Music Blog Archive: March 2009

After deliberating for hours and hours (well, 2 hours, but still) with OPB, opbmusic.org and our celebrity judges, we finally narrowed it down to numero uno. The decision was not easy but it had to be made. So, without further ado, the winner is...

Grab onto the new free song from Southerly's Krist Krueger, "Letting Go."

Most experiences with music happens through technology. So why fear its advance? More and more, I find it's not the tool to decry, it's the preoccupied culture it's creating.

One of the good things about SXSW is, even if you can't make it to Austin for the shows, bands and labels get very generous (no, I'm not juts talking about 10 MB flash drives with corporate logos on them).

Performances from M. Ward, Asobi Seksu, Dan Auerbach, and the Asylum Street Spankers highlight the on-stage action this week, which also features new releases from Julie Doiron, Bishop Allen, Mirah, and Elvis Perkins in Dearland, among many others. Plus, we give away tickets to next weekend's Loch Lomond performance at Mississippi Studios. Join the conversation...

This weekend is the final weekend to work on designs for the opbmusic.org T-shirt Design Contest. Submissions are due by the end of Tuesday, March 10th. So get your crayons a-workin’!

Contemplating the birth of the phonograph, inevitable cycles and timeless adoration.

Too many things to see/hear/do this week! Our look ahead tonight reveals performances from Spoon, N.A.S.A, Lambchop, Blind Pilot, and The Portland Cello Project, just to name a few-- and that doesn't even get to Wednesday night's grand re-opening of Mississippi Studios, which boasts a who's who of local talent. Also, new releases this week from Neko Case, U2, Justin Townes Earle, BellX1, and more. Join the conversation...

It's an in-studio session tonight with Brendan Canning and Charles Spearin, both of the Toronto based Broken Social Scene. Also, a bit of a backwards weekend this week sees a busy live schedule on Sunday, and we'll look ahead to some of those bills, including Martha Wainwright and Rebecca Gates at the Doug Fir. Join the conversation...