Music “I just want to talk less and less,” says Holcombe Waller. “It’s like, conversations walk by and I have all these ideas of things to say, and I just sit there and let them go because I’m l More
Look Who’s Talking
Holcombe Waller finds some dark pleasure in a painful business.
Music “I just want to talk less and less,” says Holcombe Waller. “It’s like, conversations walk by and I have all these ideas of things to say, and I just sit there and let them go because I’m l More
AgesandAges Friday, Feb. 11
AgesandAges just made a classic record. Let’s not let it go to its head.
Music [RAW CHORAL POP] It’s not too often that an album sinks its teeth into a listener within the first five seconds. AgesandAges’ debut, Alright More
Break It Down
The Builders and the Butchers return to their lo-fi roots.
Music What do sailors and Southern gothic folk bands have in common? According to the Builders and the Butchers’ singer-guitarist, Ryan Sollee, More
Tezeta Band Saturday, Jan. 29
Five Fingers of Funk members come out of retirement to play Ethiopian funk and soul.
Music They don’t look like revivalists of the groove-heavy sound of vintage Ethiopian funk and soul. To the outside observer More
Album Review: Hives Inquiry Squad
Edifice (Self-Released)
Album Review: Barry Brusseau
A Night Goes Through (Gorbie International)
Music [THE OL’ SLOW ’N’ SAD] Barry Brusseau is a man with many gifts: a clear, low-register voice that reminds of Smog’s Bill Callahan; dexterous hands that convey soul and patience ... More
The Oldominion Effect
The Northwest’s largest hip-hop crew has to be seen to be believed.
Music Northwest hip-hop wasn’t born when Oldominion formed in 1999. But the expansive Portland/Seattle crew united the local underground rap scene for the first time, and in the band’s 12-year r ... More
Team Evil Saturday, Jan. 22
Local producer branches out with his own band.
Music [PRODUCER POP] Talkdemonic. Blind Pilot. Horse Feathers. World’s Greatest Ghosts. If you peruse the liner notes of many of the best indie rock and folk albums released in Portland over the past ... More
Primer: Loudon Wainwright III
Music Born: 1946 in Chapel Hill, N.C.Sounds like: Steve Martin playing a banjo concert at a Delaware prep school. For fans of: Pete Seeger, Bob Seger, Richard Thompson, Kate McGarrigle, Rufus and Martha Wai ... More
Sweet Apple Wednesday, Jan. 12
For frontman John Petkovic, Sweet Apple was a real life-saver.
Music [RIFFS OF LIFE] If anyone ever wanted to do an indie-rock remake of It’s a Wonderful Life, Sweet Apple singer John Petkovic has a few casting suggestions: himself as George Bailey and his bandma ... More
Top Articles from Music
Tezeta Band Saturday, Jan. 29
Five Fingers of Funk members come out of retirement to play Ethiopian funk and soul. Look Who’s Talking
Holcombe Waller finds some dark pleasure in a painful business. Album Review: Barry Brusseau
A Night Goes Through (Gorbie International) AgesandAges Friday, Feb. 11
AgesandAges just made a classic record. Let’s not let it go to its head. Break It Down
The Builders and the Butchers return to their lo-fi roots. The Oldominion Effect
The Northwest’s largest hip-hop crew has to be seen to be believed. Primer: Five Fingers Of Funk
Ghost Riders
No Kind Of Rider moved here two years ago. It’s time you noticed. Rose Bent Friday, Dec. 3
Every rose has its thorn; Rose Bent has three very thorny MCs. Primer: Sunset Valley
Five Fingers of Funk members come out of retirement to play Ethiopian funk and soul. Look Who’s Talking
Holcombe Waller finds some dark pleasure in a painful business. Album Review: Barry Brusseau
A Night Goes Through (Gorbie International) AgesandAges Friday, Feb. 11
AgesandAges just made a classic record. Let’s not let it go to its head. Break It Down
The Builders and the Butchers return to their lo-fi roots. The Oldominion Effect
The Northwest’s largest hip-hop crew has to be seen to be believed. Primer: Five Fingers Of Funk
Ghost Riders
No Kind Of Rider moved here two years ago. It’s time you noticed. Rose Bent Friday, Dec. 3
Every rose has its thorn; Rose Bent has three very thorny MCs. Primer: Sunset Valley
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