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Musicfest NW: The Thermals

By Dave Allen | Published: September 8, 2007

Update courtesy of Dave Allen of Pampelmoose: The Thermals, Portland’s best rock trio dropped in to the Doug Fir this afternoon to deliver an impromptu set of their particular brand of frenzied pop-punk anarchy. As always they were awesome and you can see why by watching 3, yes 3, videos. I’m sorry I’m lame andRead more…

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Musicfest NW: The First Night!

By Dave Allen | Published: September 7, 2007

Crowds gather at Audio Center for Cat Powerphoto by Adam Bagerski Updates courtesy of Dave Allen of Pampelmoose: This festival is rocking and it’s just beginning to dawn on me how hard it is for one person to cover this much music. Adam Bagerski from Nemo Design is my sidekick in all of this. HavingRead more…

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Musicfest NW: Aesop Rock live on KEXP

By Dave Allen | Published: September 6, 2007

photo by Adam Bagerski Updates courtesy of Dave Allen of Pampelmoose: MusicFestNW is officially under way and The Moose has been asked by KEXP to blog furiously from Portland and upload as much as humanly possible over the next 4 days. We kicked things off with a special show at the Doug Fir with AesopRead more…

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pdx ripped, an interview with Trespassers William

By Dave Allen | Published: February 6, 2007

Two weekends ago, KEXP’s PDXplore threw the inaugural Portland concert as part of a series of shows where we are attempting to solidify the links between Portland and Seattle’s music scenes. In this podcast you will hear Trespassers William discuss their albums Different Stars and Having. As always, support your local artists by clicking theRead more…

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PDXripped, discover Portland music

By Dave Allen | Published: January 31, 2007

Now that KEXP’s PDXplore live concert series has had its inaugural Portland concert I decided to turn my attention to what’s new on the block in town. As you may know the idea for PDXplore is to introduce Portland bands to Seattle and vise versa by hosting concerts in each city with support from KEXP.Read more…

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PDXplore: An interview with Alela Diane.

By Dave Allen | Published: January 26, 2007

Last year Barbara Mitchell, me and KEXP kicked off a little thing called PDXplore. The idea was to have Portland bands perform in Seattle and vise versa. A simple idea really; when it comes to live music the view from down here in Portland and the view from up there in Seattle is not dissimilar…..bothRead more…

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