Loch Lomond

DOWNLOAD: Loch Lomond - "Blue Lead Fences" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Loch Lomond - "Elephants & Little Girls " (MP3) Loch Lomond specializes in delicate yet tuneful chamber pop, employing the use of vibes, mandolin, theremin and bass clarinet in addition to the usual stringed/percussive suspects (guitar/bass/drums)...

DOWNLOAD: Loch Lomond - Elephants & Little Girls (MP3) The Decemberists have announced that their sixth full length album, The King Is Dead, will be released through Capitol Records on January 18...

Memorial Day Weekend officially opened the summer, and for those in the Pacific Northwest it also brought Sasquatch Music Festival (pictures from all three days are coming soon)...

DOWNLOAD: Portland Cello Project - Travel (feat. Justin Power) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Portland Cello Project - Tallymarks (feat. Thao) (MP3) Thao With The Get Down Stay Down @ BV party - SXSW 09 (more by Leia Jospe) Thao with the Get Down Stay Down will be playing a show at the Bowery Ballroom on Wednesday, November 4th...

Willamette Week's Musicfest NW announces this year's festival line-up which will be held at various venues around the Portland, OR metropolitan area on September 16, 17, 18 & 19...

Day 1, Day 2, and the rest of the pictures from this year's festival...

DOWNLOAD: Loch Lomond - Blue Lead Fences (MP3) Sasquatch , SXSW Despite a dry program description that made them sound like the walking history of roots folk, I was pleased to discover Loch Lomond as my new favorite band from Portland...

DOWNLOAD: Deer Tick - Long Time (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Those Darlins - Wild One (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Loch Lomond - Blue Lead Fences (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Phosphorescent - Reasons to Quit (Willie Nelson) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Bell - Echinacea (live on Fair Game) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers - Coward Cracked the Dawn (Radio Edit) (MP3) If you'll be in Austin for SXSW this year, especially if you have a badge, please stopfor the official BrooklynVegan showcase (aka a show aka a concert with six bands that is officially a part of the overall South by Southwest festival)...

Jane's Addiction - @ Echoplex, Los Angeles - Feb 16, 2009 (revolute)Live Nation and Adam Zacks are pleased to announce this year's line up for the Sasquatch...

Words and crowd-surfing Obama & Chris Funk @ Terminal 5 It's hard to bring chamber folk to life with a sold-out audience who lives and breathes The Decemberists, but Loch Lomond did so blissfully...