enereph/Production Unit Xero – Premoniss | Bukimi no Tani Genshō [HTX099] album review
Seattle’s enereph and Portland’s Production Unit Xero explore modern classic, ambient, and streamlined beats for this evocatively poetic split for Heterodox Records! Recalling a time when I was quite young, … Continue reading
Vinyl Of The Week: Logan Lynn – Adieu review
A synthy Indie Pop “jazz hands mental crisis” from Portland‘s Logan Lynn on Adieu, Lynn’s eighth LP . Both the record sleeve and the LP decals for Adieu feature a super … Continue reading
Lovecraftian Futurism: New Leaders Of The Eldritch Noise – The Art Of Eldritch Noise
“There in the narrow hall, outside the bolted door with the covered keyhole, I often heard sounds which filled me with an indefinable dread—the dread of vague wonder and brooding … Continue reading
Every Night Is Saturday Night: Deafheaven, The Blood Royale, and Diesto; Northwest Hest Fest Day 3 Review
“Fuck it, let’s party – it’s Saturday Night! Oh, who am I kidding; every night is Saturday night. We’re gonna need beer, whiskey, weed, coke… let’s do this!” Tim Corken … Continue reading
Embodied Electronics: Body Shame – You Look So Under Fed (SdmPdx)
it’s okay to have a body. In the April 2016 edition of Nylon Magazine, in an article titled “Body Talk”, artist Molly Soda speaks of when she first became self-conscious of her … Continue reading
Post-Black Metal Techno Hip-Hop? Yes, Please!
3 exquisite pay-what-you-want EPs from shadowy producer Akrylyk may be the truest reflection of Portland’s layered, nuanced culture yet. People love to say what Portland is – “The City Of … Continue reading
EMS & Jeph Nor – Live At Volt Divers
Two mainstays of the Portland synth underground – EMS & Jeph Nor – explore the limits of modular synthesis on Live At Volt Divers, recorded on a freakishly nice Saturday … Continue reading
Eaton Flowers – American Abstraction (SDM-024)
Portland avant-guitarist William Hardy takes us on a journey through the U.S.’ collective subconscious on American Abstraction. Yr about to embark out into the outlying spaces, and there is where … Continue reading
Six Organs Of Admittance – Hexadic (Drag City)
New Skin For The Old Ceremony or What does it mean to be free? Hexadic, the newest LP from psych guitar maestro Six Organs Of Admittance begins with more of … Continue reading
Parlous – Parlous
Here we have a lovely limited edition cassette object from Portland’s Parlous. He got in touch via a mutual adoration for Tobacco and Moon Wiring Club, and was kind enough … Continue reading
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