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Rediscover: Mary’s Danish: Circa
Rediscover is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that have flown under the radar and now deserve a second look. This is where I settle my La-Z-Boy into the reclining position, tucking an
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Concert Review: The Ting Tings/MNDR
The Tings Tings certainly let anticipation build for their second album. After 2008’s breakthrough We Started Nothing, the British duo of Katie White and Jules de Martino scrapped much of the project they were
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Concert Review: Of Montreal
(Joann Jovinelly) For a band whose roster shape-shifts as frequently as the psychedelic visuals of their live shows, the one constant for Of Montreal has been flamboyant songwriter and frontman Kevin Barnes. Whether as
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Interview: Charles Brand of the Miniature Tigers
As twee indie-pop goes, the Miniature Tigers are the green fairy in your absinthe, the psychedelic edge of sweetness. Doe-eyed singer Charles Brand has a Cindy-Lou-Who voice that you lean in close to hear,
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Revisit: Fleetwood Mac: Tusk
Revisit is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that now deserve a second look. “When times go bad/ When times go rough/ Won’t you lay me down in tall grass/ And let me
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Concert Review: Magnetic Fields
(Photo: Peter Butler) What’s that you say? You want to hear about the time I trudged seven miles through rare spring snow with the flu and a fever to watch Stephin Merritt complete his
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Interview: oOoOO’s Christopher Greenspan
Christopher Greenspan, the San Francisco artist behind oOoOO makes pitch-black witchy R&B mini-opuses. His memorable 2010 self-titled EP, released on the New York/London imprint Tri Angle Records, traverses warped worlds of Southern rap, hyper-dub,
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Rediscover: Arthur Russell: World of Echo
Rediscover is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that have flown under the radar and now deserve a second look. Initially released in 1986, Arthur Russell’s World of Echo is just as much
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Concert Review: Crocodiles
Of late, Portland’s ever cozy Doug Fir Lounge has been having sound and monitor level difficulties. The live ambience of the space itself, which resonates intimately during generally quieter sets, can verge on cacophonous
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Interview: Genevieve Schatz of Company of Thieves
After their 2009 debut Ordinary Riches and last year’s Running From a Gamble, Chicago indie band Company of Thieves have proven that there’s still a place for heartfelt rock songs played with maximum energy
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