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Blitzen Trapper Refines its Sound and Garners National Attentionnew
Furr is the most straightforward release yet from the Portland band that marries spindly Appalachian folk, blitzkrieg synth explosions, and riff-tastic Southern rock.
The Portland Mercury |
Ned Lannamann |
12-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blitzen Trapper, Furr
A Survey of Milos Forman's Worknew
Orphaned at a young age during World War II, Miloš Forman became one of the prominent directors of the Czech New Wave in the 1960s.
The Portland Mercury |
Ned Lannamann |
07-31-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Czech New Wave
Michael Ian Black Unleashes Some Essaysnew
It's a collection of short essays that often feel like blog posts; some of the pieces—such as "Hey, David Sedaris--Why Don't You Go Ahead and Suck It?" or "A Series of Letters to the First Girl I Ever Fingered"--are vaguely grounded in reality, while others are completely fanciful.
The Portland Mercury |
Ned Lannamann |
07-24-2008 |
Fiction
'Sputnik Mania': The Cold War Heats Upnew
Sputnik Mania looks back at those days with expertly used archival footage, along with contemporary interviews and even-keeled narration from Liev Schreiber.
The Portland Mercury |
Ned Lannamann |
07-24-2008 |
Reviews
Ray Davies is a Big Deal, Peoplenew
There's plenty of good pop music out there (too much, perhaps), but there's a very small amount of perfect pop songs--and Raymond Douglas Davies is responsible for about 40 of them.
The Portland Mercury |
Ned Lannamann |
07-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sasquatch Ho!new
A user's guide to the furriest, funnest music fest in the Northwest. Now with a third day!
The Portland Mercury |
Ned Lannamann |
05-23-2008 |
Concerts
The Mae Shi's Communal Testimonynew
"There's an ongoing saying in the band that if someone doesn't lay an idea out, someone else will end up forcing it out of them," says the Mae Shi's Jacob Cooper.
The Portland Mercury |
Ned Lannamann |
04-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Thao's Enjoyable Folk-Popnew
She's mastered the time-tested songwriting trope of pairing a melancholy lyric with an upbeat tune, but it's rarely a deliberate trick.
The Portland Mercury |
Ned Lannamann |
04-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Caretakers of the Heartnew
Shearer's songwriting voice has got one foot in the self-affirming whisper of Elliott Smith, and the other in the mud puddle of Gold Rush-era Neil Young.
The Portland Mercury |
Ned Lannamann |
02-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: La Lamentor, Weinland
'The Walker' Plays Fill in the Blanksnew
The Walker provides glimmers of detail, with hardly any context -- and it's pretty impossible to get into a film when you feel like you're only getting half the story.
The Portland Mercury |
Ned Lannamann |
12-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Schrader, The Walker
