Music  Considering how much information pours out of a musician or a band via their Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr accounts, it's a breath of fresh air when an artist doesn't let you know absolutely everything that he/she is doing or thinking through the day. Granted, The Ghost Ease has all three of the above, but instead of spouting off ...   More

Music Here's a story to make your music-loving blood boil: the fantastic San Francisco band Dominant Legs were in town on Tuesday, playing a show at Mississippi Studios, opening up for Eleanor Friedberger. Post-show, they parked their van with their instruments and personal effects in it on SE 6th and Ash for an hour while they did something a block away. And in that time, their van was broken into...   More

Music  It's frankly a miracle that Eleanor Friedberger was able to get through a full set of songs last night. There were distractions galore going on around the stage at Mississippi Studios. More than one beverage loudly dropped from the upstairs balcony - making the decision to only serve drinks in plastic cups that much smarter. Then there was the young female superfan who acted out a sad s...   More

Music  As with almost everything Adam Forkner puts his stamp on, it's a fool's errand to try to choose simply one track to highlight. Such is the case with his latest release under his solo moniker White Rainbow. Infinity Beat Tape is a sprawling motherfucker of a collection of tunes that manages to connect the dots be...   More

Album Reviews [STONER ROCK] Everything you need to know about Black Pussy’s debut record can be summed up in the album’s first 10 seconds. The disc opens with the sound of a lighter flicking to life followe   More

Music Last night on Twitter, the rumors were flying around as slavering music fans awaited news of what the 2012 edition of the Sasquatch Festival at the Gorge (happening on Memorial Day weekend) had in store. One tweeter claimed Pearl Jam was going to be headlining one night performing on their album Backspacer. Another talked u...   More

Music  There are many, many reasons to love Youthbitch - their facility with three chord garage punk, their penchant for releasing music only on cassette - but for me, it is how completely they inhabit the snot-nosed punk lifestyle. To wit: the band promised to send me a copy of their latest cassette, titled Youthbitch Youthbitch Youthbitch Youthbitch&nbs...   More

Music  Here's a meeting of two great forces here in the city that have created something both mutually beneficial and downright awesome. For the past few months, the Oregon Historical Society has been host to Oregon Rocks! an exhibit focused on the ri...   More

Music  The project: Razzle Dazzle 2.0 - The MarchFourth Bus ProjectWho's behind it? The March Fourth Marching BandWhy do they want your money? A new tour bus. One of the most in demand liv...   More

Music  Oh, what is a concertgoer to do tonight? So many amazing options. Wow & Flutter releasing their beer/mp3 combo at Kelly's Olympian...Sir Richard Bishop opening for the Black Swans at Kenton Club...Beat Connection and Wampire at Holocene...sigh. Well, let me throw another possibility out to you: the fine math rock by way of power pop outfit    More