Grizzly Bear at the Moore
Imaginary Victoria: "Girl, if it says doors are at 8, that means Grizzly Bear goes on at 8." Imaginary Heather: "Naw, there's an opening band…
Indie cellists take on Chop Suey tonight with Thao and the Get Down Stay Down
Former high school music nerds, this show is for you. Portland Cello Project brings their collective strings to indie clubs and creates a sound unlike any…
Imaginary Interview: The Spits
I met up Sean Woods of The Spits at Grey Gallery after he had spent three days partying in Portland before, during and after the…
Win tickets to see Devo at the Moore
We love it when bands play their biggest, most influential or most popular album from beginning to end, of course, but what about the bands…
Imaginary Interview: The Fresh and Onlys
During the Scion Garage Festival in Portland over this weekend I caught up with front man Tim Cohen and Guitarist Wymond Miles of San Francisco's…
Monsters of Folk: not just another bunch of dudes with beards.
If this is what the kids are calling folk these days, I'll take it. It's been a little bit of a rough go for me,…
Setting the Paces for BOAT's Setting the Paces: An engineer-on-engineer conversation
Pale Pacific-er and all around engineer super-star Cam Niklaus sat down with Dave Crane (aka D. Crane, guitar/bass/vocals/songwriting) and Jackson Long (aka J. Long, drumming/recording)…
How post-punks like their post-punk: … And You Will Know Us By the Trail Of Dead and Future of the Left
You know a show’s crowd is divided when the headliners set is met with as many folded arms and quizzical looks as the openers. Or…
Win tickets to see REM's This is Not a Show at NWFF this weekend
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4l9w_Iufc4] To test out the new songs from their last album, 2008's Accelerate, REM had some "working rehersals" that they played for packed crowds in…
New Spiral Stairs video: Stolen Pills
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMyOH4Rnweg] Spiral Stairs, aka Scott Kannberg, guitarist for the reuniting Pavement, has a new album out on Tuesday called The Real Feel (Matador Records). Above…