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Thao with the Get Down Stay Down: Know Better Learn Faster
It begins with a threat, bare and ominous... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsThao with the Get Down Stay Down Announce Fall Tour
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down have finalized plans for a fall tour, in support of their follow-up to last year's We Brave Bee Stings and All.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThao with The Get Down Stay Down Ready New Album
After a busy year of touring and releasing a record with the Portland Cello Project, Thao Nguyen will drop her sophomore LP with The Get Down Stay Down this fall. Multi-instrumentalist Adam Thompson and percussionist Willis Thompson back Nguyen's buoyant vocals on Know Better Learn Faster, out Oct. 13 on Kill Rock Stars.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCatching Up With... The Thermals
You may think you know The Thermals... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesKill Rock Stars signs Portland Cello Project
Apparently those folks up at the Olympia/Portland-based label Kill Rock Stars don't have enough on their hands with Deerhoof, Horse Feathers and The Shaky Hands, because they recently signed indie-orchestra Portland Cello Project. Add in Elliot Smith's legacy, and it's a wonder label president Portia Sabin and crew get any sleep at all.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsKill Rock Stars nab Thermals for their fourth release
Back in July, it was announced that The Thermals were leaving Sub Pop. The label, which singer Hutch Harris says is still his favorite, put out the bands first three records and asked them back for two more, an offer the band turned down.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDeerhoof: Offend Maggie
Note: Also serves as review for Deerhunter's Microcastle. Go to rate that album by clicking here.As global warming threatens the chilly habitats of the family Cervidae, we can thank Deerhunter and Deerhoof for calling attention to the noble antlered animal. Last year, the bands’ Cryptograms and Friend Opportunity offered equal parts ambition and experimentation. This year both follow-up their breakthroughs, so deer around the world can sleep a little easier, knowing their namesakes are keeping the kingdom in the spotlight.... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsHorse Feathers: House with No Home
Portland indie-folk trio stares into the dark Horse Feathers constructs music out of fragile whispers and half-remembered dreams, eagerly filling in the gaps between Sufjan Stevens and Iron & Wine on the American indie-folk continuum. Led by Justin Ringle, a soft-voiced poet from the rural expanse of Idaho, the trio refines the approach of its 2006 debut, creating songs with more open space, fewer loose ends, and all the metaphorical tangles left intact. The arrangements feel as chilly and evasive as the ghostly barns hovering over a snowy landscape on the album’s cover. Ringle’s conflicted racists and bitter families are... read more
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