Music Stories Admit it: You love lists. C’mon, you know you’re reading every single “Best of 2012” piece, either nodding with the satisfaction of having your own opinions validated or boiling with anger   More

Album Reviews [DISCO-HOP] While similarities between Onuinu (aka Dorian Duvall) and such electro-pop luminaries as Youth Lagoon, oOoOO and Washed Out can be easily established, Mirror Gazer, Onuinu’s debut    More

Music Behold! The new Onuinu video, wherein Dorian Duvall travels to the outer reaches of East Portland in search of tin foil and hard-boiled eggs, then uses his shopping list to create lightning and, presumably, time-travel. We hope you'll enjoy it. Andrew Sloan directed this little surrealist verite docu-drama (I studied film in college, but now I forget what all these words mean). Onuinu's Mirror ...   More

Music Words by Casey Jarman, photos by Inger Klekacz.I'm not usually one to play favorites (is that a funny thing for a critic to say?), but this year's Best New Band showcase had to have been my favorite of all-time. Maybe that's because I went into it not having seen Onuinu or Pure Bathing Culture—both of whom were really, really good—in concert. Or maybe it was because this bill, against ...   More