop in as you please” kind of festival, not a “stick around all day and eat” sort of gig. Not to mention, most of the bands playing are local, indie projects desperate for attention, so every set feels like it’s trying to explode into your music life.
Speaking of exploding, Portland all-girl drum mosh band Explode Into Colors (see how I did that?) were my favorite for the weekend. The late Friday night Explode Into Colors set broke out into a neon hipster mosh on the street. I pushed my way into the fun and managed to get to the front of the stage before some guy high on noise grabbed me by the waste and thrust the two of us backwards into the crowd, sampling the sweat of at least 20 people in the process. Great.
Explode Into Colors at 2009 PDX POP NOW! video
There were only two real hip-hop groups playing at the festival: Animal Farm on Friday night and Luck-One on Saturday. So there isn’t much to compare here, but Luck-One was definitely the take away of the two, with the leader spitting out skillful poems and none of the “laffy taffy” crap as he would say.
As I said before, PDX POP is a come-and-go kind of festival, so unfortunately I missed the Church set, which I hear was amazing. I was there for Saturday afternoon’s Nuclear Animals though. I knew nothing about the band before squeezing my way to the indoor stage, but this strange, colorful band blew my senses away. See video of Nuclear Animals @ PDX POP below.
Nuclear Animals at 2009 PDX POP NOW! video
Saturday got really nuts when Laura Gibson took stage. People flocked to the festival grounds from all alleyways of Portland. Gibson put on an amazing show, followed by a strange transition of Nice Nice to Pierced Arrows, an old punk group that I just couldn’t get into.
I went home before Sunday night’s headline sets of Menomena and The Shaky Hands, but I have no doubt they were as entertaining as the first half of the weekend. 2009 PDX POP NOW! photo gallery below.
Get indie music news and Portland concert listings on Twitter
July 31st, 2009Shameless self promotion, I know, but Tribal Stink is now on Twitter. Anytime I make a new post on the blog, the headline and link will be tweeted out. I will also Tweet concert listings and special events in the Portland, Oregon area, so you may want to follow just for that reason. Who knows, this could actually be a useful tool for catching a show at the last minute. Follow the Stink:
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