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The Musicfest Diaries: Thursday

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2008-09-06 03:28:43 by Local Cut in local Cut
...Musicfest post unless we had Byron Becks photos from the V.I.P. party. Here they are 5:30 pm, Wonder Ballroom No Age is starting on time. This is my ninth time seeing them in nine months in three different countries. Oh the multiplication and division fun that can be had with that statment. Drummer Dean Spunt announces If youre happy and you...
 
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Bladen County Update: MFNW Showcase and Other News

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2008-09-05 23:01:11 by David Robinson in local Cut
...bands and spanning three separate stages. Kicking off at 5 pm, the evening will also feature various vendor booths from a bevy of Portlands finest record labels, designers, photographers, and chefs. The bill, topped by hometown favs Oh Captain, My Captain (for whom the showcase will also serve as release party for their new CD Recklessly She...
 
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The Old Believers, The Blizzard (Eskimo and Sons cover, unreleased)

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2008-09-05 19:57:15 by ARYA IMIG in local Cut
...music their parents parents might have grown up listening tothis is a fact so obvious that it can start to sound redundant each time its pointed out. Some of Portlands best, and yes, youngest, practitioners of the art graced the stage of the Crystal Ballroom on last night when Nelson Kempf and Keeley Boyle of the Old Believers joined Eskimo &...
 
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Music Video: Southern Belles Sunnyside with Director Interview

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2008-09-05 19:37:32 by NILINA MASON-CAMPBELL in local Cut
...musicians were belting their hearts out at the Towne Lounge last Sunday night for the most recent edition of Portland Lounge Series , Southern Belle was throwing a grand ol party at Exit Only in celebration of the quartets record release of Hurry Up and Thrill Me . In addition to live performances, the evening saw the premiere of the bands...
 
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So You Want To Rock the Bells? Heres Your Primer.

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2008-09-05 05:06:10 by Sara Moskovitz in local Cut
...Musicfests hip-hop offerings (Cool Kids, Del, Jedi Mind Tricks and lotsa our favorite locals) will find refuge on the Oregon/Washington border. For the less heady heads, WW s hip-hop correspondent, Sara Moskovitz, crafted a rundown of acts playing that most epic of rap tours Name: Amanda Blank AKA: Faux Real Rockin the mic since: Like,...
 
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MFNW MANIA: Girl Talks Crazy Show / Todd Berry of Greyday Records on Sonicbids

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2008-09-05 00:24:34 by LOCAL CUT in local Cut
...Musicfests utilization of Sonicbids, a company that organizes bands digital music and press kits for bookers, has caused a minor stir in the local music community. As it stands, the only official way for a band to apply to MFNW is to subscribe to the online service. Former Gang of Four bassist and current Portlander Dave Allen of...
 
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Dirty Mittens, White Winter Hymnal (Fleet Foxes cover, unreleased)

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2008-09-04 22:09:50 by ARYA IMIG in local Cut
...MusicFestNW covers project. For whatever reason I one day imagined Morrissey singing TV On The Radios Staring At The Sun, which led me to think maybe I should ask Dirty Mittens to cover the song for my LocalCut podcast, and for other bands to cover other performers at this years festival. When the Mittens, as theyre sometimes called, told me...
 
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The Musicfest Diaries: Wednesday

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2008-09-04 21:53:25 by LOCAL CUT in local Cut
...music intern), Kelly Clarke, Aaron Mesh and Casey Jarman 9:33 pm, Wednesday, Sept. 3. Outside Berbatis Pan Damn, theres a long-ass line just to get into Berbatis. Id say at least 50 people are waiting, stretched around the side alley way past Valentines. I think we might see just a bit of griping this from disgruntled festivalgoers this...
 
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Zac Pennington Shares His Vinyl Shopinglist

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2008-09-03 22:45:51 by MICHAEL MANNHEIMER in local Cut
...music This week, to coincide with the release of Parenthetical Girls Entanglements (check out Bob Hams profile from todays paper), they asked lead Girl and former Mercury music editor Zac Pennington to share a recent list of vinyl purchases many picked up right here at some of our favorite shops. Heres a snippet from his list 2. Frank Sinatra...
 
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