Album Reviews Greyday Productions Record Release - Nov. 17 at Doug FirMinmae shines through local label's showcase of dead ends.[rock] Last Thursday night a coterie of Portland indie rockers gathered to celebrate t ...   More

Album Reviews Speed at Reed Nov. 12 at Reed CollegeTragedy rules the land of lawlessness, while the Observers look into a foggy future.[HARDCORE] Since the Reed campus is effectively lawless, the couple of hundred ...   More

Album Reviews Hiphopalooza Nov. 4 at Berbati's PanHip-hop tree falls in the forest, does, in fact, make a sound.[HIP-HOP] Hiphopalooza 2005 was a bust. A criminally underattended, suspiciously overpriced, uncreativ ...   More

Album Reviews The Clorox Girls Oct. 29The dirty boys in the Clorox Girls celebrate a new album with a three-diculous evening.[BREAKING-THINGS CORE] If you were between the Paris Theatre and the Doug Fir around 7:20 ...   More

Album Reviews Night of the Murder Ballad Oct. 22 at FezA cavalcade of Portland musicians delve into death.[POST-MORTEM POP] "To me, murder ballads are all about folk music," said Jen Bernard from the Fez's stage Sa ...   More

Album Reviews idle IdolAndrew kaffer (Marriage Records)Andrew Kaffer bites off a little more than he can creatively chew on his Marriage Records debut.[PRETTY (WEIRD) POP] Andrew Kaffer's Idle Idol is a pretty weir ...   More

Album Reviews menomena - Cough Coughing (Director: Jonnie Ross)After what seems like an eternity for Menomena fans (three years since the release of the band's debut, I Am the Fun Blame Monster!, whose name is an a ...   More

Album Reviews threesome For Singles ONLYJohn Weinland, "Your Big Best," from Your Big BestWhen John Adam Weinland Shearer sings, "Don't get me wrong/ I still don't care," you almost believe him. But sincere or not, ...   More

Album Reviews ALBATROSSThe Standard (Yep Roc Records)With a name like that, you know it's gonna be heavy.[DARK POP] It would be easy to call the Standard bandwagon-hoppers. Through the band's six-year lifespan, it ...   More

Album Reviews THE DANDY WARHOLS SEPT. 14 AT CBGBOn the eve of its destruction, New York's most famous club gets Dandied.[POP] Purple stage lights shone down on the Dandy Warhols' keyboardist Zia McCabe, standing al ...   More