A solid night of indie pop with Love Is All, Vivian Girls, and Nodzzz
I set out last Sunday to Nectar with a night full of possibility. My show companion wanted to get there early to check out the…
Farewell to the "Awesome" cycle: Week IV wrap-up
It's with great sadness that I post this last "Awesome" photo essay from installment four of the cycle. I mean, it's been a hell of…
Photo Essay: The Ultimate Party Show – Head Like a Kite and Truckasauras at Neumos
Truckasauras is like no electronic group I've seen -- they sound more like a really great rock band filtered through old techno equipment. In smaller…
Not Your Regular Grandpa: Grampall Jookabox
There is not much left to tell about PWRFL Power. Myriad articles, interviews, and reviews, about the spoof singer-songwriter creation of Japanese Seattle transplant turned…
Danielson: Rockin' the kids at Vera
Danielson, sometimes Danielson Famile or Danielson Family or Brother Danielson, is the quirk-pop outfit headed by Daniel Smith of Clarksboro, New Jersey. Through many incarnations,…
Tom Brosseau, Hauschka & Rafael Anton Irisarri at the Triple Door
The Triple Door is one of the best venues I've been to since arriving in our fair city of Seattle. It's dark, hushed, comfortable, and…
El Guincho Unleashes the World on Nectar
I've been praising the inspired calypso-trance work of El Guincho for months now. The transcendent, global feel of his album Alegranza! outshines any other album…
Photo Essay: Two Mind-Blowing Nights with Feral Children and Dead Confederate
I created the opportunity to see Feral Children and Dead Confederate at the Doug Fir in Portland Tuesday night, then saw them again Wednesday at…
Of Montreal at the Roseland Theatre in Portland
I don't know what you can say about Of Montreal that makes sense and paints a mental picture of what they are. Having never seen…
Of Montreal's delectable imaginary world
Seriously, what the fuck? When I had run into a few of my music-writer friends at Of Montreal’s sold out show Wednesday night at the…