Spencer Moody is considered rock royalty in Seattle, mainly due to his tenure as the lead vocalist in The Murder City Devils, which, in my mind, is somewhat dubious — mainly due to the fact that said band only released a half album of decent...
A lean little 4-track EP, Le Podium #1 is a workout routine in La Femme’s ability to genre-hop. EP opener, “Sur La Planche,” boasts French lyrics that translate to, “On a surf board /On the beach, on the wave, I’m...
It must be a blessing and a curse for Portland’s Dolorean that the similarly named Delorean, from Spain, have gotten so much buzz in the past year. While the latter has been blogged about by indie kids all over the world, inevitably some fans...
Dignan Porch drummer, Philippa Bloomfield, is the designer behind this strange concoction. The photograph is pulled from the childhood photo albums of Bloomfield’s mother, and it shows her mother in a school play at the age of eleven. The...
To quote Green Label Sound: “In this video for Freelance Whales’ Green Label Sound single “Enzymes,” the band drifts in and out like shadows amongst the colors. The abstract lyrics called for a video loaded with special...
"We've been making the music we've wanted to make for six years, and no one's wanted to hear it. They're starting to want to hear it, so either we hit our groove, or people have just finally caught up, or, a little of both." -- Adam Wills, Bear In...
Like a bad ’80s movie, this Destroyer video for “Kaputt” starts off as a dude’s wet dream. Girls lifted out of an aerobics video dance awkwardly in spandex and leotards, pining for a nerdy-looking individual that is busy...
This Wise Blood video comes off a bit like a high fashion ad gracing magazine pages, but it is shot beautifully and has just the right amount of intrigue built into it — mostly intrigue in the form of inexplicable figures doing inexplicable...