Editor’s Note: As a special for the last week of 2011, BestNewBands.com is running lists of our writer’s top-5 albums of 2011. Because it’s the end of the year and because we want to find out what our writers really like, these albums are not restricted to “New” bands. Here are Katrina Nattress’s top albums
Editors Note: As a special for the last week of 2011, BestNewBands.com is running lists of our writer’s top-5 albums of 2011. Because it’s the end of the year and because we want to find out what our writers really like, these albums are not restricted to “New” bands. Here are Matt De Mello’s top
‘Oom-pop’ comes alive in the latest album from The Extraordinaires, The Postcard EP. What is Oom-pop? Think back to all those old movies and musicals, when circuses would travel from town to town. Remember the distant ‘oom-pah, oom-pah’ that echoed from afar as the troupe rolled into town? That’s what The Extraordinaires have created- the
Legendary Portland record store Music Millenium will be hosting two of Portland’s indie veterans this week, the beloved men of The Decemberists and the lesser-known but also talented Dolorean. The record store, which has been around since 1969 and is known for its huge selection of music and knowledgeable staff, as well as the fact that
Picked By: Laurel Johnston Wednesday night is Dub Club night at Echoplex in Los Angeles. I decided to check it out this week, in the mood for feel-good reggae tunes that have the ability to provoke even the stodgiest of bar patrons into dancing and wobbling. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing great live reggae
Last Friday, I saw the California Guitar Trio at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, and it was a great show. I first became aware of this group when I was working at The McDonald Theatre in Eugene. CGT, Neko Case, Public Enemy, and The Decemberists are the acts that won me over with