Drinking from Puddles

Live on Drinking From Puddles for 08/11/10 it's Blue Giant !!   Blue Giant "Kevin and Anita Robinson are sitting in their home in Portland, Oregon waxing, as usual, about music. "If you break down a George Jones song and a Kinks song, they're really similar on paper," s... Read more

Live on Drinking From Puddles for 07/28/10 it's the return of 3 Leg Torso !!   3 Leg Torso return for a fourth Live-In-Studio appearance on Drinking From Puddles to celebrate the release of their new Animals & Cannibals CD! From their bio: "3 Leg Torso creates charming, e... Read more

  When I first saw Calamity Jane at the long defunct The Blue Gallery here in Portland, Or. I was so floored by their songs and powerful performance I just had to go up and let 'em know after the set. In that first conversation with Gilly Ann Hanner she let me know that... Read more

Live on Drinking From Puddles for 06/30/10 it's Lady Lazarus (early) and then the return of Adam Hurst (late: with Pianist Vince Frates) !!   From Pitchfork: "Fans of shadowy dream-pop will be pleased to discover San Jose's Lady Lazarus, whose ephemeral music for voice an... Read more

Live on Drinking From Puddles for 06/23/10 it's The Rebecca Gates Consortium !! From the website: "Rebecca Gates was a founding member of The Spinanes. The band released 3 albums on Sub Pop Records from 1993-1998. In 2001 she released Ruby Series under her own name. Si... Read more

Live on Drinking From Puddles 06/16/10 it's Don't !!     "Take four people who are not only influenced by, but have actually been involved in playing punk, blues, country, flamenco, swing, and synth and you've got a band with nearly endless possibilities. Don't is a rare ... Read more

    Live on Drinking From Puddles for 06/09/10 it's Typhoon !!     It will most likely be the most musicians ever on the program at one time! From their myspace: "The seven core members of Typhoon (17 total contributors sing, play upright b... Read more

Haley Bonar returns to Drinking From Puddles on 05/05/10 !! "I could listen to Haley Bonar sing anything. It helps that her songs are usually well-crafted, and that the production is meticulous, but for me, it's all about the voice. It's light without being weak, airy wi... Read more

Although I already owned Punk Rock records, and had gone to a couple shows in the late 1970's, it was seeing the Urgh! festival concerts in Los Angeles in 1980, and especially the hometown heroes of the fest 'X', that would make Punk music the focus of my life for the fo... Read more

Quasi return to Drinking From Puddles just a day after the release of their fantastic new recording  American Gong !!Now a trio, of some of the most played musicians in the over two decade history the program (both as Quasi, and as members of the bands Heatmiser, Donner Par... Read more