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  Watch Dirty Projectors and J Mascis Rock 'Portlandia' Gently

  January 23, 2013 – Portlandia stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein have been skewering rock's great clichés from the beginning — remember our October 2011 interview with the pair? — and they've had some impressive help along the way, from a ghostily materializing Jack White to a hot-airborne No Doubt. …
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  Watch No Doubt Cameo on 'Portlandia' in a Hot Air Balloon

  January 12, 2013 – No Doubt, fresh off their "Hella Good" appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! earlier this week, stopped by another comedy TV show last night: IFC's Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen-starring Portlandia. The episode, titled "Nina's Birthday," focuses on Brownstein and Armisen's gender role-reversed couple Lance and Nina, and, as the name suggests, it's Nina's birthday. …
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  'Portlandia' Star Fred Armisen on His Keith Moon Dreams and Gene Simmons Reality

  January 4, 2013 – Deep into his tenth year as a Saturday Night Live castmember — and beginning his third season on IFC's Portlandia, which premieres January 4 — Fred Armisen is firmly established in the TV comedy firmament. But the former Trenchmouth drummer's first love is music. Armisen, 46, spoke with SPIN about using the Clash as a guide and asking "What would Hüsker Dü?"What was the last thing you listened to before you went to sleep? …
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  Watch Jack White Materialize on 'Portlandia'

  December 17, 2012 – The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds is one of those albums that makes people go a little crazy. Hell, it helped inspire the Beatles to record Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, right? …
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  Shins, Decemberists, Spurned Ben Gibbard: 3 Melancholy Gifts From Portland

  February 13, 2012 – While the music industry basked in Grammy afterglow today, Portland delivered three extremely Portland-y packages: Fresh off losing the Grammy for Best Rock Performance to the Foo Fighters, the Decemberists bounced back with their new song "One Engine," which will be included on the Hunger Games soundtrack, out March 20 (the film drops three days later). …
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  'Portlandia' Coming to a City Near You

  November 21, 2011 – If Garrison Keillor can take Lake Wobegon on tour, then surely the stars of IFC TV comedy Portlandia can bring their affectionate rendering of Portland, Oregon, on the road with them, too. And indeed, they are: Saturday Night Live funnyman Fred Armisen and Wild Flag guitarist-vocalist Carrie Brownstein (formerly of the beloved band Sleater-Kinney) kick off a six-city Portlandia tour at the end of the December. …
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  'Portlandia' Stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein Toast Rock's Great Cliches

  October 20, 2011 – Why funny is deadly serious: Read guest editor Patton Oswalt's introduction to SPIN's first ever "Funny" Issue, plus the full Das Racist cover story and our feature on the kings of (very, very, very short) comedy. In advance of their effete-hipster-tweaking show's second season, Portlandia co-creators Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein toast the quintessential music geeks who provide divine inspiration Given that parodying clich&eac …
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