DJ Shadow Wednesday, Oct. 27

What does DJ Shadow’s soul look like?

The Pendulum Swings

In a digital world, Portland seeks to redefine the mom-and-pop record shop.

Music Stories Times aren’t getting any easier for traditional record stores. As iTunes sold 5 billion tracks between 2003 and 2008, some 3,100 record stores across the nation shuttered. Yet there’s a fe ...   More

 

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Jenny Tatone

It's the Semiotics, Stupid!

The Kingdom wants to change the way you feel about pop music-and snowmobiles.

Music Stories What is Chuck Westmoreland singing about? It's a question anyone who has seen him front Portland synth-poppers the Kingdom is bound to ask, thanks to his tendency to hiccup indiscernible Richard Hell- ...   More

 

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 Jenny Tatone

Hidden Cameras

Music Stories Joel Gibb was born to a God-fearing family in the sterile suburb of Mississauga, a frigid little Canadian town just south of Toronto. He grew up religious, suburban and, subsequently, in the closet. B ...   More

 

Wednesday, February 2, 2005 Jenny Tatone

TARA JANE RISING

Portland's talented transplant turns her turmoil into a powerful new album.

Music Stories In astrological speak, Sade-sati is said to dramatically change a person's life three times. Brought on by Saturn's transit over three astrological houses, Sade-sati hits you around your 30s, 60s and ...   More

 

Wednesday, September 1, 2004 Jenny Tatone

Field Trippers

The "original" School of Rock goes pop for teacher.

Music Stories You don't go to school to learn how to rock. That's what skipping school is for, right? C'mon, rock 'n' roll's not something you learn from The Man. Unless the man is Paul Green. And he's not even rea ...   More

 

Wednesday, August 11, 2004 Jenny Tatone

SERIOUSLY ABSURD

Mark Heimer and his No-Fi Soul Rebellion are here to entertain you. Try not to laugh.

Music Stories "We got married at a gas station on our way to a gig," says No-Fi Soul Rebellion's main man, Mark Heimer. "It was a drive-through coffee-slash-marriage place. We got dressed in our wedding duds in the ...   More

 

Wednesday, February 18, 2004 Jenny Tatone

Points In Between

For slowcore pioneers Low, silence comes naturally.

Music Stories Mimi Parker is comfortable with spaces. Pauses, in everyday life and her band's music, actually make her feel at home. After 10 years of exploring the vacant spaces between the beats as the drummer fo ...   More

 

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 Jenny Tatone

Our Hero Bares His Heart

Instead of saving the world, Decemberists leader Colin Meloy uses his passion to create his own.

Music Stories He doesn't rant about the pitiful state of the world or preach about the way things ought to be. He doesn't grunt beneath those who keep him down or vent about those who break him. He's not like B ...   More

 

Wednesday, November 5, 2003 Jenny Tatone

BY THE SIGN OF THE CROSS

Federation X preaches its own gospel of dirty rock and roll.

Music Stories There's often something mysteriously admirable about people who grow up in absurdly strict, ultra-religious families. Unable to cruise along as mindless, PlayStation-loving drones, these kids are ...   More

 

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 Jenny Tatone