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January 12, 2007
Donkey Show
Jona gets interviewed by the Fader Blog in an entry titled Donkey Show.
Excerpt: ...what inspires your movements?
Woah, thanks! I've been training with a Lebanese choreographer that teaches under the name "D.A.Z.Z.L.E." for 16 -- wow, yeah, it's been THAT long! -- years now. Movement is my muse, straight up. His style has been described as a mixture of dark yoga, Southwestern body painting, and Shen Wei dance art.
Why do you think there isn't more music like yours that's influenced by rock, rap and electronic without being goofy about it?
This shit is hard to pull off.
Lot's more on the Fader Blog
Posted by kmikeym at 2:35 PM
January 8, 2007
Pitchfork: 7.6 for Xiu Xiu vs. Grouper's Creepshow
Xiu Xiu vs. Grouper
Creepshow
[Slender Means Society/States Rights; 2006]
Rating: 7.6
by Brandon Stosuy, January 08, 2007
Creepshow, a wisp of a collaboration between Portland phaser Liz Harris (aka Grouper) and Xiu Xiu situates itself at the core of the former's chilly drone and the windiest outskirts of the latter's saddest ballads. The EP's five tracks share similar pacing and a narrowly defined sound; subtly defined gradations emerge across the 20-some minute tapestry, but the participants contentedly explore a limited palette. (Befitting its brevity, the album-- part of Slender Means Society and States Rights Records' Pregnancy Series-- was originally pressed in a limited edition of 700 copies.)
Posted by kmikeym at 2:22 PM
January 2, 2007
Best Portland artist blog
Matt McCormick's Action Items was PORT's "Best Portland artist blog" with his "musings on such supremely endearing topics as volunteering to walk homeless dogs for the Humane Society and eating frozen turkey dinners alone on Thanksgiving are as deeply felt and witty as his excellent films." (link)
Posted by kmikeym at 4:27 PM