Tag Archives: Girl Talk

2013 Capitol Hill Block Party: Initial Lineup Revealed!

By KEXP | Published: April 2, 2013

It’s hard to believe that the Capitol Hill Block Party is on its 17th year, but it’s no surprise that it keeps getting better each year. Now a premiere Northwest festival, the Capitol Hill Block Party has announced a stellar lineup for 2013. On July 26th through 28th, you’ll be able to see The FlamingRead more...

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Movie Review: Girl Walk / All Day

By JB Bonifacio | Published: August 16, 2012

Earlier this year, KEXP previewed the Seattle premiere of Girl Talk’s unofficial full length music video, All Day, set to his 2010 album of the same name.  Funded through donations on Kickstarter and of his own money, director Jacob Krupnick set out to shoot a dance video that, while viral in spirit, was different inRead more...

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MFNW announces 2012 lineup

By KEXP | Published: May 30, 2012

Today, Willamette Week announced the lineup for Portland’s premier music festival, MusicfestNW 2012. Celebrating its twelfth year, and featuring one if its best lineups ever, MFNW will own all of the Northwest from September 5th through 9th, as over 150 bands perform at 16 clubs around town. This year’s headliners include Silversun Pickups, Passion Pit,Read more...

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Sasquatch! Music Festival: Day 1

By KEXP | Published: May 26, 2012

Allen Stone and his band were the first act on the mainstage Friday night, and without a doubt, they opened up Sasquatch! with a bang. Stone’s set was 45 minutes of pure energy. He played all of the crowd favorites, including “Sleep”, “Satisfaction”, “Unaware”, and his wonderful version of Bob Marley’s classic “Is This Love”.Read more...

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Event Preview: Girl Walk

By Gerrit Feenstra | Published: February 9, 2012

If you haven’t heard of the party-rocking mashup art-form known as Girl Talk, your life is about to change forever. Once a biomedical engineer, Philadelphia native Greg Gillis decided one day that he wanted to take songs and bash them together until they stuck. For over ten years, Gillis has been releasing music under theRead more...

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Live Around Town This Week

By Ryan Bort | Published: March 14, 2011

Tuesday, March 15 GIRL TALK @ Showbox SoDo My first experience with Girl Talk came unexpectedly at a music festival a few years ago. At the time, my friends and I weren’t terribly familiar with Girl Talk - who he was, what he did, or what kind of following he had - and we wereRead more...

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Saturday Afternoon Artist - Girl Talk

By Michele Myers | Published: January 14, 2011

When I first heard Girl Talk, I was reviewing his 2006 album, Night Ripper.  It was this kaleidoscopic mix of DJ samples made into songs. And the variety of the parts was staggering.  Commercial hip-hop rode on rock riffs, 70′s soul crashed into 80′s new wave,  Brit-pop floated above electronic beat hits.  I had heardRead more...

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Thursday News Roundup

By Jason Kinnard | Published: November 18, 2010

The new album from The Cave Singers finally has a name. On February 22, their Jagjaguwar debut, No Witch, hits stores and now you can finally learn the titles of the songs you’ve been hearing them play live, like this one, now called “Haller Lake”:

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Out This Week 11/16

By Jim Beckmann | Published: November 16, 2010

Yesterday, to everyone’s surprise, Gregg Gillis, aka Girl Talk, released his fifth album of cut-up songs, All Day, on the label Illegal Art. The album, featuring 373 samples in just over 70 minutes, is like his last album... free! But this time, further flaunting a recording system has become more about rights ownership than anythingRead more...

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Monday Morning News Fix

By Ryan Bort | Published: November 8, 2010

After originally stating that This Is Happening would be LCD Soundsystem’s last album, James Murphy has lately been making it seem like the band’s status going into the future is more up in the air than he originally led people to believe. I guess we can only hope. In the meantime, the band recently recordedRead more...

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