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Challenger #2 in the "Battle of the Gentle Bands" concert in Portland in the "[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2611612/ Off the Grid]" episode (18 Jan. 2013) of sketch comedy television series ''Portlandia.'' The impress the crowd by not using mics or amps, and sending lead guitarist to play out in the field to keep his unplugged guitar from drowning out bells played with kisses.  
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Challenger #2 in the "Battle of the Gentle Bands" concert in Portland in the "[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2611612/ Off the Grid]" episode (18 Jan. 2013) of sketch comedy television series ''Portlandia.'' They impress the crowd by not using mics or amps, and sending their lead guitarist to play out in the field to keep his unplugged guitar from drowning out bells played with kisses.  
  
Show regular Carrie Brownstein plays a guitarist, but the lead guitarist is played by indie rock legend J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. The rest of the band is played by members of real band [http://westernvinyl.com/artists/dirty_projectors.html Dirty Projectors].
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Show regular Carrie Brownstein (former Sleater-Kinney guitarist) plays a guitarist, but the lead guitarist is played by indie rock legend J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. The rest of the band is played by members of real band [http://westernvinyl.com/artists/dirty_projectors.html Dirty Projectors].
  
 
They compete against [[Featherwash]] and [[Franny Wisp]].
 
They compete against [[Featherwash]] and [[Franny Wisp]].
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*[http://www.avclub.com/articles/watch-members-of-dirty-projectors-and-j-mascis-bat,91518/ clip on AVcub.com]
 
*[http://www.avclub.com/articles/off-the-grid,91219/ AV Club review of episode]
 
*[http://www.avclub.com/articles/off-the-grid,91219/ AV Club review of episode]
  
 
[[Category:Portlandia]]
 
[[Category:Portlandia]]
 
[[Category:2013]]
 
[[Category:2013]]

Latest revision as of 20:48, 5 February 2015

Challenger #2 in the "Battle of the Gentle Bands" concert in Portland in the "Off the Grid" episode (18 Jan. 2013) of sketch comedy television series Portlandia. They impress the crowd by not using mics or amps, and sending their lead guitarist to play out in the field to keep his unplugged guitar from drowning out bells played with kisses.

Show regular Carrie Brownstein (former Sleater-Kinney guitarist) plays a guitarist, but the lead guitarist is played by indie rock legend J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. The rest of the band is played by members of real band Dirty Projectors.

They compete against Featherwash and Franny Wisp.

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