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A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street Dir: Samuel Bayer Rating: 1.0/5.0 New Line Cinema 95 Minutes The best Wes Craven films were about unsettling audiences with horrifying invasions of the mundane. The Hills Have Eyes
Read More »Career Assessment: Scream
Career Assessment is a weekly look back at the hot, young things of yore. A tribute to both those who survived and enjoyed a fruitful career and to the others that flamed out just
Read More »Concert Review: Beach House
When Beach House played Portland last year during Music Fest Northwest, I opted to see Frank Black instead. Why? Well, the band’s self-titled debut and sophomore effort Devotion are both really great albums, but
Read More »Hole: Nobody’s Daughter
Hole Nobody’s Daughter Rating: 3.0/5.0 Label: Mercury Records Mention Courtney Love in mixed company and nine times out of 10 you will elicit a huff, eye roll or gag reflex. And yeah, there is
Read More »Nick Jaina: A Bird In The Opera House
Nick Jaina A Bird In The Opera House Rating: 4.0/5.0 Label: Hush Records It’s spring, and this recovering goth’s fancy turns lightly (okay, maybe darkly) to thoughts of love. That kind of endeavor requires
Read More »Macondo: New York, NY
157 East Houston Street Manhattan, New York, NY 10002 (212) 473-9900 www.macondonyc.com In a neighborhood filled with small-plate options (and just about every other option, too), Macondo stands out as an innovative, upbeat East
Read More »Oeuvre: Linklater: Me and Orson Welles
Oeuvre is an in-depth examination of the entire body of work of an important director. Linklater can’t do nothing right, can he? First a faithful adaptation of a Philip K. Dick novel and now
Read More »Let it Rain
Let it Rain Dir: Agnes Jaoui Rating: 3.0/5.0 IFC Films 105 Minutes Bad French movies do exist. I know this for a fact, having seen enough of them, not to mention the piles of
Read More »Gogol Bordello: Trans-Continental Hustle
Gogol Bordello Trans-Continental Hustle Rating: 3.0/5.0 Label: American Recordings Gogol Bordello’s best work is often rich with a powerfully optimistic exuberance, a contagious energy that comes from either a place of artistic sincerity or
Read More »Red Sparowes: The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies the Answer
Red Sparowes The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies the Answer Rating: 3.5/5.0 Label: Sargent House Instrumental rock bands are dealt a tough hand. In our highly verbal, chatter-constant culture, there is the expectation
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