Vee Hua 華婷婷After their controversially poppy second album, Odd Blood, Yeasayer returns in 2012 with Fragrant World, which has potential to be equally controversial. Beginning at its highest point with a nostalgic coupling of “Fingers Never Bleed”...
“Pop music shouldn’t always get a bad rap,” says Top Pops!, a recurring selection of pop music highlights across a selection of styles. Getting soulful today with a new Toro Y Moi video, and additional tracks from Portland’s...
Remix City Sifting through mountains of remix trash so you don’t have to, in an attempt to find the ones that contribute to their originals. Cat Power and Nicolas Jaar create a truly repeatable duet between remix and original, and Alice Cohen...
Erik BurgSince my move to Portland a few years ago, what has continued to fascinate me is the diversity of music fans in the area and their inability to get involved with many concerts which likely interest them. So rarely is there ever a mix of under twenty...
Liars further the weirdness of their new record, WIXIW, with this insanely bizarre — even for them — music video for “Brats”. Animated by Ian Cheng, this is 3-D animation at some of its most crass; Elmer Fudd (?), Bugs Bunny...
SPECTRAL HYPNOSIS A recurring series, featuring mesmerizing songs for one to lose sense of time and space, mind and body. Last time’s was a dark baby featuring BEAK>, Nguzunguzu, and Outlands, and this time doesn’t really let up either...
Portland’s Golden Retriever opened their record release show for Occupied with the Unspoken not with a performance, but with the music video for their latest single, “Canopy”. Directed by Jeff Guay and shot throughout the Pacific...
All photography by Suzi Pratt except Porcelain Raft, The Lumineers by Jim Bennett When the 2012 Capitol Hill Block Party website became public, many speculated that this would be the LAST Capitol Hill Block Party ever. A cryptic and mysterious...