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Category Archives: Music Review
Uh Bones — Only You
Band: Uh Bones Album: Only You Release Date: February 12, 2013 Recommended: Eric has already written on this blog about Uh Bones, and I’m not sure I can add much more in regards to the good work they are doing … Continue reading
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Deadbeat — My Eyes Are Bleeding Bits of Gold
Band: Deadbeat Album: My Eyes Are Bleeding Bits of Gold Release Date: July 22, 2012 Recommended: The penultimate track on Absinthe & the Dirty Floors’ self-titled LP — “Sonario” (listen: ) — is The Dirty Floors at their most chaotic. … Continue reading
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Wedding Dress — The Mange
Band: Wedding Dress Album: The Mange Release Date: January 2013 Recommended: | Wedding Dress quietly became a favorite new local of mine. I like them a lot. This is noteworthy considering they’ve uploaded just bits, a light sprinkling, of material … Continue reading
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Uh Bones — Uh Bones
Band: Uh Bones Album: Uh Bones Release Date: June 9, 2012 In no short supply these days are bands restoring the sounds of yore to meet repurposed, sometimes inspired, ends. We’ve probably reached an odd point in music, it seems, … Continue reading
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Advance Base — A Shut-In’s Prayer
Band: Advance Base Album: A Shut-In’s Prayer Release Date: May 15, 2012 About a week ago Danny was at The Athenaeum Theatre in Lakeview. Ben Gibbard was in town in support of a new album released last month. Opening for … Continue reading
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Outer Minds — Behind the Mirror
Band: Outer Minds Album: Behind the Mirror Release Date: October 31, 2012 It’s been a dynamic year for the folks in Outer Minds. They released their debut LP in the spring with what felt like a sold-out show at the … Continue reading
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Mazes — Mazes Blazes
Band: Mazes Album: Mazes Blazes Release Date: October 16, 2012 Free mp3: “Lois & Clark & Lake” (expires October 25) “What do you know about faces? Are they cold or are they kind?” Nice one, guys. I read into Mazes … Continue reading
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Black Prairie — A Tear in the Eye is a Wound in the Heart
Band: Black Prairie Album: A Tear in the Eye is a Wound in the Heart Release Date: September 18, 2012 What once might’ve been considered side project for members of The Decemberists and other Portland-based bands has flourished a thick … Continue reading
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Mawrcrest — Demos and Rarities
Band: Mawrcrest Album: Demos and Rarities Release Date: September 29, 2012? Mawrcrest has had a rather prolific 2012 by some standards. Since about January the band has quietly uploaded tracks on its Soundcloud for Crestheads like me to listen to. Seventeen … Continue reading
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California Wives — Art History
Band: California Wives Album: Art History Release Date: September 4, 2012 When I listen to “The New Process,” I imagine it anchoring the soundtrack to a remake of Planes, Trains and Automobiles attempting to update the Steve Martin/John Candy story … Continue reading
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