Top 40 on Area54? Well, it’s a tack featuring Dragonette on vocals so why not? We made up for it with some great music from Hard Mix, new Gorillaz as well as music from Goldfrapp, Tosca, Jamie Lidell, Lykke Li, Leftfield and more….
Friday April 22 Show
Music tonight from James Blake, Anoraak, Gayngs and a remix of an older Feist track. Also some DJ Vadim, Flunk and much, much more….
Saturday April 16 Show
Flight Facilities did a masterful job remixing the latest Holy Ghost track. Their new album will be available April 26th. We also have music tonight from Second Sky, Junior Boys, Tennis, Metronomy and lots more new stuff..
Friday April 15 Show
The new Metronomy release is barely out and we already have a Fred Falke remix of their song “The Look”. Also some brand new music from Holland’s, Kraak & Smaak, a La Roux remix as well as music from Holy Ghost, Imogen Heap, Massive Attack and much more…
Memoryhouse “Lately (Deuxième)”
Saturday April 9 Show
Brand new Hercules and Love Affair. The album is currently only available as an import from what we can tell. Also music from Cut Copy, Lykke Li (coming to the Wonder Ballroom on May 28th), Grimes, Miike Snow, Memoryhouse and much more.
Friday April 8 Show
Das Moth, Cicada and music from Portland’s own, Starfucker. Wonder how they’ll announce these guys if they ever get to play SNL? Also some Massive Attack off their greatest hits album and music from Grimes, Kleerup and more….
Saturday April 2 Show
Still around after all these years…..Blancmange is back with a new release. Don’t call us nostalgic. This stuff is worth some airplay on the show. Also some new music from Royksopp, Cut Copy, Architecture in Helsinki and lots more.
Friday April 1 Show
Brand new music from Wagon Christ, one of Luke Vibert’s main side projects. Still going strong after almost 20 years of broken beats and spoken word samples! Also some Friendly Fires, who’ll be playing at Doug Fir on June 6th. New music from Hard Mix, Niva, Second Sky and more…
Grimes “Vanessa”
Saturday March 26 Show
More wholesome goodness from area54. An older track from Trentemoller, who’ll be playing at Refuge on April 15th. If you’re not going to Coachella, then this is finally an opportunity to see him play locally. We also have music tonight from Hot Chip, Massive Attack and tons more….
Friday March 25 Show
Some classic Area54 tunes tonight. Back in time with some Supreme Beings of Leisure, Cicada, Parov Stelar and Alacran. We also have some music from Barcelona outfit, Stigmato Inc, Bitter Sweet and some older Underworld.
Saturday March 19 Show
Great show tonight with music from Shit Robot, Solar Bears, Groove Armada and a new track from the upcoming Junior Boys album. Their new album “It’s All True” is set to release June 13th! Can’t wait. Until then we’ll be playing the first leaked track off their forthcoming release.
Friday March 18 Show
Music tonight from Dublin Aunts, Starcase, Cassius, Groove Armada and an older track from Horace Andy. Also some tracks from Massive Attack, Thievery and new music from the just released Hard Mix CD. Check it out…
Saturday March 12 Show
Some old and some new tonight. Caged Baby, Cicada and even World Party! New music by Graffiti 6, Hard Mix and Anoraak. If you want to get in a song request, fill out the request form…link is at the top menu bar of the website.
Friday March 11 Show
Great show tonight with music from Destroyer (coming to Doug Fir on March 19th), Lykke Li, Dreadzone, Morel, Beach House and tons more.
Saturday March 5 Show
Brand new Architecture in Helsinki album will be out on April 19th and we’ve got a leaked track off of it for you tonight. Also, Tanlines, Air, Toro Y Moi, Bonobo, Ian Pooley and lots more.
Mocheeba “Blood Like Lemonade”
When Morcheeba played this song on Friday I realized I never put this video up on the website. Not only is it a great song but the video features Robert Forster who I haven’t seen do anything substantial since Quentin Tarantino brought him back from obscurity in 1997’s Jackie Brown.
Friday March 4 Show
Lots of new music tonight from Graffiti 6, Escort, Das Moth and Shit Robot. Hope you guys liked the Morcheeba show Friday night. It was a packed house and the band didn’t disappoint. Glad to see them back in Portland again. Chrystal Castles are playing a sold out show at the Roseland tonight. Area54 ticket winners: tickets are waiting for you at the Roseland will-call. Have fun!
Saturday Feb 26 Show
Starting off with a great remix of a Sacred Animal track by Greece’s Keep Shelly in Athens. Also an older track from Cut Copy and new music from Destroyer, Cassius, Young Galaxy and much more.