Album Reviews

Self-titled EP by Rare Monk

With a deft instrumental touch and evocative vocals, Portland quintet Rare Monk wends its way…

“Existentially Wasted” by Ali Muhareb

Portland based Ali Muhareb, self-described Nü-World Psych-Pop musician, comes at his music like a fat man…

“Red Right Return” by Lemolo

Behind the soaring beauty and lush melodies of Seattle dream-pop band Lemolo, there hides a…

“Tell Me I’m Pretty” by Cage The Elephant

Since the beginning, Cage the Elephant has been one of the freshest and most creative…

“Losers” by The Century

As Portland quintet The Century continues its climb through the earholes and into our collective…

“Divers” by Joanna Newsom

Joanna Newsom has never been one to let a complex metaphor go unused, or to…

“Paper Mâché Dream Balloon” by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

The Melbourne-based psych-group King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard can always be depended upon to take…

“Return to the Moon” by El Vy

Return to the Moon, the debut album from El Vy, acts as a sort of…

“Are You Alone?” by Majical Cloudz

When Lorde asked Majical Cloudz to accompany her on her 2014 tour, it at first…

“Uninitiated” by LiquidLight

Portland’s own LiquidLight came out of the ether several years ago with a mission to…