New Blitzen Trapper Video - "Black River Killer"

Progress is being made on a Furr followup, but still Blitzen Trapper are quite done celebrating that last LP just yet. Or maybe the late break of the "Black River Killer" clip is due to its logistics, which would be... CONTINUE READING NEW BLITZEN TRAPPER VIDEO - "BLACK RIVER KILLER"»

Posted on July 7, 2009 in MP3, Video (9 comments)
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Progress Report: Blitzen Trapper

NAME: Blitzen Trapper PROGRESS REPORT: Recording the follow-up to 2008's Furr in Portland, Oregon. "I don't really record records," says Blitzen Trapper leader Eric Earley. "I'm always writing and recording." And because of that, it's hard to answer some of... CONTINUE READING PROGRESS REPORT: BLITZEN TRAPPER»

Posted on June 5, 2009 in MP3, Progress Report (15 comments)
Tags: Blitzen Trapper | The Hold Steady | The Raveonettes

New Blitzen Trapper Video - "Furr"

SXStereogum alum Blitzen Trapper put out the very fine Furr album last year, releasing the title track as a freebie. In posting Brandon said "The track's mellow and straight-up folky until they let a harmonica in with a few electronics,... CONTINUE READING NEW BLITZEN TRAPPER VIDEO - "FURR"»

Posted on January 7, 2009 in MP3, Video (15 comments)
Tags: Blitzen Trapper | Wilco

Blitzen Trapper Bring "Furr" To Conan

Conan and Letterman always win the award for best music guests that I just made up. They're both based out of NYC. Coincidence? I hope so -- Mr. O'Brien's days in the city are numbered, and it'd be a shame... CONTINUE READING BLITZEN TRAPPER BRING "FURR" TO CONAN»

Posted on November 18, 2008 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: Blitzen Trapper | Conan O'Brien | The Gossip

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks & Blitzen Trapper Cover James Gang

Adding another entry to the canon unexpected covers, Steve Malkmus & the Jicks teamed up with stage mates and fellow Portland residents Blitzen Trapper to put a spin on James Gang's James Gang Ride Again classic "Funk #49." The hootenanny... CONTINUE READING STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS & BLITZEN TRAPPER COVER JAMES GANG»

Posted on November 3, 2008 in Video (6 comments)
Tags: Blitzen Trapper | James Gang | Paul McCartney | Stephen Malkmus

New Blitzen Trapper - "Furr"

Urban Outfitters = cool clothes. (Not really.) They also = cool music. (Also not really.) Regardless, if you head to the UO blog, you can jump into the LSTN #1 compilation (very RCRD LBL) and download 21 free tunes, including... CONTINUE READING NEW BLITZEN TRAPPER - "FURR"»

Posted on July 31, 2008 in MP3 (4 comments)
Tags: Blitzen Trapper | Kanye West | SXSW

Blitzen Trapper Meet Carrie Brownstein, Play The Stereogum Party

Of all the bands at our SXSW party, Blitzen Trapper seemed most likely to collapse the Volume stage. Yes, more so than HEALTH -- there are more people, you see. The six Portlanders crowded onto the riser and proceeded to... CONTINUE READING BLITZEN TRAPPER MEET CARRIE BROWNSTEIN, PLAY THE STEREOGUM PARTY»

Posted on March 20, 2008 in Video (7 comments)
Tags: Blitzen Trapper | Carrie Brownstein | Sleater-Kinney | SXSW

SXSW: Saturday In Photos

This is it everybody, the last photo post of SXSW '08. That means it's time for our superlatives, so welcome to our list of the SXSW 2008 Top Five. These are the bands who delivered sets we could not stop... CONTINUE READING SXSW: SATURDAY IN PHOTOS»

SXSW: Saturday Party Picks

As far as we can tell, there are two must-see parties today. Not to be too shameless, but one of them is ours. We're not just saying that -- we've been waiting for this for months now. This afternoon Fuck... CONTINUE READING SXSW: SATURDAY PARTY PICKS»

Quit Your Day Job - SXSW Edition: Blitzen Trapper

Since 2003, Blitzen Trapper self-released their first three albums, including Wild Mountain Nation, which caught on in '07, led to bigger exposure, resulting in a contract with Sub Pop. The sextet's currently on tour with labelmates Fleet Foxes -- dates... CONTINUE READING QUIT YOUR DAY JOB - SXSW EDITION: BLITZEN TRAPPER»

Posted on March 15, 2008 in MP3, Quit Your Day Job (0 comments)
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Stereogum & PASTE Present The Dell Lounge @ SXSW 2008

So, we're pretty excited. Three days, great bands, free drinks all day, new club on 6th St. (right next door to Emo's). There go all your excuses not to be there. More info? This way...... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM & PASTE PRESENT THE DELL LOUNGE @ SXSW 2008»

For Those Who Haven't Been Following Along, Blitzen Trapper Informs That "Christmas Is Coming Soon"

Yep it's about that time when the most exciting thing going on in the world of music is the continuing parade of holiday MP3s, but that doesn't mean a) that we aren't gonna find ways to make blogging fun the... CONTINUE READING FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG, BLITZEN TRAPPER INFORMS THAT "CHRISTMAS IS COMING SOON"»

Posted on December 19, 2007 in MP3, Video (1 comments)
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New Blitzen Trapper Video - "Wild Mountain Nation"

The Orie Weeks III-directed video for the title track from Blitzen Trapper's Wild Mountain Nation, finds the Oregonian psych-Americana educators traversing a cut-and-paste world of mushroom clouds, guns, kites, and a single swinging monkey via balloon, horseback, aeroplanes over the... CONTINUE READING NEW BLITZEN TRAPPER VIDEO - "WILD MOUNTAIN NATION"»

Posted on November 19, 2007 in Video (2 comments)
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Stereogum Presents... Drive XV: A Tribute To Automatic For The People

After OKX, our 10-year cover tribute to the Radiohead classic OK Computer, we soon began narrowing the list of prospects for our next celebratory project: sifting, sorting, debating, etc. But when we realized we were approaching a decade and... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM PRESENTS... DRIVE XV: A TRIBUTE TO AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE»

New Blitzen Trapper - "New Shoes" & "Sci-Fi Kid (Recordist Remix)"

Although we're holding off on giving any album with an Of Montreal song called "I Just Wanna Have Fun" a G-rating, the rest of the For The Kids Vol. III comp that made headlines last week seems more than kid-friendly,... CONTINUE READING NEW BLITZEN TRAPPER - "NEW SHOES" & "SCI-FI KID (RECORDIST REMIX)"»

Posted on August 14, 2007 in MP3 (0 comments)
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Another Comp For The Indie Kids, And A Reminder Of How Broken Social Scene Can Be Unsafe For Children

As if Kidz Bop, Pastor Of Muppets, and those half a dozen indie Jr. comps from All Together Now to Play weren't enough, the third volume of For The Kids hits the shelves in a couple months. Some assumed (because... CONTINUE READING ANOTHER COMP FOR THE INDIE KIDS, AND A REMINDER OF HOW BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE CAN BE UNSAFE FOR CHILDREN»

Posted on August 9, 2007 in MP3 (10 comments)
Tags: Blitzen Trapper | Broken Social Scene | of Montreal | Rogue Wave

Quit Your Day Job: Blitzen Trapper

Portland's Blitzen Trapper have been self-releasing music on their Lidkercow Ltd label since 2003, but it wasn't until their third full-length, this year's Wild Mountain Nation, that their madcap, literate, rootsy indie-Americana psychedelics caught on with bloggers and scribes, landing... CONTINUE READING QUIT YOUR DAY JOB: BLITZEN TRAPPER»

Posted on August 1, 2007 in MP3, Quit Your Day Job (5 comments)
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New Blitzen Trapper - "Sci-Fi Kid (Principal Participant Remix)"

The synth-and-jangle "Sci-Fi Kid," from the ever-killer Wild Mountain Nation, gets straight club-kid raver treatment here on remix Tuesday, with Principal Participant building a different sort of synth-and-jangle from beat-long snippets of Blitzen's flat-EQd acoustic, mutating the tune into a... CONTINUE READING NEW BLITZEN TRAPPER - "SCI-FI KID (PRINCIPAL PARTICIPANT REMIX)"»

Posted on July 17, 2007 in MP3, Tour Dates, Video (1 comments)
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New Blitzen Trapper Video - "Devil's A-Go-Go"

The cool thing to do with vids these days is drive your viewers to seizure (see: M.I.A.), so pop your anticonvulsant drugs and press play on Portland genre-bending outfit Blitzen Trapper's clip for the spastic stop/start pop rocker "Devil's A-Go-Go."... CONTINUE READING NEW BLITZEN TRAPPER VIDEO - "DEVIL'S A-GO-GO"»

Posted on June 27, 2007 in Video (3 comments)
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New Blitzen Trapper - "Futures & Folly"

Last thing we heard from Portland's left-field kitchen-sink country rockers Blitzen Trapper, they gave Heart's "Crazy On You" a Kevin Barnes-styled makeover. But now we get to talk up the band's awesome Wild Mountain Nation, Blitzen's third LP, due out... CONTINUE READING NEW BLITZEN TRAPPER - "FUTURES & FOLLY"»

Posted on May 14, 2007 in MP3, Tour Dates (0 comments)
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Blitzen Trapper Cover Heart

Another cover for your dreary Friday. This one comes from the sonic alchemists of Blitzen Trapper, who generally enjoy taking country conceit and twisting its corners with whatever accoutrements they can kick up, be it an errant synth line or... CONTINUE READING BLITZEN TRAPPER COVER HEART»

Posted on March 23, 2007 in MP3 (3 comments)
Tags: Academy Awards | Blitzen Trapper | Heart | Justice | Mary J. Blige