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Former Team Dreschy Kaia Wilson Talks About Her Solo Albumnew

Wilson, legendary frontwoman of Team Dresch and the Butchies, launched her newest solo album four months ago, but the CD-release show has lingered till this week, and her upcoming tour is as part of Amy (Indigo Girls) Ray’s band.
Willamette Week  |  Jay Horton  |  09-24-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

The Fli Boiz are Portland's Cool Boys with a Twistnew

The duo's uncanny resemblance to the Cool Kids, two '80s-enamored MCs from Chicago who have recently hit the big time, is difficult to deny. But where the Kids avoid the bling of hip-hop's hedonistic side, the Boiz embrace it.
Willamette Week  |  Sarah Moskowitz  |  09-24-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Final Warning Returns to Portland After a 22-year Hiatusnew

More than two decades after a "chemicals"-related breakup, FW is about to play Portland one last time.
Willamette Week  |  Nathan Carson  |  09-17-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Clapalong with Starfuckernew

All Starfucker's synth-based shine can make it easy to forget that the album is essentially the product of a singer-songwriter, but it takes a skilled songsmith to make jams that sound carefree and somber at the same time.
Willamette Week  |  Nilina Mason-Campbell  |  09-17-2008  |  Reviews

Talkdemonic's Latest is Also Its Bestnew

It has taken three Talkdemonic albums to lay the right balance of the elegant and the explosive on tape.
Willamette Week  |  Casey Jarman  |  09-10-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Eternal Tapestry Sheds Layers, Finds Itself in the Processnew

In the past three years, Nick Bindeman and fellow guitarist Dewey Mahood have carried ET through numerous lineup changes and shepherded its sound through an equal amount of variation.
Willamette Week  |  Robert Ham  |  09-10-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

The Shaky Hands Want You to Reconsider 'Rock'new

The Shaky Hands happen to be Portland's best rock band, a reputation cemented with their jubilant new record Lunglight—a joint release between Holocene Music and Kill Rock Stars.
Willamette Week  |  Michael Mannheimer  |  09-03-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Summer's Over: The New Horse Feathers Album has Droppednew

Listen closely underneath the handpicked guitar and buttery voice of frontman Justin Ringle and you might detect the spatter of raindrops or the crackle of a fire.
Willamette Week  |  Robert Ham  |  09-03-2008  |  Reviews

OMFG It's MusicFest NorthWest!new

Consider this the liner notes from behind the scenes of this festival, detailing the 1,000 little decisions made over the past 360 days that culminate in MFNW's music-packed, sweat-soaked, four-day run.
Willamette Week  |  Staff  |  09-03-2008  |  Concerts

Doubledutch Aims for Psychedelic Soulnew

While things never get too creepy, the mostly slow- to mid-tempo pace of the songs and warmth of the recordings definitely take Alicia Keys' catalog to heart.
Willamette Week  |  Michael Mannheimer  |  08-20-2008  |  Reviews

The Valiant Arms Sound Like Old-school Portlandnew

One can find traces of legendary Portland outfits like Hazel and the Crabs in the Arms' (whose first release was, unsurprisingly, a Crabs tribute) new disc, Blue Skies and a Clean Getaway--from the punk-paced snare hits to the rumbling, pumped-up low end and cleanly enunciated vocals.
Willamette Week  |  Casey Jarman  |  08-20-2008  |  Reviews

Bark Hide and Horn Debuts With Sprawling Sing-along Diary 'National Road'new

Inspired by singer Andy Fergeson's large collection of vintage National Geographic magazines, the record narrates the supposed adventures of Melville Bell Grosvenor, editor of the mag from 1957 to 1967 and grandson of Alexander Graham Bell.
Willamette Week  |  Michael Mannheimer  |  08-13-2008  |  Reviews

VJ-turned-archivist Dan Woods Tapes Men That Make the Whole World Singnew

The Ponyrock zine founder as compiled the ultimate indie rockumentary with no background in journalism or filmmaking. Then again, the unaffiliated press shouldn't land a chat with James Murphy in the first place. Nor Sonic Youth. For Kraftwerk, the New York Times should doubt its chances.
Willamette Week  |  Jay Horton  |  08-13-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Notes from Pendleton Rock Campnew

Recently completing its third year, local promoter/musician Peter Walters' Pendleton Rock Camp spent a week crafting bands out of around 50 emo-loving Eastern Oregon kids.
Willamette Week  |  Casey Jarman  |  08-06-2008  |  Music

King Louie's Portland Homecoming Stirs Up Bittersweet Memories.new

Eight years ago, a stocky, irrepressible young man from Louisiana named Louie Bankston decided to move to Portland, lured by the promise of a new band—the hard-charging garage-blues outfit 10-4 Backdoor—and a full-time job at Oaks Amusement Park.
Willamette Week  |  Robert Ham  |  08-06-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

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