Hi, this is Good Band is Good, a podcast about music in Portland, Oregon.
In this episode, Randy Bemrose and Cameron Spies from Radiation City join the podcast to talk about getting started in music, growing up as a band, and their new record Animals in the Median.
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We feel like the Belle of the ball this week. If you haven't already seen the news over on Hypebot, we announced a new sponsorship deal with CD Baby! Plus, we're just days away from our Arrested Develpment Returns Party at Holocene on May 8th!
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Minden - Live from the Banana Stand was released on CD 4/20 at the benefit show for BARK at Kelly's Olympian, which also features Genders and Sama Dams. The digital release is out on 4/23. Please also enjoy the live videos for "On Assignment" and "Monolith" made in collaborating with our partners Collective-47 Productions.
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Hi, this is a Good Band Is Good. A podcast about music in Portland, Oregon.
In this episode of Good Band Is Good, Hutch Harris, Kathy Foster, and Westin Glass - The Thermals - talk to us about about their new record Desperate Ground, the band's history, and what it's like to be a band as popular as The Thermals.
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Easy one of our favorite bands of all time with only two albums out, Unknown Mortal Orchestra (appearing in Portland at the Aladdin Theater) are something of Portland legend around these parts. Bass player Jake Portrait has worked with The Dandy Warhols and variety of other bands as a producer, and plays in the incredibly hip Blouse. Lead-singer Ruban Nielson's first group, Mint Chicks, was the envy of every band in town while still together.
It's not out of the question to call us super-fans. So be it.
Following our interviews with The Thermals and Portugal. The Man, we reached out to the group, and Nielson was kind enough to answer some questions that we hoped to get placed on a site larger than ours. But, as that fell through, we were excited to repurpose the content here, figuring any fans of Banana Stand would love to get some greater insight into one of the city's most popular, yet one of the more elusive bands.
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Animal Eyes - Live from the Banana Stand will be available online on Tuesday, February 19th, 2013. A special, limited number of physical editions will be available on Sunday, February 17th, 2013 at Mississippi Studios as part of the release event sponsored by KZME. Purchase advance tickets online for $6. Until then, please enjoy the preview track, "Saw You," along with a video of "Gizzly Bear."
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Hi, this is a Good Band Is Good. A podcast about music in Portland, Oregon.
In this episode of Good Band is Good, Sallie Ford, frontwoman for Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside, joins us to talk about her start as a musican, her band's new album Untamed Beast, and life as a touring musician.
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Grandparents - Live from the Banana Stand will be available online on Tuesday, January 29th, 2013. A special, limited number of physical editions will be available on Thursday, January 24th, 2013 at Holocene as part of the release event with Paper Brain, Still Caves, and DJ A-Train, sponsored by ElevenPDX Magazine. More information here. [RSVP on Facebook!] Until then, please enjoy the preview track, "Germans," along with a video of "Fumes!"
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Tango Alpha Tango - Live from the Banana Stand is now available! If you like it, please download it! If you love it, please donate on Bandcamp! All profits support bands, post production staff, and Banana Stand.
Tango Alpha Tango produces a sound as American as the flag on frontman Nathan Trueb's amp. Composed of Trueb's extended family -- Tango Alpha Tango includes wife Mirabai on bass and brother Aaron on keyboards and harmonica, in addition to the excellent Walker Beckman on drums (at the time of this recording) -- the band flawlessly executes blues-inspired rock appropriate for stages anywhere in the country and fans of any age. But it was the incredible live musicianship witnessed during a performance at White Eagle had us all looking forward to Tango's secret performance at Banana Stand in September 2011.
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The We Shared Milk - Live from the Banana Stand will be released on Tuesday, November 27th, or on Saturday, November 24th if you make it to our Benefit Show for New Avenues For Youth at Kelly's Olympian, which will also serve as this album's release event. The show will feature The We Shared Milk, Fanno Creek, Talkative, and Tiger House, and is for a great cause.
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Speaker Minds - Live from the Banana Stand is now available! Download it today!
A supremely talented live band, Speaker Minds gave one of the best performances we've ever had at the Banana Stand. The secret show was packed to the point that people couldn't get in to see the band. And it being a June night, the party started getting sweaty down in the basement filled with a dancing crowd.
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