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We; Camera Don’t let Shenandoah Davis’s simplistic arrangements deceive you. With a voice like an old timey fiddle, she adds on contrapuntal guitar, piano and xylophone parts to round out the subtle symphony. “These Rocks” sounds like something Feist would come up with, only better. “Now We All All” shows ... »
Verbs Au’s sophomore full-length leaves the general impression of a high school marching band run pleasantly amok. Brainchild of Massachusetts transplant Luke Wyland, the Portland-based collective’s second album is a case study of how to marry pop songwriting to gleefully bombastic arrangement. Wyland’s hooks are undoubtedly the album’s bedrock ... »
Save You From Yourself It’s hard to not like Scott Andrew’s music. If you’re not careful, it can actually inspire swaying and bopping about the room, eating M&Ms and cotton candy. Even the sad, upset songs—“Have We Learned Anything,” “Weightless”—are so sweet and fun, it’s easy to ignore the occasional over-instrumentation, the ... »
There is Loud Laughter Everywhere Head Like a Kite’s second release, There is Loud Laughter Everywhere, drifts in an unclassifiable abyss of psychedelic electronic, hip-hop beats, sound samples, funk rhythms and pop melodies, all reminiscent of the early ‘90’s. Dave Einmo is the man behind HLAK, with help from many guests on the ... »
The Verse, The Chorus Ivan & Alyosha have flown a bit under the radar in the Seattle music scene, quietly unveiling The Verse, The Chorus, a brilliant seven-song EP recorded and self-released by the duo earlier this summer. The band hits a sweet spot of anglophilic pop (swaggering tracks that skate between ... »
Two Years Every kid who has picked up a guitar or belted along with his or her favorite song has dreamt of making it big. Typically such a dream is slightly out of the realm of reality. But not for Port Townsend band New Faces. With the insatiably catchy debut ... »
How Does It Feel to Be Crushed by One with the Strength of a Million? Eskimo and Sons have recently announced their open-ended retreat from the public eye and, as their debut EP proves, this is bad news for Northwest audiophiles. Integral members of Portland’s Boygorilla record label/music collective, Eskimo and Sons have spent the past year executing the impressive task of enrapturing ... »
Self-Titled Build’s self-titled first album is a risky, albeit exciting, little record. Not only does composer Matt McBane pull together jazz, bluegrass and instrumental rock, but each track throws you Lewis Carrol-style through the looking glass into a strange new landscape. “In the Backyard,” begins the album, a pastoral ... »
Good Times…At the Gates of Hell Upon first listen, it may be difficult to distinguish whether the guitar driven machismo found on the 10 tracks of Zero Down’s Good Times … at the Gates of Hell is presented as either A) true, honest, good time rock ‘n’ roll, or B) tongue-in-cheek joke rock played ... »