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Concert Review: Eleanor Friedberger

Concert Review: Eleanor Friedberger

Joe Clinkenbeard February 12, 2012 0

At a quarter past 10, before a thinly populated but receptive mid-winter Portland crowd, the Fiery Furnaces’ Eleanor Friedberger and her solo effort’s backing band (MGMT’s Matt Asti on bass, Ahmed Gallab on percussion

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Concert Review: Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra

Concert Review: Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra

Joe Clinkenbeard February 9, 2012 0

(Photo: (c) Pirlouiiiit – Concertandco.com) The experimental post-rock group known today as Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra was first named, in an age now long past – that is, 1999 – simply A

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Concert Review: Cass McCombs/Gabriel Wallace/Frank Fairfield

Concert Review: Cass McCombs/Gabriel Wallace/Frank Fairfield

Jacob Adams February 5, 2012 0

(Photo: D’Aundra Wallace/The Spec) After “Love Thine Enemy,” the opening tune of Cass McCombs’ set at Chicago’s Lincoln Hall, the performer asked the sound technician, “Is there any way you could turn it all

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Concert Review: Tortoise

Concert Review: Tortoise

Jacob Adams February 1, 2012 0

As I walked out of the Empty Bottle the other night, I was faced with the conundrum of trying to describe the indescribable. This is not to say that post-rock band Tortoise’s set was

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Concert Review: Vince Neil/Station/Whisky Preacher

Concert Review: Vince Neil/Station/Whisky Preacher

Chaz Kangas January 29, 2012 0

The name Vince Neil should conjure up either the image of an ‘80s glam metal party boy or the modern adult who, between public turmoils, devotes time to charity. I had the chance to

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Concert Review: Sharon Van Etten

Concert Review: Sharon Van Etten

Kyle Wall January 25, 2012 0

Before having the privilege of hearing Sharon Van Etten perform her new album Tramp front to back at the Mercury Lounge on a frozen Manhattan evening, all I knew was that she’d put out

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Concert Review: Papercuts

Concert Review: Papercuts

Joe Clinkenbeard January 18, 2012 0

On a chilly December evening in Portland, Papercuts fits right in. The fog drifting in off the Willamette, casting its luminescence in clumps near each streetlight, and the heavy moist sheen accumulating around every

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Concert Review: Over the Rhine/The Milk Carton Kids

Concert Review: Over the Rhine/The Milk Carton Kids

Jacob Adams January 8, 2012 0

With their Simon and Garfunkel-style harmonies and Chet Atkins-inspired guitar picking, Los Angeles-based folk duo The Milk Carton Kids proved the ideal opener for Over the Rhine. Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan have both

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Concert Review: Wilco/Nick Lowe

Concert Review: Wilco/Nick Lowe

Jacob Adams January 2, 2012 0

It’s appropriate that Wilco’s multi-concert residency in their hometown of Chicago was scheduled for December. The first of the band’s five sold-out shows felt like a huge holiday gift for their large fan base.

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Concert Review: The Sea and Cake/Lia Ices

Concert Review: The Sea and Cake/Lia Ices

Joe Clinkenbeard December 7, 2011 0

Switching between distorted synth chords and colorful piano tones, employing baroque pop flourishes as well as tastes of honky-tonk, Lia Ices’ set opening for the Sea and Cake played host to a variety of

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