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Mode Cane, wow

pdxxoxo — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:48:42 GMT

I'm sure most of you know Mike Patton from his many amazing projects (Faith No More, Fantomas, Mr. Bungle, Tomahawk, Peeping Tom, etc). His new Italian Orchestral/Operatic project Mondo Cane, a collection of covers of Italian pop songs from the 50's 60's and 70's, is absolutely MINDBLOWINGLY GORGEOUS.

Here is a link to a vid of an entire performance in Amsterdam. The opener "Il Cielo in Una Stanza" is one of the most beautiful pieces of pop music I've ever heard.

http://www.fabchannel.com/mike_patton_concert/2008-12-06

Throwback Suburbia

pdxxoxo — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:19:59 GMT

..nough said. These guys are going to be HUGE.

Every Streetlight a Reminder

pdxxoxo — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:32:36 GMT

Nightswimming by REM has got to be the most beautiful pop song ever written. It's absolutely achingly beautiful. Having just turned 30, listening to music has become sort of like chasing the rock and roll dragon, so when a song truly moves me it's that much more special. This song never fails to strike a chord within me. Beautiful music, beautiful words, beautiful melody. What's strage is that I'm not even a big REM fan. But they created something timeless here.

New (old) Portland rock. Grunge is back in a big way.

pdxxoxo — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:31:09 GMT

Milkbomb's CD Release Party was at The Ash Street Saloon last Saturday night. The blues festival was going on that night and I stumbled in to the club around 11:30. A band called I Disagree was just finishing up (ehh) so I grabbed a stiff drink from the bar. When Milkbomb hit the stage it was like rock and roll had been born again. Not since the glory days of the mid nineties had I seen raw (dare I say grunge?) rock and roll portrayed in such a modern way. It's loud and angry, but it's catchy as hell. The boys like to jump around with each other to it and the girls just stand at the front and smile. AND THEY DESTROYED THEIR INSTRUMENTS AT THE END OF THE SET! Who does that anymore? Certainly not unknown bands who clearly can't afford to replace the guitar that is now in fourty six pieces on the dimly lit stage.

I bought a CD (None of These People are real) afterward and it is pretty indicative of their live set, just toned a bit so that the melodies can shine through a bit more. The singer told me that they recorded it in a basement for less than 450 bucks. I don't know if that's the truth or just a tongue in cheek reference to Nirvana's Bleach album. I don't know if their album is as good as Bleach....but it's as good as anything else on Sub Pop circa 1989.

I'm posting "Ashtray", what they call the first single off the record. You can download this song free from their myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/milkbombband or at www.milkbomb.net

pdxxoxo