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Shpongle – April 7th – The Ogden

Estimated read time 4 min read

On Saturday night The Ogden was a surprisingly warm and loving place where all night long Hippies danced alongside raver kids and 30 somethings out for a night on the town. Smiles were flashed from one face to another and people flowed through the crowd with ease. I’ve seen Shpongle a few times now, but this time, I got Shpongled. I’m hooked. I’m not sure what it was about this show that made it different from the others I’ve been to, but I finally understand why people rave about Simon Poshford and Shpongle.

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Portishead Returns To The U.S. After A Lengthy Hiatus

Estimated read time 2 min read

Many bands shape genres during their evolution, and some bands redefine genres, radically altering them with transformations that show signs of the birth of a new sound. But very few bands have managed to define a sound from the first beat of its creation the way Portishead did 17 years ago. Stack on the qualifiers and hybrid genre tags, but not even the most creatively synthesized verbiage will do; in the end there’s only one answer when someone asks what Portishead sounds like: Portishead.