Archive: 2021

The jazz is always flowing down in New Orleans, but in the early, to mid-’80s there was an extra sense of excitement every Tuesday night when the Dirty Dozen Brass Band took to the stage at the Glass House. The band was at the forefront of mixing traditional jazz with a New Orleans second-line swagger, […]

Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons soldiered on as they kicked off the first of their four-show New Year’s Eve run at Dante’s in Portland, Oregon on Tuesday, December 28th.

Rating C+ The thing about Paul Thomas Anderson is that his talent is so great that even his bad movies are, well, pretty good. His technique and craft are such that his worst movie still has plenty worth noting and considering. Inherent Vice was, by most accounts, not a great movie. And yet there was […]

RATING A It’s difficult to make a compelling narrative from terrible people. We tend to want to like our protagonists and watch them succeed. Constructing a story from awful people we want nothing to do with and whom we hope to fail takes a special kind of talent that’s rare to come by. Which is […]

RATING B+ Strictly speaking, no, we did not need another Matrix. That’s arguably been true since 1999 when the first movie came and blew everyone’s minds with its reality-bending story, mind-melting effects, and evolution of the cyberpunk aesthetic that felt perfect for the turn of the century milieu in which it existed. The next two […]

Jerry Garcia must’ve been happy to just play music come fall of 1976. At least that would seem to be the case, judging from the seeming inexhaustible string of ideas he issues forth with his guitar (plus his strong, pliant vocals) during the approximately two and half hours of music on GarciaLive Volume 17. Given […]

Jam Bands belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This includes one of the greatest rock acts the world has ever heard. Part I:  Let’s Talk about Rock Music and Jam Bands Before getting to the portion of this piece that digs into the bona fides of a musical quartet from Burlington, Vermont, let’s […]

Eva Gardner is most widely known for her twenty years of bass playing and extensive touring with acts like Moby, Cher, Gwen Stefani, and most recently, P!NK. She found the time to record and release her first solo EP, Chasing Ghosts, in 2014, and taking such an unusual hiatus from the road during the pandemic […]

On December 19th the original Garage A Trois lineup celebrated their new album Calm Down Cologne in Portland, OR

The Burgler is Ori Kastiel, an Israeli producer, focusing on the many sides of groove and psychedelia. A self-taught musician, Kastiel started playing while serving in the mandatory Israeli army, coming back every other weekend to make beats. Later on, Kastiel moved to the big city – Tel Aviv, got back to playing bass guitar, […]

ØZWALD is the indie side project of lead singer and guitarist Jason Wade and Steve Stout of the band Lifehouse. Jay and Steve started the project over a bond of The Beatles and Indie music, writing/producing songs where they both sang together in a new project with no rules. With the goal of releasing 2 […]

Oh Bummer! is the new solo endeavor of Seattle-born, Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Tanner Houghton. Houghton‘s songs start with his casual, brash lyrics & listless vocals blended with trip-hop-inspired beats courtesy of veteran producer The KickDrums in order to craft “songs that are a conglomeration of my manic ADHD thoughts – the diary of an overthinker,” according […]

Free Union is a Charlottesville, Virginia-based collective led by Michael Coleman (vocals/rhythm guitar) and Rob Dunnenberger (drums), and features Carrie Coleman (vocals), Parker Hawkins (bass), and Tyler Hutcherson (keys). The band’s sound is not distillable, its ever-evolving music is rooted in soul and incorporates rhythm and blues, rock, and pop into its sound. Drenched in […]