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Pickathon 2011 Lineup Led By Mavis Staples, The Sadies, Bill Callahan, Many More

Taking place the weekend of Aug. 5-7 at Pendarvis Farm near Portland, Ore., Pickathon Festival showcases the best in indie-roots music. Pickathon prides itself on providing the “best festival experience in the country.” This includes a 100% plastic free environment, workshops and a schedule where every artists plays at least two sets over three days across six unique performance spaces. This includes a stage that must be hiked to through the woods, an intimate open air late night stage, the workshop barn where The Decemberists recorded their recent album, and a large pavilion that is “equal parts art and function.”...  read more

Richard Swift unveils new online documentary series

Los Angeles singer-songwriter Richard Swift is shooting and editing a new online documentary series to give viewers a little bit of insight into the otherworldly workings of his imagination. Swift’s Ground Trouble Jaw series is pure oddball fun, complete with wacky situations and special effects in the vein of director Michel Gondry. Episode 3 of the series, “Attack of the Tape Monster!,” chronicles the creation of a vicious tape monster that quickly turns on its creators, a'la Frankenstein. The shaky black and white footage is a throw-back to 1950s horror films, complete with sinister bolts of lightning. The first five...  read more

Richard Swift's Dressed Up For The Letdown

Dressed Up For The Letdown is Richard Swift’s sophomore album, due out on February 20. In addition to writing all the songs and doing most of the instrumentation himself, Swift has also been shooting, directing and starring in his own music videos from his new home “out in the sticks of Oregon.” Swift is now working on the video for "Kisses For The Misses," the lead track from the new album. He’s posted a free mp3 preview of the song online. The video for "Beautifulheart," a track from his 2005 double album, The Collection Vol. 1: The Novelist/Walking Without...  read more

4 to Watch: Richard Swift

Richard Swift wants you to think his record collection ends in 1975.  read more