Aquilo’s “Human” EP review
by Eric Evans Mellow gets a bad rap. Historically, outside of R&B and adult contemporary markets, it’s been difficult to create excitement over music which is, for lack of a better term, …
by Eric Evans Mellow gets a bad rap. Historically, outside of R&B and adult contemporary markets, it’s been difficult to create excitement over music which is, for lack of a better term, …
by Eric Evans “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” — Oscar Wilde There’s a definite guilty pleasure in meeting Slow …
by Eric Evans Don’t let any amount of indie fronting fool you: if writing hit singles was easy, every band would do it. Which is one of the reasons Priory’s Weekend EP is kind of a gut …
by Eric Evans OK, don’t laugh, but do you remember Michael Cretu’s ‘90s project, Enigma? Before becoming something of a punchline, the musical collective released songs that crossed borders …
text & photography by Eric Evans “So? Are we ready to go?” A fair question, asked by the young, tattooed, multiple-camera-toting woman accompanying Warpaint, one of the hottest acts at …
by Eric Evans Even in a city like Portland, Oregon, that’s known for its eccentricities, Pickathon is a strange bird of a music festival. For three days, sprawled out over seven stages, 54 …
by Eric Evans Spend enough time in any city with a music scene and you’ll start to hear the same names over and over again. There are a few buzzed-about artists in Portland, Oregon: A …
by Eric Evans Musical innovation often comes from within: the artist juxtaposes his or her influences to create something new, something greater than the sum of the parts. Frank Zappa fused …
by Eric Evans There’s a popular misconception that reviewers are always itching to write a scathingly negative piece about a film or record or book or play; that burning down someone or …
by Eric Evans Spanish producer Rayko (as opposed to Los Angeles singer Rayko, unrelated) bills himself as a bit of a throwback to the disco of the 1970s and ‘80s, and that’s not incorrect. …