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Scott Weiland | “Happy” in Galoshes

Softdrive/New West (2008)
It might be one of the year’s worst albums, an underwritten, overarranged mess of factory-floor guitar fuzz, go-nowhere vocal melodies, limp electronic beats, and lyrical clunkers
By MIKAEL WOOD | November 24, 2008

Unstoppable force

The sludgy juggernaut of the Melvins
“Basically it’s like, if you get what we’re doing, then no explanation is necessary, and if you don’t, then no explanation is possible.”
By MICHAEL ALAN GOLDBERG | August 08, 2008

The big hurt: Hello, goodbye

And a warm hello to STP, Britney, and Lily Allen
I should probably explain that this is not the same David Thorpe who recently resigned from a different local newspaper where he wrote a beloved weekly column very, very much like this one.
By DAVID THORPE | February 20, 2008

Playlist: October 12, 2007

Pet Genius: “Top 5 Songs Alluding to Bodily Functions”
"The Roar of the Masses Could Be Farts," Pay to Cum," "Gary's Got a Boner," and more
By PET GENIUS | October 09, 2007

Midsummer muses

Smashing Pumpkins redux and Velvet Revolver
It’s been almost 20 years since Corgan first bared his barren soul to the world and not a whole lot has changed.
By MATT ASHARE | July 23, 2007

Chemical imbalance

Velvet Revolver, Avalon, May 16, 2007
“We’re Velvet Revolver . . . and we still play motherfucking rock ’n’ roll!”
By JAMES PARKER | May 21, 2007

On the racks: November 21, 2006

Army of Anyone, Joanna Newsom, the Game, (+44)
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of the Dead
By MATT ASHARE | November 21, 2006

Slick Weave, the Ruler

The Raging Main are a late-night party
Have you heard that new(ish) Raconteurs album? Wow.
By SAM PFEIFLE | August 09, 2006

Portland scene report, March 31, 2006

Sibilance
New music in the works for Now Transmission, Pete Kilpatrick, El Grande, Hi Fivin' White Guys, and Enchantments
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | March 29, 2006

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