Nouns
As a designer (sort of) and an appreciator of exceptional design, the first thing I noticed about this No Age album was the packaging. Inside…
Sub Pop 20 festival: a preview
I'm getting all atwitter for this weekend Sub Pop 20 festival, which will spread its proverbial wings across the region beginning on Friday. I just…
New Bloods breaking up {due to bad blood}?
A little birdie, from clear across the country in my homestate, chirped a little rumor that it heard into my ear: Portland's post-punk femme rocktrio…
The Lucky Ones
Mudhoney – the seminal band notorious in these parts for representing the epicenter of the g-word scene back in its heyday – have been busy…
Superfuzz Bigmuff
As Jay Hinman, Lost In The Grooves collector-genius and brilliant liner notes writer to this fabulous, extravagant reissue of one of the Pac NW best…
"In the End" by Green Day
It's either funny or pretty predictable that a large number of my high-school punk-rock memories involve truancy of some form or another. Maybe I just…
Posters Fade
Just because you’re depressed doesn’t mean you have to be all sad about it, right? That seems to be the prevailing sentiment in Derby’s sophomore…
Imaginary Interview: John Roderick of Long Winters interviews D. Crane from BOAT
The Long Winters and BOAT will be playing together on July 5 at the Showbox at the Market so we thought it'd be nifty to…
Flickr photo of the day: Jesse Sykes
From the TIG Sparkly Indie-Pop Photos group: Photo by Kyle Johnson.
We Started Nothing
It was 30 years ago when Nick Lowe had to rename and re-sequence his debut, solo album Pure Pop for Now People. If the original…