Music Hear almost all of these songs right here!Janelle Monáe ft. Big Boi, “Tightrope”The best retro-funk R&B dance song since “Hey Ya!” Here We Go Magic, “Collector&rdq ... More
21 Jams From 2010
A 2010 mixtape designed to keep your ass moving well into 2011.
Music Hear almost all of these songs right here!Janelle Monáe ft. Big Boi, “Tightrope”The best retro-funk R&B dance song since “Hey Ya!” Here We Go Magic, “Collector&rdq ... More
The Sound That Was, 2010
This year sucked, so we spent a lot of time with our headphones on.
Music The number “2010” looks great on paper. It’s a year sci-fi writers and daydreaming schoolkids have spent decades picturing. Where would we be in 2010? What would the world look like? ... More
Album Review: Agalloch
Marrow Of The Spirit (Profound Lore)
Music [ART METAL] It’s easy for someone who grew up on a steady diet of indie rock, folk and pop music to snicker at black metal. Usually the scorn from the uninitiated isn’t because of the musi ... More
The Fuzzy Ball Friday, Dec. 17
Shoegaze still lives, despite all the drugs and excessive volume.
Music [DRIVING PSYCHEDELIA] Why does the loosely configured genre of shoegaze continue to provide so much inspiration, some 15 years after many of its progenitors brought it to life? For any sensitive lad o ... More
Winning Streak
Dolorean cheers up (just a little).
Music Al James doesn’t see himself as much of a singer—or much of a guitar player, for that matter. He’s just learned to work with what he has. “I just try to get the best musicians ... More
Primer: Tricky
Music Born: Jan. 27, 1968, as Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws in Bristol, England.Sounds like: A dark alley you shouldn’t have walked through; a rave in a smoky old jazz club.For fans of: Portishead, M ... More
Perhaps Love Is, In Fact, A Victory March
Leonard Cohen takes one more lap.
Music I saw Leonard Cohen two years ago in Baltimore, at what I thought would be my last opportunity. He played in an outside pavilion in a miserable cold rain, but onstage he radiated all the warmth of the ... More
Bad Assets Saturday, Dec. 11
Trucker rock is best enjoyed while hurtling down I-84.
Primer: Low
Music Formed: 1993 in Duluth, Minn.Members: Guitarist-vocalist Alan Sparhawk, drummer-vocalist Mimi Parker, bassist Steve Garrington.Sounds like: Drowning in the Great Lakes; a family of Quakers getting dru ... More
Ghost Riders
No Kind Of Rider moved here two years ago. It’s time you noticed.
Music On a chilly Sunday this past September, I settled in at Rontoms for one of the club’s weekly music showcases, mentally steeling myself for the psych-noise onslaught of White Hills. But by the en ... 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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