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Friday Random Five

Jeremy Petersen on April 13, 2012 at 06:49 PM, last updated April 13, 2012 at 06:50 PM

It's another fresh batch of no-guilt digital musical goodness to send you to the weekend. Right-click away!

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New Boy Eats Drum Machine: "Royal Countess"

Jeremy Petersen on March 29, 2012 at 04:28 PM, last updated March 29, 2012 at 04:32 PM

Jon Ragel's one-man act is busy working on a new full-length release and has been providing a blow by blow of sorts as of late, posting new (and maybe or maybe not fully completed) tracks online. Ladies and gentlemen, your sleepy afternoon just got woke the funk up.

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Friday Random Five

Jeremy Petersen on March 09, 2012 at 12:05 PM, last updated March 10, 2012 at 12:17 AM

We fire the long lost random five machine back up again with a batch of digital-musical goodness to send you into the weekend (including Ramona Falls, Beach House and more!)

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New Video: Laura Gibson's "La Grande"

Dave Cusick on January 27, 2012 at 04:05 PM, last updated January 28, 2012 at 11:38 AM

Laura Gibson's video for her new album's title track is "Mary Poppins meets The Shining".

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AU Reveals New Album Details

Jeremy Petersen on January 20, 2012 at 01:00 PM, last updated January 20, 2012 at 03:06 PM

The Portland duo releases Both Lights this April 3rd on the Hometapes label. Here's the cover art, tracklist and first single from the first AU release in almost four years.

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J. Tillman Leaving Fleet Foxes

Jeremy Petersen on January 20, 2012 at 12:31 AM

The singer of beautifully morose songs turned Fleet Foxes drummer announces his departure from the band, and a return to the "gaping maw of obscurity."

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New Video: Tom Hagerman (of DeVotchKa)'s "Granny Old Wound"

Dave Cusick on January 15, 2012 at 03:59 PM, last updated January 18, 2012 at 11:02 AM

Portland artist Rachel Blumberg creates her first music video, an Eastern European-inspired piece of stop-motion animation.

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The Six (Musical) Days of Christmas, Pt. 6

Jeremy Petersen on December 24, 2011 at 12:26 PM, last updated December 24, 2011 at 04:22 PM

We wrap up our holiday countdown with a modern day classic from The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl. "Fairytale of New York" holds an increasingly deserved place in the seasonal mixed bag that the holiday music canon.

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New Video: YACHT's "I Walked Alone"

Jeremy Petersen on December 01, 2011 at 12:54 PM, last updated December 02, 2011 at 04:24 PM

One of the best tracks from YACHT's Shangri-La gets the spotlight in this minimalist video treatment from director Mitchell Davis. The band stars. Let's watch...

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Hear New Damien Jurado

Jeremy Petersen on November 18, 2011 at 04:25 PM, last updated November 22, 2011 at 11:35 AM

The veteran Seattle-based singer-songwriter returns early in 2012 with a new Richard Swift-produced record. Here's a first taste.

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Laura Gibson Signs to Barsuk

Jeremy Petersen on September 29, 2011 at 02:01 PM, last updated October 01, 2011 at 11:59 AM

Mum's been the word on where the Portland singer-songwriter's next album-- now slated for an early 2012 release-- would land. Mum no longer! Hear the title track from the upcoming La Grande.

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