Echoing Slate's out-of-date Portland exposé from this past fall, MTV's followed the momentum of their Brooklyn 2008 piece with a feature on PDX. What we learn: There are a lot of bands who live there, it's still relatively cheap, it... CONTINUE READING MTV LETS US KNOW PORTLAND HAS BANDS, BASEMENTS, RAIN, TREES»
Posted on July 16, 2008 in (44 comments)
Tags: Colin Meloy | Eat Skull | M. Ward | Menomena | The Decemberists | The Gossip | The Thermals | Valet | White Rainbow | YACHT
Valet is Honey Owens. She was recently on tour as a member of Atlas Sound, but if you want to hear her own unique approach to homegrown ambiance, check out her beautiful sophomore album Naked Acid. I posted one of... CONTINUE READING QUIT YOUR DAY JOB: VALET»
Posted on May 14, 2008 in , (7 comments)
Tags: Valet
Not all of Stereogum's favorite sounds conform to what folks expect us to cover. In this space, resident Bananafish fetishist Brandon Stosuy focuses on bands, albums, singles, and villages in Sweden that may otherwise pass by unnoticed. This week's eclectic... CONTINUE READING THE OUTSIDERS: VOL. 3»
Posted on January 7, 2008 in , , (2 comments)
Tags: Excepter | Nadja | Svarte Greiner | Valet
