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Cut of the Day: "Bastard," the We Shared Milk (demo)

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Music
Calling all bands with self-recording experience: The We Shared Milk humbly request your assistance! The hazy Portland pop trio spent the cold, dark winter writing and demoing tracks for a full-length release. With things starting to warm-up (well, fingers crossed), the band is crawling out of hibernation and looking for some he...   More
 
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 by MATTHEW SINGER

The Kid With a Bike

Yes, we know you also have a bike.


Movie Reviews & Stories
We need to talk about Cyril. He is the kid in The Kid With a Bike, and he’s got some issues. A pale, sinewy 11-year-old, he’s been discarded by his parents at a Belgian boys’ home. He’s al   More
 
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

The Lumineers: Friday, March 30

You can totally go home again.


Music Stories
[FOLK POP] Leaving New York is never easy, or so latter-day R.E.M. would have us believe. Ask Jeremiah Fraites of the Lumineers, though, and he’ll tell you it’s really not that difficult. He    More
 
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

Howler: Monday, March 26

Howlin’ like loons.


Music Stories
Howler’s Jordan Gatesmith is the first to admit he and his bandmates are adept at what the Brits call “taking the piss.” If you’ve ever read anything about the band—and it’s more likel   More
 
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

Video Roundup: Alialujah Choir! Headphone Party! Paradise! InfinitRakz!

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Music
So the week is pretty much done. Before leaving the office... oh, who am I kidding? This is Portland. You're not in a damn office. Nevertheless, take a break from obsessively checking March Madness scores and enjoy a few of the new video clips that came across our inboxes in the past few days.
Alialujah Choir, "A House, a Home"A gorgeously rustic clip for the song that launched a Portland folk-...   More
 
Friday, March 16, 2012 by MATTHEW SINGER

Mic Check: Seun Kuti


Music Stories
Although he usually performed barefoot (and covered in little more than sweat and face paint), when Fela Kuti died in 1997, he left behind massive shoes to fill. For 30 years, the Nigerian bandl   More
 
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

Grimm Recap: The Girl with the Dragon Breath

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Movies & Television
Grimm, Season 1, Episode 14: "Plumed Serpent"

Beast of the Week: Damonfeuers, dragon creatures who can essentially light their own gastric acids on fire. Talk about heartburn! Hey-oooooo!

Source Material: Super Mario Brothers, pretty much.

The Procedu...   More
 
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 by MATTHEW SINGER

Three’s Company

The Alialujah Choir finally gets it together.


Music Stories
It began with a song for a graveyard. In 2008, Weinland’s Adam Shearer was asked to contribute to a compilation album benefiting Lone Fir Cemetery. He called up Adam Selzer of Norfolk and Wester   More
 
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

Grimm Recap: The One with the Hitler Demon

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Movies & Television
So I took last week off from these recaps (read: I never found time to watch the episode), but luckily, Grimm is definitely a show where you can do that and not feel lost when you jump back in. If you really want to know what happened, read the dry synopsis here. Apparently, it involved Nick and Monroe getting caught up ...   More
 
Monday, March 5, 2012 by MATTHEW SINGER

W.C. Beck: Friday, March 2

W.C. Beck’s roaring 20s were filled with fireworks and funerals.


Music Stories
In 2009, W.C. Beck’s life got complicated. All three of his bands imploded within a month of each other. Then he broke up with his girlfriend. Then his grandparents died. Then a close childhoo   More
 
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER
 

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