Label: Epitaph Records Producer: Carlos de la Garza There’s something inherently special about making art for the first time; but then there’s something even better when it’s tween-to-teen girls in ...

Label: Warner Records Producers: Jacknife Lee and Tim Pagnotta  With great vulnerability, strength, and care, The Regrettes have turned tangled topics into something sweet in their third studio album, Further ...

Beer Bunker Portland, OR Contact: Mackenzie Price, mackenziero.m.25@gmail.com Web: instagram.com/newherepdx Players: Mackenzie Price (she/her), vocals, guitar; Ruune (they/them), lead guitar; Kyle Tabb (they/them), drums; Andy Kravitz (they/them), bass Material: Aptly ...

Distributed by: Take This To Heart Records Producer: Elliott Douglas From “Intro” to “Sunrise,” Say Things That Matter by M.A.G.S. is one strong, seamless, and smooth genre-bending, funky alt-rock album. ...

Label: Matador Records Produced by: Lucy Dacus, Colin Pastore, Jacob Blizard, and Jake Finch   Lucy Dacus hurt my feelings with her new album Home Video, yet I can only ...

"Because Tessa Violet gets how crushing it can all be, and she makes sense of even the worst ideas." “Lovesick” doesn’t even begin to describe Tessa Violet in her new ...

No one puts on a groovier show than Chicago's Twin Peaks. The Nov. 8 Portland, OR show at the Wonder Ballroom suited the guys well—the mood, sound and environment all ...

"The new riot grrrl album we so desperately needed this year." Honeyblood put up a fierce fight with In Plain Sight, the new riot grrrl album we so desperately needed this ...

"This is a solid California rock album, but covered in sweet, sticky grenadine." No album has taken me on such a full, winding journey in and out of love, bitterness, ...

“Guitar-heavy in the best way, The Best of Luck Club scratches out of genre boxes and stretches out like a dream.” Australian singer-songwriter Alex Lahey blessed and tore apart 2019 ...

My younger sister gave me a very hot tip: Khalid, a sweet and genuine R&B-meets-rock singer-songwriter, is worth every ounce of our attention. His show at the Moda Center in ...

While I unexpectedly joined a mosh pit with some cool, considerate, and extremely strong 16-year-old ladies, HUNNY promoted their upcoming album, Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.. The whole experience of ...

"I just wanted a 'bigger wow.'" I went into the new Avril Lavigne era with the greatest, most unrealistic expectations. I wanted iconic and ironic karaoke jams like I experienced in my adolescence. ...

WHAT A SOLID ROCK ALBUM. Yes, all of the songs are in caps, showing great enthusiasm, urgency and commitment to aesthetic. The band brings a soulful swing: less of their ...

As if the Portland, OR indie grunge band Boreen couldn’t get any more aggressively hip, their newest album Lovely was just released on vinyl. The mistily distant vocals, the pairing ...

Joyfully snarky, Life Sucks...Let’s Dance! is the upbeat and danceable release we needed from SoCal legends Reel Big Fish. This seemingly generic ska-punk album charms with its self-awareness in “Another ...

A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships is, overall, a sinisterly poetic jumble of nonsense. From the smart musicianship of “Sincerity is Scary” and “Inside Your Mind” to the yikes lyrics in “I Always Wanna ...

Troye Sivan has crafted an album of quality far beyond his years; the old soul celebrates innocence from the perspective of wisdom in his second studio album, Bloom. Songs like “Seventeen” and “Animal” ...

Juxtaposing melancholy lyrics with danceable guitar riffs is all the rage. Screaming for hope, Real Friends is no exception. Musicianship and production are clean, leaving the gritty vocals to shine ...

Death Cab for Cutie released their most polished and amicable album yet. Songs like “Good Help (Is So Hard To Find)” and “Near/Far” do well for shoulder dancing, not being ...