Review: Wet Fruit – S/T December 6, 2019 The songs just skitter away in a delightful pop of Roman candles on Wet Fruit’s self-titled, debut LP, out last week on digital and… Continue Reading
Review: Fox Medicine – “Procedures Mystique” November 8, 2019 No less an authority on sludge and the seedy intersection of punk and metal than Melvins/Tool board-helmer Toshi Kasai recently described Portland duo Fox… Continue Reading
Profile: Wild Kindness Records relaunches July 5, 2019 Wild Kindness, the Pittsburgh label that once defined the city’s alt-pop aspirations through records by Andre Costello and Chet Vincent & The Big Bend,… Continue Reading
Review: Robin Bacior – “Light It Moved Me” August 30, 2018 Ah, the sophomore outing. What more vexing way of testing an artist’s mettle than seeing if they can replicate the magic of their debut,… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Wilt – “Hand Mirror” August 11, 2017 Portland’s Taylor Malsey presents listeners with some warbled tunes and an inviting, warm blanket of melancholia on the excellent Wilt debut Hand Mirror, out… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Portland Cello Project – “To E.S.” January 16, 2015 Elliott Smith’s transubstantiation into a string ensemble is something wondrous (yet subtly shaded) to behold on Portland Cello Project’s LP tribute to the late… Continue Reading