It’s been a bit slow around here lately as the Moose has been swanning around Honolulu since last Thursday. I came over to be a panelist at the Grammy’s Hawaii MusicTech conference where me and my fellow panelists attempted to explain the value of using social media sites to musicians who are not necessarily tech savvy. On the flight over I read Fader Magazine and was happy to see yet another fine Portland band, Glass Candy, on the cover with a very fine photo spread inside. The picture above is from our friend Nilina Mason-Campbell and more of the shots from Glass Candy’s recent Portland show can be found here. Glass Candy play Portland’s Aladdin Theatre this Friday, June 13th.

Glass Candy - Geto Boys

Glass Candy - Life After Sundown

Glass Candy - Rolling Down The Hills

Related posts: Glass Candy live at All Tomorrow’s Parties, Glass Candy, I like

Local musician, Faux Hoax contributor, writer, Adam Gnade has his debut novel, ‘Hymn California’ published.

There are four ways to get a copy.

1) You can order it via paypal through the publisher. (There’s also a credit card/debit option if you’re not down with paypal.)

2) You can paypal it from us using this email address: adamgnade@hotmail.com

3) From Powell’s Books

4) You can get it via mail-order by sending cash (foreign currency accepted), checks, or money order:

Adam Gnade Book Order
1075 Reed Avenue
San Diego, CA
92109

Have a listen to Adam: Adam Gnade - Honey Slides

The Blow in concert and I’m presuming without Khaela Maricich’s former band member, Yacht’s Jona Becholt.

Jun 14, 2008 7:00 pm (Saturday)
Aladdin Theatre
3017 Milwaukie Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97202

More concert info here. The Blow - The Love That I Crave (Strategy Remix)

Tea For Julie are set to release their new CD, ‘the Sense In Tying Knots’ on June 25th the day they play the Doug Fir. Have a listen to a track from the new CD below.

Tea For Julie - Take The Helm

First Thursday: Nick Jaina
Main Lobby, Gerding Theater at the Armory
6-7:15 pm, June 6
Free to the public (all ages welcome)

First Thursday in June, Nick Jaina, one of the keystones of Portland’s indie-pop scene (alongside folks like Laura Gibson, Loch Lomond, and Menomena), performs his evocative music. An artist with fantastic momentum, OPB says Jaina’s music is “full of the kinds of songs that sound as if they could have been written in any one of the past several decades, as comfortable next to Cole Porter as they are Tom Waits or (to a lesser degree) the Black Heart Procession.” Don’t believe it, hear for yourself below.

Nick Jaina - Seems To Calm The Baby [MP3]