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Mill Race

new CD June 6th @ the Space!

About Me

Portland Mercury:"Why didn't I get the memo about Salem being the hip, new musical hotbed in Oregon? ...Mill Race might be the best of the bunch...will leave you foaming at the mouth in some sort of glorious brain-melting freakout."If you'd like to book us, please contact A. YEAGER BOOKING (in our Top 8), she won't bite.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/3/2005
Band Website: cdbaby.com/millrace2
Band Members: Jeff Graham--drums. Eric Phipps--bass, vocals. Julian Snow--synth, guitar, vocals.+rotating guest stars most every show
Influences: Peter DeGroot, John Fahey, Rafn Bros.
Sounds Like: Lo to medium-fi new wave-y prog for folks who may dislike Tolkien. Cosmic cowbot music. Indie rock Bartok kiddie tunes. Spare, minimalist, biker-bar art-metal w/analog synth. Death swing music, etc., etc.
Record Label: warble
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

pond scum

lots of stuff floating around:*the farris family (who did our gnome video) just did a video for some norwegian guy on a major label (universal).  you can see the premiere of the video TONIGHT on ...
Posted by Mill Race on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:15:00 PST

salem mayor

hey all, the mayoral election is coming up may 20. a guy named lloyd chapman is running against janet taylor. i've met lloyd 2 or 3 times over the years and he seems l...
Posted by Mill Race on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:28:00 PST

top 25 Salem albums, pt. 1 of 5

This series will present my favorite local-to-Salem, OR albums (broadly defined) in no particular order: There's a New Dawn (1970) by NEW DAWN.  Does anybody know anythingbeyond the basic st...
Posted by Mill Race on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:56:00 PST

bio

Hello, we're Mill Race.  I guess you'd call us an art-rock band if you wanted to quickly label us.  Our music draws on retro electronic, old folk/country, vintage prog rock and modern classi...
Posted by Mill Race on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:19:00 PST

praise/press

Sample critical praise for Mill Race: "Amazing...Genre-blending mindfuck: country/western, folk/rock, experimental pop, bluegrass, cartoon music...folk/prog...and so on." (Zookeeper Online, Stanford U...
Posted by Mill Race on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:47:00 PST

mirror

i recently saw the Andrei Tarkovsky film "Mirror" (1974) This is hands down the most visually stunning film I've seen. the film is non-linear, hard to explain. just go rent it, amazing!julian...
Posted by Mill Race on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:25:00 PST

kiosks

c.Sept 2007:Got this message below from Carole Smith, downtown property owner. Looks like they are looking into lock and key kiosks. Lame. I suggest you contact Go Downtown and the Mayor with your opi...
Posted by Mill Race on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:26:00 PST

Press Clips

Critical inflation from actual publications about Mill Race: "Amazing...genre blending mindf**k..." (Zookeeper Online, Stanford University) ___________"...Great new band...the results are always spot ...
Posted by Mill Race on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:56:00 PST

home economics tips, etc.

this week in the newspaper i saw an article about a scientist who's invented a new giant 300 foot tall C02 "scrubber" to help curb global warming. they only need scubbers over the entire state of ariz...
Posted by Mill Race on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:57:00 PST

press clips

  This appeared about us in the Portland Mercury this week on pg. 37:WOW!(Mill Race photo here)Mill RaceAT ROTTUREWhy didn't I get the memo about Salem being the hip, new musical hotbed in Oregon...
Posted by Mill Race on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:54:00 PST