Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
There's a great scene on The Simpsons set in the not-too-distant future where Homer and Marge are lying in bed watching TV and Marge turns…
Jarvis
Sometimes album artwork gives away more than the artist intends. Taking a look at the cover of Jarvis Cocker's solo debut Jarvis, we see our…
Loney Noir
Ah, Sweden: birthplace of cheap furniture, bearer of great meatballs, and bringer of wondrous pop music like fluttering delicate snowflakes. Sub Pop's latest release comes…
Interpretaciones Del Oso
Minus the Bear have gone the remix route. Their latest, Interpretaciones Del Oso, collects the works of 2005's Menos el Oso, as respun by 11…
Our top 10 ‘What we did at that great indie-rock show in 100 words or less’ list
"The Natural History, the French Kicks, Bettie Serveert, the Sights, the Datsuns, Caesars, the Soundtrack of Our Lives, Aerogramme, the Delgados, {*phew*} April 2003" …
Words Are Dead
Horses don't really have feathers, of course — but Horse Feathers' whimsical name is perfectly suited to the band's fanciful, swoon-inducing music. This Portland duo,…
Friend and Foe
I was outside the Bowery Ballroom, where the Long Winters were headlining the latest tour in support of Putting the Days to Bed, when I…
A Mix of New Music Found While Clearing Off Erik Gonzalez's Desk
(Somewhere deep within the TIG Fortress) Ah, there is nothing like that feeling you get when you have it all under control. Finally, I can…
The Knives Don’t Have Your Back
Being the sort of guy that I am (i.e., indie rock nerd), I fall prey to the predilection towards indie rock chanteuses, so it is…
Jason Bell of Stars of Track and Field
{Imaginary writer Diana is a *huge* Stars of Track and Field fan — and who can blame her? We've been following the Portland trio for…