Music Stories Those of us old enough to have gotten our hair done or bought clothes back in the ’80s lived to regret it. Most, though, are thankful those unfortunate choices aren’t immortalized online&m ...   More

Special Section WHO: Nick Jaina, with help from Ali Ippolito, Nathan Langston, William Joersz, Jason Leonard, Sean Flynn, Scott Magee and John Whaley.WHAT: Literate, moody balladry and acoustic-pop cabaret.SOUNDS LIK ...   More

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[WEIRD POP] Rachel Taylor Brown's new recording begins with an unsettling collage of toy piano, ringing telephones, muted voices and scattered crowd noise. It's an aurally arresting intro, and on most artists' albums it would make a perfect, say, 30-second lead-in to the first song. But this is a Rach...   More

Music Stories [WEIRD POP] Rachel Taylor Brown’s new recording begins with an unsettling collage of toy piano, ringing telephones, muted voices and scattered crowd noise. It’s an aurally arresting intro, ...   More

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[ECLECTIC ACOUSTIC] Marking the first year of the acoustic mecca's existence, WW named Mississippi Studios “Portland's Best Place to Get an Earful” in 2004. Judging from the aural evidence on its new disc, Mississippi Studios Live, Volume III, the title holds. From the first few notes of local neo-folk act Weinland's opening number, the laconic lament “Piles of Cl...   More

Music Stories [ECLECTIC ACOUSTIC] Marking the first year of the acoustic mecca’s existence, WW named Mississippi Studios “Portland’s Best Place to Get an Earful” in 2004. Judging from the au ...   More

Music I'm trying to come up with some clever way to twist the metaphor of a hangover clearing up and a band named after one breaking up, and I'm coming up short. But after a half-decade, Moonshine Hangover calls it quits this week, and I spoke to bassist/vocalist Will Johnson about the life and death of the band. Hair of ...   More

Music [AMERICANA] Paula Sinclair’s The Good Horse sets five Oregon poets’ words to music. Sinclair’s precise, emotive singing sounds amazing, as does Rob Stroup’s production and the work of players like Chris Robley and Paul Brainard (keys and guitar, respectively). But poetry is holy&mda...   More

Music Stories [AMERICANA] Paula Sinclair’s The Good Horse sets five Oregon poets’ words to music. Sinclair’s precise, emotive singing sounds amazing, as does Rob Stroup’s production and the ...   More

Music Stop! Don't buy that new Stephen Stills demos compilation. If you want to hear a roughly recorded, rough-voiced singer-songwriter at his best, check out the newly reissued 1989 collection Mister Casual (Sings for You) by former local stalwart Dan Haley. It's one of two new archival releases (the other being D...   More