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Noise Pop 2010 -San Fransisco

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Tonegazer writers and Noise Pop music editor-writer, Annie and Charlie are driving down right now to the week long event with a day or two stay in our previous hometown/ party town Santa Rosa, CA on the way. The bay area shows,venues and art all begin on Feb 23 and run through March 1st. I am sure they will have a ton […]

Stag Bitten - 2/19 at ” Matriphoney “

Friday, February 19th, 2010

T.G.I.F. everybody ! I know these guys play all the time, but they are Just that good. The band is Stag bitten ( friends of ours ) and the occasion is a fake matrimony of some sort. If you haven’t already , I suggest that you check’ em out at PC.PDX.com its always a bag of sweaty , […]

Cutest Show Ever

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

In celebration of Valentine’s Day the folks over at Holocene have assembled a line up befitting the holiday with sets by real life Portland couples. Entitled {{{ LOVEWAVE }}} : A Valentine’s Day Experience, The night will feature collaborative sets from:
Ana Rodriguez & Ethan Jayne (Magic Johnson/Total Bros)
Dan Wilson & Brighid Thomas (Sigmund […]

iPad: iJizzed.

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

It’s that time of the month. I’m craving technology like nobody’s business, and it’s a weird craving. I want something with a touch screen, that’s thin and light but with a big, 10 inch screen. What do you mean that doesn’t exist? DO YOU WANT ME TO HURT SOMEONE?
By now, you’ve probably seen a review […]

Deerhoof is not an opening band!

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Damnit, when will this stop? I understand when a band is just starting they must open for larger acts to gain fans and respect, but Deerhoof is really, REALLY good. I mean, beyond most other music kind of good. If they wanted to, they could become more famous than Linkin Park. IF they wanted to.
But […]

YACHT & The Straight Gaze

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

And so it’s confirmed! Yacht’s Jona Bechtolt and Claire Evans have announced their new project Yacht & The Straight Gaze featuring recent additions Bobby Birdman, Reuben Snyder and Jeffrey Jerusalem. No Portland dates yet, but surely they have to play here!! Correction, Yacht & The Straight Gaze will be headlining a set at Holocene on […]

Top Picks of 2009

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

**We love the above print by artist Mark Weaver, check out his prints available for purchase at his site here and his flickr right here.

2009 was certainly a year of great albums, and even more notably a year of amazing releases from tons of local Sonoma County bands. We thought it would be […]

Top Albums of 2009

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

I have been listening to a boat load of albums lately, trying to catch up enough on 2009 to collect a best of list. I don’t think I quite got it all, but here are some of my favorites of the year.And for the record, no, Animal Collective will NOT be on this list. They […]

The octopus knows

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

I bet you don’t know that octopus remember you by touching a sucker to your skin? One touch and next time it’s “Hey, how’s the family? Two daughters, right? Must be, shoot, 8 and 11 by now? And the job? You still work at Arby’s? One-eighth Polish, right? And your brother once shot himself in […]

Abby Kadabby’s ‘Magic Wand’

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Since now it’s not “OK” to leave your kid alone in front of the boob tube (but oddly enough, is ok to leave them on the boob for years), children’s programming has become more “adult friendly,” with subtle jokes or celebrity guest stars. But sometimes, it might be going too far.
Watch the clip here.
Or maybe […]

Portland Shows December 1st-13th

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

So, we have been pretty broke here in Portland and in being so have missed out on some pretty rad shows lately. Fortunately for us there are some pretty great and more importantly cheap local shows going on in the month of December that we are pretty excited about. Here are just a few of […]

I’d hug that fire, for sure.

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

Not To Reason Why’s new album melts my heart
Rating: Vinyl: 9/10. CD: 8.5/10

The gentlemen, and lady, of Not To Reason Why.
Photo by www.sarasanger.com.
Not To Reason Why is melting the hearts (and faces) of audiences in Sonoma County, throwing new logs on the waning fire that is the North Bay music scene. Their latest release and […]

New Sunny Day Real Estate album in the works?

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Sunny Day Real Estate, a band which blazed the way for basically every band you like, is finishing up a reunion tour right now. After being split up since 1996 (their last two albums were produced without original bassist Nate Mendel) the group decided to tour. They have been playing a new song, too, which […]

Save The Phoenix

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

I can’t possibly count all of the amazing shows that I have both attended and had the pleasure of playing at the Phoenix Theater. It has been a mainstay of the Sonoma County scene far before I began frequenting it back in High School, and it would be an immeasurable loss if The Phoenix had […]

Alarm showcases the IPRC

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Issue number 35 of the Chicago based music publication Alarm Magazine is out now with a full feature of Portland’s Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC) written by one of our long time contributors Charlie Swanson.
In addition to the outstanding writing and photography that usually fills the pages of Alarm magazine, they are now publishing in […]

Stag Bitten Return

Friday, August 28th, 2009

After a brief summer hiatus Stag Bitten, one of Portland’s top driving forces in experimental rock, are back at it again with three upcoming shows including a night of female fronted distortion alongside the Seattle four piece Ubik.

This Saturday

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Mikey O’Connor, previously the man behind The Most Awesome Protagonist moniker, will be playing at The Brainwash Cafe on Saturday the 8th in San Francisco. The show starts at 9 and will no doubt showcase some of Mikey’s brand new songs off of his most recent full length One Gets Used to Anything, in addition […]

Nurses

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Last Thursday, Annie and I headed to the Doug Fir for some live music. As evidenced by our Dept of Eagles review, we love the Fir; great sound, good atmosphere, nice and dark. This night we were going not only to escape the 90 degree temperatures we had to endure all weekend (WTF Portland?!?!) but […]

Why I hate reggae night; or Church and Moggs mini-review

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Church is generating a big buzz from Portland, Oregon (not Maine). Moggs is a great band from Petaluma. Other bands were playing. Combine this with $2 Pabst bottles and you’re looking a good night right in the smiling face. But throw in reggae night and that smiling face gets turned upside-down, revealing a sour old […]

David Bazan Portland House Show Review

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Read all about David Bazan’s intimate house show tour right here at Alarm Magazine, featuring a review of Bazan’s local Portland stop a month back by our own Charlie Swanson.
I love this photo! image via Sunboil.com