OK, so we had nothing to do with this but we thought we’d let you all know that awesome Australian pop doods Architecture in Helsinki gave our boys the Snuggle Ups a little shout out in their recent Pitchfork tour diary. Sayeth AIH: “Local boys The Snuggle-Ups, almost tore the roof off (not to mention all their clothes), before the SF bunch [Still Flyin’] got all those Portland hipsters and briefs moving to the beet.” Righteous!
The good people at CMJ have taken a shine to the Trapper. Check out this great review, which is currently sitting pretty on the front page of their site (!!!!) and will also appear in print.
Also, next week is shaping up to be a fun one for Portland based Trapper fans, with a full three shows in four days!
BLITZEN TRAPPER TOTAL DOMINATION WEEKEND 2005
Thursday, August 4th: Top Down Film Festival, opening for Woody Allen’s sci-fi opus Sleeper, FREE, 8pm
Saturday, August 6th: Berbati’s Pan w/ Tracker, Robert Deeble, Levator, Jeff London, $6, 9:30pm
Sunday, August 7th: PDX Pop Now! Festival w/ 48 of Portland’s Finest, FREE, All Ages, 11pm
Holy crap, it’s true! Our dearest Trappers, they of the freaky pop genius and catchy-wierd brilliance, are about to set off on their first ever tour of the Left Coast. This is exciting. Following a packed CD release show, growing local buzzzzzz, and the first trickling of some much-deserved love from the national press (hello, Pitchfork!), the B-Trap will be heading out on tour on July 9th, heading up to Seattle for an in-studio performance at the amazing KEXP, and methodically hitting up every town from there to San Diego. As I mentioned before, this is the first time the Trapper have ever toured outside if their Portland home, which means for many of you it’s also your first opportunity to finally catch them live. Believe me, they do not disappoint. Bring yr boots and yr dog-chain, cuz the Trapper’s comin’ down. Yee-freeking-haw!
BLITZEN TRAPPER SUMMER TOUR 2005!!!
July 08 - Portland, OR - Berbati’s Pan w/ Cajun Gems, P.S.O.O.T.V.
July 09 - Seattle, WA - KEXP in-studio, 8pm, listen!!!
July 09 - Olympia, WA - Le Voyeur w/ Dr. Squirrel, Stickfigure Strippers
July 10 - Bellingham, OR - 3B Tavern CANCELLED
July 11 - Seattle, WA (aka Ballard) - Sunset Tavern w/ Falconhawk
July 12 - Eugene, OR - Luckey’s w/ Naim Amor
July 13 - San Francisco, CA - The MakeOut Room w/ The Gentlekin
July 14 - Los Angeles, CA - Silverlake Lounge
July 15 - San Diego, CA - Scolari’s Office
Click here for more info on the Trappers Blitzen. Now would also be a good time to check out their newly-re-trippified website, complete with rare and unreleased mp3s.
This week’s Portland Mercury has a nice article about perplexing pop genius-wierdos Blitzen Trapper.
I think the reason the six local guys in Blitzen Trapper are so tough to pin down is they jump genres like tiny green frogs on lily pads: light, effortless, too natural and quick to seem like anything but What You’re Supposed to Do. Blues, rock, electronics, country–it all becomes one big happy famire (family/genre). - Adam Gnade, Portland Mercury
Full article here.
Seattle’s amazing college-not-college radio station KEXP has been playing tracks off Blitzen Trapper’s new album, Field Rexx! Awesome, right? If you said “HELL YES” (and you did) you should totally call or e-mail the wonderful people at KEXP and request some Trapper tunes. I did it and they actually played my song!
Also, as noted elsewhere, the Trapper will be playing live on said station on Saturday, July 9th at 8pm. Tune in and tell yr friends!
