Tonight's Recommended Show: USE at the Crocodile (with new free music!)
When writing these show previews, I try to stick with at least two rules: refrain from writing about bands I have a friend in and…
New Saturday Knights video: Count it Off
I'm a little confused by this because a press release showed up in my e-mail box today for this, a new video from The Saturday…
(a)spera
Isn’t this nice? Mirah has a new solo record, (a)spera, her first since 2004. That’s only partially accurate, though: fans of the Portland-based singer-songwriter have…
Tonight's Recommended Show: The Builders and the Butchers and Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground
This show at The Crocodile features two atypical, orchestral pop groups that make some of the best music to come from the Northwest. With the…
Tonight's Recommended Show: Alice Russell at Nectar
The best music from the recent soul revival has largely came from England. With the obvious exception of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, people have…
New Metric Video: Gimme Sympathy
One of the records I've been anticipating most this year is Fantasies, the forthcoming album from Metric (and their first in four years).It was recorded…
Tonight's recommended show: Hotels and New Faces at the Crocodile
Aside from the trial run last week, this will be the first entirely local show to take place at The Crocodile - and it's a…
Tonight's recommended show: Through the Looking Glass: The Burlesque Alice in Wonderland
After the successful run of performances based on The Nutcracker last Christmas season, The Triple Door is again hosting a series of burlesque nights based…
Are you excited for any new releases this week?
I was looking at the upcoming release calendar on Metacritic on Monday evening and found that quite a few records I had been looking forward…
Hear Gainsbourg's Histoire de Melody Nelson tonight at, uhh, Gainsbourg
The fine folks at Light in the Attic are rereleasing Serge Gainsbourg's famous 1971 album Histoire de Melody Nelson tomorrow (and with the outstanding job…