portland thursday 2 Bonobo Bonobos (plural) are a Central African chimpanzees known for their brazen sexual behavior and for being the closest extant relative to humans. Bonobo (no s), on the other hand, is the alias of Simon Green, a British producer and DJ who emerged in the late 1990s with a thick-layered approach to […]
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Ghost on Ghost
Iron & Wine
Ghost On Ghost Iron & Wine Nonesuch Records The fifth studio album from singer/songwriter Sam Beam—who records as Iron & Wine—is by far the cheeriest record he’s ever made. Beam, known for his quieted and haunting voice, unleashes on Ghost On Ghost. Happy church organ, marching snare and jazz horns accompany Beam’s singing that on […]
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Sing Your Heart Out
Songs to make you king or queen of the karaoke By Source staff
Don’t Stop Believing that karaoke is a good idea. No matter the song, no matter how many beers deep. We Wannabe stars, and We Will Survive the boos, the drunken heckles. In fact, the Source’s Christmas party turned into a karaoke-centric shindig, late night at Corey’s. Here are some gems suggested by our editors, writers, […]
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Fists of Fury
Bay Area rapper Aesop Rock turns a music video into an action flick
Although he was still recording, for the past few years Aesop Rock shied away from headlining his own albums. But with the 2012 release of Skelethon and a recent appearance at Coachella, Aesop has returned full-force. The tenor of his furious rhymes and flow is a throwback to the rap of ’90s groups like Mobb […]
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Out of Town 4/24 – 5/2
seattle friday 26 Dr. Dog and Dawes For most of Dr. Dog’s career the band’s main creative outlet has been twisting ’60s inspired pop with the lo-fi anti-polish of an early ’90s grunge scene. Using eight-track recorders, their early work has a vintage twist; even in the digital copies, the needle touching down on vinyl […]
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Cold War Kids Are Back
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts Cold War Kids Downtown In "Miricle Mile," the opening track, of Dear Miss Lonelyhearts, Cold War Kids front man Nathan Willett jumps down your throat defiantly screaming, “I cut my ties, I sold my rings, I wanted none of this,” as the piano and snare angrily thump away. This is the music […]
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Rope Some Vinyl
Bend’s Ranch Records is our music mecca
Sad pop from The Smiths or fuzzy alt-rock from Jim O’Rourke cascade from out-of-sight speakers, and olfactory senses detect the strong 30-year buildup of old vinyl, hardwood flooring and Nag Champa incense. Flipping through vinyl 12-inchers from Black Joe Lewis, Grinderman and The Cars, a trip to Ranch Records in downtown Bend is a tumble […]
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National Record Store Day
Vinyl has a holiday, and it’s better than Christmas
Before you go all middle-finger-in-the-air thinking that a day celebrating the tactile medium of vinyl recordings is a way to stick it to digital music, remember that the companies that make records are the same ones that churn out digital downloads to iTunes. Since its inaugural celebration in 2008, the third Saturday in April—known as […]
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Vinyl Treasure
National Record Store Day picks
12″ Built to Spill / Live (double LP) / Warner Bros. / Limited release of 2,500 Absent a concert, live recordings are the best way to experience Boise, Idaho, alt-rock legend Built to Spill. This vinyl reissue of a collection of recordings made across the U.S. in 1999 and unavailable for the last decade includes […]
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Out of Town 4/17 – 4/25
portland saturday 20 Record Store Day In much the same way Valentine’s Day was created to sell Hallmark Cards, Record Store Day was created to sell outdated musical formats. Typical celebrations of this favorite hipster holiday are special vinyl releases and in-record-store performances (see Sound for more information). In 2012, RSD saw the release of […]
