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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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Typhoon “White Lighter” Teaser

Jillian Barkley — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:05:29 +0000

If you caught the debut video of the MAKERS series, you may have noticed that fellow Portlanders Typhoon lent us the song “Summer Home” from their latest EP, “A New Kind of House,” for the background track. While preparing to release their follow-up LP, the band has premiered a cinematic teaser trailer of the upcoming album “White Lighter,” which will also be accompanied by a west-coast tour.

Learn more about the band at wearetyphoon.com

Catch Typhoon on tour:

November 2 // The Shakedown – Bellingham, WA
November 3 // Crocodile Café – Seattle, WA
November 4 // Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC
November 6 // Top Hat Lounge – Missoula, MT
November 7 // Visual Arts Collective – Garden City, ID
November 8 // In The Venue – Salt Lake City, UT
November 9 // Larimer Lounge – Denver, CO
November 10 // The Carter Payne – Colorado Springs, CO
November 11 // Low Spirits – Albuquerque, NM
November 13 // Solar Culture – Tucson, AZ
November 14 // Sail Inn – Tempe, AZ
November 16 // The Echo – Los Angeles, CA
November 17 // Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA
November 18 // G St. Wunderbar – Davis, CA
November 20 // Wow Hall – Eugene, OR
November 23 // Crystal Ballroom – Portland, OR

ADX

Jillian Barkley — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:48:38 +0000

As lovers of craft, we know how lucky we are to live in a builder city. Operating our business in Portland has allowed us to collaborate and exchange ideas with some of the best creators around. For the MAKERS series, we wanted to pay homage to some of Portland’s most innovative crafters, artists, builders, writers, and designers that inspire the experimental makers in us all. Part 1 features ADX in Southeast Portland; a community-based creative workshop whose members are not only making and building for themselves, but also enabling others to do the same. You can see more of Sean Barrow’s metalwork at barrowbuilt.com

Shwood Mixtape #3

Josh Fulfs — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:48:13 +0000

Shwood Mixtape #3 is here! Featuring 10 more Portland bands that we love, there’s a little bit of something for everybody here: Blouse massages your 80’s post-punk nostalgia, AgesandAges lilts through your best summer day, and Sun Angle beats down the door with their frantic tropicalia. As always, you should feel free to look these bands up, download their albums or go see them play live!

Radiation City

Josh Fulfs — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:13:44 +0000

We ventured out to Forest Grove, OR with rapidly-up-and-coming Portland band Radiation City to visit the botanical garden that they help maintain when not on tour. Surrounded by budding rhododendrons, 30-year old bonsai, and the glow of a rare sunny winter day, Cameron, Lizzy and Matt discuss their personal investment in the garden, their work-music-life balance and the cassette tape label they run on the side, Apes Tapes.

Radiation City is currently in Austin for SXSW and will be touring back up to Oregon. If they come through your town, make sure to check out their great live show (and tell them we say “hi).

3/14 Sofar Session Austin, TX
3/14BD Riley’s Austin, TX
3/14The Grackle Austin, TX
3/15 Gypsy Lounge Austin, TX
3/16 Homeslice Pizza Austin, TX
3/17 Whiskey Room Austin, TX
3/17 Maggie Mae’s Austin, TX
3/21 La Cocina Tucson, AZ
3/22 Trunk Space Tempe, AZ
3/23 Tin Can San Diego, CA
3/24 The Satellite Los Angeles, CA
3/25 Muddy Waters Santa Barbara, CA
3/26 Kreuzberg CA San Luis Obispo
3/28 Rickshaw Stop San Francisco, CA
3/29 Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Davis, CA
3/31 The Alibi Arcata, CA

4/1 Sam Bond’s Eugene, OR
4/6 Sunset Tavern Seattle, WA
4/7 BellTower Pullman, WA
4/8 EP Release @ Rontoms Portland, OR

Y La Bamba – Court the Storm

Josh Fulfs — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:33:23 +0000

Excellent Portland indie-folk band Y La Bamba‘s new record “Court the Storm” is comes out February 28th on Tender Loving Empire. Until then, check out this video or listen to the whole album streaming over at NPR’s website.

Shwood Mixtape #2

Josh Fulfs — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:34:54 +0000

We’re very proud to bring you the second installation of Shwood Mixtapes. Featuring some incredible bands that also call Portland home, this compilation cuts across Stumptown’s diverse independent music scene both in terms of genre and renown.

Here, you’ll find Radiation City’s sprawling wall of guitars, Nurses’ echoing percussive pop, Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s subtle psychedelia, and White Hinterland’s haunting digital arias.

It’s yours to download. If something catches your ear, please consider supporting these independent artists either by purchasing their album or going to see them play live.

RADIATION CITY – CONSTRUCTION

Josh Fulfs — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:05:34 +0000

Shwood local favorites Radiation City posted this video from their recent stop in Minneapolis as part their ongoing national tour. Check out more of their stuff here.

Video by Joe Wright.

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.