![Natalie Portman's Shaved Head: Glistening Pleasure [Album Review]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1571022_lg.jpg)
Glistening Pleasure follows the path of other recent hyped artists like MGMT, Cut Copy and White Williams thanks to Natalie Portman's Shaved Head (NPSH) adding in substantial dance-ridden glam, output through flambuoyant vocals and new-wavey keyboards. Guitar riffs hone in on the minimal—they lack full strums that plague many artists—thus, they encompass the definition of "riff" and are truly plentiful in soundscape. For a debut LP, NPSH certainly packs Glistening Pleasure with stellar tunes. "Iceage Babeland", "Me + Yr Daughter" and "LA Noir" all enourage repeat [...]
![Nedelle [Feature Band]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1412531_lg.jpg)
Written by Fense God, love is a crazy thing. It makes you do crazy things, have crazy feelings, and be... well... crazy. Distance only enhances the longing. Like right now - I really, really miss my girlfriend. It's the knowledge that she's there, laying in my bed in my condo without me, lonely just like me. Yet I cannot be there for her. It's songs like "The Last Thing I Do" by Nedelle that exacerbate the whole situation. I [...]
![Noah And The Whale: Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down [Album Review]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1362017_lg.jpg)
Written by Fense Seeing Noah And The Whale at SXSW this year was one of innumerable high points - it was simply one great but minor experience in a week packed with great but minor experiences of what ultimately would be one of the best, albeit exhausting, weeks of my life up to this point. Despite the greatness of their performance, they disappeared from my peripheral until this weekend when I picked up Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down . There's an undeniable force behind Noah And [...]
![No Go Know: Sleeping Is Winning [Album Review]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1359982_lg.jpg)
Written by Ron Trembath Within the Portland scene, there are many bands like No Go Know. And Sleeping Is Winning could sound as familiar as a collection of your favorite Dandy Warhol tracks. But, there is a darkness that resides within their entire vibe that distinguishes them as a strong competitor in the underworld of the City of Roses. While a track such as "Sunday Morning" may send you into a progressive psychological frenzy, "The Garden (Cause It Will)", with it's mild mannered [...]
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