Album Reviews [ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC] Even if the press materials for We Are All Fire didn’t explicitly talk about how the album centers on the theme of family, and even if Tom Filepp, the man behind Cars & Tr   More

Album Reviews [SOUL FOR REAL] The Shaky Hands were never known for dynamism. The band’s four albums had a strangely flat quality that Nick Delffs and company only ever surmounted when playing live. But hear   More

Music If you were lucky enough to catch the soul scorching set by Matthew Shipp Trio at Jimmy Mak's last night, you were also given the inside track on the lineup for the 2013 Portland Jazz Festival. Managing Director Don Lucoff took the stage and rattled off a quite impressive st...   More

Music Stories Sixto Rodriguez is having his moment in the limelight. Finally.  The 70-year-old singer-songwriter from Detroit has been touring regularly since the beginning of the year, playing festivals   More

Album Reviews [JAZZ] “Cool jazz” once meant exuding a marked restraint and letting delicate, simple melodies unfold naturally. Nowadays, most young players equate “cool” with “hip” and work tirele   More

Music It's Tuesday...it's around 4:30 pm...the slow haze of tired is taking over. You know what that means? Time to stare at your computer screen while images bounce all over it and some fine local tunes leak out of your computer speakers. At least that's what time it is around my house. I don't know how you office dwellers do things. Anyway, here's a nice straightforward clip to get us started, br...   More

Music If you happen to find your way to Slabtown tonight for the record release party for Rabbits, at some point while the band is tearing through its set, I encourage you to close your eyes and envision the trio on a big stage, with the volume of their punk-infused metal raised up to the ...   More

Music I hope that in listening to this new track from garage-psych quartet Wooden Indian Burial Ground you have the same reaction I did. That around the halfway point, when the band dissolves into a fit of feedback and static, you think, "Well, it can't get any better than that." And that's when WIBG decides to pour it on. Thick ...   More

Music Stories For nearly 25 years, one of the most instantly recognizable sounds and looks in electronic dance music has belonged to Orbital. Which isn’t to imply the U.K.-based duo has been hitting the sam   More

Music Anyone who has heard even a lick of Animal Collective's music has to admit  they are one of the strangest bands to have captured the attention of the indie scene lo these past 15 years. And with the release of its most recent album Centipede Hz, the band's popularity continues to grow to the point that their fan base seems to b...   More