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Shwood Mixtape No.6

Josh Fulfs — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:45:16 +0000

Shwood’s newest mixtape – No.6 – checks back in with some bands that have been featured previously and introduces some new faces as well. Among mixtape ‘rookies’ are Wooden Indian Burial Ground slinging raucous, feedback-laced sing along rock n’ roll; Pure Bathing Culture channeling Cyndi Lauper’s softer side into the ebbs and swells of an ocean at the magic hour; and Minden manhandling serpentine melodies over subtly synthy harmonies and completely danceable beats.

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Aan – Mystery Life

Josh Fulfs — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:54:23 +0000

Shwood favorites (and Mixtape and Spots alums), Aan are set to release a new 7″ record on February 5th (via Cool Summer Records). We’re especially into the B-Side of the record “Spiritual Provisions”.

Stream the album over here.

They’ll also be going on a short NW tour in support of this album including a couple dates with Built to Spill. Dates after the jump.

2/1 BOISE, ID @ The Red Room *

2/2 PENDLETON, OR @ Pendleton Center of the Arts *

2/4 BELLINGHAM, WA @ Red Light *%

2/5 SEATTLE, WA @ Barboza *%

2/6 PORTLAND, OR @ Mississippi Studios(7″ release show!) *%

2/8 PULLMAN, WA @ Belltower Theater $

2/9 SPOKANE, WA @ Bing Crosby Theater $

* w/ Incan Abraham

*% w/ Incan Abraham & Cuckoo Chaos

$ w/ Built To Spill

AAN

Josh Fulfs — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:14:34 +0000

Bud and Jon from Portland-based experimental-pop band AAN introduced us to the field by the freeway on Mississippi Avenue’s less traveled south end. A serene, grassy field that abruptly runs into I-5, Bud used to frequent this chaotically beautiful place to reflect on the day, find inspiration, or just watch the cars go by.

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See them:
10/6 Portland OR @ Holocene w/ Chad VanGaalen
10/7 Kennewick, WA @ The Red Room w/ The Lonely Forest
10/8 Boise, ID @ Neurolux w/ Ty Segall
10/9 Boise area house show tba
10/10 Pullman, WA @ Parsonage Venue
10/11 Missoula, MT @ tba w/ Radiation City
10/12 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge w/ Boots To The Moon
10/13 Provo, UT @ Velour
10/14 Los Angeles, CA @ Origami Vinyl 7pm, FREE
10/14 Los Angeles, CA @ Pehrspace w/ Masxs + Gothic Tropic
10/15 Los Angeles, CA @ Airliner Bar w/ Masxs, +tba
10/16 Sand Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
10/17 So Cal tba
10/18 Santa Barbara, CA @ Muddy Waters w/ Little Owl
10/19 Sand Fransico, CA @ Verdi Club w/ Tartufi
10/20 Bay Area tba
10/21 Sacramento, CA @ Bows & Arrows Collective
10/22 tba

Shwood Mixtape #1

Shwood Shop — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:43:19 +0000

We have something to tell you: We love you. And we love Portland – It’s complicated. But what better way to express our true feelings than with a mixtape. Featuring some of our very favorite Portland (and Seattle) bands – bands you may not have heard of yet, but ones we think you definitely should – the Shwood Mixtape #1 escorts you into a world that exists both down in dank Portland basements and under shimmering disco balls on polished dance floors.

From AAN’s ethereal, experimental pop and Pigeons’ fiddle-laced indie-rock to Sex Life’s party-starting electro-boogie and Reporter’s dark, post-punk influenced house, this mixtape serves as a cross section of Portland’s incredibly vibrant and diverse music scene that is virtually overflowing with exciting new bands. If you find something you enjoy –and we think you will- catch them on their next tour through your town, buy their album, or just ‘Like’ them on Facebook. Just please enjoy.