My Grandfather once told me that every good song was first written on an acoustic guitar. He pointed to musicians like Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Stevie Wonder, whose songs could be accompanied with only six strings and retain the energy of a full…
FFO: Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, Saxon Shore
Last Friday, October 28th, the Halloween weekend began at Mississippi studios with a decidedly international bill, rounded out by PNW post-rockers Unwed Sailor. The night was headlined by New Zealanders The Chills (celebrating the 30th…
“King Princess is a bottom?”
I asked my friend in between photographing Mikaela Strauss who wore a black crop top with bedazzled fringes and purple cargo pants, iconic. My friend AJ and I talked between bites of the fried catfish from Trap Kitchen,…
FFO: Broken Social Scene, Stars, Tegan and Sara, Blood Red Shoes
Last Tuesday, October 11th, Canadian indie-rock stalwarts Metric brought the tour supporting their new album, Formentera, to the Crystal Ballroom. Metric formed in the 1990s, originally the project of singer Emily Haines…
Secrets are a funny thing. Sometimes they can be simple little things we keep to ourselves, or, they could change your life if it ever got out. Magdalena Bay envelops you in their secrets in a dazzling, infectious, and one of a kind…
On Wednesday night indie DIY band Girlpool kicked off their tour at the Wonder Ballroom in northeast Portland. A few weeks before the tour Girlpool announced, in an interview with Pitchfork, that this will be their Farewell Tour saying, “this upcoming tour will…
One of the most revealing details I found out about my friend from high school was that their go to breakup song was (and maybe still is) “Iris” by the Goo Goo Dolls. That song and that album Dizzy Up the Girl dropped…
9/4/22 $10 High Water Mark
The PDX institution of simultaneous audio/visual violence returns in one hell of a lineup. Wanna watch thee Punisher wield the hammers of justice as local exciters Blade melt your undies? How about speeed metal rapscallions Headless Pez rip…
This coming Monday, August 8th, NYC’s Bodega take to the stage at Holocene. DJ Womble of Real Soon in Rose City reviews their L.A. date in anticipation.
Listen to Bodega on Spotify // Find Bodega on Bandcamp // Follow Bodega on Instagram //…
Wanna megapulverize every last brain cell in your meganoggin? Well I got a bloodbath of a show for you! Godzillian gurus Oxygen Destroyer spare no flesh with their metropolis mangling megagargantuanspeedeath rampages that no swat team can save you from. Every song is…