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Daily Genre: Indie Thursday, March 11, 2010
Failed Limbs & Shallow Effects – A Q&A with Miles Kurosky

The former Beulah front man (and current Portland resident) has recovered from harrowing medical problems to finally record his first solo album.



Pink Floyd wins long battle to halt single-song download sales

Sorry folks, you gotta get the whole album.


Memorial Coliseum presentation to City Council delayed

Negotiations with the three developers continue, PDC’s Rose Quarter Development Project SAC report on hold.


EOTO brings improvised electronic arrangements to Eugene and Portland

EOTO’s indie-electronic act hits the stage at Eugene’s WOW Hall (March 11) before touring to Portland’s Berbati’s Pan (March 12).


The Doug Fir is set on fire

Seattle invaded Portland on Sunday night with rocking indie and acoustic folk from The Cave Singers, The Dutchess and the Duke, and The Moondoggies.


Brazilian Carnaval at the Bossa Nova on Friday

7 bands including the Lions of Batucada and the Brazillionaires bring Brazil to Burnside.


Cascadia Composers to offer workshops and concerts in new music

Cascadia Composers present a festival of contemporary music in Portland.


MixBox brings free jazz

Sometimes Jazz is a challenge – sometimes it’s supposed to be.


Mimicking Birds soared Saturday at the Mission Theater

Mimicking Birds celebrate their self-titled debut, playing along to video from BBC’s “Planet Earth: Jungles.”


Folk rock with Noah Gundersen and the Courage plus Adam Sweeney

Two Northwest singer-songwriters able to calm and jostle play a free gig at the White Eagle Saloon on Wednesday night.


Paul Chasman returns to rare guitar form, after laying his six-string down

A perfect storm of increasingly unappreciative fans looking for more flash and a worrisome Bush administration made guitar virtuoso Paul Chasman walked away from music. Find out what brought him back.


Nick Jaina takes off on tour

But before he leaves, he gives fans a few treats and, of course, a hometown CD release show at the Doug Fir.


Memorial Coliseum one tiny step closer to resolution

Portland Jazz Festival and Oregon Music Hall of Fame sign on to Blazers “JumpTown” plan. Two others in the running.


Poetry Slam at the WOW Hall

The first Poetry Slam at the WOW Hall was held on March 7th by local poet/activists Dandelion and Radical Monk.


Backyard Tire Fire ignites the crowd at Mississippi Studios

In town for the first time in two years, Backyard Tire Fire filled glasses half-full with their brand of optimistic heartland rock and the jazz/blues stylings of Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin.


Pianist Benjamin Kim returns to Portland and gives a sterling concert

Pianist Benjamin Kim returns to Portland and delivers an outstanding debut recital


New MGMT: Download ‘Flash Delirium’ now!

Free download: MGMT exposes a new track from their forthcoming album on their website.


New Flaming Lips movie with… Justin Timberlake?

“I’m in the process of begging [him],” frontman Wayne Coyne told Billboard Magazine.


Want to play in The Smashing Pumpkins?

They’re looking for a bass player and a keyboardist and they’re auditioning.


Kalmar adds music director post in Spain

Carlos Kalmar will become music director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE (Spanish Radio/Television Orchestra) and keep his position with the Oregon Symphony.


Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real at Mississippi Studios

The son of Willie comes to Portland following in his country, blues footsteps with his band and homespun rock’n'roll.