When I was a very young kid listening to No Doubt’s Tragic Kingdom in my room, I would often wonder why it is that certain tracks were played on the radio, and others were album only.  As I grew up, learned about economics, and became a giant hip-hop fan, I’ve begun to understand that radio [...]

For many of us, March is a particularly troubling time.  For one, we have to cope with the inevitable: we are simply too busy to go to SXSW.  After SXSW, we’re still too busy, and too poor, to make Coachella. Some of us may, even still, be coming to terms with having to miss Sasquatch [...]

Just popping in to tell you all about Brace Paine’s Tumblr.
You may know him as one part of The Gossip, but that isn’t all he does that commands your respect.  Feather Figure and Deep Purr are two of his solo projects that vary from the absolutely strange (songs made solely with a leather jacket!) to [...]

The first time I heard P.O.S. was when he remixed Minus The Bear’s track Knights for their 2007 remix album, Interpretaciones Del Oso.  This actually became my favorite of the remixes featured, but offered little in the way of how P.O.S.’s actual music might sound.  Much to my surprise, P.O.S. turned out to be a [...]

“One last time I’m really hurting/ Just a little taste to take off the edge/ I rummage through old love letters/ And photographs in a desperate reach for/ A clue into who I am.”  Sentiments like this may put Eyedea & Abilities into the sentimental spectrum of the rap world, and to a certain extent, they fit there. [...]

[All words by Sam Kontny]
I’d never heard of Lindstrøm or Christabelle before a few weeks ago (and both remain enigmatic even after my extensive sixty second Wikipedia search) but that’s beside the point: with the exponential popularity of dance-pop today, the market’s always flooded with passé bullshit that sounds the same as whatever came out [...]

Even the name Black Moth Super Rainbow conjures images both gorgeous and disgusting. Such is the aesthetic that BMSR has become known for. Even their album art implies that the visualization of their music from album to album is something they intend to encourage. In 2006 they released a project with like-minded [...]

Christmas is nine days away, but my present comes early in the form of a fantastic tour stopping through Portland.
Sic Alps was probably the group I was most excited about during this year’s SMMR BMMR, both before and after the actual show. Something about the earnestness of their demeanor coupled with the [...]

Thursday night’s show had potential to be a half-hearted disaster from each of the bands. As it was their last show on the tour, Local Natives were looking to spend a little more time before their set relaxing and hanging out. The overall vibe backstage was excited, but ultimately sad to see them [...]

It’s been exactly three months since I first saw Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes. It’s been exactly three months and six days since I last saw them last. That’s because after stumbling upon them at this year’s Monolith Music Festival in Colorado, they quickly became a must see at Music Fest North West [...]