Album Reviews [SALEM ROCK CITY] When people speak about Portland’s vibrant music scene, they talk about community and friendship, house shows and DIY record labels, James Mercer and No. 1 records (congrats, Co   More

Album Reviews Wow & Flutter Equilibrio!(Mount Fuji Records) [REJUVENATED POST-PUNK] Local post-rock trio Wow & Flutter is hardly a new band. In fact, this isn’t even its first incarnation; starting back in ...   More

Album Reviews Boom! Boom!(Hovercraft Records) [PUNK ROCK, FUCK YEAH!] The Portland music scene, despite its virtues, often takes itself too seriously. In 2010, it seems like every new band has a fancy MySpace pa ...   More

Album Reviews The Rockabilly Bash Jan 28The smell of pomade pervades at BC's.[ROCKABILLY] As I walk into BC's American Saloon Saturday night for the "Rockabilly Bash," the Juke Joint Gamblers are wrapping up the la ...   More

Album Reviews Homesweet and LeeryCelilo (self-released)A glossy sheen obscures a promising band.[SUBDUED ALT-COUNTRY] There is plenty of beauty on Homesweet and Leery, from the haunting, ever-present slide-guitar w ...   More

Album Reviews White Rainbow, Jan. 7 at HoloceneAdam Forkner lays out his crowd.[ELECTRO] Walking into the back room at Holocene for the White Rainbow set last Saturday, you'd think the room was empty: Save for an o ...   More

Album Reviews Sound Seen Music Video Review"Synthesized" The EpoxiesSo many things make the Epoxies awesome. Roxy Epoxy is easily one of the best frontwomen around. The songs, massive exploding synthy pop-punk, mak ...   More

Album Reviews The Voice of Northeast Portland Cool Nutz (Jus Family Records)Jus Family's boasts and boosterism can't beat its abilities in selling this label.[HIP HOP] Mix-tape CDs are often nothing more than exten ...   More

Album Reviews [ELECTRO-POP] When a band starts its first show by sheepishly telling the crowd there's extra equipment on stage because some of it might not work, it doesn't fill listeners with high hopes. Add to th ...   More

Album Reviews The Joggers Nov. 27 at Doug FirPortland's garage heroes give, and we just take.[GARAGE] Consider "Back to the Future," the finale that capped the Joggers' Sunday-night show at Doug Fir. Featuring an h ...   More