Articles
Does Anybody Really Want To Hear It In Its Entirety?
I don’t go to nearly as many rock shows as I used to. Job responsibilities, marriage, and general laziness associated...
Mar 09, 2011
Concerts
Baths / Braids / Gobble Gobble
Let it be known: the Holocene is a great place to see electro-pop. Which is pretty much all Portlanders want...
Mar 09, 2011
Tracks
Hercules and Love Affair: "My House"
Since the peak popularity of Much Music—Canada’s underfunded answer to MTV—aligned with my early teen years, I can’t help but...
Mar 09, 2011
Records
The Decemberists: The King is Dead
What sets Cormac McCarthy’s devastating, Pulitzer-prize-winning The Road apart from a jam-packed field of post-apocalyptic pop culture narratives is that...
Mar 08, 2011
Records
Nicolas Jaar: Space is Only Noise
In addition to managing a full schedule as a student at Brown University, 21-year-old Nicolas Jaar has kept up impressive...
Mar 08, 2011
Records
J Mascis: Several Shades of Why
Solo records are rarely prequels. Not often will an artist build a career on his/her own and then join a...
Mar 08, 2011
Records
o F F: Disenchanted Fairytale EP
Accustomed to EPs being attractively brief, I’ve sampled this, the teensie-tiniest of EPs of supposed allegiance to Clan Destine Records,...
Mar 08, 2011
Articles
Pinch This, Seriously
While the primary appeal of Pinch’s Underwater Dancehall (2007) was just that it was some incredible dubstep, a secondary achievement...
Mar 07, 2011