Climber EP
Portland band Climber have created a very melodic bit of electro-pop with their self-titled EP, one that swims around in your heart like a very…
Tales from a Brave Ulysses
XVIX. "Aloha to the Heart Songs; Aloha to the Art Songs"A-LO-ha. Alo-HA. Aloha. Have you ever read Lolita? (I am asking you). It begins something…
The Sights And Sounds of Esquivel
Esquivel was a dapper-decked master of jumble-pop juxtaposition; doing cosmic "mash-ups" with expert organic jamming long before turntables became that medium's instrument. About ten years…
Intimate Apparel
Esther (Gwendolyn Mulamba), an unmarried 35-year-old African-American woman living in the dawn of the last century, makes an uncommon living for herself in New York…
AstroPOP! for September 2005
Your monthly imaginary horoscope told in album reviews!Virgo (August 23 - September 22) "How do you remain humble?" may be the question you ask yourself…
Graham "Suggs" McPherson of Madness
The diagnosis of multiple personalities is considered a form of madness, right? Well, the legendary punk-era ska band Madness were notorious for their schizoid image…
BOAT Interviews The Elephants
We thought it was a perfect pairing when we saw that the Elephants and Boat on the same bill together back in August at Chop…
The Elephants Interview Boat
We thought it was a perfect pairing when we saw that local Northwest bands the Elephants and Boat on the same bill together back in…
EP
Nate, Emory, and David of Pomeranian take their seductive time with most of these six songs — a keyboard trill leading to boyish hums and…
The Imaginary Live Show Rundown
Featuring BOAT, the Elephants, Calvin Johnson, The Decemberists, The Long Winters, and more {thru 8/31/06} As expected — last Monday (August 22) was a late…