12/12/2009

LAST NIGHT:

White Fang
ugh...really? Has the Portland music scene really regressed this far???
It's like this band pulled together every big fad in popular white boy "indie" music and tried to mash it all together. Only they forgot the crucial element of adding something original to the mix. As it stands, this band reeks of nothing more than five guys in desperate need of attention.


Dirty Mittens
These guys (and ladies) were the surprise of the night. I've been reading a lot about this group for a while now, but had yet to see them play anywhere. They're pretty wonderful, and deserving of the praise they've been getting.





The Thermals
What else can I say? This was my fifth or sixth time seeing them, and they were in top form. They unveiled a number of new songs that have already been recorded for the next album(?!?), hit the highlights from the last two albums, and dug out some nice gems from the earlier albums. The older stuff was quite as manic or energetic as it once was, but it's still fun as hell and it holds up well.


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TODAY:

Trekked downtown for Tuba Christmas in Pioneer Square with Mike & Mark and some more of their people. It was interesting and fun, in spite of the 90+ year old conductor who had some long~winded story or another to tell between songs.

Lunch at Rock Bottom, and a jaunt around the Apple store afterwards.


Melt Banana is tonight.