Thievery Corporation’s brand new release “Culture of Fear” will be out June 28th and we just received word that they have confirmed a Portland show date for September 14th at the Shnitzer. Tickets go on sale this Saturday!

We’re spinning music for this year’s Halloween party at Naked Winery in Hood River on Saturday October 30th. Advance tickets are $10 (wine club members free with advanced reservation) at the tasting room (541) 386-3700. $25 day of show (if available/last year’s event sold out). Get creative with your best outfit for the costume contest and be ready for some serious dancing. Naked winery is located at 2nd & Cascade downtown Hood River.

Join us for some great music, drinks and food at Masu tomorrow night.  We’ve got some great new releases that we’ll be previewing and we have a bunch of swag from the record labels including iTunes gift cards.  We’ll also have the remaining 2010 area54 Tees on hand for only $20.  So if you’re not sporting one of our great Tees yet, this is a great opportunity to pick one up.  See you there!

After lots of requests from you guys you can now listen to us on your iPhone and Android phone. In your browser go to www.mobile.area54.fm Click on the + at the bottom of the screen and then “Save to Homescreen” It’ll place an nice icon on your homescreen for quick access!

Oh, yeah, we’ll be spinning at Naked Winery in Hood River starting at 8pm tonight. For you PDX folks, we’ll be at Masu downtown on Friday Oct 15th.

We’ll be spinning Chill Show tunes at Naked Winery in downtown Hood River on Friday August 27th starting at 8pm. Come out and enjoy some great music and wine with us. If you’re coming from Portland there are some great hotels within walking distance. Hood River Hotel, Hood River Inn, Oak Street Hotel, and if you want to go deeelux The Columbia Gorge Hotel. It’s been warm and windy the last couple of weeks so it’s a perfect time to try some windsurfing or kiteboarding. If you’re not into wind sports, there’s also kayaking and rafting down the White Salmon river or bring your bike for some great rides around the Gorge. Plenty to do after listening to some Chill tunes Friday night. See you there!

We’ll be spinning Chill Show tunes at Naked Winery in downtown Hood River on Friday July 30th starting at 8pm. Come out and enjoy some great music and wine with us. If you’re coming from Portland there are some great hotels within walking distance. Hood River Hotel, Hood River Inn, Oak Street Hotel, and if you want to go deeelux The Columbia Gorge Hotel. It’s been warm and windy the last couple of weeks so it’s a perfect time to try some windsurfing or kiteboarding. If you’re not into wind sports, there’s also kayaking and rafting down the White Salmon river or bring your bike for some great rides around the Gorge. Plenty to do after listening to some Chill tunes Friday night. See you there!

We’ll be hosting our first 2010 listener party at Masu on Friday April 16th. Music starts at 8pm and we’ll start off with Chill Show tunes early and pick it up as the night progresses. We’ll have tons of swag from the record labels and for the first time ever you’ll be able to get your very own Area54 logo Tee which we’ll be introducing to you guys (and gals) that night. Show your support and wear it proud! See you at Masu. 406 SW 13th right off Burnside above American Apparel.

Tees will be available at Masu for $20 each or online starting April 19th for $24+s&h.

Sasquatch! Music Festival 2010, May 29-31, at the Gorge:

TICKET INFORMATION

• Beginning February 20: Single tickets, per day / $70.00
• Discount 3 day pass / $170 (available on sale weekend only)
• February 20—May 23: Single tickets, per day / $70.00
• May 24—May 28: Single tickets, per day / $80.00
• Day of show: Single tickets, per day / $86.00

Here’s the lineup for now:

• My Morning Jacket
• Massive Attack
• Pavement
• Ween
• Vampire Weekend
• MGMT
• Band of Horses
• The National
• LCD Soundsystem
• Tegan & Sara
• Broken Social Scene
• Passion Pit
• Deadmau5
• She & Him
• Public Enemy
• Nada Surf
• The New Pornographers
• The Hold Steady
• The xx
• Dirty Projectors
• OK Go
• Drive By Truckers
• Kid Cudi
• The Long Winters
• Minus the Bear
• The Mountain Goats
• Quasi
• Camera Obscura
• Fruit Bats
• Brother Ali
• Midlake
• Dr. Dog
• Caribou
• Simian Mobile Disco
• City & Colour
• No Age
• The Temper Trap
• Vetiver
• Miike Snow
• Portugal. The Man
• Telekinesis
• Mayer Hawthorne
• Why?
• Girls
• Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
• Wale
• The Lonely Forest
• Japandroids
• Boys Noize
• Yacht
• Freelance Whales
• Laura Marling
• Patrick Watson
• Past Lives
• Cymbals Eat Guitars
• The Low Anthem
• The Very Best
• Phantogram
• Neon Indian
• Nurses
• The Tallest Man on Earth
• Fresh Espresso
• Mumford & Sons
• Jets Overhead
• tUnE-YarDs
• Shabazz Palaces
• Fool’s Gold
• Morning Teleportation
• Z-Trip
• Dam-Funk
• Hudson Mohawke
• The Middle East
• Local Natives
• Avi Buffalo
• Booka Shade
• A-Trak
• Yes Giantess
• Craig Robinson
• Rob Riggle
• Garfunkel & Oates
• Luke Burbank

…and more to come!

We’ll be spinning Chill Show tunes at Naked Winery in downtown Hood River on Friday January 29th starting around 7pm.  Come out and enjoy some great music and wine with us.  If you’re coming from Portland there are some great hotels within walking distance.  Hood River Hotel, Hood River Inn, Oak Street Hotel, and if you want to go deeelux The Columbia Gorge Hotel.  Remember that Hood River is only 30 minutes from the Meadows parking lot so bring your ski gear!