Music This week it is Ms. Maggie Vail serving up answers to our DJ questions. What's she doing when not working as VP at Kill Rock Stars (the label she's worked at since '94) and making music in bands Romancing and Leti Angel? Why she's stepping behind the decks as DJ Magic Beans, of course, most recent...   More

Music Upon crashing White Fang's inner Southeast house on Tuesday night, I was exposed to the myriad of splinter- and side-projects the bandmates have going on. Aside from the more direct offshoots such as Super Destroy and Feather Headdress, it seems like a lot of the members have electronic solo s...   More

Music Have you picked up the latest issue of Nylon yet? Scar Jo is on the cover, though that placement clearly didn't help her musical debut, as her David Sitek produced disc sold but a mere 5,000 copies during its first week of release. But while she's crying into her Kleenex, we'll celebrate, beca...   More

Music Welcome, Bienvenue, Wilkommen, Croeso, Bienvenidos, Velkomen to the new periodical post topic where I ask a Portland musician to take a stand and make a confession. Keyword: make. Whether it be via hand-drawn signs, sidewalk chalk, or gently wiped onto a fogged mirror, the truth will be reveale...   More

Music When was the last time Gloria Estefan was relevant with the young'ns or sounded anywhere near approaching hip? Was it when she did that duet with 'N Sync in 1999? I think so, but that Top 40 hit, "Music of My Heart," was never meant for the clubs. This remix of "Conga" is. When Brendan Scot...   More

Music With DJ Catalyst, we're not just getting quick one-liners. We're getting in depth info regarding his many venue moves within Portland. We now know why CDs are his weapon of choice when it comes to dancefloor missions. And his eclectic tastes dictated what is by far the most in-depth playlist yet...   More

Music There are few things I would sacrifice my health for. On the road to recovery after a three week long bout with Bronchitis and walking pneumonia, I made a U-turn on Sunday when I ventured out to catch Panic at the Disco at the Expo center.

I don't really have guilty pleasures. ...   More

Music [TEENAGE TWEE] Almost Nearly, true to its name, was never meant to last. When Nicole Perry began writing songs on an acoustic guitar with Hurah Hurah bandmate Ross McLeron (after that twee-pop outfit’s breakup), it was simply to fill a void. But while McLeron went on to form Southern Belle (in which Perry play...   More

Music Stories [TEENAGE TWEE] Almost Nearly, true to its name, was never meant to last. When Nicole Perry began writing songs on an acoustic guitar with Hurah Hurah bandmate Ross McLeron (after that twee-pop outfit& ...   More

Music Just after 10 pm on Monday night, World's Great Ghosts launched into a truncated five-song set at KPSU for broadcast on Sound Judgement. I was there to snap away as the quintet literally brought the house down (by way of lighting grates falling from the ceiling during its set). Why oh why did ...   More