Blitzen Trapper's "Black River Killer" Video

We jumped the proverbial gun a couple months ago when we posted the unfinished video for Blitzen Trapper's "Black River Killer" and were respectfully asked to remove the footage until it was ready for release. Today we get word that it's now ready for public consumption.

"'Black River Killer' represents not only our first attempt at a fully live action video, but also a massive collaborative effort on the part of at least 120 people in and around Portland," drummer Brian Koch tells Spinner. "The generosity and enthusiasm of everyone involved was overwhelming and humbling. Hopefully it is obvious when viewing the behind-the-scenes footage that the process of making this video was just so much fun."

We are proud to present "Black River Killer":

Modest Mouse to Headline Bonus Night of MFNW at Glacial Pace Showcase

This morning's big news comes via Willamette Week: Not only has MFNW been extended by one day, but Sunday's lineup will feature a showcase from Issac Brock's Portland label Glacial Pace Recording's. at the Crystal Ballroom.

On Sunday, September 20th MusicfestNW brings you an evening of music featuring artists from Portland record label Glacial Pace Recordings. The line-up includes one of music’s up and coming artists, Love as Laughter, plus two homegrown acts, Mimicking Birds and Morning Teleportation (who will also play PDX Pop Now Festival) and will be topped off with a performance by Modest Mouse.

Modest Mouse is preparing to launch an August tour in support of their recently released 7" featuring new tracks"Autumn Beds" and "Whale Song". The tour will hit San Francisco's Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in addition to Seattle's Bumbershoot among other stops along the way in both the U.S. and Canada. Guitarist Johnny Marr will not be joining them on this trek but we are keeping our fingers crossed that he will be back in time for their hometown return at the Glacial Pace showcase.

Info:

Glacial Pace Recordings Showcase as part of MusicfestNW

Sunday, September 20th

Crystal Ballroom

Featuring: Modest Mouse, Love as Laughter, Mimicking Birds, and Morning Teleportation

Tickets:

Entry permitted on a First Come, First Serve basis with a MFNW wristband on SALE NOW

or for this show only via Ticketmaster on sale Saturday, July 9th

Mississippi Street Fair 2009

MISSISSIPPI AVE STREET FAIR!

SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2009

10:00am – 9:00pmAll activities take place on Mississippi Avenue Street Fair (between N Fremont and N Skidmore)

Fun Activities for all, all day:

10-7pm Local Market - featuring interesting arts & crafts vendors plus community service displays & food vendors
Tupello Alley Reusable Art Fair & Water Features
Kids Area - Boise Eliot Eliot Elementary features bouncy castles and kids games for all sizes at Beech
Bingo - lots of prizes
Sustainability Fair at the Mississippi Avenue Lofts (4138 N. Miss Ave)
Salted Ice Cream outside at The Meadow (3731 N. Mississippi Ave)
Rose wine tasting inside at The Meadow

12:00 Children's Parade - starts at Beech

Four stages - featuring a multi-cultural roster of entertainment

10am-9pm MAIN STAGE at Shaver (middle)
1pm Norman Sylvester
2pm Freak Mountain Ramblers
3pm The Dimes
4pm Linda Hornbuckle band
5pm
6pm The SEI Sounds of Soul Gospel Ensemble
6:40pm Matt Sheehy Band
7:30pm Weinland

11am-10pm SIDE LOT STAGE (Mississippi Station)
1pm Nathaniel Talbot
2pm Sneakin Out
3pm James Low
4pm
5pm Bridgetown Saints
6pm Swing Papillon

11am-7pm DANCE STAGE at Fremont (south end)
Celilo
Tezeta Band
Samba Sol
Taylor Newville
Sudden Anthem
The Beauty
Funk Plastic
Cloaked Characters and Mosely Wotta

11am-7pm ACOUSTIC STAGE at Skidmore (north end)

Businesses and eateries along Mississippi will be open on the street for patio dining & summertime refreshments:

Por Que No? Floating Margarita Garden
Mississippi Pizza & Pub Beer Tent
Amnesia Brewing Patio
Lorenzo's Patio
Mississippi Station Patio
Crow Bar Bar
Casa Naranja Patio
Pastaworks Wine Tasting Patio

11am–9pm CRAFT BEER TASTING - Local Organic Beer Tasting at Shaver (by the Main Stage)

Featuring:
Roots OG Brewing
Hopworks Urban Brewery
Lucky Labrador Brewing Company
Deschutes Brewery
McMenamins Breweries

The Rural Alberta Advantage @ Backspace This Week

The Rural Alberta Advantage made waves at the SXSW conference last year in Austin. To stand out there you need to be doing something right & this 3 piece is! The band was recently signed to Saddle Creek Records, which is based in Omaha and also includes Bright Eyes, Cursive, Two Gallants and more!

The Rural Alberta Advantage play indie-rock songs about hometowns and heartbreak, born out of images from growing up in Central and Northern Alberta. They sing about summers in the Rockies and winters on the farm, ice breakups in the spring time and the oil boom’s charm, the mine workers on compressed, the equally depressed, the city’s slow growth and the country’s wild rose, but mostly the songs just try to embrace the advantage of growing up in Alberta.

The inspiring success story of the Rural Alberta Advantage has continued to gain momentum and attract fans and followers, with a breakthrough performance at the 2009 SXSW festival in Austin, Texas getting the ultimate seal of approval from Pitchfork ("This band could be huge") and a nod as a "buzz band" from the Associated Press.

More glowing press reviews and sold-out club dates in major cities throughout the United States have followed, and Hometowns will be released properly for the first time on Saddle Creek in July 2009.

URL/LINK: http://www.theraa.com/

PRESS: Paste / Pitchfork / MOKB

MP3/Download: The Rural Alberta Advantage - Sleep All Day
MP3/Download: The Rural Alberta Advantage - Frank, AB
MP3/Download: The Rural Alberta Advantage - Don't Haunt this Place

Tuesday, July 7th
The Rural Alberta Advantage
Backspace - 115 NW 5th
+ Dallas County Potential - featuring Nathan Delffs (ex Shaky Hands)
+ Keyboard
+ James McFarland
Time: 8PM / Tix: $6

Sandman The Rappin' Cowboy at the White Eagle

He needs to be seen to be believed, he is Sandman the Rappin' Cowboy and he will be making his Portland debut next Tuesday, July 7th at the White Eagle. Sandman's show is a fusion of raw-country, hip hop, folk, and punk and has been touring the country for years in a true DIY fashion making new fans along the way.

The great-grandson of Montana and North Dakota pioneers, Sand grew up hearing cowboy poetry and country music. When hip hop culture hit "the Rez" (the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, where Sand lived most of his early years), he learned to rap and rhyme to the pulse of baling machines and irrigation pumps. Sand explains: "When I heard hip hop for the first time, it kind of turned me loose. You're able to say more things. It's not - what's the word - polite." By his late teens, when he discovered Marley and Dylan, he had already begun to find his own voice.

Sandman has toured the country many times, sharing bills with acts ranging from Baby Gramps to the Microphones to Michael Franti to Dan Bern. Selling "Sandman" t-shirts and pillowcases (recycled items slapped with the Sandman brand), worn leather belts, and old cowboy shirts, Sand keeps his audiences entertained during the breaks as well as on stage. He stays in touch with fans and friends between tours through his blog. Tuesday night's show will truly be one of those unique experiences which is sure to leave you with a smile and an appreciation for Sandman and his brand of entertainment.

Richmond Fontaine Releases a New Track from Upcoming EP

Just in time for the big 4th of July Holiday weekend we get a new track from Richmond Fontaine entitled "You Can Move Back Here" from the upcoming EP We Used to Think The Freeway Sounded Like The River due to hit stores on July 20th. We hear that the band has been busy recording in the studio and should be dropping a full length record in the fall. They have also scheduled a few U.S. shows in the coming months including a Portland play at The Kenton Club on August 28th with Mike Coykendall Band before heading to Europe for an extensive fall tour.

MP3 Download: Richmond Fontaine - You Can Move Back Here

Three Girls and Their Buddy featuring Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin, & Buddy Miller @ Oaks Park

Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin and Buddy Miller have announced they will again join forces for a series of collaborative shows in 2009. Portland gets a stop on the tour tonight @ Oaks Park in Sellwood. The "Three Girls and Their Buddy" shows feature all four artists performing onstage together, sharing the songs and stories that have defined their venerated careers. All four artists performing onstage together, sharing the songs and stories that have defined their venerated careers.

The four have a long-established history of musical associations, having been in each other's bands, produced and played on each other's albums, covered each other's songs, and guested on each other's shows many times over the years. Buddy Miller was Emmylou's band leader in the outfit Spyboy and produced her live album by that name. Patty Griffin's song "One Big Love" was recorded by Emmylou, who has made appearances on Patty's last two studio albums. Emmylou, Patty and Buddy - with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings - toured together as Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue, a special run of collaborative shows. Buddy has performed many times over the years with Shawn Colvin, beginning with her inclusion in The Buddy Miller Band in the 80s in New York City and leading up to the These Four Walls tour in the fall of 2006. The group was recently reunited in October for a spirited performance at San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival.

URLS:

http://www.emmylouharris.com/
http://www.pattygriffin.net/
http://www.shawncolvin.com/
http://www.buddyandjulie.com/

Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Three Girls and Their Buddy
featuring Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin, & Buddy Miller
Oaks Amusement Park - 7805 SE Oaks Park Way, Portland OR 97202
Ticket Price: $39.50 adv / $43.00 dos
Doors at 5:30 PM, Show at 7:00 PM

Basement Monthly Mix - June 2009

Side A

1. Those Legendary Shackshakers - Hunkerdown
2. Eric Lindell - Dirty Bird
3. Bloodkin - Little Margarita
4. Grayson Capps - Going Back To The Country
5. Son Volt - Jukebox of Steel
6. Lucinda Williams - It's A Long Way To The Top
7. Here We Go Magic - Fangela

Side B
1. Deer Tick - Easy
2. Tim Easton - 7th Wheel
3. A.A. Bondy - Devil's Loose
4. Centro-Matic - Patience for the Ride
5. Dead Confederate - Start Me Laughing
6. Romantica - Drink The Night Away
7. Willy Mason - One Simple Thing