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Concert Review: Old Growth
A very warm snow was falling and filling the streets with dirty slush when my brother and I arrived at the Someday Lounge. The week previous, a very heavy (for the balmy Northwest) snowstorm
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Concert Review: Of Montreal
(Photos:Nicole Kibert) A few months ago, I received an email from an irate fan about my less than favorable review of Skeletal Lamping, the latest from Athens, Georgia indie-darlings Of Montreal. “I could write
Read More »Concert Review: Dead Meadow/The Rebel Drones
It’s snowing for the first time since my moving to Portland three months ago, and I couldn’t be happier. The streets are covered in the pure stuff, and it is indeed a beautiful Sunday
Read More »Concert Review: o’death
o’death, as far as live music goes, is one of the best working bands in a long time. Never mind the sordid backwoods sound they perfected on 2008′s Broken Hymns, Limbs and Skin; o’death’s
Read More »Concert Review: Blitzen Trapper/Starfucker/The Parson Redheads
Despite my habit of either getting lost immediately prior or just after a show, I managed to arrive at Portland’s Wonder Ballroom just before the first opener, the Parson Redheads came on stage. The
Read More »Concert Review: Dead Confederate/Apollo Sunshine/Feral Children
Chop Suey just may be the quintessential Seattle music venue: it stands on a Capitol Hill street corner at the far end of the see-and-be-seen Pike/Pine Corridor, a distance that might help to separate
Read More »Concert Review: King Khan/Vivian Girls/A-Bombs
I want to paint you a picture of a typical night with King Khan and BBQ Show; I’ve seen them a few times now, and each time I’m somehow impressed with what I’ve already
Read More »Concert Review: Love Is All/Vivian Girls
Sometimes, you see a band and think, My God, why aren’t these people more famous? Why isn’t everyone listening to them? Why isn’t this place packed? I must admit, I felt a wave of
Read More »Concert Review: The Mountain Goats
Singer/songwriter John Darnielle may have come up with the most brilliant job-security plan in music history: he decided he would write songs about…wait for it… Everything! Of course there are the love songs and
Read More »Concert Review: Murder By Death
“It’s weird playing these songs in a church,” frontman Adam Turla laughed after barreling through the pirate sea chantey “Dead Men And Sinners.” It’s true. Over three-hundred people (mostly guys) crammed into the basement
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