Unknown Mortal Orchestra Foxygen The Crocodile Friday, March 22, 2012 Seeing a band that is undoubtedly hitting their creative stride…
Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, singing my song at Bumbershoot 2003. Photo by John Davisson. The first time I ever stepped foot…
Renee McMahonKing Khan And The Shrines played Bumbershoot on Saturday, September 1.The first day of any music festival is always…
Guster played at the Moore Theatre on Tuesday, January 18, 2011.If pity parties and mopefests are your thing, and if…
Kurt Vile (center) and the Violators played with the Soft Pack at Neumos on Thursday, November 4, 2010. Neumos has…
Of all of the places to discover a fantastic band on the interwebs, Craigslist is about the last place I…
Vinnie Kircher (third from left) and Jaill support their newly-released Sub Pop debut (That’s How We Burn) on Wednesday, August…
Tobacco played at Chop Suey on Tuesday, March 30th. There’s a difference between a show rocking and a show ROCKING….
Brendan Benson played Neumos on Monday, February 15.When you think of who would make the best opener for an amped-up,…
Laura MusselmanWilco played The Paramount on Wednesday, Feb. 10.Early in their career, I vaguely knew much about Wilco, and dismissed…
Julian Casablancas played at The Showbox at the Market on Sunday, November 22. Seeing an artist who is most known…
Girls played Neumos on Tuesday, November 17. Girls are a pretty fascinating story, to say the least. Singer/songwriter Christopher Owens…
Pinback played Neumos on Tuesday, November 10 with Joe Jack Talcum.In theory, the idea of the singer + nothing but…
I’m not sure what it was about Portland’s Mimicking Birds that didn’t sit well with me Thursday night at the…
FanfarloBobby Geldof, you said it right. I don’t like Mondays, either. This particular Monday dragged, slow and painful, to the…