Boat loads of mail comes into NW Noise...or gets lost and we are just imagining the "boat loads part", that inquire about JP. JP writes and is an editor here at NW Noise. If you want to get know the man, read a short interview with him by Leslie - she plays an amazing Guitar Hero, on expert setting, but that's neither here nor there.

Northwest Noise got to sit down with Portland indie pop rockers, Oh Darling over at The Doug Fir Lounge on June 1st just before their show that night.  Check out the podcast interview with the band as well as a band brief on Oh Darling.

All this goodness can be found at www.northwestnoise.com so check 'em out, won't ya?

Cheers,

NWN

Make sure you check out a very cool interview Northwest Noise conducted with Minus 5 and R.E.M guitarist Scott McCaughey back on April 25th, 2008 at The Doug Fir Lounge in Portland, Oregon.  The interview is just over 17 minutes long, and is available at www.northwestnoise.com.

The Minus 5 played a sweet show with our friends The Heavenly States (Oakland, CA) and The Dimes (Portland, OR).  It was one of the best shows Northwest Noise had seen in a long time, and artists from the band Spoon, The Decemberists, Boy Eats Drum Machine to Jasmine Ash and Jon Garica were in attendance of this event, to name a few.

Keep checking back to Northwest Noise for some more sweet podcast and internet interviews all summer long!

Cheers,
Jason Gears of NWN!

Go to www.northwestnoise.com and check out our interview with the front man for The Panderers, Scott Wynn.  The interview took place on April 26th, 2008 in the green room of The Wonder Ballroom in NE Portland with Jason Gears and Justin Royce on the scene.  The Panderers had been opening for Mike Doughty during their spring tour.

Make sure to buy The Panderers' debut EP, Hotshots Boy at amazon.com or the iTunes music store.

NW Noise has reviewed the second album from Swedish artist El Perro Del Mar (Sarah Assbring), read the full review here.

Sarah Assbring, a Swedish pop artist. She is the sole member of El Perro Del Mar, a band name that came to her after a depressing time in Spain through a stray dog that consoled and bonded with her while seated on a beach. Her songwriting is her expression of her feelings, and with much effort she wrote, played and recorded her own music with the label Hybris releasing a three-song EP of her work in early 2004. After respectable sales of the EP and successful tours of Sweden, the EP was reworked and released in England and Europe in 2006.

El Perro Del Mar's next album was released in late-2006, self-titled and released by The Control Group in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand. After a successful tour of the US in 2007 joined by additional bandmates and after jettisoning Hybris for the label Licking Fingers, work on their second album begun: From the Valley to the Stars.

Finally, Northwest Noise has brought you another podcast, this time with our gal pal Debra Arlyn as well as an album review of her latest effort titled Tomorrow Another Day.  Tim, JP and myself sat down with Debra and had a great time discussing many things, not just her new album.

Topics of discussion in the podcast included:

Her album in many facets (duh!)
The hives
Googling yourself
How the Blazers made her sad
Guitar Hero

...and a whole lot more...

Go to www.northwestnoise.com to check out the podcast audio as well as the CD review.  It'll be a good time had by you, surely.

Cheers,

Jason Gears

We've planned the event, almost choked looking at the cost and have screwed up a few times, but I'm still seriously excited for December 13th's NW Girls Make Noise show, presented by Northwest Noise.

The concert will feature Jasmine Ash, Debra Arlyn and headliners Dirty Martini.  Tickets are $12, and you can buy them online at TicketsWest or at Doug Fir the night of the show.

This is Northwest Noise's first promoted concert, so wish us luck, or better yet, buy a ticket, some drinks and have a good time supporting local, indie, female musicians and Northwest Noise.

Friends!

Jason Gears here.  Many cheers to all of you.

Tim and I have an exciting announcement to make known to all indie music lovers who reside in the Northwest, mainly Portland.  It's been a long time coming, but Northwest Noise is jumping into a new realm of "Noise Possibilities" in preparing for our first sponsored indie music event.  Yes, we're no longer just writing reviews, podcasting indie music and giving out some tidbits about what's going on in the PDX indie music scene.  We're driving full throttle into our first event, which we are calling NW Girls Make Noise!

NW Girls Make Noise is a celebration of female musicians and bands from around the Northwest; specifically Portland for this particular event.  The event is going to be held at , The Doug Fir Lounge on Thursday December 13th, 2007, and tickets are currently available for purchase at $12.  The show  begins at 9 PM with doors opening at 8 PM.  More on ticket information is located at the bottom of this blog.

We're excited to have 3 amazing acts involved in our very first show.  The acts involved are:

Dirty Martini
www.dirtymartinimusic.com
www.myspace.com/dirtymartini

Debra Arlyn
www.debraarlyn.com
www.myspace.com/debraarlyn

Jasmine Ash
www.myspace.com/jasmineash2

What will make our events last forever is the fact that Northwest Noise will be creating a special DVD/CD compilation of the entire event at the Doug Fir that will be available to purchase a month or two after the event.  Northwest Noise will be doing this for every show we put on here in Portland.

We have an official website for the event which is www.nwgirlsmakenoise.com and right now, you can subscribe there to be on our email list where we will send out detailed information regarding this event leading up to December 13th as well as information after the event in regards to the DVD/CD compilation and more!  It's free, of course, so go to the site after you read this and put in your email address to get information on this event on a regular basis.  It's so simple!  God, I sound like a 2:30 AM infomercial here. (rolls eyes)

Anyway, read the information below and click on the links and get educated on what we're doing!  Click on the artist links above as well, and check them all out at your leisure!

You can also get more information on the NW Girls Make Noise event at the following places:

Doug Fir Lounge - Make sure to scroll down to Thursday December 13th, 2007.

KINK FM

Ticketswest.com - Click HERE to purchase tickets for NW Girls Make Noise!

Friends,

Check out Seattle, WA indie rockers Spanish for 100 at Northwest Noise right now in the reviews section where you can read up on a review we did for their latest release, Say What You Want to Say to Me.  You can also listen to their single Attack! on the website as well.

When you're done reading and listening at Northwest Noise, click on over the National Noise and check out 2 more tracks from Spanish for 100, Sangria and Sweet Surprise, which I played on Double Shot: Show 10, recently.

www.northwestnoise.com
www.nationalnoisemedia.com

Check 'em both out!

Cheers,

Jason Gears