At the Record Store: 10/18

October 18, 2011, 6:47 am

Lot's of great new music hitting local record stores today. Here are my top three choices. ~ Jason Miller

Album Review: The Waifs

October 17, 2011, 8:15 am

Quick Review: I know what you're thinking. Since 2003's excellent album "Up All Night" with songs like "Lighthouse" and "London Still," where have The Waifs been? Did they break up? Disappear? Hit it big under an alternate name like "Coldplay?" Well, I guess we both missed something. The Waifs apparently released an album in 2007! Oh well, focus on the present...

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At the Show with Mason Jennings

October 16, 2011, 7:31 am

Pretend you're dying. Close your eyes. What do you see? All the biggest moments of your life in chronological order? Or, is it flashes of memories, some insignificant, some very. It's these flashes that made up Mason Jennings' newest album Minnesota, or at least that's the way that he explained it in between songs at the Wonder Ballroom last night.

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At the Record Store 10/11

October 11, 2011, 6:30 am

Hey! You! Go to the record store! Here's why:

Marathon Songs - Acoustic Style!

October 9, 2011, 7:02 am

In honor of the Portland Marathon today, I've mixed in several running-related songs into the normal Sunday Acoustic KINK lineup. Listen this morning for this songs:

At the Record Store 10/4

October 4, 2011, 7:47 am

Feist headlines this week of possible musical purchases. Support your local record store! ~ Jason Miller

Liam Finn

October 3, 2011, 10:00 am

Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR -- Looking at the stage I saw two drum sets. I saw amplifiers and a percussion station with a cymbal cut into a spiral. There were pedals and an amalgam of wires which seemed to somehow be connected to more pedals and more wires. I had one thought: “Man, it would suck to be the sound guy for Liam Finn.”

At the Record Store 9/27

September 28, 2011, 6:07 pm

New Wilco! But that's not all. Lot's more reasons for you to race to your local record store this week:

Favorite R.E.M. Stuff

September 21, 2011, 2:29 pm

With the news that R.E.M. is breaking up, I decided to list my top 10 favorite R.E.M. songs and top 5 favorite albums. Don't forget to comment/add to the list:

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