Sharon Jones & the Dapkings

See homegrrrl do what she does best this Friday at the Crystal.

Jan. 30th @ Crystal Ballroom, $21 + fees

Thanks for the tip, Davey Jones.

Sebastien Tellier - Sexual Sportswear

April 14th @ Doug Fir

Millie Jackson - Fuck You Symphony

I love you, girl!

I'M BACK

Monotonix outside the venue... scantily clad... performing on a drum... in the air, now that's drama (image via MFNW)

Okay, homegirl's been out boozin' and usin' for the past couple months trying to live up the last moments of summer before school starts. Now I'm back with sweet material to share. I'm going to try to re-vamp this site a little, so in the meantime check out footage of the TBA Festival and MusicFestNW. Just blips of a two-week long binge of music and performing arts.

Monotonix @ The Satyricon (fucking chaotic!)

More of this show here and here. Totally worth watching.

Also attended No Age, Battles, Cool Kids, Deerhunter, Dyme Def, Black Elk, The Joggers, Trans AM, Polvo. Daaamn.

Neal Medlyn Experience Live! @ The Works 

My footage of his performance was lame so here's one from The New Museum in NY.

I think we all know which performance was better.

My Morning Jacket Tours

Just a heads up, guys: My Morning Jacket is currently touring in promotion of their new album, Evil Urges and will be making a stop in Oregon soon! I wasn't on top of my game the last time they were here and tickets sold out before I could get my hands on them. So, I'm making sure that I go this time! Unfortunately, tickets are a little spendy, costing $30 a pop, but it'll be worth it-- I know it! Who wants to join me?

Where: McMenamin's Edgefield Theater
When: September 27th, 2008
How: Through Ticketmaster, quick!

If you're not familiar but curious, check them out here
Full tour dates here

Apparat

One-man-band Apparat, Sascha Ring, will be gracing us with his presence tomorrow evening at the Holocene. I encourage anyone whose even remotely curious to check him out. Ring is an incredible electronic/experimental musician and has not released anything that I didn't love.

Apparat has released all three of his LPs on Shitkatapult Records and collaborates with a couple Bpitchcontrol Records (founded by Ellen Allien) artists on the side. He and Ellen Allien released a super fantastic full-length together in 2006 titled Orchestra of Bubbles. He also recently formed a band with Modeselektor called Moderat. They currently have a 12" out titled Auf Kosten Der Gesundheit. 

Here are some tracks/videos to whet your appetite for radicalness:

Apparat - Fractales Pt. 1 & 2

Apparat & Ellen Allien - Way Out

You can also check out some other tracks here.

1001 SE Morrison, Portland OR 97214

$8 @ 9PM

If I had the money to go to a record store I would

Simian Mobile Disco is coming to the Holocene tomorrow evening. If you've been itching to dance, dance, dance, then I'd advise you roll through. If you've never heard of them you can do a little pre-funk at home here. They're debut album, Attack Decay Sustain Release is a mega dance record that never fails to cut to the core of me! I can only imagine how much it's going to rock hearing it live. Check ittttttt.

Here's a little SMD action:

1001 SE Morrison St. Portland, OR 97214

$12 @ 9

Caribou

If you're down for some psychedelic pop goodness then I'll see you at the Doug Fir tonight :) You can check out a few of his tracks here and here.

Here's a taste of what to anticipate for tonight:

(Check out Dan's stylish arm tassels!)

830 E Burnside Portland, OR 97214

$12 @ 9PM