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Justin Townes Earle
Try as he might, the younger Earle can’t escape his dad Steve’s presence; his latest release, Nothing’s Gonna…
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Pure Bathing Culture
The Portland duo of Daniel Hindman and Sarah Versprille recently released an exciting self-titled debut EP, four songs…
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JK Pop!
Bounce back from your 4th of July flag-waving with some decidedly un-American dance pop, courtesy of JK Pop!’s…
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Castles in the Sky: Miyazaki, Takahata and The Masters of Studio Ghibli
Hayao Miyazaki is much more than Japan’s Walt Disney. He combines epic vision, animist mythology, environmentally-conscious subtext, and…
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Celine and Julie Go Boating
The least well known of the New Wave founders, and easily the least prolific, Jacques Rivette created the…
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Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival
What does Independence mean to you? Does it mean knocking off work after lunch and getting shitfaced in…
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Ghostbusters
Who you gonna call? I think we all know the answer: the top-grossing film of 1984, Ghostbusters! Bill…
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El-P
Absolutely no one should have been surprised by the delicious heap of rap that El-P served listeners last…
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Margaret Meehan
If you weren’t aware, women’s boxing will be contested at the London Olympic Games this summer. Bad enough…
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Jesus Hopped the A Train
In staging Stephen Adly Guirgis’ 2000 prison drama, Azeotrope has knocked this production out of the park, swinging…
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Aziz Ansari
I really couldn’t stand Aziz Ansari when he first appeared on my radar, beginning as an offensively xenophobic…
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Truckasaurus
Truckasauras’ rough-hewn, analog electronic sound—only sometimes 8-bit—and trash-Americana image had them pigeonholed from day one, so no wonder…
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Cigarette Bums
This raw and road-loving quintet could be categorized alongside the garage-punk Burger Records set of bands like Pangea,…
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Queen Extravaganza
It’s been 21 years since Freddie Mercury died, and it’ll be another couple of years before Mercury, the…
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The Wizard of Oz
Family flick, gay cult movie, midnight stoner jamboree—it doesn’t really matter how you categorize The Wizard of Oz…
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The Searchers
Anyone who keeps John Ford’s 1956 masterpiece in their Netflix queue instead of heading to BAM deserves to…
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Fugazi Live DVD Screening
“This is not a Fugazi show,” says the event invite. It’s a reference to the smirking bootleg shirts…
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Foster the People
“Pumped Up Kicks” was one of 2011’s biggest surprise smash hits; its ubiquity proved to be a star-making…
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Kirsten Grind
Why is Kerry Killinger not in jail? I read Kirsten Grind’s comprehensive new account, based on her reporting…
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KEXP Pride Party
In Tilikum Place Park (right outside the cafe), this more or less all-day party includes music from DJ…