The Kingdom Thur March 24 Dante’s 1 SW 3rd As I watched The Kingdom sound check, it struck me: This is going to be huge. As the band performed what, to them, was probably just a half-hearted run-through of (can I call an unreleased song a hit?) “Die All Over Me,” I felt nothing other […]
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Kings of Conveyance
K.O.C.’s Perfect Package
Kings of Convenience Thurs March 10 Doug Fir Lounge 830 E Burnside Very few bands are capable of completely conveying their artistic intent by means of an album cover or, for that matter, an album title. Norway’s Kings of Convenience is one of these bands. Taking its name from the logistical simplicity of having only […]
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Read to Achieve
Music Criticism Will Save You the Trouble of Actually Listening to Music
So hot shot, you think you’re the snobbiest of music snobs? Well, answer this: if you were trapped on a desert island, what five CDs would you have with you? And no, “actually, my collection is on vinyl… ” is not the correct answer. Have your Top 5 list in hand? The answer: None! You […]
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Sex A Peel
The Peels’ Confidence to Competence Radio
Peels Tues Feb 8 Dante’s 1 SW 3rd The Peels are unrepentant and rowdy, full of swagger and conviction. They play hard, sexed up rock, can easily make friends with the camera and are currently anticipating the release of their debut LP on Dim Mak. They’re also reviled in their former hometown of Seattle for […]
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Reunicorn!
Cocaine Unicorn Laugh in the Face of Extinction
Cocaine Unicorn Tues Nov 9 Berbati’s Pan 10 SW 3rd “Courtney Taylor-Taylor says we’re never going to make it big in the Midwest… maybe we should change our name to Dale Earnhardt Unicorn.” So jokes Cocaine Unicorn’s lanky, heavily tattooed, tambourine player/enforcer, Dasa Kalstrom, as he considers the band’s prospects for their upcoming tour with […]
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Lovely Is Dirty
Glam Rock for Dive Bars
Lovely Sat May 22 Kelly’s Olympian 4 26 SW Washington Johnny Shitake is a fucker–a leather-panted, dolled-up, makeup-wearing, shit-talking, stripper-chasing, fight-starting, self-mythologizing, 5’3″ tall fucker. He is also a genius. As lead singer of Lovely, Portland’s most spectacular and ridiculous glam-cock-diva-hard rock band, he howls occasionally factual tales of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll, […]