Sibilance starts now
If you’re jonesing for some new Sara Cox, check out her Valentine’s Day present to the world, “White Dress and All.”
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | February 20, 2008

Listener, Heal thyself

The Cambiata’s new EP is a cure for many ills
It's possible things are getting a touch too literary for your average music consumer.
By SAM PFEIFLE | January 31, 2008

Owning it

Matt Sharp learns to take the Rentals seriously
When Matt Sharp reassembled the Rentals last year after a half-decade hiatus, he didn’t do it out desperation.
By MIKAEL WOOD | August 21, 2007

Sister act

The unconventional rise of Tegan and Sara
There’s nothing conventional about Tegan and Sara.
By MIKAEL WOOD | July 30, 2007

Ozma

Pasadena | About a Girl
I wonder whether Ozma didn’t title their new album after their suburban Los Angeles home base as a way of distinguishing themselves from Weezer.
By MIKAEL WOOD | June 19, 2007

Kilgore reunites for cancer benefit; plus, Route .44
The original lineup of ’90s Prov-rock stalwarts and near-stars Kilgore will be taking the stage together for the first time in eight years for “Fight to Remember.”
By BOB GULLA | May 18, 2007

Charlotte Hatherley

The Deep Blue | Little Sister UK
Every once in a while an album comes along that makes you wonder whether melody really is the only thing that matters.
By LEON NEYFAKH | March 12, 2007

Do you remember alt-rock radio?

Gomez, Avalon, March 6, 2007
For the first half-hour of their set last night at Avalon, Gomez failed to bring a song in under the five-minute mark. Which wasn’t such a bad thing.
By ANDREW FIRESTONE | March 09, 2007

Under the Covers battle

Albums of the year
Rock-and-roll beefs are never quite as delicious as the heat-packing rivalries of their hip-hop brethren. Watch: Battle of the Album Covers
By CAMILLE DODERO | October 19, 2006

Digging it

Art Brut, Spinto Band, and Tokyo Police Club, Middle East, October 16, 2006
If a Weezer/Talking Heads supergroup is something you’d look forward to, the Spinto Band is worth checking out .
By MATT SARACA | October 17, 2006

Forward into the past!

Oldies and more in the season’s CD releases
Could it be just a coincidence that as I sit here writing this, a grizzled Bob Seger is gearing up for the release of Face the Promise , the Detroit rocker’s first proper studio album in, oh, forever and a day? The Lemonheads, "No Backbone" (mp3)
By MATT ASHARE | September 14, 2006

The Lovely Feathers

Hind Hind Legs | Equator/Island
Conventional wisdom would have this Montreal-based fivesome already enjoying the fruits of being this year’s new big Canadian export. The Lovely Feathers, "Frantic" (video)
By CHRIS BROOK | September 05, 2006

Various Artists: Accepted: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Shout Factory/Universal
The Pixies kick things off with, appropriately, “U-Mass,” and an A-list of alterna-indie artists (Modest Mouse, Le Tigre, Weezer, Ryan Adams, the Chemical Brothers with Beth Orton) all provide top-notch if familiar cuts.
By MATT ASHARE | August 15, 2006

Such great Heights

Hawthorne Heights, Halifax, and Hit the Lights at Axis
Hawthorne Heights were into it, the kids were into it, heck, even the parents were into it. Slideshow: Hawthorne Heights, Halifax, and Hit the Lights at Axis, June 23, 2006
By SAM MACLAUGHLIN | June 26, 2006

Get it while you can

Will sites like YouTube and The Hype Machine go the route of Napster?
A couple of months ago, a man with the screen name x-amount logged on to Recidivism.org , the blog he maintains with a few of his friends, and made a pronouncement.
By MIKE MILIARD | June 12, 2006

ID Check: John E. McIntyre

DIY Explorer
John McIntyre (a/k/a Johnny Mac) booked his first rock show when he was 13.
By CAMILLE DODERO | June 02, 2006

The naked sorority

Never mind its tough-girl alt-porn feminism: SuicideGirls has already moved on to a new generation
”Palo Suicide” stands behind a tripod, adjusting her digital camera.
By CAMILLE DODERO | May 08, 2006

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