Eight Days A Week

Heather du Lac burns out for peace of mind.

Here Comes Your Fan It’s no secret that Portlanders—especially those in the music industry—work themselves to the bone. Between all the barista-photographer-drummers, student-cab driver-bassists and bar ...   More

 

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

What Is This?

DJ Santo serves up a different brand of cool.

Here Comes Your Fan Most people know what they like—especially when it comes to music. But DJ Santo, host of cutting-edge radio program Something Different (6-9 pm Sundays on 89.1 FM KMHD), is here to flip those su ...   More

 

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Holiday Hodgepodge

’Tis the season for not-so-deep thoughts.

Here Comes Your Fan Holidays are for list-making. That’s why this edition of HCYF is a little ramshackle. See, my brain’s been scrambled lately because I made the harrowing decision to listen to a full day of ...   More

 

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Out of the Woods

The Tree People emerge after 22 years.

Here Comes Your Fan About a month ago, I received an email that made me think ’90s punk-grunge outfit the Treepeople (featuring Built to Spill’s Doug Martsch) was reuniting. And, based solely on that band&rsq ...   More

 

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Bring the Pain

Alan Singley cries out, and it sounds great.

Here Comes Your Fan Alan Singley is bummed. Or at least that’s what the local songwriter—one of my favorites—told me in a recent email. Naturally, I was concerned. But I was also excited to hear his sad ...   More

 

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Shadow of the Bard

Malkmus revisits Dylan, and he’s not alone.

Here Comes Your Fan The I’m Not There soundtrack is the kind of thing that makes music nerds wet their shorts. Just as different actors portray Bobby D. in the flick, some of modern rock and folk’s greatest v ...   More

 

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

All Growed Up

Here Comes Your Fan Halloween used to be so simple. As a kid, my mother transformed me into plenty of things that filled me with joy: a strawberry, a ladybug, an angel with devil horns and a barbed tail. She had a knack ...   More

 

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Known Legend

Rock ’n’ roll epiphanies descend on the Keller.

Here Comes Your Fan Seeing Neil Young for the first time is not so different from having a life-threatening experience: It makes you reflect; it makes you appreciate; it makes you feel, quite simply, human. This past Mon ...   More

 

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Dude, I’m In the Band!

Rachel Blumberg on Bright Eyes, M. Ward & groupies

Here Comes Your Fan “Thanks, dude,” drummer Rachel Blumberg says cordially to the waiter delivering her hot toddy. “You’re welcome, dude,” he counters. “I call everybody dude these day ...   More

 

Wednesday, October 17, 2007 Amy Mccullough

Uncelebrated Heroes

You mean Maritime isn’t one of your faves, too?

Here Comes Your Fan When you’re really, really excited about a particular band or songwriter—as I am about Maritime and, well, every musical thing its frontman, Davey von Bohlen, has ever done—it’ ...   More

 

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Amy Mccullough