Sometimes music is the only thing that can make you feel better. Or feel at all. Sure, sometimes writing or talking works. But, well, music doesn’t require the same amount of thinking. Music doesn’t need you to explain yourself, or defend yourself or reason yourself. Music doesn’t want any answers. And music always takes your side. In fact, it takes your side and then it takes it to a higher
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Posts by Jenny Tatone
The reliable, undeniable ... Music
Viva Confetti
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Artist:Viva Voce, Wet Confetti
Two Portland bands with new albums out now you ought to know about (if you don’t already): Viva Voce and Wet Confetti. The new albums, Laughing Gasping and Get Yr Blood Sucked Out, respectively, are both excellent, qualifying each as bands Portlanders ought to be proud of.Husband-and-wife duo Viva Voce came to Portland from Alabama, where they started the band almost eight years ago. I remember.
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Menomena's Friend and Foe
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Menomena’s new album, Friend and Foe, is different from the last. And it’s so f-ing great. Not because it’s necessarily better – I Am The Fun Blame Monster is an exceptional album. But because you can tell the three Portland kids worked their collective asses off trying something new and – to quote their new track “Wet and Rusting” – took “risks with pessimists” (that’s us) i
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Congrats Cardmagic!
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"Cardmagic":http://www.mog.com/cardmagic is the lucky winner. Have fun Cardmagic!For anyone who cares, the answer was Audio Dregs, good label to know about too, if you don't already. For the rest of y'all, here's the Ratatat dates if you still feel like checking them out, you won't regret it: Nov 28 2006 Ogden Theatre (w/ the faint) Denver, CO Dec 1 2006 Viking Union Multipurpose Bellingham, VA...
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Warning: Not All That Music-Related, but slightly
A couple of weeks ago, I drove down to the coast to meet my parents, my sister and my brother-in-law. It didn’t start off well. In the week leading up to it, I’d been undergoing a string of bad luck, or bad fate, however you choose to look at it. I had a miserable cough that wouldn’t quit. I had recently been in a minor car accident. Had been fighting with the boyfriend. Had pulled a muscle
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El Perro Del Mar
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Herbert
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Artist:Herbert (House)
I’ve written about him here before and, for anyone who missed out, I’ll have to write about him again. Herbert. He’s a solo artist/DJ/music-maker/whatever you want to call him. And he’s so very good. The music is thick and syrup-y and rich and warm and dance-y. Oozing with gorgeous female vocals and lush, put-you-in-the-mood arrangments, Herbert's songs are delicious. Moments of heated R&B
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Bringing Music Home
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Artist:Dexys Midnight Runners, Camille
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