Oh my God. We had such a good time at “Holocene” on Tuesday for “The Rumble: Portland” with “Jaguar Love” and “DJ A Train”! Thanks to all of you who came out on a school night to “make party” with us! It was great to see ya. Big thanks to “Future Sounds“, “Pampelmoose.com“, “Cravedog, Inc.“, “XO Publicity“, “Music Millennium“, “WOXY“, & “SPIN Earth” as well for sponsoring the event and making the party FREE for all!!! A good time is ALWAYS better when it’s FREE!!!

Speaking of FREE, Samuel Thomas (from “The Portland FREE Music Project“) was in attendance and filmed me performing “Write It On My Left Arm” with “Cars & Trains“. This was our final performance together for a while, so…I’m glad we have this to remember the evening for years to come. Tom Filepp is a truly special performer who I love dearly.

Have a look:

See you again at the end of the month, Portland! Until then, MY LIPS ARE SEALED.

xxLL

Well, anyone who saw me perform in 2009 or the first part of this new year has seen/will see my friend and live-show collaborator “Cars & Trains” (aka Tom Filepp) in action as my backing band on stage. He has scored himself a killer record deal with “Fake Four” and is heading off on tour here in a month or so to promote his new record, “The Roots, The Leaves” which comes out THIS TUESDAY!!! (1/26/2010)

I’ve had a wonderful time playing with him and have learned a lot about how to translate my music into the live-show format as a result of having him on the project this past year. He’s amazing. You still have a couple chances to see us do our thing: Berbati’s in Portland TOMORROW NIGHT (1/23) and again at Holocene in Portland on February 2nd for “The Rumble” with “Jaguar Love”.

Be sure to pick up the new “Cars & Trains” record next week when it hits and watch the video for the first single, “Intimidated By Silence” just below:

cars & trains – intimidated by silence from cars & trains on Vimeo.

For more information about “Cars & Trains” CLICK HERE.

Tom (Cars & Trains) and I have been shooting some footage of our rehearsals at The Dandy Warhols’ “Odditorium” over the past few months…Here’s a little unplugged rendition of “Feed Me To The Wolves” for ya. There are also some oldies in the video player as well.

Stay tuned, everybody…many more of these to come!

Hell yeah! Portland indie electrofolk act “Cars and Trains” and I will be debuting our merger for my live show (with him on music) at this year’s MFNW…which is this week!!! My showcase is at 9pm on FRIDAY night at East End (203 SE Grand Ave.) and I’m sharing the stage with The Punk Group, Royal Bangs and Tigercity! It’s gonna be a super goodie, so don’t miss it! Doors open at 8pm…get there early because East End tends to fill up on fun nights like this.

SEE YOU FRIDAY, PORTLAND!

For more information on Musicfest Northwest, CLICK HERE.