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Teengirl Fantasy
Is there something in the water in the dorm rooms of Oberlin College? The Ohio institution has educated…
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Damien Jurado
Without question, 2010 was the year that local singer-songwriter Damien Jurado hit his stride, articulating his literal and…
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Sweet Apple
Surely by now the notion of Dinosaur Jr. axeman J. Mascis easily somewhere in my Top Five…
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Lozen
Lozen the namesake of the Tacoma power-sludge, guitar-drums duo of Hozoji Matheson-Margullis and Justine Valdez was…
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Michael Vermillion and Pablo Trucker
Dutchess and the Duke co-founder Kimberly Morrison initially brought the work of Michael Vermillion to my attention, an…
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Eprom
Psychedelic space machine murderation, polytemponic neurocrunk andheavy-handed pleasureSan Francisco electronic artist Sander Dennis, better known as Eprom, certainly…
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Appetite For Awesome!
As long as theres a decent backline and some semblance of organization, cover nights can be much more…
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Pony Time
Pony Time is a year-old Seattle duo that makes the kind of garage-inflected, early ’60s popdelivered by contemporary…
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Angelo Spencer et Les Hauts Sommets
If you havent yet heard of the French-born, now Olympia residing musician Angelo Spencer, youve surely heard of…
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The Tighten Up
Formerly the Saturday night dance party at Belltowns Juju lounge, Tighten Up has migrated up the hill to…
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
There are six names guaranteed to make you laugh in Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Graham Chapman,…
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Evertt A. Beidler
On the storefront video monitors facing the sidewalk at Gallery4Culture, Portland artist Evertt A. Beidlers The Business of…
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Ain’t Misbehavin’
Give five rowdy performers the floor, lend them a four-piece combo (piano, bass, drums and trumpet), let all…
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14/48 Festival
Returning to ACT for its winter iteration, the 14/48 theater festival is a welcome blowout after all the…
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Hood to Coast
For exercise nerds, after a good workout, there is nothing better than talking about that workout. Or after…
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Bunny Lake Is Missing
The series concludes with the 1965 Bunny Lake Is Missing, an odd little thriller that first seems to…
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Every Man for Himself
Jean-Luc Godards 1980 Swiss-set comeback Every Man for Himself is an elusive but not nonlinear (and never boring)…
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Maki Tamura
A long holiday break interrupted Maki Tamuras new show (simply called New Works), and you should see it…
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The Sound of Music Sing-Along
Dont ask me how or when, but I have memorized every single word to every single song in…