Recommended show + free tickets: Pickwick, PDX edition {1/13}
***UPDATE: Only two more days left to enter to win!*** It's a whole new year with a fresh round of shows to get excited about…
Heavy rotation: Nada Surf, Tennis
In a land where we are inundated by new music on a weekly, if not sometimes daily basis -- few things feel better than starting…
These are a few of our favorite things: best all-around photos and moments of 2011 {pt. II}
{This is part two of two in our best-of photo series of 2011. Take a peek over at part one here, and don't forget to…
These are a few of our favorite things: best all-around photos and moments of 2011 {pt. I}
There were so many great times in 2011 that we've had to divide them up into little compartments just to review them all: there are…
These are a few of our favorite things: best festival photos and moments of 2011 {pt. I}
2011 was {is still!} a great year, not only for releases but also for live shows, festivals, and those grit-of-the-stage-under-your-fingertips kinds of moments that we…
Recommended show + free tickets: Brandi Carlile at the Neptune {12/31}
We've had the pleasure of seeing Brandi Carlile twice in as many years: most recently during a full-bore daytime set at this year's Austin City…
Heavy rotation: fall edition, part II
In the pig-pile rush to get our best-of-2011 lists done, we thought we'd take a break and pick up the continuation of that what's-in-heavy-rotation post…
Photo essay + weekend roundup: a double-dose of Eef
It was a great weekend for the music books, with so many good shows going on around town -- and you can call us biased,…
Countdown to the Imaginary Holiday Spectacular: is your ass ready for this??!?!
Well, is it? We sure hope so! Because one of our favorite parts of the holiday party every year is getting to grace the ever-lovable…
Countdown to the Imaginary Holiday Spectacular: Mal de Mer
You may recognize the handsome gent in the photo above as Michael Lee, a critical piece of one our favorite things to happen in the…