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Favorite Albums of 2010: Part 2

One year. Thirty albums. Two sentences. An mp3. Here is the middle set, the numbers 11-20 (in order from A to Z). Broken Bells: Broken Bells Indie rock dude from The Shins, James Mercer, meets someone named Danger Mouse. Catchy indie-pop-like sounds ensue. Broken Bells: Vaporize Deadstring Brothers: Sao Paulo Do you enjoy rock and [...]

Portland Show Calendar: October – November – December 2010

October October 4 and 5 (Tuesday and Wednesday), Black Keys, Crystal Ballroom, SOLD OUT October 5 (Tuesday): Besnard Lakes and Land of Talk, Mississippi Studios, $12 October 6 (Wednesday): Cowboy Junkies with The Watson Twins, at Aladdin Theater, $35 October 7 (Thursday): Alexander Hudjohn at Twilight Cafe October 8 (Wednesday): Typhoon at Mississippi Studios, $10 [...]

Portland Show Calendar May – July 2010

May May 24th (Monday): Broken Bells at Wonder Ballroom $30/$34 SOLD OUT May 26th (Wednesday): Bobby Bare Jr. at Mississippi Studios $12 May 27th (Thursday): Local Natives at Mississippi Studios $10 May 30th (Sunday): Kasey Anderson at The Woods $5 May 31st (Monday): Mumford and Sons at Aladdin Theater $12 SOLD OUT June June 1st [...]

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Final Thoughts on 2009

THE GOOD These are some albums that nearly missed the top twenty, or that I didn’t spend enough time with until recently. Slaid Cleaves: Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away. Honestly, I stayed away from this one because dude’s name freaks me out. I mean, how do you even say that? It makes me [...]

The 2010 Mix

Happy New Year! My newest mix can be downloaded here. Zip file here.  I make one of these each January. There’s no theme, other than a collection of songs that were on heavy rotation in the last year, whether or not they were released in 2009.  A lot of twang, a little indie rock and [...]

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