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Pampelmoose Picks For The Week of November 6th by Pampelmoose on Nov 6, 2009Loch Lomond – Tuesday, November 10th @ The WoodsThey will have a new album coming out in Spring of 2010, but to whet our hungry appetites for more music, Portland’s finest chamber pop quintet have put together an incredible five-song EP,...

Pampelmoose Picks For The Week Of October 30th by Pampelmoose on Oct 30, 2009múm – Wednesday, November 4th @ Aladdin TheaterIn the 12 years since the band formed in its native Iceland, they have altered their sound in tiny increments, a move that suits the group’s frail, glassy sound. Move too quickly and the who...

Pampelmoose Picks For The Week of October 23rd by Pampelmoose on Oct 23, 2009Birds & Batteries – Tuesday, October 27th @ The WoodsOur fearless leader wrote a small profile of this California-based band (pictured) back in May when they were gearing up to play Doug Fir. If you missed that show, you’d do well to...

Win Tickets To See The Gossip! by Pampelmoose on Oct 22, 2009We’re giving you a mere 24 hours to enter to win admission for two to see Portland’s own disco-blues-punk superstars The Gossip at Wonder Ballroom this coming Saturday, the 24th! Since time is of the essence, all we need you to do is lea...

Album Review: AU – Versions (Aagoo) by Pampelmoose on Oct 7, 2009The new release by Luke Wyland’s ever-morphing musical project known as AU isn’t new. There is one as yet unheard of song that leads off this EP – the pulsing, hypnotic “Ida Walked Away” – but the rest of the song...

Pampelmoose Picks For The Week Of October 2nd by Pampelmoose on Oct 2, 2009POH-HOP XI – Wednesday through Friday @ various venues2009 brings another installment of this fantastic showcase for Portland’s abundance of hip-hop talent. In years’ past, the organizers have locked in a couple of nationally-known...

Album Review: Panther – Entropy (Kill Rock Stars) by Pampelmoose on Oct 1, 2009In the short span of three years, Panther has not only doubled its membership, moving from being a solo venture by Charlie Salas-Humara to a duo with drummer Joe Kelly, but the group’s sound has expanded with it. Salas-Humara began with the twi...