artist - song - album :: extra info M. Ward - Never Had Nobody Like You - Hold Time :: feat. Zooey Deschanel, out February 17 ( website | myspace | She & Him ) TV on the Radio - Dancing Choose (Prefuse 73 remix) - Dancing Choose single ( website | myspace | Dancing Choose video ) Little Joy - No One's Better Sake - Little Joy ( myspace ) [...]

When I was a kid I was scared of Oaks Park. It was just too much to take in—carnies, fast rides, bits of cotton candy floating aimlessly throw the air. It wasn't until much later that I discovered that the park was, in actuality, kind of a small, run-down, dump; a relic from another era. When I moved back to Portland last fall, jobless and looking for some sort of direction, I visited the park one afternoon by myself, walking around on a cloudy day with just my iPod and a warm, sugary elephant ear. And I just happened to [...]
In most contexts, when XXX appears in a title, unless your locked in a dark room by yourself, you'd probably be a bit hesitant to click the link. However, when it comes to Consequence of Sound's Friday Mixtape, XXX just refers to the edition, and a good one at that. Below you'll find a mix of the best new singles and remixes along with a few songs from some up-and-comers you might just want to check out. If that's not enough for you and/or you're still looking to celebrate Tuesday's outcome, we recommend checking out Low Life Inc.'s [...]
Ethan Rose - On Wheels Rotating. The other night I had a simple dream in which I was driving a truck down some dark snowy roads up in Maine. It wasn't about obstacles, or about escaping. It wasn't about tension or fears. It was about the pure enjoyment of the act. It was about finding your way to no place in particular at a pace just north of neutral. Had I known that a few days later I would receive word of this new Ethan Rose album, I guarantee that it would've been my soundtrack. Ok, let's take a step...

Ethan Rose - Celing Songs 3 (excerpt) (PDX Pop Now! 2007) Lips and Ribs - Battle in Nagoya (PDX Pop Now! 2007) Ferocious Eagle - Bastards (PDX Pop Now! 2007) Various Artists – PDX Pop Now! 2007 / self-released Growing up on the east coast and now relocated to the Midwest, sometimes I fail to get on the same wavelength of west coast artists. It is just a different frame of mind out there, and one [...]

Television Personalities - You Kept Me Waiting Too Long Long Long Long Long Long Long Long Long (E*Vax of Ratatat Remix) (Domino 2007) Television Personalities – My Dark Places Remix EP / Domino It goes with out saying that Dan Treacy and his loose collective of bandmates known as the Television Personalities have been one of the most influential musical spirits of indie rock and pop. Aside from the vocal idolization from hugely influential bands themselves like the Jesus and Mary Chain, Pavement, Nirvana and the Pastels, [...]
Ethan Rose - song 2. Sometimes we just need to let things be. Sometimes we're in such a hurry to say the right thing -- to say anything really -- that we end up spoiling the moment, or screwing...