There’s something to be said about an album so arcane and compelling that writing an introduction to the review proves paralyzing. Young Circles’ Jungle Habits deserves an amazing lead, a pull-quote worthy of print, but I’m left...
"When I am lucky, I realize that so much of what informs the content that I am working with directly relates to what I surround myself with, and that can create a proactive net wherein all of the people and things around me get painted into the...
Does anyone remember when every music writer in the indie rock scene kept using “angular” to describe every band? Thursday: angular. Portugal the Man: angular. Blink-182: angular. It was insane and totally devalued a pretty critical...
The Friedberger brother and sister duo that make-up the band The Fiery Furnaces has always kept listeners on their toes. From songs that change tempos and themes which change with the blink of an eye, Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger’s...
When three bands that can be categorized as experimental or avant-garde team up for a tour, it is easy to expect there to be an artsy fartsy, pompous vibe at a show. Luckily, that was not the case when the wondrous Parenthetical Girls, Extra Life...
Shot by director Olaf Blomerus on a 7D with the Dynamic Perception MX2 DollyEngine, this video weaves a quilt from cityscape shots of Portugal. According to geek.com, the video is a collection of time-lapse photographs made to look as though each...
The first time I heard Madeline was probably two years ago. With just one song, I knew that she had wooed me forever. Her voice was unmistakably tangible — in a day and age when good voices are plentiful and female singer-songwriters a drop in...
High Scores And Records is an independent, artist-owned record label from Portland, Oregon, interested in new sounds, fun, dark spaces, and the weird line where complete avant-garde experimentation begins to meet up with pop sensibility.