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Download a Jared Colinger album for free

Friday, October 30th, 2009

You may or may not remember Jared Colinger. He’s a singer-songwriter in the Tilbrook/Costello/Lowe vein who lived in Redmond a few years ago, and now calls Tennessee home. Colinger was only in Central Oregon for a short time, but it was just long enough for him to put out a doozy of an EP, “Light From a Dying Star,” which I named as one of my favorite local releases of 2007.

Today, Colinger makes music under the name The Enigmatic Foe, and he’s just made his first full-length album, “Beautiful Liar,” available for free download. The album was recorded a couple years ago but shelved for a variety of reasons, including lack of funds. Now, though, it has been remixed and remastered by Jason Martin of Starflyer 59, and given new life by Colinger. That’s a good thing; like his previous work, “Beautiful Liar” is stacked with super-hooky tunes that any fan of catchy pop-rock should enjoy and that absolutely deserve to see the light of day.

Download all nine songs, plus five bonus demos, by clicking here.

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Download DJ Barisone’s “Soul’s Your Face!” mix

Friday, September 25th, 2009

I mentioned this in today’s round-up of this week’s music, but it’s worth pulling out. Longtime local-fave DJ Bryan Barisone is moving to Portland for a variety of reasons, including to further pursue his music career. A former resident DJ at The Grove and a founding member of Person People, Barisone will leave some big turntables to fill.

The guy was also nice enough to allow me to offer Frequency readers a free download of one of his recent mixes. It’s called “Soul’s Your Face,” and it’s 62 minutes of non-stop, mellow soul-hop. You really should grab it. I’ve been working for the past hour with it playing in the background, and it’s perfect for that, or for cruising around town looking for the party, or for late-night chillin’, or pretty much for whatever. Here you go:

Download DJ Barisone, “Soul’s Your Face!” (It’s a pretty big file and is going to take a bit, so be patient!)

REMINDER: Bendistillery Martini Bar (850 N.W. Brooks St., Bend) is hosting a free “Barisone Bon Voyage” party tonight at 9 p.m.

Tonight: Deer Tick at McMenamins

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Occasionally, a band gets booked for McMenamins’ monthly Great Northwest Music tour and then becomes a much bigger deal, and those of us who live near a McMenamins get a serious bargain. Tonight is one of those nights, when the Providence, R.I., country-rock band Deer Tick plays a free show at Old St. Francis School at 7 p.m.

You can download an MP3 from Deer Tick’s new album “Born on Flag Day” right here. And you can watch them do an awkward interview with NBC News anchor Brian Williams here. You can read my short story about them from last week’s GO! Magazine by clicking here. And if you’d like yet another Deer Tick tune, just click the link below.

Download Deer Tick, “Easy”

It’s a Deer Tick-a-palooza! Again: 7 p.m. at McMenamins Old St. Francis School, 700 N.W. Bond St., in downtown Bend.

(Photo courtesy Kendall Pavan)

Tonight: These United States at Silver Moon (with MP3 download)

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

These United States is a fast-rising band from Washington, D.C. and Lexington, Ky., that makes a vibrant and rollicking pop/rock/twang racket. They chose the direction of their new album, “Everything Touches Everything,” based on the outcome of the 2008 presidential election; read more about that in my article on the band.

Here’s the opening track from the album. Feel free to download it:

Download These United States, “I Want You To Keep Everything”

These United States plays tonight at Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom, located at 24 N.W. Greenwood Ave., in Bend. Local rockers Goodbye Dyna will open the show, which begins around 9 p.m. Cover is $5.

(Photo courtesy Sarah Law)

Music by former Bendites

Monday, September 21st, 2009

By chance, I guess, I’ve got a handful of links here that’ll let you hear what some former Bend residents are up to these days. Think of it kind of like a high school reunion, except you (likely) didn’t go to high school with these folks, and Mike McShanahan isn’t dunking your head in the toilet and giving you a swirlie just like the old days. That’s what everyone’s old days were like … right?

-Perhaps the most famous recent musician to have called Bend home, Hasidic rapper Matisyahu is back with his much-anticipated third album of reggae-flavored hip-hop. It’s called “Light” and you can listen to the whole thing, at least for now, on this nifty little widget:

A couple years ago, I wrote an article that will tell you all about the dude’s time in Bend, and you can find that right here.

-Near/Far alum Wildbleedingheart now goes by Daniel Michael Miller. He lives in Portland and still makes woozy, lo-fi pop-rock that fits in much more snugly in his new hometown than his old one. It’s also pretty darn good. He’s just put up several songs for stream/download, which you can find over here. And if you want to read more about him, click here to find my story from 2007.

-The Portland chamber-folk combo Loch Lomond is led by Bend native Ritchie Young; member Dave Depper is also from here. (There may be others, I’m not sure.) The band has a new EP coming out this fall, and the Portland Mercury has all the details, plus a teaser medley of the record’s songs.

-V.E.R.A. Clique comprises three guys who got their start in Bend, but now make hip-hop in Oakland, Calif. They were just recently in town at the Silver Moon for a benefit show, but for the most part, they’re down there in the Bay Area working hard to get their music heard. Good for them. Let’s see if we can help them out. Here’s the title track from their most recent record, “Fresh Out The Box.” Download it and check out these local fellas done good.

Download V.E.R.A. Clique, “Fresh Out The Box”

Say … this brings up a fun question: What local musician or band do you think will be the next to make it big on the outside? Leave a comment and let me know who you think has star potential.

Tags: Daniel Michael Miller, Loch Lomond, Matisyahu, V.E.R.A. Clique
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MP3 Download: Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound

Friday, September 18th, 2009

That’s right, Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound. The San Francisco band has a silly name, but a sweet aesthetic. Their music is a particularly mellow brand of sunny, psychedelic pop that sounds swiped from the Summer of Love and plunked down in 2009. Their album, “When Sweet Sleep Returned,” is one of my favorites of the year. Here’s a taste:

Download Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound, “By The Rippling Green”

Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound is on tour now with Sleepy Sun. Both bands will play at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland on Oct. 4.

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MP3 Download: new music from Finn Riggins!

Monday, September 14th, 2009

You remember Finn Riggins, right? The Idaho-based jitter-pop trio played at Silver Moon Brewing a couple months back, and I had a good time.

If you missed ‘em then, you’re in luck, because they’re coming back to the Moon on Sept. 24, and this time, they’re bringing the fine Portland band Church with them, as well as a new album called “Vs Wilderness.”

Actually, they played songs from the new album back in June, too. I highlighted “Wake” for its roller-coaster hook, and it shows up on “Vs Wilderness.” The recorded version is every bit as fun as I remember the live version being. Here, you should just check it out for yourself:

Download Finn Riggins, “Wake (Keep This Town Alive)”

Finn Riggins is heading out on tour with Built To Spill in November, and there’s absolutely no reason they couldn’t come off that bill a much better-known band than they are today. What that means is that you should check them out for $5 at Silver Moon while you can, OK?

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Download a Sisters Folk Festival digital mixtape!

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

The Sisters Folk Festival kicks off Friday evening, and tomorrow’s GO! Magazine is going to have it covered from top to bottom. Pick up a copy of The Bulletin or check back here in the morning for feature stories on Peter Rowan, Blind Pilot and Anastacia Beth Scott, plus blurbs on a few other artists, the festival schedule, and just about everything else you need to know.

But that’s tomorrow. Today, it’s time to dive into the music. And guess what? You’re diving into the deep end. Just look at this schedule. All those boxes containing all those names; unless you’re the world’s biggest folk fan with all kinds of time on your hands, chances are you haven’t heard all — maybe even most — of those artists.

Frequency is here to help. I’ve spent the last couple of weeks checking out these acts, picking some of my favorites, and compiling a digital mixtape featuring artists who are playing the festival. It’s wide-ranging, stretching from the big names at the top of the poster to the small names at the bottom, and from straight folk to indie-pop-folk to Latin-flavored folk and back again. Artists include out-of-towners Alison Brown, Blind Pilot, The Belleville Outfit, Susan Werner, Kelly Joe Phelps, Joe Craven, Danny Schmidt, Antje Duvekot, Lincoln Crockett, Pancake Breakfast, Tremoloco, Ellis, Rick Shea and City Folk, plus locals Anastacia Beth Scott, Deb Yager and Bo Reynolds.

Click right here to get the mix. (It might take a couple minutes to download, so be patient.)

Once you have it, you’ll have all 17 MP3s, plus a document with a list of the tracks and links to the artists’ Web sites.

One note: The Blind Pilot song will only be available in this download for two weeks. After two weeks is over, I’ll keep the rest of the files in place, but the Blind Pilot song will come out. There’s your motivation to go ahead and snag this now.

And hey, after you take these tunes for a spin, come back here to Frequency and let me know in the comments if you’ve discovered a new fave.

Tags: festival, Sisters Folk Festival
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MP3 Download: Cool Nutz, “Black Music”

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Real professional like.

It’s not an overstatement to say that Cool Nutz embodies Portland hip-hop. The guy’s been pushing to put Oregon’s biggest city — the whole Northwest, really — on the map for a couple decades now.

Unfamiliar? Here’s a piping hot MP3 you can download, straight from the man himself. It’s a fine chunk of throwback funk and an ode to black culture over the past several decades, name-checking both Public Enemy and Cornell West, and featuring Bosko.

Download Cool Nutz, “Black Music”

Cool Nutz and a slew of cohorts will perform tonight at Bendistillery Martini Bar, at 850 N.W. Brooks St., in Bend. Things’ll get going around 9 p.m., and it’s free.

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MP3 Download: Grand Archives

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Here’s a song from the upcoming album from Grand Archives, called “Keep In Mind Frankenstein” and due out Sept. 15 on Subpop:

Download Grand Archives, “Oslo Novelist”

For the uninitiated, Grand Archives is helmed by Mat Brooke, who was part of Band of Horses through the release of that band’s stunning debut, “Everything All the Time.” Brooke left the Horses shortly thereafter and started this band, which specializes in laid-back, pop-tinged Americana, kind of like a fuller, more lush Iron & Wine. I didn’t love their debut, which came out last year, but this song is awfully purty. If you like the sound of the pedal steel guitar, you should check it out.

Anyway, if you dig it, they’re playing at the Doug Fir in Portland on Sept. 23.

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