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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Higher Than The Stars
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Higher Than The Stars Rating: 3.0/5.0 Label: Slumberland The Pains of Being Pure at Heart’s second EP, Higher Than The Stars, is essentially more of the same
Read More »Monotonix: Where Were You When it Happened?
Monotonix Where Were You When it Happened? Rating: 2.5/5.0 Label: Drag City One of the most unlikely concert bills I saw this decade was the Silver Jews, on what would be their final tour,
Read More »Volcano Choir: Unmap
Volcano Choir Unmap Rating: 3.0/5.0 Label: Jagjaguwar First a little background; you may have heard that the Volcano Choir is the new band from Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon. In actuality, some of the songs
Read More »Eddy Current Suppression Ring: Eddy Current Suppression Ring
Eddy Current Suppression Ring Eddy Current Suppression Ring Rating: 3.0/5.0 Label: Goner Records Having all met while working at a Melbourne vinyl pressing plant, the easily-Googled Eddy Current Suppression Ring started out as a
Read More »Peter Broderick: 4 Track Songs
Peter Broderick 4 Track Songs Rating: 2.5/5.0 Label: Type Like many musicians starting off, an initiation into recording usually started with a four track recorder, a simple way to jot down musical notes and
Read More »Interview: Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips
Since everyone who has Twitter, Facebook, Firefox, Share, Digg, Reddit, etc already knows that the Flaming Lips were in Portland this week to film a music video featuring naked bike riders, there is no
Read More »Rediscover: C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)
Rediscover: C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America Dir: Kevin Willmott 2004 Rediscover is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that have flown under the radar and now deserve a second look. “What if?”
Read More »Capitalism: A Love Story
Capitalism: A Love Story Dir: Michael Moore Rating: 3.5/5.0 Overture Films 117 Minutes The cynical view on Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore’s latest film, would be that people will enter already embracing or
Read More »Pies & Pints: Seattle, WA
1215 NE 65th St Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 524-7082 www.piesandpints.com Just like the name itself, the fare at Pies and Pints is simple and unadorned. The menu essentially consists of the aforementioned pies and
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Bright Star
Bright Star Dir: Jane Campion Rating: 3.5/5.0 Apparition 119 Minutes While doing research for In the Cut, Jane Campion read a biography on John Keats. When she discovered Keats’ romance with his next-door-neighbor, she
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