Music Brace Paine talks U.K. media attention and life amid the eternal tour.

Through all of the changes Gossip has undergone in the long journey from Arkansas garages to clubs the world over, it’s never been overburdened by recorded material. “Four LPs in 10 years,” guitarist Brace Paine admits. “Yeah, we’re not exactly the Fall.” The trio’s new a...   More

Music Stories Through all of the changes Gossip has undergone in the long journey from Arkansas garages to clubs the world over, it’s never been overburdened by recorded material. “Four LPs in 10 years, ...   More

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The Pogues never should've existed. Not in 1982, not forcing tin whistle and accordion on the pogo-ing faithful. And it seems faintly miraculous the famed Celtic punk outfit's core members stayed together for nine years and five albums. Late-to-the-party devot...   More

Music Stories The Pogues never should’ve existed. Not in 1982, not forcing tin whistle and accordion on the pogo-ing faithful. And it seems faintly miraculous the famed Celtic punk outfit’s core members ...   More

Music A Portland rock icon finds his voice and drops his label.

[AMERICANA TROUBADOUR] Friday's show isn't, actually, a CD-release party for Fernando Viciconte's seventh album, True Instigator. In fact, there is no CD, unless the Americana icon's fanbase burned a disc. Instead, Viciconte will offer the self-released album as a free download from his website for the next three months.
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Music Stories [AMERICANA TROUBADOUR] Friday’s show isn’t, actually, a CD-release party for Fernando Viciconte’s seventh album, True Instigator. In fact, there is no CD, unless the Americana icon&r ...   More

Music Already something of a supergroup, the former Champagne Cowboys boasted Weaklings vet Casey Maxwell, Northwest punk warhorse Brian Zipper, Karaoke From Hell mainstay Kirk DeLong and Natron (the Natrons). And that was well before legendary frontman Michael Maker left Spokane's the Makers to lend his inimitable presence to the rechristened Family Gun. With their first single soon to be released, the...   More

Music Stories Already something of a supergroup, the former Champagne Cowboys boasted Weaklings vet Casey Maxwell, Northwest punk warhorse Brian Zipper, Karaoke From Hell mainstay Kirk DeLong and Natron (the Natron ...   More

Music Susannah “Little Sue” Weaver talks cross-alt-country journeying.

[COUNTRY-ISH] Susannah “Little Sue” Weaver grew up in West Virginia and, amid the late-'90s No Depression boomlet, was arguably the Portland face of y'allternative. “I'd never heard country until I moved out here,” Weaver says. “I certainly didn't plan on doing alt-country to m...   More

Music Stories [COUNTRY-ISH] Susannah “Little Sue” Weaver grew up in West Virginia and, amid the late-’90s No Depression boomlet, was arguably the Portland face of y’allternative. “I&rs ...   More