Some albums are good. Bhangra Rangeela RULES. Red Baraat, a NYC-based South Asian brass party band, comes back with a genre-smashing record that had my 5... Read More...
People love to say that you get more conservative as you get older. In my experience? That’s been complete and utter bullshit. What has surprised me, though, i... Read More...
Racket is no stranger to Mark Fredson, having interviewed him SIXTEEN years ago! His new record, The Company Man, is definitely the result of the additional so... Read More...
On March 23, Portland’s Revolution Hall hosted a night that spanned both ends of the live spectrum—intimate minimalism and grand, layered arrangements—each anc... Read More...
If Quentin Tarantino ever decides to make a spaghetti Western set in Bangkok, Salin’s Rammana is calling dibs on being the soundtrack. This album is a Tarantin... Read More...
In 2022, Spotify Unwrapped listed “stomp and holler” as my 5th most listened to genre. I was confused, as I never heard that phrase. After looking into it, I w... Read More...
Not only did I get to see Lucero for the first time in fourteen years, I got to see my buddy Thom for the first time in just as long. And few bands are as perf... Read More...
The Cure’s Songs of a Lost World feels less like an album and more like an atmospheric soundtrack to films that only exist in Robert Smith’s mind. These songs ... Read More...
If you know GWAR (which you fucking should), you know a show with them isn’t for the faint of heart, and the Portland stop of the Stoned Age tour was no except... Read More...
It was an absolute pleasure to chat with Ben Nichols of Lucero, a band that has been on the road for over two decades, evolving with the ever-changing music in... Read More...
The Copyrights are back with New Ghosts, a punchy, no-frills EP that delivers exactly what you'd expect—more of the same catchy, full-steam-ahead jams they've ... Read More...
Between cheap or even free recording software, home recording setups, and trying to keep up with the insane production on a lot of pop albums, it’s never been ... Read More...
Well, that was fucking delightful.
Heading in, I thought I had a fair handle on what to expect, having heard a handful of Ginger Root tracks. I had no clue.... Read More...
There’s something deeply satisfying about a summer evening in Bend, especially when it serves as the backdrop for a triple-threat concert featuring Ratboys... Read More...
In 20 years of reviewing albums, I thought I was pretty thoughtful in doing so. Then I listen to Hozier’s new EP with my four-year-old son. Here’s how the firs... Read More...
I still remember sitting in my friend’s room in 1994, listening to the new cassette he got of a band called Green Day. Dookie was unlike anything I had ever he... Read More...
