Pic ©Sarah Cass

Not one but two shows as Starfucker launch their album out into the world. Both shows are at the Doug Fir with the first being an all-ages matinee with support from Southern Belle and Guidance Counselor. Doors are at 4:30 show at 5PM [Buy tickets]. Then later there’s a show for all you cocktail sipping, beer swilling folks with the excellent Dykeritz and DJ Beyonda in tow. Doors at 8PM [Buy Tickets]. Starfucker’s album is out Sept 23rd on Badman - Buy it here.

Starfucker - German Love

Matt & Kim rocked Backspace on Friday night….

…smile

…and the audience lapped it up…

All pics ©Justin Kent.

Matt & Kim - No More Long Years

My good friend Jon Ragel of Boy Eats Drum Machine invited me to “join” his band for a show at Portland’s Wonder Ballroom on Saturday August 16th. The premise being that it is a Talking Heads and Cure cover show! Ha! But put Jon and Dave in a room and you’re not going to get just any old cover songs…. This will be my first foray outside of Gang of Four in a long time and having worked so speedily Jon beats my other outfit Faux Hoax to the finish line. Jon explains the show details below:

Hi PDX peeps! Boy Eats Drum Machine will be a part of Wonder Ballroom’s Talking Heads + Cure tribute night on Saturday 8/16. I’ve put together a live band lineup for the event, and instead of simply doing covers, we will be performing what I like to call ‘Live Mashups’. Myself (vox/turntable), Dave Allen (bass), Benjy Rickard (guitar/synth), and Paul Alcott (drums) will be tweaking Talking Heads and Cure songs over the grooves of Aaliyah, Michael Jackson, and Gang Of Four.

Below I have a live mashup to share with you. It’s got an Aaliyah groove with Talking Heads (Once In A Lifetime) and Cure (Lullaby) lyrics. There’s some Van Halen ‘Eruption’ guitar in there too.

Please feel free to share it with all of your pals. The idea is not only to spread love and musical goodness, but to promote the show a bit too. I mean, booking Dave for bass duties wasn’t cheap ya’ll! (Just kidding—love ya’ DA!) I will have another Live Mash to send you next week too. This time, with a Michael Jackson groove. I had hoped to get Paul into the basement last weekend to lay down some drums in order to finish it sooner but somehow his recent schedule performing with Dat’r, Dykeritz, Sweater, and Lackthereof got in the way. Paul. He’s a beaut. We’re going to have fun. Also, former full-time BEDM multiskilled multi-instrumentalist Benjy Rickard is laying down the guitar and synth. Yes, Benjy has got multi-skillz.

Boy Eats Drum Machine - Aaliyah/Van Halen/Talking Heads/The Cure Mashup

Here’s the official event details:

8/16/08 @ Wonder Ballroom - The Cure vs Talking Heads tribute night
Caves, Xploding Boys, Boy Eats Drum Machine, Dat’r

Photographer Vivian Johnson went out to The Edgefield to cover the Spoon show for Local Cut.

Spoon - The Ghost Of You Lingers

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

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