Primer: Bolt Thrower

Music Stories Formed: In the loo of a pub in Conventry, England, in 1986.  Sounds like: An armada of Space Marines overtaking a battle cruiser full of Chaos Warriors. For fans of: Carcass, Napalm Death, Godf   More

 

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 NATHAN CARSON

Primer: Pallbearer

Music Stories Formed: In Little Rock, Ark., in 2008.  Sounds like: A slow march through brimstone fields at the end of time. For fans of: Black Sabbath, Candlemass, Electric Wizard, Burning Witch, funerals,    More

 

Wednesday, February 6, 2013 NATHAN CARSON

Halsey “Halseycaust” Swain

The wild life and wildlife of Portland’s most extreme visual artist.

Music Stories Illustrator Halsey Swain speaks in a matter-of-fact, almost backwoods drawl. Though she has called Portland home for five years, she was born in Marblehead, Mass., not far from the other Salem.&nb   More

 

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 NATHAN CARSON

Primer: Paul Di’Anno

Music Stories Born: In 1958 in London.
Sounds like: Early Iron Maiden songs performed by less capable players who have not taken very good care of themselves.
For fans of: Iron Maiden, Blaze Bayley, Tim “Ripper
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 NATHAN CARSON

Michael Chapman: Tuesday, Oct. 9

The British folk rebel you’ve never heard of.

Music Stories [BRITISH FOLK] “I’m not very good at doing what I’m told,” says Michael Chapman through a crackling phone line from Leeds, England. That’s an understatement. At age 71, Chapman, one of   More

 

Wednesday, October 3, 2012 NATHAN CARSON

Portland Rock Trivia

Twelve absolutely random things you didn’t know about the Portland music scene.

Cover Story 1.MusicfestNW began as the bastard child of SXSW...   More

 

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 NATHAN CARSON, CASEY JARMAN, RUTH BROWN, MATTHEW SINGER, JAY HORTON, MARTY SMITH

Primer: Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band

Music Stories Formed: In 1989, thanks to producer David Fishof, who envisioned a show where “everybody onstage is a star in their own right.”  Sounds like: The Travelling Wilburys with a stoned Caveman on   More

 

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 NATHAN CARSON

Album Review: Lost Lockets

Love Not Fear (Cochon Records)

Album Reviews [SIREN SONGS] After several years in the making, the surrealist pop duo Lost Lockets has finally immortalized a collection of its finest tunes to wax. It’s never been easy to describe Lost Locke   More

 

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 NATHAN CARSON

Album Review: Order Of The Gash

Configuraton (Self-Released)

Album Reviews [DEATH METAL] Hearing Configuration makes me realize how many times I’ve seen Order of the Gash in DIY settings with inadequate sound systems. These three good folks operate without ego, alway   More

 

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 NATHAN CARSON

Star Wars: Uncut

Greedo shot first. Han shot his own movie.

Movie Reviews & Stories A long time ago, a USC student named George transformed his love of Buck Rogers serials, pulp novels and Japanese cinema into the greatest space-opera film of all time. Since then, he’s redeco   More

 

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 NATHAN CARSON