| 'Lovingkindness' to fill the Nuart |
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| Written by Christina Navarro -Argonaut | ||||||
| Tuesday, 12 September 2006 | ||||||
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Alan Singley and Pants Machine bring positive vibes and happy indie-rock to Moscow’s Nuart Theater Saturday. Promoting its album “Lovingkindness,” the band keeps it real with its rising fame and spreads the love with their first tour. The band came together two years ago and became well-known in Portland, Singley said he is thrilled about the tour and performing in Moscow. “(It’s) the one that seems to be the most exciting,” he said. “I’m so excited about the Nuart.” Singley has been in bands since high school, and he said he is really pleased with the way everything has turned out. “Pants Machine is my dream band,” he said. Although Singley said he never had money to record before, he can’t keep up with the listeners’ demand. “We ran out of our 1,000 CDs,” he said. Just like the album’s title, Singley said he wants the tour and his music to be seen as spreading kindness and love. Singley loves to ride his bike and believes that bicycles and his music will make a difference in the world. “Happiness is real among the crazy and unfortunate things that are out there,” he said. “I hope someday we’ll get so huge that we’ll have some impact.” He’s excited about the tour and traveling, and said it’s essential in order to gain a different perspective. “You should be able to live out of your suitcase,” he said. “That’s the fun thing about living in your 20s — being able to travel.” Matt Wright began representing Alan Singley and Pants Machine in February and helped put together its last album and tour. This is the band’s first time touring as a band, and Wright said it hasn’t always been easy finding a venue to play at. “It’s always hard with an unknown band,” he said. “A lot of people don’t have the time.” On a whole, Wright said the experience has been great and people who have listened to the band’s music really enjoy it. With Singley’s positive outlook and eagerness to share his music, the band’s work has been paying off they’ve received great reviews and make Top Ten lists. “I feel really fortunate,” he said. Wright said reaching seventh place on Willamette Weekly’s “Top Ten” list back in May helped raise the band’s profile. “It’s good to know that people are noticing Alan,” he said. “He is quite popular.” Incorporating a mix of styles like that of Belle, Sebastian and James Brown, their fresh and positive indie-rock sound is what Singley describes as high energy, psychedelic and lush — anything but depressing music. “It’s about sunshine, riding bikes and holding hands, parks, trees and good happy stuff but never annoying,” he said. Singley said he decided on the band’s name after a series of band break-ups. “I couldn’t think of a cool band name, so I’m going to go with Alan Singley because I’m not going to break up with myself,” he said. He also said the decision was based on silliness. “Because we’re just silly,” Singley said. “Come be silly.” Singley is already filling up his schedule for the future as he plans to teach guitar at a Portland elementary school and also record a new underground album and go big with new tours. “I can’t wait to play Japan,” Singley said. He said he wants to make sure it stays underground, because he believes that major labels are trying to sound indie but aren’t really authentic. “You have to keep it real,” Singley said. “We do it all ourselves.” Local band, Ether Hour will be opening for the band at 8 p.m. this Saturday. Keyboardist for the band, Jacob Reidt said he’s only heard great things about the band and is happy that Pants Machine is coming to Moscow because the area is hungry for more diverse shows. “I’m as excited as anyone,” he said. “This indie, academic rock doesn’t have much representation in the area.” Reidt said he hopes that with visiting bands like Pants Machine coming to the area, more bands will want to come to here. The show starts at 8 p.m. Saturday, and while there is a $3 cover, the lovingkindness is free.  Add as favorites (72) | Views: 1517
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