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A loving mesh of Paul Murphy’s wise, husky voice, several layers of earnest guitar work and poignant, introspective lyrics, Canadian band Wintersleep makes music of the...
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I once had deluded dreams of grandeur related to becoming an internet-based, chubby-white-girl rap sensation; but alas, Leslie Hall beat me to it, and based on her wicked stage...
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An evening with lovely, French-singing jazz chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux seems like an appropriate way to welcome the first hesitant signs of spring, and for good reason....
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To see Branford Marsalis in concert is to witness the culmination of a
life created solely for the furtherance of music. The firstborn son
of epic jazz pianist Ellis and...
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Hometown heroes BOAT are finally coming into their own after years of steady touring and supporting other regional darlings like Menomena and Blitzen Trapper. There’s an...
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One of the very few positives that Hurricane Katrina brought about, (perhaps the only positive unless you count Brad Pitt's architecture hobby or Kanye West's...
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Hey, you know what's better than supporting a Hallmark-spawned holiday and having a bunch of mediocre sex? Going to a concert. Specifically, Factory Records tribute and...
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Too often the phrase "orchestral pop" is tossed around without full cognizance of what it truly means, let alone as a descriptor for anything nearly as righteous as seeing Loch...
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Upon hearing The Cave Singers for the first time, with their candescent warmth sprawling from gently plucked acoustic guitars and faithfully plodding bass pedals, it's hard to...
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Known for their breezy, buoyant sound -- think Joy Division on a perpetual spring break, -- Bay Area band Magic Bullets’ introspective lyricism and rollicking...
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David Eugene Edwards, modern descendent of several respectable touring bands such as 16 Horsepower, has finally come into his own as Woven Hand, a dramatic, driving departure...
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Simplicity is always best, and nowhere does this ring truer than within the endearing, classic-country stylings of Zoe Muth and the High City Rollers. Songstress Muth's voice...
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It's one week into the New Year and thanks to those lofty resolutions you made, you probably feel like shit. Either the new diet is making cardboard seem like a savory option...
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Ghostland Observatory describes their sound not as music, but "as an agreement between two friends" to fulfill their individual musical desires. This understanding should also...
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If for some reason you find yourself out the night before New Year’s Eve, don't blow your load on some party-in-a-can DJ or punk show that will leave you wilted for the...
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If your band is labeled "post-hardcore," but your new album displays a sound that's progressing away from that place, what do you become? Hopefully, something better, even if...
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Following a righteously screaming set at this year's Musicfest NW in Portland, Black Elk hit the road in support of their album, Always A 6, Never A 9. The album finds the band...
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If there's anything more frustrating than all the big names in media hyping up a band, it's when they're right. The good news is, Blitzen Trapper lives up to every ounce of the...
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Simply put, Charlie Hunter is the most talented instrumentalist you've never heard of. Don't let the title of "jazz guitarist" -- an incredibly limiting moniker given Hunter's...
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I once won tickets, (front row tickets, incredulously enough – thank you, Amazon.com!) to see the Rolling Stones play the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Before the concert...
