World’s Greatest Ghosts aren’t the type of nerds you think they are.
For a band that’s frequently associated with all things geeky, Jesse and Emily Laney’s North Portland house hardly resembles an ode to Dungeons Dragons. Despite the odd thrift store gnome or tchotchke—and the Darth Vader helmet resting on a keyboard in the front [...]

The former Pedro the Lion frontman’s fall from grace begets one hell of a solo debut.

[BLANK SLATE] David Bazan doesn’t know what to tell you about God. After nine Pedro the Lion releases, a decade as indie rock’s scholastic defender of Christianity, and hosting theological QA sessions at every show—followed by a very public loss [...]

Dirty Projectors’ vacation in Portland leads to its finest album.

When Dirty Projectors appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon a month ago, Roots drummer and Late Night bandleader Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson was smitten. “I will follow y’all to the end of the earth,” Thompson said at the end of a rehearsal video he posted to [...]

Brace Paine talks U.K. media attention and life amid the eternal tour.

Through all of the changes Gossip has undergone in the long journey from Arkansas garages to clubs the world over, it’s never been overburdened by recorded material. “Four LPs in 10 years,” guitarist Brace Paine admits. “Yeah, we’re not exactly the Fall.”
The trio’s new [...]

A Portland folk-pop juggernaut comes together like Voltron and makes some very pretty music in the process.

[STRING THEORY] Jeremy Faulkner is fascinated by guitars. That might not come as much of a surprise—guitars are what guitar-playing frontmen are usually obsessed with—until you hear Ah Holly Fam’ly’s layered, intricate arrangements. The group makes a point of [...]