Yes, I enjoy making fun of hippies and I don’t particularly enjoying camping. However, I am very much looking forward to this weekend’s Pickathon festival just outside Portland. For three days and two nights, I will sleep on the ground in the woods (or, rahter, on a Deluxe Series Thermarest) in order to take advantage [...]
July July 30 (Friday): Phosphorescent with J. Tillman at Doug Fir $12/14 August August 2nd (Monday): Nathaniel Rateliff at Doug Fir $10/12 August 6, 7, 8 and 9: Pickathon Festival at Pendarvis Farm – preview coming this week! August 8 (Sunday): Levon Helm and Joe Pug, Oregon Zoo, $24 August 18 (Wednesday): Alejandro Escovedo, Alladin [...]
my head exploding.
The Rolling Stones are the greatest rock band of all time, and Exile on Main Street is the greatest album of all time. These are positions I will defend stubbornly, like how The Band is the greatest American rock band of all time even though they are Canadian. This week, Exile on Main Street was [...]
American Aquarium’s last full-length album, 2009′s Dances for the Lonely, is full of Springsteen-esque rock and Hold Steady hooks. It ropes you in from the first few chords of the first track. It won me over pretty quick, and placed number three on my Top 20 of 2009. Their newest release, Small Town Hymns, is [...]
Portland’s indie folk masters Horse Feathers are releasing their third album next Tuesday, April 20th, on Kill Rock Stars. Thistled Spring promises to continue their good work to date, and the promotional materials are capitalizing on the release date and album title to promise “an album of rebirth, renewal, and fragile hope.” The first single, [...]
You can hear/buy/download singles from some of my most-anticipated albums of Spring 2010 now. The Hold Steady release Heaven is Whenever on May 4th. You can stream “Hurricane J” here. Two-word review: Ehn, maybe? Broken Social Scene release Forgiveness Rock Record on May 4th. Watch/download “World Sick” from Stereogum here. Two-word review: Quite promising. The [...]
I’ve been listening to the Drive-By Truckers for maybe six years now, and they are one of my favorite bands of the last decade. I’ll admit my point of entry was some of the softer, slower stuff including “Tornadoes”, “Danko/Manuel” and the untouchable “Outfit”. But I quickly came around to appreciating the seriously big southern [...]
MARCH March 9 (Tuesday): Weinland, The Maldives and Or, The Whale at Doug Fir. $9/$10. March 13 (Saturday): Star Anna and Kasey Anderson at The White Eagle. $5. March 24 (Wednesday): Okkervil River at Crystal Ballroom. Free with Jack Daniels promo tickets. March 28 (Sunday): The Low Anthem and Timbre Timbre at Doug Fir. $12. [...]
Bold statement: This is my new favorite album. I will readily admit that my tastes can be a bit narrow. But, I like what I like. I like spaghetti, and the color purple and I like alt.country music. And Will Quinlan writes some gorgeous alt.country music and some damn fine songs. I don’t spend much [...]