Album Reviews Homesweet and LeeryCelilo (self-released)A glossy sheen obscures a promising band.[SUBDUED ALT-COUNTRY] There is plenty of beauty on Homesweet and Leery, from the haunting, ever-present slide-guitar w ...   More

Album Reviews White Rainbow, Jan. 7 at HoloceneAdam Forkner lays out his crowd.[ELECTRO] Walking into the back room at Holocene for the White Rainbow set last Saturday, you'd think the room was empty: Save for an o ...   More

Album Reviews Sound Seen Music Video Review"Synthesized" The EpoxiesSo many things make the Epoxies awesome. Roxy Epoxy is easily one of the best frontwomen around. The songs, massive exploding synthy pop-punk, mak ...   More

Album Reviews The Voice of Northeast Portland Cool Nutz (Jus Family Records)Jus Family's boasts and boosterism can't beat its abilities in selling this label.[HIP HOP] Mix-tape CDs are often nothing more than exten ...   More

Album Reviews [ELECTRO-POP] When a band starts its first show by sheepishly telling the crowd there's extra equipment on stage because some of it might not work, it doesn't fill listeners with high hopes. Add to th ...   More

Album Reviews The Joggers Nov. 27 at Doug FirPortland's garage heroes give, and we just take.[GARAGE] Consider "Back to the Future," the finale that capped the Joggers' Sunday-night show at Doug Fir. Featuring an h ...   More

Album Reviews Greyday Productions Record Release - Nov. 17 at Doug FirMinmae shines through local label's showcase of dead ends.[rock] Last Thursday night a coterie of Portland indie rockers gathered to celebrate t ...   More

Album Reviews Speed at Reed Nov. 12 at Reed CollegeTragedy rules the land of lawlessness, while the Observers look into a foggy future.[HARDCORE] Since the Reed campus is effectively lawless, the couple of hundred ...   More

Album Reviews Hiphopalooza Nov. 4 at Berbati's PanHip-hop tree falls in the forest, does, in fact, make a sound.[HIP-HOP] Hiphopalooza 2005 was a bust. A criminally underattended, suspiciously overpriced, uncreativ ...   More

Album Reviews The Clorox Girls Oct. 29The dirty boys in the Clorox Girls celebrate a new album with a three-diculous evening.[BREAKING-THINGS CORE] If you were between the Paris Theatre and the Doug Fir around 7:20 ...   More