Album Reviews
Mic Capes’ “Concrete Dreams” mixtape is one of our 11 favorite Portland releases of 2016. The emcee’s sophomore effort “rewards attentive listeners with subtle, but pointed, wordplay and never lets up.”
The new EP from Portland’s Sinless conjures many comparisons to indie rock heavy-hitters.
The Portland quartet Genders has burst back to life with the captivating and atmospheric new record “Phone Home.”
L.A. post-pop rockers Slow Hollows eat their own hearts out on their latest album, Romantic.
The duo Hope and Colm reunite as Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions with a hypnotizing, moody indie album ideal for the cozy winter season ahead.
Luke Temple’s new album, “A Hand Through The Cellar Door,” reminds us that even when life smarts a bit, it’s all about the stories and the scars that we carry with us.
WL’s “Light Years” is out now on X-Ray Records. Our Tyler Sanford says it “offers explorations of the human condition, traversing territories between sorrow and serenity.”
Our reviewer calls the new How To Dress Well album the “single most addictive record I’ve picked up this year.”
Sun Angle brings its increasingly explorative and frontier-expanding sounds to the new XRAY Records album “Skullflower.” It’s PDX psych-pop at its weirdest.
Out this month on See My Friends Records, the debut EP from Portland’s Mini Blinds relishes in its simplicity.