Thursday, February 19, 2009

Some shows! -updated 03.01.09



3.01.09 Donavan Frankenreiter w/ Gary Jules @ Pac Concert Hall
3.04.09 Donavon Frankenreiter w/ Gary Jules @ Neumos
3.06.09 The Blakes @ Chop Suey
3.06.09 Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band w/ Say Hi, Visqueen @ Neumos
3.06.09 The Lonely Forest @ The Brown Lantern W/The 88 21+
3.07.09 The Lonely Forest @ The Nightlight w/ The Blakes 21+
3.08.09 The Von Bondies w/ The Lonely Forest & Nico Vega @ Neumos
3.11.09 Disney Cover Night @ Chop Suey
3.13.09 The Lonely Forest @ The Empyrean w/ The Globes & Cyrus Fell Down
3.14.09 The Lonely Forest @ Whitworth University w/ The Globes
3.14.09 Blue Scholars w/ Common Market & Truckasaurus @ Neumos
3.21.09 We Wrote the Book on Connectors w/ Team Gina @ The High Dive
3.27.09 Jaguar Love @ Wonder Ballroom w/ OK GO!
3.27.09 The Builders and The Butchers w/ Kay kay and his weathered Underground @ The CROCODILE
3.28.09 Jaguar Love @ Chop Suey w/ OK GO! ALL AGES
3.28.09 U.S.E @ The Crocodile
4.03.09 Noah Gundersen & The Courage @ The High Dive w/ Jordan Lake Band 21+ EARLY SHOW
4.10.09 Noah Gundersen @ Three Trees w/ Daniel Adams
4.10.09 Viva Voce @ Chop Suey
4.11.09 The Thermals @ Neumos
4.12.09 The Lonely Forest Co-Hosting Y&R on 1077 The End w/ Megan!
4.12.09 The Ting Tings @ The Crocodile
4.15.09 The Cave Singers @ The Crocodile
4.17.09 Black Kids w/ Mates of State @ Neumos
5.08.09 Damien Jurado @ the Crocodile w/ Laura Gibson
5.13.09 Mae w/ Barcelona @ Neumos
5.16.09 Noah Gundersen & The Courage @ Common Ground w/ Corbin Watkins ALL AGES

Viva Voce News!

VIVA VOCE TO RELEASE ROSE CITY ON MAY 26TH ON BARSUK RECORDS

TOUR DATES AND SXSW SET IN ADVANCE OF THE RELEASE

Since the 2006 release of their Barsuk debut Get Yr Blood Sucked out, Portland, OR duo Viva Voce toured non-stop for nearly 2 years, both as headliners and supporting fellow Portlanders The Shins in the US and abroad.

Band founders Kevin and Anita Robinson took an entire year off from touring (unheard of for them) to finish their hand-built backyard home studio and gig around town with country rock band Blue Giant, and have since become something of a hub in the Portland music scene:

Kevin has spent time producing and recording bands like Tu Fawning and Thao with The Get Down Stay Down. Anita sang harmonies on The Shins' Wincing the Night Away album, and performed with them on SNL and on tour. With Blue Giant, Kevin and Anita made it a habit to incorporate a broad cast of Portland musicians to their live ensemble - and now the Viva Voce band itself has grown, as Kevin and Anita have welcomed Corrina Repp and Evan Railton to the official line-up.

Now Viva Voce are back with Rose City, an album they wrote, arranged, and recorded themselves all in one furious month - choosing not to deliberate over every little thing but living purely in the moment musically and lyrically. Immersing themselves in sonic experimentation, it was truly spontaneous and cathartic. The result is an angular, immediate record that pulses with the palpable urgency of a band yearning for a return to the vagabond life of the working, touring musician – a mode in which Viva Voce is truly at home.

Track listing:

1. Devotion
2. Die A Little
3. Octavio
4. Midnight Sun
5. Red Letter Day
6. Good As Gold
7. Rose City
8. Tornado Alley
9. Flora
10. The Slow Fade

Viva Voce on tour:

March:

12 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop
13 Visalia, CA Cellar Door
14 Los Angeles, CA Regent Theatre
15 Tucson, AZ Plush
16 Phoenix, AZ Rhythm Room
18 Austin, TX SXSW
19 Austin, TX SXSW
20 Austin, TX SXSW
22 Denver, CO Hi-Dive
24 Boise, ID Neurolux
28 Portland, OR Aladdin Theatre

April:

10 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
11 Salem, OR Elsinore Theatre

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Sasquatch Music Festival!

We just saw the line-up for the Sasquatch Music Festival and are SO excited to see so many of our friends on the bill!

In RED are our friends who are playing who we are SO stoked to see and in BLUE are other great bands we are also stoked about seeing!


Saturday, May 23th

Kings of Leon / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / The Decemberists / Animal Collective / Bon Iver / Devotchka / M. Ward / Doves / Sun Kil Moon / The Gaslight Anthem / King Khan & The Shrines / Ra Ra Riot / Shearwater / Passion Pit / Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band / Vince Mira / Blind Pilot / Owl City / Arthur & Yu / Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele / Death Vessel / Hockey / James Pants / Todd Barry / Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! / People's Republic of Komedy


Sunday, May 24th

Jane's Addiction / Nine Inch Nails / TV On The Radio / Peter Bjorn and John / of Montreal / The Avett Brothers / Calexico / M83 / The Airborne Toxic Event / The Walkmen / The Wrens / St. Vincent / The Dodos / John Vanderslice / The Submarines / Viva Voce / The Builders And The Butchers / AA Bondy / Fences / Point Juncture, WA / Jon Benjamin / Zach Galifianakis / Deadmau5 / Natalie Portman's Shaved Head / People's Republic of Komedy


Monday, May 25th

Ben Harper and Relentless7 / Erykah Badu / Silversun Pickups / Fleet Foxes / Gogol Bordello / Santigold / Grizzly Bear / Explosions In The Sky / Girl Talk / Blitzen Trapper / The Knux / Monotonix / Bishop Allen / Black Moth Super Rainbow / Beach House / Mugison / The Dutchess And The Duke / School Of Seven Bells / Horse Feathers / The Pica Beats / Loch Lomond / BLK JKS / Demetri Martin / God's Pottery / Chromeo / Tobacco / People's Republic of Komedy