Dave Cantor

The Monkeywrench's Tim Kerr Isn't a Household Name, but He Has Found Himself in Elite Company

Kerr has continued to find himself in rarefied company, whether playing alongside Mark Arm or late Big Boys frontman Randy “Biscuit” Turner.

Ten Years Ago, Jandek—Music's Most Enigmatic Outsider—Revealed Himself to Portland

During the ensemble’s 90-minute preparation, Jandek broke down a batch of nominal instructions for the group, including an explanation of the three types of songs they’d perform: ballads, blues and “brutal.” That was it.

Arrington De Dionyso Went to Indonesia to Experience the Ultimate Trance Music. Now He's Bringing It Back Home

It’s all been in service of finding a transcendent instant of cross-cultural harmony. He might have found it.

Hush Arbors Makes America Weird Again

When it comes to his music, Keith Wood is a fickle man.

Album Review: Woolen Men

A familiar, jittery nervousness pulses throughout Woolen Men's most high-strung moments.

Coming Up Fast

2 Broke Girls co-creator Whitney Cummings likes to plan far ahead.

Introducing: Consumer

The ecstatic states evoked by "Bliss in Glossolalia," a 2½-minute track from his new tape, ARC, are what the entirety of Matt Palenske's Consumer project is predicated on.

Album Review: Satan's Pilgrims

[SURFIN' NW] Working primarily with Northwest imprints for more than 20 years has still allowed for Satan's Pilgrims' grab bag of surf and garage instrumentals to attain a sort of cultish,Album Reviews

Album Review: The Minus 5

[PSYCH ADJACENT] If the Minus 5 wants to count this as its 10th album, fine. But the dozen tracks on Dungeon Golds originate from Scott the Hoople in the Dungeon of Horror, a 2014 Record Store Day b,Album Reviews

Album Review: Eternal Tapestry

[FRAGARIA VESCA] Slowly but decisively, Eternal Tapestry's been easing itself into a more pastoral conception of psychedelia. This new double album, as fragile as any German synth extravaganza,Album Reviews

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