Aimee Mann: Pop Song as Pathology
It’s hard to imagine Aimee Mann vegging out on the couch in yoga pants and flip-flops and watching cheesy reality TV. read more
Dinosaur Jr.: The Sky's The Limit
Most fans probably wouldn’t have wagered more than a six-pack that a reunion of the founding line-up would have now outlasted its initial four-year lifespan, let alone produced three of the best records in the overall Dinosaur Jr. catalog. read more
Grizzly Bear: Back to the Yellow House
After a false start in West Texas, Grizzly Bear returned to the yellow home of frontman Ed Droste’s mother in Cape Cod, Mass.—the makeshift studio for the Brooklyn band’s first album as a four-piece and inspiration for that album’s name Yellow House. read more
Catching Up With Corin Tucker
In anticipation of the Sept. 18 release of her group’s latest record, Kill My Blues, we caught up with Tucker to hear her take on the new album and what direction she sees her music taking in the future. read more
Catching Up With Sondre Lerche
We caught up with Lerche as he prepared for an upcoming tour to talk about what makes a great live album, and we even found time to have a little discussion about Beyoncé. read more
Catching Up With Black Prairie's Chris Funk
The members of Black Prairie read like a who’s who of the Portland music scene. Made up of three Decemberists, Chris Funk, Nate Query and Jenny Conlee, Bearfoot and the Woolwines’s Annalisa Tornfelt and Dolorean’s Jon Neufeld, the band will release their second album, A Tear in the Eye is a Wound in the Heart , Sept. 18. With its combination of styles, the album is an eclectic mix of folk, bluegrass and European sounds. The album plays around with new elements, including the addition of vocals and drums.... read more
Will Johnson: Amblin' Man
Will Johnson describes himself as a “habitual walker.” A mainstay on the Denton, Texas, scene, the singer/songwriter takes long walks—which occasionally turn into runs—to clear his mind while recording. read more
Animal Collective
Back in 2009, Animal Collective released Merriweather Post Pavilion: a sparkling psych-pop opus that, seemingly overnight, cemented its status as a modern-day masterpiece. No one was prepared for it, not even the band. read more
Catching Up With The Black Lips
On Sept. 14 they'll kick off a Middle Eastern tour on which they'll visit Jordan, Dubai, Lebanon, Cyprus, Tunisia, Egypt and Iraq. Do they know what to expect? Of course not, but that's why The Black Lips are drawn to undertaking such daring musical escapades to begin with. read more
The Raveonettes: L.A. Story
Drugs, Failure and Inspiration in the City of Angels read more
Field Report: The Best of What's Next
Scores of musicians flock to Austin to premiere new material and (hopefully) reach a wealth of new fans at South by Southwest, but few bands make a SXSW show their literal debut. read more
The Avett Brothers: Songs of Life and Death
Scott Avett doesn’t cry often. When he and his brother Seth were growing up in Concord, N.C., just north of Charlotte, their daddy told them, “Don’t cry too much; you’ll run out of tears.” read more
Catching up with Calexico's Joey Burns
Their eighth full-length effort, Algiers, comes out via ANTI Records on Sept. 11. Its name comes from a neighborhood in New Orleans where the band relocated for the recording of the album, and it's just as richly textured and engaging as anything the band's released yet. read more
Catching Up With Tom Tom Club's Chris Frantz
In case you didn’t know, David Byrne isn’t the only Talking Heads alum releasing a new album today. In fact, the band’s former rhythm section—the fantastic one-two punch of the husband-and-wife combo that includes drummer Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth—are set to release another collection of songs as the Tom Tom Club. Their new EP, titled Downtown Rockers, is Tom Tom Club’s first studio release since 2000’s The Good, The Bad, and The Funky. With references to Television, The Velvet Underground and Patti Smith (and of course, Talking Heads), Downtown Rockers’ title track is a celebration of the very scene... read more
MusicFest NW Day Four and Five Recap
The gray clouds rolled in over the city on Friday night. read more
MusicFest NW Day Two and Three Recap
DAY 2 A city festival definitely has its share of drawbacks. Not only do you regrettably end up missing shows you would have loved to go to, but you also rarely feel like you are part of something bigger than just a couple random shows. The fact that you have to wear a plastic bracelet around your wrist for five days is pretty much all you’ve got as a reminder. On Thursday though, day two of MFNW, I really started to feel the drag of it all. I don’t usually like encouraging people to feel pity for people who get... read more
The Most Beautiful Band On The Web: A Banda Mais Bonita de Cidade
The town of Curitiba sits in the southern part of Brazil, a flat and humid outpost in the largest country on the South American continent. But there is a nascent-yet-vibrant music scene. read more
MusicFest NW Day One Recap
If there was one continuous theme from day one at MusicFest NW, it was nonsensical, joyous lyrics. read more
Catching Up With Swans' Michael Gira
"Once we started to record, I knew that I was going to just throttle this beast until I killed it." read more
Infographic: The Illustrated Life of Daft Punk
When Daft Punk came on the scene in the late '90s, the mysterious Frenchmen playing electro-pop behind now-iconic helmets didn't seem on the path for stardom. read more
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