Best New Bands » The Ascetic Junkies http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Weekend Playlist – Feb. 25, 2011 http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/weekend-playlist-feb-25-2011/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/weekend-playlist-feb-25-2011/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:00:00 +0000 Start your Friday off right with a selection of music from this week’s featured artists on BestNewBands.com “Get What You Want, Get What You Need” – The Ascetic Junkies Liz Livengood caught up with a few members of this Portland-based band after their show at The Woods last weekend. Here’s some of the interview in

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  2. Weekend Playlist – Feb. 11, 2011 Kick off your pre-Valentine’s (or Singles Awareness) Day weekend with songs from some of the artists we’ve featured this week.   “There’s Nothing For Me Here” – Range Rover On Sunday, Liz Livengood caught up with this San Diego trio,...
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  1. The Ascetic Junkies: Fun At Mississippi Studios Portland’s Mississippi Studios was packed last night for the Nicole Atkins/Cotton Jones show. People who showed up early enough to see The Ascetic Junkies open were the lucky ones, though. In spite of their austere-sounding name, The Ascetic Junkies play...
  2. BackStory: The Octopus Project’s “Catalog” This installment of BackStory features the story behind Austin, Texas’ The Octopus Project‘s song “Catalog.” And the photo of the band above was taken by Wiley Wiggins– and he directed the video below, too. He’s a man about the Austin...
  3. Show Preview: Blonde Redhead/Ólöf Arnalds in Portland Under-the-radar indie veterans Blonde Redhead will be coming to Portland’s Roseland Theater this Saturday, and it will be a show not to be missed, for several different reasons, including a possible new starlet. First off, fans of Blonde Redhead will...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/q-a-with-the-ascetic-junkies/feed/ 0 The Ascetic Junkies: Fun At Mississippi Studios http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-ascetic-junkies-fun-at-mississippi-studios/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-ascetic-junkies-fun-at-mississippi-studios/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:00:00 +0000 Portland’s Mississippi Studios was packed last night for the Nicole Atkins/Cotton Jones show. People who showed up early enough to see The Ascetic Junkies open were the lucky ones, though. In spite of their austere-sounding name, The Ascetic Junkies play with pure hedonistic abandon. They’re a pop band. Or are they a bluegrass band? They

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  3. Paschal Coeur’s Last Show Has Heart I didn’t know too much about Paschal Coeur before I saw them play at The Woods last night. I knew their genre classification was all over the map, from country to electronic to pop. I knew that last night was...
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