The Red Gorilla Music Fest is from March 18- 21, 2009 in Austin, TX.  It takes place along side the SXSW festival.  Their goal is to remain true to the independent artists and has a strict “no badges” policy.  And it looks like this year one of Portland’s finest will be joing in the festivities.  [...]

November 23 at The Station in Portland, Hiss and Chambers will be performing with Shiny Toy Guns.  This is one of the nights of WCYY’s Holiday Bizarre.  Word on the street is that Hiss and Chambers will be using this night to show off a lot of new material.

BigHeavyWorld went to the Hardcore and Metal Showcase at the Higher Ground in Vermont. Portland(ish)’s Absence of the Sun was on stage when they arrived. BigHeavyWorld has posted recollection of the evening.
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Wyman has let us all know, through his MySpace blog, that he will be on a panel at this year’s CMJ Music Marathon.  The panel “will take the audience through the process of DIY artist cycle.”  If there is anyone who understands the DIY ethic, it is Wyman.

Really great interview with Ogre at Heavy Metal Time Machine.  More than just surface discussion of the “epic” one song album, Plague of the Planet.  They hit on influences of the band, of course too.  But the reader gets an impression that the personality of the band members really come through.

The Broken Toy Box is back, or so says their blog.  Interestingly enough, their first pick for their first post is Portland/ Thomaston’s own “The Murder Weapon.”  Their description, “I can honestly say they sound like all the best bits of all your
favourite big time rock bands, thrown into a bowl and mixed together
then unleashed [...]

According to AdAge.com, when looking at the proposed of budgets of $25 to $10,000, it may be directed as much at local businesses as bands.  Some attributes that an advertiser can target are “…sex, age, geographic location, and user interest categories.”
Given the attributes that can be targeted, this could end up being a real challenge [...]

Thanks again to Billboard.biz, we can see that at least MySpace is able to keep themselves in the news.  Also, they should be given credit for trying new things.  But, at this point, the true value of such an opportunity seems questionable.  Is it really necessary to charge the bands that make MySpace the destination [...]

We Push Buttons has an excellent interview with Appleton Radio founder, JT Bisson. WPB discovers the origin of the name “Appleton Radio,” as well as the future of the station. His referencing of the format switch of WRED to sports and using some of DJ Jon’s exclusive mixes, may signal a much bigger [...]

Billboard.biz has pointed to a challenge issued by nuTsie to Pandora to see who’s internet radio/ recommendation service is better.
It is interesting to see this space begin heating up.  And now that the royalty situation is clearing up, more models should begin popping up and with it more and more innovation.
The challenge is here: A [...]