Women as Lovers
Xiu Xiu is like modern art in musical form: Either you think you get it and love it or you’re baffled by what anyone sees…
Finally Saw Control
I finally saw the Ian Curtis biopic, Control last night. I was pleasantly surprised to see that despite a long run here in Portland that…
Hear a track from the forthcoming Grand Archives record (!!)
It's no secret around here that one of the greatest musical happenings of 2007 for me was Grand Archives, the latest project of the amazingly…
The Chemistry That Keeps Us Together
A few weeks ago, after returning from a lengthy vacation halfway across the world, I returned home to a packet of albums to review. My…
Now You Are This
The first time I listened to this album I couldn't get through it, succumbing to the notion that the first song set the tone and…
Dan In Real Life soundtrack
With all the talk that Juno has inspired on the topic of film soundtracks overshadowing the film itself, it's refreshing to come across Norwegian pop…
Sing along with the new Keith John Adams' song, "Three Imaginary Girls"
As reported a couple months ago, songsmith Keith John Adams took on the massive task of writing a batch of songs personalized to the first…
Lucky
Ah, Nada Surf: the archetype of a “grower” in music. As a band, they grow on you—fast or slow, it doesn’t matter, they’ll get you—and,…
Beartrap Island
Reading the biography for Division Day is like looking at a wish list for my high school reunion: Four friends from the Southern California area…
Made in the Dark
If we were to compare Hot Chip’s Made in the Dark to their 2006 album, The Warning, in, let’s say, military terms, it would be…