Caffeine, Alcohol, Sunshine, Money
Do you know about Voodoo Donuts? It’s the best donut shop in Portland. Check that, it’s the best donut shop on the West Coast. You…
Love Ire & Song
From the embers of a London, UK based punk band called Million Dead comes Frank Turner, who has since gone on to embrace an acoustic…
Live At KEXP Volume Four
For a perfect sampler of the contemporary non-mainstream rock radio aesthetic, and rare versions of what's out there to boot, this is an essential holiday…
Drunk Tooth and the Bedroom Eye
Aptly named Seattle band the Limbs are like body parts you'd find next to the highway. They may have been on someone cute once, but…
Yes No Yes No Yes No
Clocking in at just a touch over 25 minutes, the new ten-track CD by the Girls is a retro power-pop release for all of your…
High Places
Beneath the complex layers of sound in each song on High Places' self-titled debut lies a fundamental innocence, a bright-eyed wonder that mirrors a child's…
Painted Birds Flying in the Orange Mirror Sun
Last year, the Western States Motel released their self-titled debut album and now they are already back with a five-track EP, which is a gentle…
Your Anchor
Danny Seim, one third of Portland's Menomena, spent years recording solo work out of his house and handing it out to friends under the moniker…
King of Rosa
Compared to the rest of our staff and readers, I'm a novice at finding the great new bands. I've barely scratched the surface of what…
Painkiller
From the opening notes of "Outbound" to the closing ambient ripples of "Not What You Say," this is an album in the truest sense of…