In a rare appearance the UK’s premiere Nu-Jazz outfit, the aptly named Cinematic Orchestra plays Portland’s Aladdin Theatre on September 16th.
Here’s what the UK blog The Milk Factory has to say about their new album ‘Ma Fleur.’

“…..now, five years on, Cinematic Orchestra returns with an epic hush with Ma Fleur. Conceived as a soundtrack to a film that does not exist (yet?), it features a melancholy hero portrayed by various singers, including the brilliant-as-always legendary Fontella Bass. While Every Day relied more heavily on 21st-century musics, including synthesizers, cut up drums and vocals, and trip-hoppy bass lines, Ma Fleur is a much more restrained work. Plucked acoustic guitars, gentle strings, and slowly disarming vocals are front-and-center here; a headphone album if ever there was one. If Every Day was the chaotic sounds of an exhausted life, Ma Fleur is a weekend retreat to reconnoiter in the countryside.” Read More.

Ode To The Big Sea from the album Motion released in 1999 [MP3]

Bloodshot Records recording artists The Detroit Cobras bring their brand of raunchy rock and R’n'B to the Doug Fir tonight (Monday Aug 20 - short notice I know.) Here’s what the press is saying:

“No offense to Amy Winehouse, but it was the Cobras‚ Rachel Nagy who first reinvented the 60s soul-pop diva as a boozy, punk-informed, smart-mouthed chanteuse in the late 90s.” Falling James LA Weekly

“Your average Best Buying doofus won’t give a damn about any of it, but one thing I’ve noticed about the Detroit Cobras is that if you actually play them for someone that knows nothing about them, or you take someone to see a show, the band’s so totally infectious and convincing that you’ll have a new convert on your hands in no time.” Jeff Clark Stomp and Stammer

“…the Cobras do the unthinkable: make rock n’ roll simple, fun and irresponsible.” Bruce Miller, Magnet

The Detroit Cobras - I Know What’s Going On [MP3]

Recordist aka The Faint’s Clark Baechle, has remixed Sci-Fi Kid a track from Blitzen Trapper’s CD ‘Wild Mountain Nation.’ You can also find more over at Stereogum.

Blitzen Trapper - Sci-Fi Kid (Recordist Remix) [MP3]

As all you hipsters who were there know, Pampelmoose threw a party at the combined Moose and Nemo Design HQ warehouse last month. For those that missed it click the image above and see how it looked and sounded. This is what I call Song 2, Song 1 was posted on the Moose late last month.

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Sexton Blake, AKA Josh Hodges & Co., is back with a new album, Plays the Hits!, a collection of “strange covers.” Somewhere between Grandaddy and 2005’s Bonnie Prince Billy/Tortoise covers album, Hodges cranks out poppy, lo-fi versions of your faves, like Springsteen’s “Hungry Heart” and Milli Vanilli’s “Girl You Know it’s True.” w/the Intelligence, DJ Tobias, DJ Metronome; Someday Lounge, Friday 8/17/07, 125 NE 5th, 9 pm, $5

Josh Hodges - Emma [MP3]